If you are in New York on November 3rd, you can catch Raleigh native Lauren Kennedy’s latest venture; an all-star benefit concert performance of DRIFT with music and lyrics by Jeremy Schonfeld. It will take place at the BB King Blues Club & Grill on 42nd St. in  New York City. The event will star:

• Adam Pascal (Rent)
• Jarrod Emick (Tony Award winner: Damn Yankees),
• Adam Kantor (Rent)
• Julia Murney (Wicked)
• Kris Coleman (Jersey Boys)
• Karla Mosley (Expatriate)
• Terrence Mann (two time Tony Award nominee: Beauty and the Beast, Les Miserables)

The concert also features Scott Coulter and Michelle Kinney. Produced by the PATH Fund, Inc. (“Rockers on Broadway”), the evening benefiting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights and Atlanta’s Broadway Dreams Foundation will take place on Monday, November 3, 2008. Tickets are $60, with standing room available at $30.

With a rock score from acclaimed composer Jeremy Schonfeld, DRIFT weaves raw and gracefully honest songs together to tell the story of one man’s divorce and reconciliation. Originally released as a concept recording by Sh-K Boom Records, a book musical version of DRIFT (with collaborator Craig Pospisil) premiered at the 2005 New York Musical Theater Festival (NYMF), and was subsequently produced in an award-winning full-scale production as part of the 2006 Festival. Tickets are available through Tickemaster.

After DRIFT, Kennedy will be preparing for the Broadway premiere of Vanities , beginning in February.