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11/6/2003 | posted: 12/5/2003 at 12:49:53 PM ET
Broadway Helps Answer Children's Letters from Santa, Dec. 12-15
By Robert Simonson
December 4, 2003
Broadway actors Kathy Brier, Charles Shaughnessy, John Dossett and Mario Cantone lent Santa Claus a helping hand on Dec. 4 when they read aloud actual letters to St. Nick written by disadvantaged kids. The event was part of the U.S. Postal Service's 2003 Operation Santa.Broadway's participation in Operation Santa includes the distribution of some 25,000 North Pole-bound letters penned by disadvantaged children. The missives will be handed out in Broadway theatre lobbies by performers in various shows between Dec. 12 and Dec. 15. Interested theatregoers are invited to take a letter. Each one includes the child's name and address. The hope is that audience as well as company members will take it upon themselves to make the tots' wishes come true.
Director Scott Ellis spearheaded Broadway's involvement in Operation Santa. After helping deliver gifts for the Postal Service in 2000, he was so moved by the impact of the program that he persuaded several Broadway shows to participate the following Christmas. According to Ellis, 20,000 letters were handed out in 2001, and 30,000 last year, when the Broadway theatre owners and League of American Theatres and Producers got involved.
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11/6/2003 | posted: 12/5/2003 at 12:50:30 PM ET
Forgot to mention that the blurb came from playbill.com
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| posted: 12/5/2003 at 1:15:04 PM ET
I actually read about that in the Newspaper earlier in the week. They didn't mention anything about Broadway actors helping, but they were talking about the cause in general. I've known about this for years, and was thinking of helping out this year by getting a letter or two and mailing some gifts to brighten a child's Christmas. It really is such a wonderful thing to do, and I'm so glad to see that John and others are helping and spreading the word. 
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