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Dolly Parton, Jon Bon Jovi, Audra McDonald and others to participate in ‘A Night of Covenant House Stars’

Jon Bon Jovi (pictured) and the rest of Bon Jovi played a sold-out show at Philips Arena on April 20, 2018 as part of the second leg of their "This House is Not for Sale" tour. Photo: Melissa Ruggieri/Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Jon Bon Jovi (pictured) and the rest of Bon Jovi played a sold-out show at Philips Arena on April 20, 2018 as part of the second leg of their "This House is Not for Sale" tour. Photo: Melissa Ruggieri/Atlanta Journal-Constitution
By Melissa Ruggieri
May 9, 2020

An array of performers top-lined by Dolly Parton, Jon Bon Jovi and Robin Thicke will participate in the May 18 “A Night of Covenant House Stars.”

The event will celebrate and raise money for Covenant House youth, who will share stories about how they’re coping during the coronavirus pandemic (Covenant House, which provides housing for homeless young people, has remained open around the country).

The online gathering will be streamed on Amazon Prime Video, Broadway on Demand, Facebook, iHeartRadio Broadway, Stars in the House, Twitch, YouTube and CovenantHouse.org starting at 8 p.m.

Along with the performers – which also include Stephanie J. Block, Deborah Cox, Darius De Haas, Jordan Fisher, Jeremy Jordan and the cast of the musical, “Six” - other celebrities including Meryl Streep, Martin Short, Diane Keaton, Nikki Sixx, Dionne Warwick, Rachel Brosnahan, Stephen Colbert and Zachary Levi will make appearances. Audra McDonald and “60 Minutes” correspondent John Dickerson host.

For more information, visit www.covenanthouse.org.

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Melissa Ruggieri has covered music and entertainment for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution since 2010 and created the Atlanta Music Scene blog. She's kept vampire hours for more than two decades and remembers when MTV was awesome.

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