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Debbie Gibson The Path Fund’s 22nd annual ROCKERS ON BROADWAY 80’s REWIND benefit concert will honor 80’s Pop Princess, Debbie Gibson with the Rockers Lifetime Achievement Award on Monday, November 9, 2015 at Le Poisson Rouge (158 Bleeker Street) at 7:30 p.m. ROCKERS ON BROADWAY is a fun and unique charity concert that will feature Broadway’s best rockers performing the biggest hits in 80’s Rock n’ Roll. Proceeds from the evening will benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (BCEFA) and non-profit performing arts education programs. Debbie Gibson burned up the charts in the 1980’s with teen pop smashes like “Lost in Your Eyes,” "Only in My Dreams" and “Shake Your Love.” In 1988 the Guinness Book of World Records named her the youngest female artist to write, produce, and perform a #1 single on the Billboard Hot 100, with her song “Foolish Beat.” She has gone on to star on Broadway and National Tours, as well as television and film. Gibson continues to write,...

**** ROCKERS ON BROADWAY **** Donnie Kehr Donnie Kehr’s Rockers On Broadway (their 21st annual event) delivered another knockout show Monday night, at Le Poisson Rouge in the Village, this year celebrating Teen Idols. “Everyone had one” says Kehr, as they hosted a terrific ensemble of acts, and honored Micky Dolenz and Frankie Valli with Lifetime Achievement Awards. Radio-personality Bruce Morrow (Cousin Brucie) was also honored with the Ambassador of Rock award. Courtney Reed (Jasmine in Aladdin; Carla from In The Heights) began the proceedings with a blazing version of Katy Perry’s “Teenage Dream” that clearly set the right tone for the evening. Jarrod Spector - the second actor to play Valli in Broadway's Jersey Boys - wowed the packed house with a medley of "Grease," "Can't Take My Eyes Off of You" and"Beggin'."

**** THE GLORIOUS CORNER Story By: G. H. HARDING   **** Micky Dolenz ELLA HENDERSON – Every so often we get surprised too! Earlier this year, Brit-group London Grammar just knocked us out, but two weeks back we saw a new performer on The Today Show, Ella Henderson, and she just stunned us. Now, having heard her debut album Chapter One, it’s immediately in my Top 5 albums of the year (along with London Grammar). We've written a lot over this year and last about the brilliant Brit-pop singers coming to our shores, starting with the indomitable Amy Winehouse and continuing with, Florence Welch, Jessie J, Emeli Sande, Leona Lewis, Ellie Goulding, Duffy, and still coming with the additional of Henderson. Coming off the fastest selling debut from a U. K. artist this year with her single “Ghost,” Ella’s debut album Chapter One entered at #1 on the UK Albums Chart. She was a finalist on the ninth cycle of The X Factor in 2012 and fi...

**** THE GLORIOUS CORNER Story By: G. H. HARDING   **** Micky Dolenz A CORNER EXCLUSIVE --- We heard the rumors, but yesterday Rockers On Broadway’s director Donnie Kehr called and confirmed to us exclusively to that Monkee-Peter Tork will indeed be a special guest for their upcoming November 17 event here in new York, joining mate-Micky Dolenz on stage for several songs, and the presentation to Dolenz of his Lifetime Achievement Award. So, basically we’re having a mini-Monkee reunion here in Manhattan. The event will take place at Le Poisson Rouge in the Village. Check out their site here for more info : JERRY MEETS MARTY --- The Grateful Dead will celebrate the band’s 50th anniversary with an authorized feature documentary that will be directed by Amir Bar-Lev, helmer of the terrfici films The Tillman Story and most recently the Penn State football scandal Happy Valley. Martin Scorsese, whose own rock docus have provided the template for how to ma...

Micky Dolenz ROCKERS ON BROADWAY the unique annual event (which has raised over $300,000 with over two decades of performances) featuring Broadway’s finest, performing something for everyone - has announced the line-up for their next event, Monday, November 17 (at Manhattan’s Le Poisson Rouge) Celebrating five decades of music from our favorite teen idols. Says Rockers’ Kehr, “This year we will honor two of America’s teen idol icons Micky Dolenz and Frankie Valli with Lifetime Achievement Awards and legendary DJ ‘Cousin’ Brucie Morrow with the Ambassador of Rock Award.” Continues Kehr, “Teen idols have always been a special kind of rock star! When their songs came on the radio our hearts skipped a beat. We tacked their photos to our bedroom walls, faithfully watched their TV shows and bought their records --and we might have even written some of them a love note or two… we all had one.” EXPECTED TO PERFORM Micky Dolenz, The Monkees Lena Ha...

Micky Dolenz Donnie Kehr and The Path Fund Announce ‘Rockers On Broadway – Teen Idols’ to be held on Monday, November 17th at Le Poisson Rouge; Honoring Micky Dolenz (The Monkees) and other teen idols. New York -- For over two decades, the annual Rockers On Broadway Benefit Concert has raised over $300,000. Proceeds from 2014’s event benefitting The Broadway Dreams Foundation and Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, says Cori Gardner, Executive Producer of The PATH Fund, the nonprofit organization that produces the event.

Darlene Love and Deborah Gibson The other night at BB King's in Manhattan, the ROCKERS ON BROADWAY group celebrated the music of MOTOWN. Rockers, led by JERSEY BOY's DONNIE KEHR, had as performers, MICKY DOLENZ; DEBORAH GIBSON; LARRY GATLIN; CHRISTINE EBERSOLE; DAPHNE RUBIN VEGA; LALA BROOKS; DARLENE LOVE; and, the event was hosted by TV's CAROLYN RHEA. Dolenz performed "When A Man Loves A Woman" and "Ease On Down The Road"; Gibson performed FREDA PAYNE's "Band Of Gold"; Kehr sang "For Once In my Life"; the wonderful KATE TAYLOR sang "How Sweet It Is"; VEGA performed a soul-stirring "Midnight Train To Georgian"; and, EBERSOLE stole the show with a breath-taking "Ain't No Mountain High Enough."Honored also, were the songwriting team of Holland-Dozier-Holland ... who came onstage, with the original Mr. Motown himself BERRY GORDY, Dolenz, who is on his way back to California for a performance at ne...