TONIGHT! Will Clark’s P*rno Bingo
welcomes two New York based entertainment legends: Ilene Kristen currently
featured on ABC’s One Life to Live
as Roxy Balsom and the original Village People Cowboy, Randy Jones. The night
will benefit the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
The event is being presented
by Damon L. Jacobs and Roger Newcomb from the daytime fan site, We Love
Soaps as well as by the
creators of the off Broadway smash hit, WHEN JOEY MARRIED BOBBY now playing at the Roy Arias Theatre.
The event is sponsored by NEXT
Magazine, Steel Gym and the James Corbett Studio.
A special auction prize, a
script from ABC’s One Life to Live and General Hospital, will be auctioned off (from the private
collection of Will Clark). Plus, tickets will be auctioned off to THE
TEMPERAMENTALS
and LESLIE JORDAN, MY TRIP DOWN THE PINK CARPET courtesy of Hugh Hysell Communications.
ILENE KRISTEN is perhaps best known for playing
Delia Reid Ryan Ryan Coleridge Crane Coleridge on the daytime drama Ryan's
Hope, a role which she originated in the show's first episode in 1975 and
played on and off until the show's end in 1989. She has appeared on the daytime
dramas Loving and Another World as well.
Ilene's prolific career has
also included multiple primetime guest appearances, roles in several independent
films, professional singing and song writing, and extensive stage work -
including a role in the original Broadway production of Grease.
Currently, Ilene can be seen
in her Emmy-nominated role as Roxy, the drunken mother from hell, on One Life
to Live. She also performs her original music regularly in the New York City
cabaret scene.
RANDY JONES,
an actor, author (the recently released MACHO MAN), American Music Award winner
and multi-platinum recording artist, is the original Cowboy and a founding
member of Village People. In his career spanning four decades before, with and
since Village People, he has sold 100 million units.
Perhaps best known for his
hits with the group, like "Macho Man", "In the Navy, and
"Y.M.C.A," he has earned 65 Gold and Platinum record certificates,
toured worldwide, starred in the camp classic film, "Can't Stop the
Music", made the cover of Rolling Stone Magazine and in 2008, garnered a
star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame.
You can order MACHO MAN at Amazon
The American Foundation
for Suicide Prevention, a 501(c)(3)
organization, has been at the forefront of a wide range of suicide prevention
initiatives in 2009 -- each designed to reduce loss of life from suicide.
Investing in groundbreaking research, new educational campaigns, innovative
demonstration projects and critical policy work, AFSP is expanding their
assistance to people whose lives have been affected by suicide, reaching out to
offer support and offering opportunities to become involved in prevention.
With a suicide attempt
estimated to occur every minute of every day in the United States and over
32,000 lives lost each year, the importance of AFSP's mission has never been
greater, nor our work more urgent.
ABOUT WILL CLARK’S P*RNO
BINGO
Every Wednesday evening,
Will Clark produces and hosts the cult hit show, P*rno Bingo which is ‘The All
American Game with the All Adult Twist featuring Erotic Giveaways, Cheap Drinks
and Cheaper Men’. Part game show, part talk show and all fundraiser!
Now in it¹s sixth year, P*rno Bingo has raised nearly $120,000 for New York LGBT
charities through the sale of dollar bingo cards, auctions and raffles.
You can find up to the minute information about the Bingo lineup as well as
Will Clark’s blog at www.willclarkworld.com
Bingo is held from 8pm to
10pm at Pieces www.piecesbar.com which can be reached via the 1 train
(Christopher Street) and the ABCDEFV lines (West 4th). There is no cover.