For 20 years, Sing Out for Freedom (formerly known as Broadway Stands Up for Freedom) has brought together New York’s performing arts and civil liberties communities to celebrate the work of the NYCLU and ACLU. The concert has grown steadily since its inception in 2002, when aspiring musical theater performers and high school student activists Liana Stampur, Erich Bergen, and Dana Steingold gathered to sing and raise money for the NYCLU. Today, Sing Out for Freedom is a key source of support for our civil rights and liberties mission.

With Erich as Executive Producer, this year’s event showcases two decades of progress made by the NYCLU and ACLU thanks to our amazing staff, partners, and supporters like you. We are thrilled to honor Padma Lakshmi and Patti Smith for their dedicated contributions to social justice advocacy. This year we also celebrate NYCLU Artist Ambassador co-chair and musical theatre composer Shaina Taub with the NYCLU’s annual Michael Friedman Freedom Award, named for the late composer and Sing Out contributor.

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HOST

Busy Philipps & Sarah Jones

HONOREEs

Padma Lakshmi
Patti Smith
Shaina Taub (Michael Friedman Freedom Award Recipient)

2022 PERFORMERS

Adam Hyndman, Alex Edelmen, Ari Conte, Ashley De La Rosa, Ato Blankson-Wood, Brandon Michael Nase, Cindy Tsai, Desmond Child, Jess McLeod, Kayla Davion, Kyle Freeman, Liana Stampur, Malachi Mabson, Maybe Burke, Michael Kushner, November Christine, Patti Smith, Roy Wood Jr., Shaina Taub, Shoshana Bean, Siedah Garrett, Sing Harlem, Somah Haaland, Tomás Matos, Treya Lam

1776, A Strange Loop, Moulin Rouge

THANK YOU TO OUR SUPPORTERS

Lead:

Richard Feldman

Producer:

Anonymous

Marianne & Steven Mills

Iris Smith

Kaily Smith Westbrook & Adam Westbrook

Co-Producer/Partner:

Barbara Whitman

Claudia Salomon

Benefactor:

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates

United Food and Commercial Workers

Richenthal Foundation

Partner:

Broadway Cares, Equity Fights Aids

Latham & Watkins LLP

Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein Attorneys at Law

Shirley and Al Evenitsky Fund for Social Justice

Guardian:

Kramer Levin

Outten & Golden LLP

Frankfurt Kurnit Klein + Selz

PSBM

Schulte Roth & Zabel

Alera Group

1199 Seiu United Healthcare Workers East

Christopher Street Financial

Hard Rock Hotel New York

Corsair Capital Management, L.P.

Host Committee:

Edwin J. Lopez-Soto & Patricia A. Braus

Julie Kowitz Margolies & Alex Margolies

Kevin Finnegan & Mrinal Vikram

The Lambert Family