| BROADWAY BREWS CURTAIN UP BEER -- A NATIONWIDE BREWER ’S COLLABORATION TO BENEFIT THE ACTORS FUND | |
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| THE HAPPY HOUR GUYS and GUN HILL BREWING CO. TO RELEASE CURTAIN UP A NATIONWIDE BREWER'S COLLABORATION TO SUPPORT A LIFE IN THE ARTS TO BENEFIT THE ACTORS FUND -- Brewers Across America Brew Beer to Raise Funds for The Actors Fund and Associated Charities to Aid Arts Industry Workers Suffering From the Pandemic Shutdown-- December 3, 2020 - The Happy Hour Guys and Gun Hill Brewing Company announced today the launch of Curtain Up- Save the Arts, the sixth beer in the Broadway Brews six-pack that will help raise funds for The Actors Fund, the national human services organization for everyone in entertainment and performing arts. The Curtain Up Initiative is unique brew collaboration with more than 30+ other craft breweries and counting. The Curtain Up Initiative is an outgrowth of the Broadway Brews Project, started by The Happy Hour Guys in order to bring Broadway theatre and craft beer together to raise money for charity. Prior to the COVID-19 shutdown, the Happy Hour Guys- Broadway actors Jimmy Ludwig (Spamalot, Little Shop of Horrors) and Mark Aldrich (Ragtime, Newsies, My Fair Lady) led the creation of five beers with five different Broadway shows-including Hamilton, Come From Away and Waitress "(Jimmy & Mark)…good men who are offering this good beer for a very good cause, which is very good news," says leading Broadway/TV comedy legend David Hyde Pierce (Frasier, Hello, Dolly!). The primary mission of the Curtain Up Initiative is to create a source of relief funding for The Actors Fund which provides a safety net for entertainment professionals throughout their lifespan. Gun Hill Brewing Company, creator of the first Broadway Brew Hamilton beer, has developed a Hazy IPA recipe for Curtain Up to be brewed and released by more than 30 local breweries throughout the country. "The entertainment community is about collaboration, heart and creativity. We're truly grateful to Jimmy Ludwig and Mark Aldrich of The Happy Hour Guys, and to David Lopez of Gun Hill Brewing Company for this collaborative effort," said Actors Fund President & CEO Joseph P. Benincasa. "Their heart and creativity in the creation of Curtain Up will raise much needed funds to help those in need in our performing arts and entertainment community." "During the second week of March 2020, live performance was halted nationwide. Tens of thousands of arts professionals found themselves out of work with no knowledge of when they would return; and now, months later, they face loss of income, health insurance, threat of eviction and more-and the industry may not be back to full employment until a year after a vaccine is introduced," says Jimmy Ludwig/The Happy Hour Guys. "This dire situation has hit us too close to home- we knew we had to do something," adds Mark Aldrich/The Happy Hour Guys. "Our mission with Curtain Up was to create a palpable relief funding for our fellow arts workers - we're thrilled The Actors Fund and Gun Hill Brewing Co. have jumped on board as well as our brew partners across the U.S." "Very happy to join the Happy Hour Guys once again to help our arts community," says David Lopez, Co-Founder, Gun Hill Brewing Company. "We look forward to more breweries joining and brewing Curtain Up throughout the coming year," he adds. Curtain Up will be available on tap and in cans at select retail locations, bars & venues across the country beginning December 08, 2020. Breweries and arts organizations that would like more information or to get involved can reach out through Curtainup.beer or info@thehappyhourguys.com. About The Happy Hour Guys: Jimmy Ludwig and Mark Aldrich, both Broadway actors, co-Host this video series of great Craft stories that has been in production since 2006. The Craft of Theatre and Craft Beverages have more in common than you think, and Jimmy & Mark have made it their mission to pursue the greatest stories, sips and stops the world over to bring this terrific content to their fans. The idea for the Broadway Brews Project came about as a way to bring The Happy Hour Guys' Acting lives and their Craft lives together, and what a ride it has been so far! http://www.thehappyhourguys.com/. About The Actors Fund: The Actors Fund is a national human services organization that fosters stability and resiliency, and provides a safety net for performing arts and entertainment professionals over their lifespan. Through offices in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, The Fund serves everyone in film, theater, television, music, opera, radio and dance with programs including social services and emergency financial assistance, health care and insurance counseling, housing, and secondary employment and training services. Visit actorsfund.org. About Gun Hill Brewing Company: Gun Hill Brewing Co., the first production brewery in the Bronx since 1961, opened its doors in January of 2014. The brewery's co-founders, Kieran Farrell and Dave Lopez, met on a baseball field in early 2004 playing on a men's semi-pro baseball team, the New York City ThunderDogs. With New York City's brewing revolution strongly focused in the borough of Brooklyn, Kieran and Dave decided to use north. Getting a location yards away from Gun Hill, the site of a strategic battle of the Revolutionary War, the guys not only found their name, but also an identity to match their ideals. While Gun Hill lends its name to the brewery, the values, and personality come from those colonists that dragged a cannon up a hill in defense of their ideals, and forced a British army to turn on its heels. www.gunhillbrewing.com. |
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