TUNES in TIMES SQUARE - About Event

 

Below is the information about TUNES IN TIMES SQUARE 2018. The next event will be on May 3, 2020 and this page will be updated in Spring 2020.

 

 

Sunday, May 6, 2018
10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Broadway Pedestrian Plaza between 46th & 47th Streets
Times Square, New York

 

 

WHAT? WHERE? WHEN?

 

Magical Music for Life Foundation is thrilled to present its 7th annual TUNES IN TIMES SQUARE benefit concert Sunday, May 6, 2018 on Broadway between 46th & 47th Streets in Times Square at 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. In keeping with our mission to better the lives of children through the use of music, the purpose of this concert is to introduce our free water safety album songs, foster awareness of our music and touring shows for children, and to raise financial support for our ongoing outreach and production of free music for children with autism and special needs.

 

The event will be a continuous sing-a-thon, where talented children and groups from seven states will come together to share the same stage with over 60 Broadway performers from most of the current shows and many past shows.

 

Online and at the event there will be many exciting items in the auction & raffle, including tickets to Broadway shows / other events often with backstage tours and/or signed memorabilia, travel, dining, unique & autographed items, etc.

 

Donations will be gladly accepted at the TUNES IN TIMES SQUARE event or at Donations.

 

 

WHY?

 

May is water safety month and Magical Music for Life’s TUNES IN TIMES SQUARE is raising funds to complete the production of their new water safety and basic swimming skills album and continue our outreach efforts for children with and without autism and special needs. Following the success of our free album and musical revue, A Day in the Life of a Child, which teaches social and life skills to children with and without autism and other special needs, Magical Music was asked to write and produce a water safety teaching album. We are excited to take on this project, because drowning is a major cause of death and injury for young children. For children with autism through the age of 14 and other children under 4, drowning is the primary cause of death; and it is the second leading cause of death for children under 14. For every child who dies from drowning, another 5 receive emergency department care for nonfatal submersion injuries; these injuries can cause severe brain damage that may result in long-term disabilities such as memory problems, learning disabilities, and permanent loss of basic functioning.

Magical Music’s mission is to better the lives of children through the impactful and extraordinary power of music. Through these water safety songs which will be available for free, Magical Music strives to help save lives in the future.

 

HOW?

 

How can I help? Make a pledge with a singer or dancer. Make a donation to Magical Music for Life. Check out and bid on our auction items. Buy a raffle ticket. Participate as a ... Performer, Volunteer, Sponsor,or Auction donor.

 

 

BROCHURES

 

2018 TUNES brochure
Past years' brochures: 2013 (trifold print version), 2014 (trifold print version), 2015 (trifold print version), 2016 (email version), and 2017 (email version)

 

 

HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE DAY

10:00 Opening

10:00 - 1:00 Magical Music Troupe and Magical Music for Life songs

10:00 - 12:00 Guest sing-a-thon performers

10:00 - 5:00 Auction of tickets for Broadway and other shows, backstage tours, memorabilia, etc.

10:00 - 5:00 Raffle prizes

10:30 - 4:00 Songs from our new water safety album

12:00 - 12:05 Finding Neverland Boys singing "We're All Made of Stars"

12:30 - 12:35 Mary Poppins kids singing "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious"

11:30 - 2:00 Broadway performers

1:30 - 6:00 Magical Music Singers and Magical Music for Life songs

2:15 - 3:00 Special Dance performance with New Canaan Dance Academy

3:00 - 5:00 Guest sing-a-thon performers

3:15 - 3:20 The Adventures of Zak songs
5:00 - 6:00 Broadway performers and guest sing-a-thon performers

6:00 Closing

 

more details to come ...

 

BROADWAY & TV / FILM PERFORMERS

Audrey Bennett - Frozen and Amélie, A New Musical
Ashley Brooke - Doctor Zhivago
Christian Michael Camporin - Finding Neverland and Matilda The Musical
Will Coombs - Harry Potter and the Cursed Child and A Bronx Tale The Musical
Samantha Blaire Cutler - Zürich, Dear Evan Hansen, and Billy Elliot
Emerson Davis - Once on The Island
Jesus Del Orden - Kinky Boots
Ava Della Pietra – The School of Rock
Alex Dreier - Finding Neverland, The Assembled Parties, and Billy Elliott
Cate Elefante - Waitress
Aidan Gemme - Finding Neverland, Waiting for Godot, and Mary Poppins
Lucia Giannetta - A Bronx Tale The Musical, Les Miserables, and Leap of Faith
Gabrielle Greene - The School of Rock The Musical
Jackson Demott Hill - Finding Neverland
Noah Hinsdale - Finding Neverland and Fun Home
Jim Kaplan - The School of Rock The Musical and The King and I
Jake Katzman - Kinky Boots
Christie Kim - The King and I
Madison Lagares - The School of Rock The Musical and On Your Feet
Cooper Lantz - Kinky Boots
Hudson Loverro – A Bronx Tale The Musical
Corey Mach - Kinky Boots, Hands on a Hardbody, and Godspell
Jack McCarthy - Finding Neverland
Kelly McCormick - Carousel
James Moye - Dear Evan Hansen, Aladdin, On the Twentieth Century, and Bullets Over Broadway
Brooklyn Nelson - Frozen and Matilda
Madeleine Pace - Once
Gabriella Palminteri - Blue Bloods
Delilah Rose Pellow - Anastasia
Ellie Poon - A Christmas Story the Musical and Broadway at the White House
Sam Poon - The King and I, MacBeth, Billy Elliot, and Les Miserables
William Poon - The King and I, The Hundred Dresses, and Beauty and the Beast
Julianna Rigoglioso - Sound of Music, Far from Heaven, Mary Poppins, and Table 58
Nicole Scimeca – Anastasia
Demi Singleton - The Lion King and The School of Rock The Musical
Levi Smith - A Bronx Tale The Musical
Eli Tokash - Finding Neverland and Pippin
Mckayla Twiggs – Anastasia, Les Miserables, and Once
Deonté Warren - Aladdin, Sister Act, and Dreamgirls
Annabelle Watchel – The School of Rock
Timothy Yang - The King and I

American Swiss Ballet
Broadway Bound Kidz
Broadway Youth Ensemble
New Canaan Dance Academy
The Studio

Assistance by:
Preston T. Boyd - The Play That Goes Wrong
Jonathan Freeman - Aladdin

Bolded shows are current performances

 

 

 

For more information and links, go to the TUNES Overview.

 

THANK YOU TO ALL WHO PARTICIPATED IN & DONATED TO TUNES in TIMES SQUARE!

 

See the 2018 thank you with photos

See the 2017 thank you with photos