Cabaret & Concert NewsAasifMandvi Hosts Broadway Stands Up for Freedom Concert October 15The evening honors Tony winner Alan Cumming.
By
Andrew Gans
October 15, 2018
Aasif Mandvi
Marc J. Franklin
Sakina's Restaurant star and former Daily Show correspondent AasifMandvi hosts The New York Civil Liberties Union’s annual Broadway Stands Up for Freedom concert, We the People, October 15 at Town Hall, 123 West 43rd St.
Ariana DeBose, Kristolyn Lloyd, and Stephanie J. Block
The evening includes a host of artists performing original songs and classic Broadway tunes. Scheduled to entertain are Ada Westfall, Arianna “Ari” Afsar,
Ariana DeBose,
Eisa Davis,
Erich Bergen,
George Salazar,
Kristolyn Lloyd, Krysta Martinez,
Shaina Taub,
Stephanie J. Block,
We McDonald,
L Morgan Lee, and the Brooklyn Youth Chorus.
Tony winner Alan Cumming will be honored with the 2018 Freedom Award for his contributions as an artist and activist for human rights.
This year’s theme, We the People, was chosen to represent the ACLU and the NYCLU’s goal of bringing people together to take on the toughest civil liberties challenges of our time.
Proceeds benefit the mission of the NYCLU and ACLU to promote and protect the civil rights and liberties of all.
For more information about the show, visit nyclu.org/bway.
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Take a Look at Alan Cumming's Broadway Career
Take a Look at Alan Cumming's Broadway Career
The actor won a Tony award for his performance as the Emcee in Cabaret.
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Alan Cumming and The Kit Kat Girls in Cabaret.
Joan Marcus
Alan Cumming and company in the 1998 production of Cabaret
Alan Cumming in Cabaret – Tonys 1999
Steve and Anita Shevett
Dominic West, Jennifer Ehle and Alan Cumming in Design for Living.
The company will also present a reimagining of Ain't Misbehavin', co-directed by original director Richard Maltby, Jr. and original star André De Shields.