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Barmitzvah boy funds Broadway musical

April 6, 2011 16:15
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Jennifer Lipman,

Jennifer Lipman

1 min read

A barmitzvah boy has found an unusual solution to all the money he was given by guests at his party – he has donated it to the producers of a Broadway musical about immigrants.

New York teenager Jesse Naranjo is to use the more than £1,600 he was given following the ceremony last year to help send "Liberty: The Musical" to a major theatre.

The 13-year-old from New York, whose father grew up in Colombia and moved to America as an adult, said he was inspired to donate the money after seeing an off-Broadway performance of the show.

Jesse told the New York Daily News: "I think [immigrants] go through a lot of prejudice. They work so hard, and they go through a lot of trouble that's not necessary."

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