This two-disc annual CD of original and traditional holiday music features stars and casts from the current Broadway line-up, and benefits Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (BC/EFA).
Highlights include Billy Porter, Harvey Fierstein, and the cast of Kinky Boots performing “Carol of the Boots”; Faith Prince (Miss Hannigan) with a chorus from Annie singing “Children, Go Where I Send Thee”; Marva Hicks (Gladys Knight) and Charl Brown (Smokey Robinson) with the rest of the cast of Motown The Musical singing “Deck the Halls, It’s Christmas/Come on Home”; Zachary Levi, Krysta Rodriguez, and the cast of First Date singing “Go Tell It to the Mountain”; Hugh Panaro (The Phantom) and the cast from The Phantom of the Opera on “Gloria in Excelsis Deo”; Matthew James Thomas (Pippin) and Rachel Bay Jones of Pippin dueting on “The Cherry Tree Carol”; Reeve Carney (Spiderman) and cast members of Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark singing A Savior Is Born”; celebrity blogger Perez Hilton singing an original song called “Perez’ 2013 Holiday Dishlist”; and many more.
Broadway’s Carols for a Cure, Volume 15 can be ordered for only $23 through BC/EFA at broadwaycares.org or by calling 212/840-0770 x238, M–F, 9 a.m.–4 p.m. CST. —Troy Carrington
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