Activists hope Broadway stars won't perform during Republican convention (13428)

An anti-Bush organization is hoping Broadway stars will call in sick the night they're scheduled to perform for delegates at the Republican National Convention, reports the New York Daily News's Rush & Molloy. Gary Boston and Jeff Adler of www.shutitdownnyc.com are approaching Broadway performers, particularly gay men, and asking them not to perform on September 1, when convention delegates have been given tickets to eight shows, including 42nd Street, Aida, Bombay Dreams, and The Phantom of the Opera. "There are a lot of gay people in the Broadway community," Boston told the News, "and [the Republicans are] basically asking them to sing and dance for them while they're writing them out of the Constitution."