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| Latin Stars Unite for Broadway Cares AIDS Benefit The worlds of latin music and Broadway are set to unite again at BB Kings Blues Club and Grill on Monday November 20th for the latest edition of "An Evening of Latin Rhythms", a one night only event benefiting Broadway Cares / Equity Fights AIDS. Broadway legend and Kennedy Center Honoree Chita Rivera will be joined by two time Emmy Award winning actor / writer John Leguizamo and a host of Latin American stars of stage, screen, television and music. Scheduled to appear are Broadway's Tony Award winner Wilson Jermaine Heredia and Daphne Rubin Vega from the original cast of RENT, Natalie Toro, Allen Hidalgo, Wilson Cruz (LOGO TV's Noah's Ark), Justina Machado (HBO's Six Feet Under), John Herrera (The Times They Are A-Changin'), Saundra Santiago (The Sopranos), Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Nilo Cruz, the "Grand Dame of Telenovelas Lupita Ferrer and an ensemble of nineteen Broadway and award winning professional Latin ballroom dancers. Grammy Award winning trombonist - Jimmy Bosch will be just one of the band of All Star Mambo and Salsa musicians. The evening's music will be orchestrated and conducted by four time Grammy Award winner and Academy Award nominee Ray Santos who will helm the evening's musical journey that will span the jazz and mambo hits of the "Palladium era" through the Cuban "Salsa invasion" of the 1950s and 60s that continues to influence today's biggest Latin recording stars. "Latin Rhythms"' director and choreographer, Richard Amaro (last seen on Broadway in Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life), conceived the series of "Latin Rhythms" events as a way to celebrate the modern roots of a multi-cultural and multi-racial body of work that spans five decades and continues to blend culture, music, and dance today. The event is produced by and benefiting Broadway Cares / Equity Fights AIDS (BC/EFA) who distributes funds year-round from events like "Latin Rhythms" to AIDS service organizations across the country combating AIDS in Hispanic communities, such as Hispanic AIDS Forum in Manhattan, La Familia Unida AIDS Outreach Project in the Bronx, Casa Betsaida in Brooklyn, Project VIDA in Chicago, International AIDS Empowerment in El Paso, and Bill's Kitchen and Centro de Interrencion e Intergracion Paso a Paso in Puerto Rico, and many others. "Latin Rhythms" will take place at BB Kings Blues Club and Grill on Monday November 20th. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Jazz News :: home page |