NEW YORK - It was an evening of songs and stories on Thursday night as Broadway’s finest took part in the 6th annual “Voices for the Voiceless” concert.

The event which was co-sponsored by NY1 parent company Charter Communications took place at The Town Hall in Midtown. It was a benefit for the not for profit "You Gotta Believe".

Broadway Renaissance man Seth Rudetsky and his husband James Wesley hosted.

"Once a kid hits eight years old they're considered 'special needs' because everyone says the kid must be a problem, who wants to adopt them? "You Gotta believe" finds homes for kids eight years old, into their 20's, and 30's, as no one ever ages out," Rudetsky said.

The concert featured theater favorites like Kelli O’Hara, Andrea Martin, and Jenn Colella.

"I'm a mother, and I think about kids. I think about kids not having the same kind of thing I desperately want to give my children, and the things that I had. I mean especially as they get older and they need it the most. I want to raise awareness for it; I want these older kids to have the same shot that the rest of us got," said performer Kelli O’Hara.

Tony winner Laurie Metcalf showed up to support the organization fresh from rehearsal for the upcoming Broadway revival of “Who’s Afraid of a Virginia Woolf?” For Laurie, the organization hits home.

"My son was six years old when I adopted him out of the foster care system, and I know that "You Gotta Believe" is concerned directly with older children who need to be placed in foster homes so that they don't have to age out of the system and be on their own, so anything I can do I feel to raise a little bit more awareness is, I'm honored to do it," Metcalf said.

For one of the participants, Ta’Nika Gibson from the Broadway musical “Ain’t Too Proud”, she was adopted after she aged out of the foster system and says attention must be paid to the organization.

"Foster kids age out of the system and they have nowhere to go. People think, oh they're taken care of up until their 18 and then they're an adult, but that's not the case they age out and you still need parents after 18," Gibson said.

To learn more about the not for profit “You Gotta Believe”, visit yougottabelieve.org.