Shrek to Offer Actors Fund Performance in March

By Andrew Gans
February 5, 2009

Shrek the Musical, which features Broadway favorite Brian d'Arcy James as the lovable green ogre, will offer a special performance to benefit the Actors Fund of America March 15.

The 8 PM performance of the Jeanine Tesori-David Lindsay-Abaire musical will benefit the non-profit organization.

Tickets, which begin at $51.50, are available by calling (212) 221-7300, ext. 133; e-mailing tickets@actorsfund.org or visiting www.actorsfund.org.

Shrek plays the Broadway Theatre, located in Manhattan at Broadway and 53rd Street. James and Sutton Foster co-star.

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.