NEWSDAY, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1990
NEWSDAY, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1990
Some of the featured performers will include pop dance band Sweet Sensation, the female rap group Salt-N-Pepa, the dance band Inner City, singer Noel, rapper Queen Latifah and pop star Nona Hendryx. Other performers are Cynthia and Johnny O, Dan Hartman, Barry Lather, Denise Lopez, Abby Lynn, Sakad, Whistle, Rockapella and Sharon Redd.
Edward Morgan, a dancer with the Joffrey Ballet, will perform with a group of nine dancers calling them- selves Electricity. “I got my friends to help out,” said Morgan. During the week, he dances the role of the mouse king in “The Nutcracker” at City Center. But tomorrow night, he will be doing “a hip-hop, jazz, video potpourri.” Celebrity emcees Linda Lavin (who will arrive late after playing in “Gypsy”), Chita Rivera, Fred Schneider of the B-52’s and ballet stars Jock Soto and Heather Watts will introduce the singers. Benefit organizers hope the hip musical lineup will attract a new group of GMHC supporters. “We want to appeal to a younger, more ethnically diverse audience,” Evert said. “Our goal is to
reach out and be innovative.”
