Producer and Director, Caleb Ryan is reviving We’ll Take Manhattan with the music of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart. Starring a variety of Broadway’s stars, We’ll Take Manhattan will be performed at New World Stages as part of a new Broadway charity, A Broadway Smile, with proceeds benefiting Operation Smile.
Operation Smile is a volunteer-based medical charity that provides children and young adults with free cleft surgeries. All of the money raised is donated to help children, all over the world, who are born with cleft lip, cleft palate and other facial deformities.
Through its volunteers, Operation Smile has provided more than 3.5 million comprehensive patient evaluations and over 220,000 free surgeries to children and young adults. The organization also trains local doctors so that even children living in some of the poorest areas of the world have the opportunity to be treated.
Kirstin Maldonado, PENTATONIX singer and winner of NBC’s The Sing Off, will headline the show, along with Jeremy Lewis, a member of the acoUstiKats and former contestant on NBC’s The Sing Off. The concert will feature the talent of Hannah Elless (Godspell; Mamma Mia; The Other Josh Cohen), Laura Dreyfuss (Once; Hair; What’s It All About), Trevor McQueen (Annie; Get Your Gun) and Telly Leung (Glee; Rent; Flower Drum Song; Wicked), with Bryan Carter and his band providing the music.
A VIP Meet and Greet will be held after the event for guests and the talent to meet and socialize.
