Full Cast for They're Playing Our Song Benefit Announced

Complete casting has been announced for the Actors Fund's one-night-only performance of They're Playing Our Song, featuring previously announced stars Sutton Foster and Seth Rudetsky. The concert staging will take place on August 30 at the Gerald W. Lynch Theatre at John Jay College. Denis Jones will direct.

Joining Foster and Rudetsky will be Kaitlyn Davidson (Johnny Baseball), Amber Efe (Legally Blonde) and Alex Ellis (Thoroughly Modern Millie) as the Voices of Sonia Walsk and Matt Loehr (Promises, Promises), Tyler Maynard (The Little Mermaid, Mamma Mia!, Altar Boyz) and Jesse Nager (Mary Poppins) as the Voices of Vernon Gersch.

Featuring music by Marvin Hamlisch, lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager and a book by Neil Simon, They're Playing Our Song tells the story of an established composer, Vernon Gersch, who teams up with an eccentric lyricist, Sonja Walsk. The two (loosely based on Hamlisch and Sager) initially find professonal success but personal drama before forming a strong bond. The show originally opened on Broadway on Februrary 11, 1979, starring Lucie Arnaz and Robert Klein and ran for 1,082 performances. The musical received four Tony Award nominations, including Best Musical.