I had written about this way back during audtions, but the show is closing in, so here’s the skinny on “Music of Hope” benefit, from a Little Fig Stage e-mail:

Westchester’s Little Fig Stage will present “The Music of Hope,” a benefit concert for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids on May 16 at 8 p.m. and May 17 at 3 p.m. Off-Broadway at The Players Theatre in Manhattan.
The benefit will feature an all-teen cast with special guests from the professional theater community and 20 new songs from a variety of composers and lyricists including Andrew Lippa (“The Wild Party”), Tony Award-winner Robert Lopez (“Avenue Q”), Tom Kitt (“Next to Normal,” “High Fidelity”), Amanda Green (“High Fidelity”), Brian Crawley (“Violet”), and Kim Oler and Alison Hubbard (who conceived the Broadway musical “Little Women”).

Additional music is by Deborah Abramson (associate music director of “Spring Awakening” on Broadway), Steven Alper, Kristen Anderson, Daniel S. Acquisto, Louise Beach, Seth Brietman, Sammy Buck, Alan Cancellino, Haim Cotton, Beth Falcone, Michael V. Ficocelli, Ed Goldschneider (conductor of “Urinetown” on Broadway), Sarah Knapp (who appeared on Broadway in “The Scarlet Pimpernel”), James Millar, Adam Overett (who appeared on Broadway in “The Light in the Piazza”), Rose Marie Raccioppi, Peter Rutherford, William Squier, Fred Stark, Jenne Wason, Amanda Yesnowitz, and Clay Zambo.

The cast of the benefit will feature Alec Beresin, Courtney Brown, Lauren Ciubotaru, Chloe Coletta, EJ Couloucoundis, Catherine Donnelly, Maya Felder, Nathan Graves, Margot Hughes, Casey Hunter, Lara Manbeck, Taina Padilla, Tara Pavone, Caeley Perrine, Keely Bochicchio-Sipos, and Alexandra Skolnick.

Members of Encore Dance Arts, a Westchester-based dance company, will also perform during the benefit: Paige Beyer, Samantha Brown, Alex Farrel, Kylie Flynn, Christine Maroti, Alyssa Sankin, Hailey Sauerhoff, and Claire Talty.

The benefit will be directed by Marci Elyn Schein, with choreography by Megan Hawkins and musical direction by Michael V. Ficocelli.

Tickets are $25, and can be purchased online at www.theatermania.com or by phone at 866-811-4111. The Players Theatre is at 115 MacDougal St. For more information on Little Fig Stage, visit www.littlefigstage.com