In case you all didn't know. Heather Headley is my favorite singer so I am proud when she goes out and performs. If you are in the NYC area this weekend, make sure to check it out!!!
Kristin Chenoweth, Heather Headley, Karen Olivo, and Sherie Rene Scott will perform at a gala benefit, sponsored by The Celebrate Broadway Preservation Fund, Inc. under the direction of The Broadway League, at the Broadway Ballroom of the Marriott Marquis Hotel, on Monday, May 17. Andrew Lippa will host.
As previously announced, the benefit will honor James M. Nederlander, chairman of The Nederlander Organization, who will receive the Broadway League's second Schoenfeld Vision for Arts in Education Award. The event will raise funds for arts education and audience development initiatives.
For tables and tickets, contact Suzanne Tobak at 917-693-7414 or e-mail tobaktd@aol.com.
REALLY?????
BOSTON — A Roman Catholic school in Massachusetts has withdrawn its acceptance of an 8-year-old boy with lesbian parents, saying their relationship was "in discord" with church teachings, according to one of the boys' mothers.
It's at least the second time in recent months that students have not been allowed to attend a U.S. Catholic school because of their parents' sexual orientation, with the other instance occurring in Colorado.
The Massachusetts woman, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of concerns about the effect of publicity on her son, said she planned to send the boy to third grade at St. Paul Elementary School in Hingham in the fall. But she said she learned her son's acceptance was rescinded during a conference call Monday with Principal Cynthia Duggan and the parish priest, the Rev. James Rafferty.
"I'm accustomed to discrimination, I suppose, at my age and my experience as a gay woman," the mother said. "But I didn't expect it against my child."
Rafferty said her relationship "was in discord with the teachings of the Catholic Church," which holds marriage is only between a man and woman, the woman said.
She said Duggan told her teachers wouldn't be prepared to answer questions her son might have because the school's teachings about marriage conflict with what he sees in his family.
I feel that this is so sad...that's all I have to say about it!
