Shrek Offers Actors Fund Performance in March 15

By Andrew Gans
March 15, 2009

Shrek the Musical, which features Broadway favorite Brian d'Arcy James as the lovable green ogre, offers 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.