Straub’s own “medical musicians” perform “All My Caring” (to the tune of “All My Loving”) with Straub hospital-inspired lyrics. They will perform at a reception prior to the May 15 benefit performance of RAIN. Photo courtesy of Straub Foundation.
By Staff Reports
(Honolulu)—Broadway in Hawaii and Magic Space Entertainment, presenter of the Experience the Beatles with RAIN 2012 Tour in Hawaii, has designated its May 15 performance as a benefit for the nonprofit Straub Clinic & Hospital.
Direct from their phenomenally successful Broadway engagement, the internationally-acclaimed Beatles concert, RAIN, makes its debut at the Neal S. Blaisdell Concert Hall for 8 shows only May 14 – 19. The Straub benefit performance is Wednesday, May 15 at 7:30 p.m. Benefit tickets are available at www.straubgift.org.
Attendees are invited to a pre-show reception and check presentation ceremony on the Blaisdell Ewa lawn at 6:30 p.m., featuring entertainment by Straub’s own medical musicians. Healthcare providers by day, Beatles by night, four members of the Straub Clinic & Hospital ohana will don their mop tops and channel the Beatles in a special pre-show presentation. 1960s hipster attire encouraged!
One hundred percent of proceeds from this benefit performance go directly to Straub in support of Rehabilitation Services.
Art Gladstone, CEO of Straub Clinic & Hospital, said, “We are deeply grateful for this generous donation from Broadway in Hawaii and Magic Space, which shows an extraordinary commitment to the health of the community they are serving. The funds raised through the sale of tickets to RAIN will help our patients by supporting excellence in Straub’s rehab services, including training for our staff in the latest innovative therapies, purchase of state of the art diagnostic and therapeutic equipment, and ongoing improvements and renovations of our clinics and facilities.”
For more information contact the Straub Foundation at 535-7100 or foundations@hawaiipacifichealth.org.
About Experience the Beatles with RAIN
As “the next best thing to seeing The Beatles!” (Associated Press), RAIN performs the full range of The Beatles’ discography live onstage, including the most complex and challenging songs that The Beatles themselves recorded in the studio but never performed for an audience. In addition, new songs are being included with the launch of the 2012 Tour. Together longer than The Beatles, RAIN has mastered every song, gesture and nuance of the legendary foursome, delivering a totally live, note-for-note multimedia performance that’s as infectious as it is transporting. From the early hits to later classics (I Want To Hold Your Hand, Hard Day’s Night, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, Let It Be, Come Together, Hey Jude and more), this adoring tribute will take you back to a time when all you needed was love, and a little help from your friends!
About Straub Clinic & Hospital
Founded in 1921, Straub Clinic & Hospital is a fully integrated nonprofit healthcare system with a 159-bed hospital in Honolulu, a network of neighborhood clinics and a visiting specialist program that reaches throughout the state of Hawai‘i. With 200 employed or contracted physicians who are leaders in their fields, Straub provides its patients with expert diagnoses and treatments for more than 32 different medical specialties, including bone and joint, heart, cancer, endocrinology/diabetes, family medicine, gastroenterology, geriatric medicine, internal medicine, vascular and urology. Straub is home to the Pacific Region’s only multi-disciplinary burn treatment center. The hospital consistently brings new technologies and innovative medical practices to Hawai‘i, such as minimally invasive cardiac surgery and total joint replacement. Straub is an affiliate of Hawai’i Pacific Health, the state’s largest health care provider. This year, Straub is the recipient of The Healthgrades 2013 Distinguished Hospital for Clinical Excellence and the Patient Safety Excellence Award. It also received the Outstanding Patient Experience Award for four consecutive years. Learn more at: www.straubhealth.org.