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- 0:00Speaker 1: All right, Christina Aguilera on Light FM. It's Cubby and Christine,
- 0:03Speaker 1: Prince and more variety from the eighties through today. Coming up,
- 0:06Speaker 1: speaking up Bread.
- 0:07Speaker 2: Yes, we've got a Broadway show for our Prince lovers.
- 0:11Speaker 2: Purple Rain is coming to Broadway.
- 0:14Speaker 1: You know.
- 0:14Speaker 2: It is a musical based on the hit movie. So
- 0:18Speaker 2: that'll be at the Majestic Theater. It's coming this spring.
- 0:21Speaker 2: It's going to feature over twenty of Prince's iconic hits,
- 0:25Speaker 2: including When Doves Cry, I Would Die for You. Previews
- 0:28Speaker 2: begin March twelfth ahead of the opening night, which is
- 0:30Speaker 2: April twelfth.
- 0:31Speaker 1: To me, this is a no brainer, like I can
- 0:33Speaker 1: smell smash.
- 0:34Speaker 2: Yes, you know, yeah, we're in.
- 0:36Speaker 1: Yeah, we'll go absolutely. And then something special that's happening here.
- 0:42Speaker 2: Locally right exactly September tenth that Madison Square Garden, there
- 0:46Speaker 2: is going to be a charity benefit and it is
- 0:49Speaker 2: for September eleventh. It's the Charity Comedy Benefit co hosted
- 0:53Speaker 2: by John Stewart Pete Davidson. Pete was seven years old
- 0:57Speaker 2: when he lost his dad on September eleventh. His father
- 1:00Speaker 2: was a firefighter, and it is the New York City
- 1:04Speaker 2: Still Rising after twenty five years. A nine to eleven
- 1:07Speaker 2: Charities comedy benefits going to feature Pete John Stewart, Dave Chappelle,
- 1:12Speaker 2: Nikki Glazer, Aziz Azari, Bill Burr. Also, we have others
- 1:18Speaker 2: expected to join in like Amy Schumer, John Mulaney, Jimmy Fallon,
- 1:21Speaker 2: Wanda Sykes. These are people who have been there in
- 1:24Speaker 2: the past and they think we'll probably hop on stage
- 1:27Speaker 2: once again. So that is the New York City Still
- 1:30Speaker 2: Rising after twenty five years. A nine to eleven Comedy Benefit,
- 1:34Speaker 2: Madison Square Garden, September tenth. Tickets are going to go
- 1:38Speaker 2: on sale. There is a pre sale that begins tomorrow Wednesday,
- 1:42Speaker 2: July twenty ninth, ten am. Please use the code rising
- 1:46Speaker 2: to get your tickets.
- 1:47Speaker 1: I love the name NYC Still Rising. We sure are
- 1:51Speaker 1: all right, Thank you, Christine. How about we change gears
- 1:54Speaker 1: and give away some Hillary Deft tickets. We need two
- 1:58Speaker 1: people to play our trivia battle one hundh at two
- 2:00Speaker 1: two two one oh six seven, and you need to
- 2:02Speaker 1: be available to go next Wednesday.
- 2:04Speaker 2: Oh yeah, this is coming up quick. Hillary Duff on Wednesday,
- 2:07Speaker 2: August fifth at Madison Square, Goden. Tickets are available now
- 2:10Speaker 2: at ticketmaster dot com or. You can give us a call.
- 2:12Speaker 1: Good Luck LIGHTFM