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Broadway Megastars Sing ‘What the World Needs Now is Love’ for Orlando: WATCH

Andy Towle June 20, 2016 Leave a Comment

Broadway Orlando

Dozens of Broadway megastars have put out a benefit single for the LGBT Center of Central Florida as a tribute to the victims of last week’s shooting in Orlando, which took the lives of 49 people and injured 53 more.

The single, a cover of Burt Bacharach’s classic “What the World Needs Now is Love” was produced in conjunction with Playbill.

Sara Bareilles, Kristen Bell, Wayne Brady, Matthew Broderick, Andréa Burns, Ann Hampton Callaway, Liz Callaway, Len Cariou, Paul Castree, Michael Cerveris, Joshua Colley, Lilla Crawford, Carmen Cusack, Darius de Haas, Fran Drescher, Gloria Estefan, Christopher Fitzgerald, Kimiko Glenn, Whoopi Goldberg, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Joel Grey, Sean Hayes, Heather Headley, Nina Hennessy, Megan Hilty, James Monroe Iglehart, Bill Irwin, Carole King, Judy Kuhn, Nathan Lane, Anika Larsen, Jennifer Lewis, Zachary Levi, Jose Llana, Rebecca Luker, Andrea Martin, Audra McDonald, Idina Menzel, Janet Metz, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Jessie Mueller, Donna Murphy, Rosie O’Donnell, Kelli O’Hara, Rory O’Malley, Orfeh, Sarah Jessica Parker, Rosie Perez, Bernadette Peters, Billy Porter, Alice Ripley, Chita Rivera, Keala Settle, Kate Shindle, Jennifer Simard, Will Swenson, Rachel Tucker, Tommy Tune, Jonah Verdon, Lillias White, Marissa Jaret Winokur, B.D. Wong and Tony Yazbeck.

Looks like Edie Windsor was on hand too!

Watch it, below.

Broadway Records President Van Dean, musical director/media personality Seth Rudetsky and producer James Wesley spearhead the charitable initiative Broadway for Orlando, according to Playbill.

The track can be downloaded at Broadway records and will be on iTunes shortly.

Said Rudetsky:

“The Broadway community was so terribly shaken and devastated by the horrific tragedy in Orlando. Everyone wanted to do something as quickly as possible that would truly make a difference. On Monday, my husband James woke me up at 7:30 AM and suggested we rally our friends and colleagues to do a ‘We Are the World’ type recording and raise money for the victims and their families. We started making calls and suddenly we had tons of theatre actors along with an orchestra and the services of a fully-staffed recording studio, all willing to donating their time and talent. Our community of artists has banded together as we always do to show we can end this cycle of violence and intolerance. Love WILL prevail!”

Also stepping up for the single – a 22 piece orchestra. More at Playbill.

Topics: Actor, Music, Theater, towleroad More Posts About: Alice Ripley, Andréa Burns, Andrea Martin, Anika Larsen, Ann Hampton Callaway, Audra McDonald, B.D. Wong, Bernadette Peters, Bill Irwin, Billy Porter, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Carmen Cusack, Carole King, Chita Rivera, Christopher Fitzgerald, Darius de Haas, Donna Murphy, Edie Windsor, Fran Drescher, Gloria Estefan, Heather Headley, Idina Menzel, James Monroe Iglehart, Janet Metz, Jennifer Lewis, Jennifer Simard, Jessie Mueller, Joel Grey, Jonah Verdon, Jose Llana, Joshua Colley, Judy Kuhn, Kate Shindle, Keala Settle, Kelli O’Hara, Kimiko Glenn, Kristen Bell, Len Cariou, Lilla Crawford, Lillias White, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Liz Callaway, Marissa Jaret Winokur, Matthew Broderick, Megan Hilty, Michael Cerveris, Nathan Lane, Nina Hennessy, Orfeh, Orlando, Paul Castree, Rachel Tucker, Rebecca Luker, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Rory O’Malley, Rosie O'Donnell, Rosie Perez, Sara Bareilles, Sarah Jessica Parker, Sean Hayes, Tommy Tune, Tony Yazbeck, Wayne Brady, Whoopi Goldberg, Will Swenson, Zachary Levi

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