JOHN TARTAGLIA TO HOST "GOT TALENT" LIVE GRAND FINALE

Written by The Best of Off-Broadway
Published 2010-05-13

John Tartaglia To Host "Got Talent?" Live Grand Finale of QSAC Benefit for Autism, at the Times Square Arts Center, May 24
 
Tartaglia to be joined by celebrity judges Leslie Jordan and Dr. Ruth, with a special performance by Martha Wash

May 13, 2010  New York, NY  John Tartaglia, Tony and Emmy Award nominee and creator of the new family musical adventure, John Tartaglia's ImaginOcean, will host the Grand Finale of Got Talent?, a competition to benefit QSAC, a New York agency that serves children with Autism, to be held at the Times Square Arts Center (669 Eighth Avenue) on Monday, May 24, 2010 at 6:00pm.  Tartaglia will serve as the master of ceremonies of the live Grand Finale to be judged by a celebrity panel including Emmy Award winning actor, Leslie Jordan and acclaimed sex educator, Dr. Ruth along with casting veteran Rachel Hoffman, Telsey & Company.  Legendary singer and original Weather Girls member, Martha Wash will also appear for a special performance.
 
Got Talent? Host, John Tartaglia, earned a Tony Award nomination for his performance of Rod/Princeton in the original cast of Avenue Q on Broadway and was most recently seen as Pinocchio in Shrek the Musical.  Known to children worldwide for his Emmy Award nominated children's show, Disney's Johnny and the Sprites which he created and executive produced, Tartaglia has recently spread his creative "fins" to create and write his first musical project, John Tartaglia's ImaginOcean, an original glow-in-the-dark undersea family musical now in performances at New World Stages.

The Grand Finale judges panel includes Emmy Award winning actor (Will & Grace), Lesley Jordan, who is currently performing in his one-man Off Broadway show, My Trip Down The Pink Carpet, based on his book by the same name, now in performances at Midtown Theater;  Dr. Ruth Westheimer, cultural icon and sex therapist, known for her bubbly personality and frank advice about sex; and Rachel Hoffman, casting director with Bernard Telsey & Company casting. 

Entertainment at the event will feature a special music performance by the legendary "Queen of Clubland" Martha Wash.  An original member of the classic disco group, The Weather Girls, who received a Grammy Nomination for their classic hit, "It's Raining Men", Wash went on to have a successful  singing career as a much sought after session singer, recording for Seduction and C+C Music Factory.   
 
The QSAC "Got Talent?" Grand Finale is the final stage in the talent competition to benefit QSAC - Quality Services for the Autism Community.  Twelve finalists, who have passed through a series of on line voting and industry professional judging panels, will perform live at the Grand Finale.  In addition, each finalist has a web page to collect votes that will help raise funds for Autism with each vote costing $1.  Tickets for the QSAC "Got Talent" Grand Finale are $25 to $150 and are available at www.qsac.com/talent/tickets/html.

For more information about QSAC or the "Got Talent?" Grand Finale event, please visit www.QSAC.com/talent or contact Gary Maffei, 212 244-5560 X2020, email Gary@QSAC.com. 
 

 

 

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