Premium Seating for “An Evening with Stephen Sondheim” Available Now October 25, 2009

Stephen Sondheim Performance to benefit AIDS Foundation Houston

WHAT: In partnership with Society for the Performing Arts (SPA), AIDS Foundation Houston (AFH) is selling tickets to SPA's presentation of “An Evening with Stephen Sondheim”. Advance ticket prices range from $50 to $275 and include a tax-deductible donation to AFH, exceptional seating, and exclusive benefits for top-level ticket holders. Tickets are now available to purchase through the AFH Web site www.AIDShelp.org.

WHO: A world-renowned composer and lyricist, Sondheim is the most important artist to work in the American musical theatre over the past half-century and has been the single most influential force in bringing the Broadway musical into the modern age. During his live, unscripted conversation with New York Times columnist and former chief drama critic, Frank Rich, Sondheim will reminisce about his career, including his collaborations with Leonard Bernstein, Jerome Robbins and Tim Burton. Sondheim will also reflect specifically on his early shows Gypsy and West Side Story to such later classics as Company, Follies and Sweeney Todd.

WHEN & 7:30 p.m. Sunday, October 25, 2009
WHERE: Jones Hall (615 Louisiana St.)

WHY: In Houston there is one new infection every eight hours and 36 percent of new infections occur in young people, ages 15-24. There is no cure for HIV/AIDS. Seventy five percent of AIDS Foundation Houston’s clients live on $10,000 or less and lack the resources for housing and basic necessities. By purchasing a ticket to this event through AIDS Foundation Houston, you will be providing needed funds to support AIDS Foundation Houston's programming in HIV Prevention/Education, food, and housing.

DETAILS: For more information visit www.AIDShelp.org

About AIDS Foundation Houston, Inc.
AIDS Foundation Houston, Inc. (AFH) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating positive social impact through the innovative management of HIV/AIDS and other chronic diseases. Founded in 1982, AFH is one of the oldest HIV/AIDS service organizations in the U.S. and remains a national leader in HIV/STD programming. The agency’s initiatives focus on food, housing, youth, prevention, benefits and resource counseling, and incarcerated and recently-released offenders. This year, AFH will provide direct services to more than 5,000 HIV-positive men, women and children and will educate more than 50,000 people in Greater Houston through prevention outreach. For more information, please visit www.AIDShelp.org.

Official Website: http://www.AIDShelp.org