Actors Fund Presents NOTHING LIKE A DAME Benefit

9/28/2016 2:45pm


Host committee members Betty Buckley, Misty Copeland, Kelli O’Hara, Bernadette Peters & Janice Reals Ellig will present the 20th Anniversary of NOTHING LIKE A DAME on Mon Oct 24 at the Samuel J. Friedman (261 W 47th St). The evening, which features all singing, all dancing, and all women, will benefit The Actors Fund’s Phyllis Newman Women’s Health Initiative. "Nothing Like a Dame" will honor Marin Mazzie with the first-ever Phyllis Newman Dame Award. Produced by Phyllis Newman, with direction by Bebe Neuwirth, the evening will feature performances by Christine Ebersol, Melissa Errico, Julie Halston, Judy Kuhn, Tonya Pinkins, and Karen Ziemba, along with Ali Stroker and Erin Hill, and Ava Briglia, Willow McCarthy and Aviva Winick from the cast of Matilda, The Musical. Tickets for are on sale online at www.actorsfund.org/Dame2016. Press contact: DKC/O&M (212/695-7400)...