LIVING FOR TODAY will present a benefit concert entitled LFT:R&H, on Sunday, October 25 at Joe’s Pub (425 Lafayette St) beginning at 7PM. The concert is produced and directed by David Alpert (IF/THEN, The Trip to Bountiful, The Best Man) with music direction by Jason Wetzel (After Midnight). Tickets are $20; $40; and $75 (VIP seats which includes an after-show champagne toast with the company) and are available at www.joespub.com. 
This year’s lineup includes: Nick Adams (Priscilla, Wicked); Eric Anderson (Soul Doctor, South Pacific); Erin Davie (Grey Gardens, Side Show); Paige Davis (Chicago, “Trading Spaces”); Carmen Ruby Floyd (After Midnight); Jessica Grové (Thoroughly Modern Millie, A Little Night Music); Autumn Hurlbert (Legally Blonde); Matthew Hydzik (Side Show, West Side Story); Tony LePage (Rock of Ages); Tam Mutu (Doctor Zhivago); Emily Padgett (Side Show, Rock of Ages); Ryann Redmond (IF/THEN, Bring it On); Jessica Rush (Jersey Boys, Gypsy); Alysha Umphress (On the Town, American Idiot) Cody Williams (On the Town, Cinderella) and more to be announced.
LIVING FOR TODAY raises money for Gilana’s Fund, which provides funding for educational programming promoting acceptance and understanding of our communities, each other, and ourselves. The annual concert series was created in 2008 just a year after the loss of Gilana at the age of 26, by her brother David, a director in NYC. After three years at the Laurie Beechman Theatre, the concert moved downtown to the historic Joe’s Pub, and to date has help raise nearly $50,000. The concert also serves as the platform to announce the annual recipients of Gilana’s Fund.
“I’m so thrilled to be sharing the eighth annual Living for Today concert with the New York community. It has been an honor and a pleasure to watch this event grow considerably since 2008, which continues to attract Broadway’s brightest stars to help me celebrate my sister’s legacy and this very worthy cause. Through this concert series we can together make a difference in the world and continue to honor the goal of Gilana’s Fund: to celebrate acceptance. This year’s concert will showcase the incredible catalogue of Rodgers & Hammerstein with the traditional LFT twist our audiences have come to expect. I’m so thankful for the support over the years in supporting ‘Living for Today!’” – Director/ Producer David Alpert
LFT:R&H, will take place on Sunday, October 25 at Joe’s Pub (425 Lafayette St) beginning at 7PM.Tickets are priced $20 and $40 and are available at www.joespub.com. There are a select number of $75 VIP seats which includes an after-show champagne toast with the company. More information can be found at www.gilanasfund.com/lft.