By Andrew Gans
03 Aug 2008
The Broadway production of the Tony-winning musical The Lion King offers a special performance Aug. 3 to benefit the Actors Fund of America.
Directed by Tony winner Julie Taymor, Lion King plays the Minskoff, which is located in Manhattan at 200 West 45th Street.
The Actors Fund, which was founded in 1882, is a non-profit organization that provides for the social welfare of all entertainment professionals. Some of the many programs The Actors Fund provides include a nursing home and assisted living care facility; senior and disabled programs; mental health services; chemical dependency services; entertainment industry assistance programs; the Phyllis Newman Women's Health Initiative; the AIDS Initiative; and supportive housing on both coasts.
For more information visit www.actorsfund.org.






