Susan Lucci And Cameron Mathison To Headline "ABC and SOAPnet" Benefit

Soap opera stars, and former contestants on ABC's "Dancing with the Stars," Susan Lucci and Cameron Mathison will take part in the 5th Annual "ABC and SOAPnet Salute Broadway Cares/ Equity Fights AIDS" benefit.

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Celebrity News Service knows Lucci is a huge draw, and the long running soap star will headline the 5th annual benefit, which will be hosted by Mathison.

Stars already set to participate include Melissa Claire Egan, Bobbie Eakes, Ricky Paull Goldin, Vincent Irizarry, Chrishell Stause, Aiden Turner, Darnell Williams and Walt Willey from "All My Children"; Kristen Alderson, BethAnn Bonner, Kathy Brier, Scott Clifton, Kassie DePaiva, Mark Lawson, Hillary B. Smith, Jason Tam and Brittany Underwood from "One Life to Live"; and Bradford Anderson, Anthony Geary and Kimberly McCullough from "General Hospital."

The show, which is part of The Soap Nation Tour, will be held on Monday, March 9 at Town Hall in New York City at 8:00p.m. Tickets, sponsorship opportunities and new online contests are available by visiting www.broadwaycares.org.

In celebration of the event, the producers of the event have announced they will launch "SOAP-A-THON," an interactive online competition where fans of ABC Soaps have the chance to win rare ABC Daytime memorabilia.