Judith Light from TNT's Dallas has been named ambassador of Kids' Night on Broadway, she looks forward to working with the Point Foundation (TNT)
Happy to report that Kids’ Night on Broadway salutes Point Foundation this year. Point Foundation, the country’s largest scholarship granting organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer students, promotes community service, mentorship and leadership development. It has invested $18 million in the education of Point Scholars since 2001.
Judith Light, the two-time Tony Award winner who starred in the recently cancelled TNT Dallas show (bring it back, bring it back!), has been named ambassador for Kids’ NIght on Broadway, a program that offers kids ages 6-18 free tickets to Broadway shows when full price adult tickets are purchased. Tickets go on sale Nov. 5 at 11 a.m. at KidsNightonBroadway.com for shows that run from Jan. 9-15.
Light is a longtime board member on the Point Foundation and has been active in fighting the AIDS pandemic and championing equal rights, including: Broadway Cares: Equity Fights AIDS, The Names Project/The AIDS Memorial Quilt, CDC’s Business Responds to AIDS/Labor Responds to AIDS, Project Angel Food, the Hunger Project, the Matthew Shepard Foundation, the National Aids Memorial Grove, Drama League National Advisory Council and the Trevor Project.
Some of the participating shows (subject to change) are: Aladdin, Beautiful – The Carole King Musical, Chicago, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder,Honeymoon in Vegas, If/Then, Jersey Boys, Kinky Boots, Les Misérables, The Lion King, Mamma Mia!, Matilda The Musical, The Phantom of the Opera, On the Town, Pippin, Rock of Ages, Side Show, and Wicked.
Coordinating events are being announced across the country; Texas is not represented yet, but updates will be posted on the Kids Night on Broadway Across the U.S. page.
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