All Stars Project Gala...raises $3 million! Rosie Perez attended!

The All Stars Project held its National Gala Benefit on April 12th at the David H. Koch Theatre at Lincoln Center.

Titled - "Out of Crisis Helping the World's Youth to Grow" - the high-profile event raised $3 million dollars for After School Development.

The Gala was hosted by Diana Williams of ABC Eyewitness News.

Academy Award- nominated actress Rosie Pérez attended.

The organizers announced the formation of  a $9.2 million expansion campaign for the All Stars Project of New Jersey which includes creating The Scott H. Flamm Center for Development Afterschool in downtown Newark.

The event also honored hedge-fund industry leader, Elliott Management Corporation.

Dinner co-chairs included Steve Alesio (Dun & Bradstreet); Scott B. Hill (Ernst & Young); Keith Horn, Elliott Management Corp.); Hunter L. Hunt (Hunt Oil); Charles MacDonald (Elliott Management Corp.); and T. Ross (Merrill Lynch).

The 2010 Bridge Building Awards for Leadership in Community Relations were presented to five countries for their exmplary leadership in providing aid to Haiti in the aftermath of January's devastating earthquake.

Haiti's Consul General of New York, Felix Augustine (along with youth leaders of the All Stars Project) presented the awards to Consul General H. E. Osmar V. Chohfi (Brazil); Consul General Daniel Sullivan (Canada); Ambassador Jorge Bolanos (Cuba); Consul General Phillippe Lalliot (France); and Consul General's Asaf Shariv (Israel).

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All Stars Project...Castillo Theatre presents Poetry Snap! Stimulating Theatre on April 17th, 24th & 25th!

Hot young poets from the mean streets of New York City causing a big buzz in performance circles of late, will be delivering up their rhymes and rants at the All Stars Project on 42nd Street on April 17th, 24th, and 25th.

Yup, just three performances!

The thought-provoking show - Poetry Snap: Word on the Street - was directed by Michael Alcide and Darnelle Cadet.

According to the producers, Snap is "a new hip-hop theatre form, an integrated performance of new hard-hitting, provocative (and often tender) poems woven into an evening of stimulating theatre by an ensemble of socially-engaged poet/performers".

Featured Poets
Kristina Acheampong, Michael Alcide, Darnelle Cadet, Aadanis Dempster, Andrea Harrison, Shaneequa O'Connor, Johanny "Jay" Paulino, Christina Tapia, and Serge Velez.

Theatre
All Stars Project
543 West 42nd Street
New York, New York

Performances
Show times: 7:30 p.m. (all nights)

Info: http://www.broadway.com

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Castillo Theatre...Coming of Age in Korea! Mingle with dancer Desmond Richardson at pre-show receptions...

The producers of "Coming of Age in Korea" invite theatre-goers to two pre-show receptions over the upcoming weekend.

The first party mixer is slated for Friday January 30th (6:30 p.m.) one hour prior to curtain.

The second soiree will be tossed on Sunday Feb. 1st @ 1:00 p.m.

The play - in a nutshell - focuses on three young GIs from New York City (one Latino, one Black and one Jewish) who confront the harassment of brass, racism in the military, and the brutality of the United States occupation of South Korea at the tale end of the War.

"Coming of Age" features music by Fred Newman and celebrated Grammy-nominated composer Annie Roboff.

According to the director, the score takes the audience on a journey through the "coming of age" of American popular music — the blues, swing, doo-wop, rock - and country.

This production is directed by Garbrielle L. Kurlander (CEO of All Stars Project) and partnered with renowned dancer and choreographer Desmond Richardson (co-artistic director of Complexions Contemporary Ballet).

Tickets: https://www.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/79512

Castillo Performs the World

Since 1983, Castillo has staged over 130 productions - from multi-cultural and avant-garde plays - to musicals and performance projects.

Located at the All Stars Project's performing arts and learning center on West 42nd Street, the Castillo Theatre brings challenging, thought-provoking entertainment to the heart of New York's theatre district which deal with contemporary and historical social issues.

A showplace for the plays of Fred Newman and Heiner Müller, a multicultural home for Black theatre, and a hotbed of theatrical improvisation.

Castillo includes people of all ages and backgrounds in the creative process - from raising and contributing money - to being a part of the house staff or performing on stage.

Castillo works and plays side-by-side with the developmental youth programs of the All Stars Project, which bring theatre to the whole city.

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