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The show runs through Sunday at the Durham Performing Arts Center with nightly performances as well as matinee and evening performances on Saturday and Sunday.
Throughout its run, the company of Jersey Boys has partnered with Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (BC/EFA), the Phyllis Newman Women's Health Initiative, Superstorm Sandy relief and the Carolina Theatre's Arts Discovery program to raise money.
This has been done by having the stars of the show stand at the exits with red buckets for people to put a dollar or two in. Various gift items, such as autographed posters and Playbills, have also been available for a small donation.
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The cast performed everything from Stevie Wonder to Lady Gaga and wowed the nearly packed out Fletcher Hall at the Carolina Theatre (pictured left).
To date, the BC/EFA program has raised over $195 million through all Broadway, off-Broadway and touring shows and continues to help many people. Even Broadway cast members themselves.
At the concert, Colby Foytick, who plays Tommy DeVito in this production of Jersey Boys, told a heartbreaking story of how he had just lost his mom to liver cancer a few days ago and how BC/EFA helped him.
Foytick said he received an email soon after his mother's death from the director of BC/EFA (whom he had never met) and he was told that the organization was making a $2,500 donation to a local charity in his mother's memory.
This is just a fraction of the great work BC/EFA has done not only for everyday people but for those in the Broadway family as well. Below is a video from Carlos Valdes, who plays bass guitar in the band of a performance of Toto's "Rosanna" at the Rock Like A Man concert Monday night.
At the concert, Colby Foytick, who plays Tommy DeVito in this production of Jersey Boys, told a heartbreaking story of how he had just lost his mom to liver cancer a few days ago and how BC/EFA helped him.
Foytick said he received an email soon after his mother's death from the director of BC/EFA (whom he had never met) and he was told that the organization was making a $2,500 donation to a local charity in his mother's memory.
This is just a fraction of the great work BC/EFA has done not only for everyday people but for those in the Broadway family as well. Below is a video from Carlos Valdes, who plays bass guitar in the band of a performance of Toto's "Rosanna" at the Rock Like A Man concert Monday night.
Reflection: I have been to see Jersey Boys twice (and will go for a third time on Sunday) while it has been in Durham over the past few weeks. On both occasions, I made a donation and got a signed poster and Playbill.
I also attended the Rock Like A Man concert and really enjoyed it. I am proud to know I supported a great cause and I hope I can continue to do so in the future.
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I also attended the Rock Like A Man concert and really enjoyed it. I am proud to know I supported a great cause and I hope I can continue to do so in the future.
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