Cyndi Lauper Benefit Concert-Awesome Night!

We went to see the Cyndi Lauper & Friends Home for the Holidays concert last night in New York City. It was an amazing night. We had 6th row seats, though they were on the side, we were still only feet away from some of the show.

The show started with Norah Jones coming out and singing and playing a couple of numbers on the piano. Then Cyndi came out and sang "Do You Love Me" with Harvey Fierstein from Fiddler on the Roof. It was great.

Carrson Kressley, from Queer Eye and Dancing with the Stars, emceed most of the night, and was very funny. He did a little dance with Kathy Najimy, who also did some hosting duties and told some jokes.

Highlights of the evening included Vanessa Carlton singing a new song, Alan Cumming singing a mash-up of Adele, Lady Gaga, and Katy Perry (see post below), and stand-up by Wanda Sykes. Clay Aiken did My Grown Up Christmas Wish

Cyndi also was amazing. She worked all night singing with Lou Reed, John Secada, Deluka (a British rock band) on She-Bop, a group version of Girls Just Want to Have Fun, Time after Time with Nona Hendryx, and a very moving finale of True Colors with a choir of LBGT Youth that put a face on who the benefit was all about.

The show was a benefit for the True Colors Fund, a non-profit organization founded by Cyndi to help homeless gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered youth. For more information and to donate, click here.

Inside the BeaconTheater just before the concert.