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Celebrity Events Group and Olympia Entertainment announce a live, fantasy-filled event for soap opera fans that has never been done before! The stage will be set at Detroit?s historic Masonic Temple Theatre for two days of total soap star immersion when 14 of daytime television?s top actors from ABC?s All My Children, One Life to Live and General Hospital, CBS?s The Young & the Restless and NBC?s Days of Our Lives come to town, along with special guest star, Michigan?s own Matt Giraud from American Idol, to entertain and get up close and personal with their fans.

Celebrity Events Group and Olympia Entertainment announce a live, fantasy-filled event for soap opera fans that has never been done before! The stage will be set at Detroit?s historic Masonic Temple Theatre for two days of total soap star immersion when 14 of daytime television?s top actors from ABC?s All My Children, One Life to Live and General Hospital, CBS?s The Young & the Restless and NBC?s Days of Our Lives come to town, along with special guest star, Michigan?s own Matt Giraud from American Idol, to entertain and get up close and personal with their fans.

Celebrity Events Group and Olympia Entertainment announce a live, fantasy-filled event for soap opera fans that has never been done before! The stage will be set at Detroit?s historic Masonic Temple Theatre for two days of total soap star immersion when 14 of daytime television?s top actors from ABC?s All My Children, One Life to Live and General Hospital, CBS?s The Young & the Restless and NBC?s Days of Our Lives come to town, along with special guest star, Michigan?s own Matt Giraud from American Idol, to entertain and get up close and personal with their fans.

?One Life to Live' Star Mark Lawson To Rock it Out in BROADWAY LOVES THE 80S VOL 5: THE MOVIE EDITION Jamie McGonnigal and Joe's Pub proudly present Broadway Loves the 80s Volume 5: The Movie Edition!!

?One Life to Live' Star Mark Lawson To Rock it Out in BROADWAY LOVES THE 80S VOL 5: THE MOVIE EDITION Jamie McGonnigal and Joe's Pub proudly present Broadway Loves the 80s Volume 5: The Movie Edition!!

On Monday, March 9th, 2009 stars from ABC?s ?All My Children,? ?One Life to Live,? and ?General Hospital? performed at the 5th Annual ABC Daytime and SOAPnet Salutes Broadway Cares/ Equity Fights AIDS benefit at Town Hall in New York City. The annual event raised an all time record of $330,000 bringing the cumulative total to nearly $1.5 million dollars since the shows inception in 2005. This announcement was made today by Brian Frons, president, Daytime, Disney-ABC Television Group and Tom Viola, executive director, Broadway Cares/ Equity Fights AIDS.

The curtain rose for the fifth consecutive year as the spotlight shined center stage on stars from ABC's 'All My Children,' 'One Life to Live' and 'General Hospital' as they sang and danced on Broadway for one night only in support of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. The show, hosted by Cameron Mathison, was held on Monday, March 9 at Town Hall (123 West 43rd Street).

David Alvarez, Trent Kowalik and Kiril Kulish, the three young stars playing the title role in the new Broadway hit, Billy Elliot the Musical will make a special guest star appearance at the 5th Annual 'ABC and SOAPnet Salute Broadway Cares/ Equity Fights AIDS,' performing the song 'Electricity.'

David Alvarez, Trent Kowalik and Kiril Kulish, the three young stars playing the title role in the new Broadway hit, Billy Elliot the Musical will make a special guest star appearance at the 5th Annual 'ABC and SOAPnet Salute Broadway Cares/ Equity Fights AIDS,' performing the song 'Electricity.'

In celebration of the 5th anniversary of their annual 'ABC and SOAPnet Salute Broadway Cares/ Equity Fights AIDS' event, the producers of this popular benefit are offering a special gift to thank fans for their loyal support of this event over the past five years. For the month of January, the first 50 ticket buyers for this year's event will receive the '2009 ABC Hot Guys of Daytime' calendar free. The show, which is part of The Soap Nation Tour, will be held on Monday, March 9th at Town Hall in New York City at 8:00p.m. Tickets, sponsorship opportunities and new online contests are available by visiting www.broadwaycares.org. The annual 'ABC Hot Guys of Daytime Calendar' features 16 months of the hottest hunks from ALL MY CHILDREN, ONE LIFE TO LIFE, and GENERAL HOSPITAL and is a 'must have' for all ABC soap fans. The hunks on display in this year's calendar are: AMC's Cameron Mathison (Ryan), Thorsten Kaye (Zach), and Aiden Turner (Aidan), GH's Maurice Benard (Sonny), Bradford Andersen (Spinelli), Steve Burton (Jason), Jason Thompson (Patrick), Brandon Barash (Johnny), and Greg Vaughan (Lucky), and OLTL's Kamar De Los Reyes (Antonio), John Brotherton (Jared), and Trevor St. John (Todd)! Susan Lucci will headline the 5th annual 'ABC and SOAPnet Salute Broadway Cares/ Equity Fights AIDS'with previously announced co-star and host Cameron Mathison. Talent confirmed to participate, include: Melissa Claire Egan, Bobbie Eakes, Ricky Paull Goldin, Vincent Irizarry, Chrishell Stause, Aiden Turner, Darnell Williams, Walt Willey and Jacob Young from 'All My Children.' Kristen Alderson, BethAnn Bonner, Kathy Brier, Scott Clifton, Kassie DePaiva, Mark Lawson, Hillary B. Smith, Jason Tam and Brittany Underwood from 'One Life to Live' and Bradford Anderson, Anthony Geary and Kimberly McCullough from 'General Hospital.' Additional cast and special guest stars to be announced at a later date. Talent participation is subject to change.

Susan Lucci will headline the 5th Annual 'ABC and SOAPnet Salute Broadway Cares/ Equity Fights AIDS' benefit with previously announced co-star and host Cameron Mathison. Mathison chatted about the upcoming event with ABC News, the clip is now available to watch online!

The curtain rises for the fifth consecutive year as the spotlight shines center stage on stars from ABC's 'All My Children,' 'One Life to Live' and 'General Hospital' who will be singing and dancing on Broadway for one night only in support of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. The show, hosted by Cameron Mathison, will be held on Monday, March 9 at Town Hall (123 West 43rd Street) at 8:00 PM.