Featuring:Cast members from the hit Broadway Show Disney’s ALADDINBroadway, TV and recording stars:Kimberley Locke: American Idol, recording starJake Simpson: 2-time Star Search grand champion/recording starShawn Ryan: America’s Got Talent semi-finalistKim Nalley: Jazz star(Cast list as of 10-25-17 - Additional Cast to be announced.)Monday, Dec. 4, 20176:00 pm: Limited silent auction in theater lobby7:00 pm: Doors open for seating7:30 pm: Performance9:45 pm: After party with the cast at Clift Hotel’s Redwood and Velvet RoomsTix $60 - General admission$125 up - includes Gala post performance reception with castat the CLIFT Hotel - Velvet & Redwood Rooms - 495 Geary (at Taylor St.) in SF 94102For Tix and info www.helpisontheway.org or call 415- 273 -1620Tickets $60 - General Reserved Seating - Performance only; and $125 and up (Underwriter level tickets include the Gala Post Performance Reception and a chance to meet and mingle with the cast) at the nearby CLIFT Hotel - Velvet & Redwood Rooms - 495 Geary (at Taylor St.) in SF 94102. Doors open for the general public at 6:30 pm.For Tix and info www.helpisontheway.org or call 415- 273 -1620Silent Auction: 6:30 pmStar-studded AIDS Benefit Concert: 7:30 - 9:45 pmPost Performance Underwriter Dessert & Wine Party w/ cast: 9:45 - 11:45 pm(includes complimentary wine, champagne and desserts)Visit our web site for additional info www.helpisontheway.org or call 415/ 273 -1620Underwriter ticket prices for Help is on the Way for the Holidays are tiered from $125 to $5,000.The 2017 Cast for HELP IS ON THE WAY FOR THE HOLIDAYS 16 gala will feature:Cast members from the hit Broadway Show Disney’s ALADDINKimberley Locke: American Idol, recording starJake Simpson: 2-time Star Search grand champion/recording starShawn Ryan: America’s Got Talent semi-finalistKim Nalley: Jazz star(Cast list as of 10-25-17 - Additional Cast to be announced.)
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PERFORMANCE ONLY TICKETS are $60 (GENERAL RESERVED SEATING).UNDERWRITER LEVEL TICKETS: Includes post-performance dessert party with the cast at CLIFT Hotel - Velvet & Redwood Rooms - 495 Geary (at Taylor St.) in SF 94102- featuring complimentary wine, cocktails and desserts (9:45 - 11:45 pm). A portion of Underwriter level tickets help underwrite the costs of the production. Help is on the Way for the Holidays 16 Underwriter Ticket prices are tiered from $125 and up. Underwriters will also be invited to a special reception in early 2017 to distribute the checks to the beneficiaries of this event. To order Underwriter level tickets, visit www.helpisontheway.org or call 415 / 273 -1620Since it’s inception in 1995, The Richmond/Ermet Aid Foundation has raised well over $3 million for AIDS service agencies in the Bay Area and Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS as well as hunger programs and programs that serve and support homeless youth. 100% of proceeds from ticket sales have always gone directly to the beneficiary partnersHELP IS ON THE WAY FOR THE HOLIDAYS 16 is produced by The Richmond/Ermet Aid Foundation, founded in 1995 by Barbara Richmond & Peggy Ermet in memory of their sons, John Richmond & Doug Ermet, who both lost their lives to AIDS. In 1995 They decided not to get mad but get even when they launched a musical AIDS benefit to honor their sons and raise funds for AIDS service organizations.To arrange an interview with any of the performers, or with Executive DirectorKen Henderson, call publicist Lawrence Helman at 415/ 661-1260.CALENDAR EDITORS PLEASE NOTE:WHAT: THE RICHMOND / ERMET AID FOUNDATION PRESENTS…HELP IS ON THE WAY FOR THE HOLIDAYS 16A 16th Anniversary Gala Holiday CelebrationStar-studded AIDS Benefit Holiday Concert & GalaBenefiting: Project Open Hand and Larkin Street Youth ServicesFeaturing:Cast members from the hit Broadway Show Disney’s ALADDINKimberley Locke: American Idol, recording starJake Simpson: 2-time Star Search grand champion/recording starShawn Ryan: America’s Got Talent semi-finalistKim Nalley: Jazz star(Cast list as of 10-25-17 - Additional Cast to be announced.)WHEN: Monday, Dec. 4, 2017 -WHERE: THE MARINES’ MEMORIAL THEATRE – 609 Sutter St. in SF 94102
TIME: 6:30 pm Silent Auction7:30 pm Performance9:45 - 11:45 pm Post-performance dessert party with the cast atCLIFT Hotel - Velvet & Redwood Rooms - 495 Geary (at Taylor St.) in SF 94102Featuring complimentary wine, cocktails and desserts. (Gala & Underwriter tix only.)TICKET: $ 60 GENERAL RESERVED SEATING - (Show Only)PRICES: $125 & up UNDERWRITER Level - (Preferred seating / Show & Post Party)TICKETS: www.helpisontheway.org / 415/ 273- 1620
From the Tony Award–winning composer of Parade and Honeymoon in Vegas, Jason Robert Brown, comes the powerful and intimate musical, The Last Five Years, in concert for a special musical event. The presentation features Betsy Wolfe (star of A.C.T.'s Tales of the City, Broadway's The Mystery of Edwin Drood and Bullets Over Broadway) and Adam Kantor (Broadway's RENT and Next to Normal), the critically acclaimed original cast of the 2013 production at New York's Second Stage Theatre.