Blithe Spirit Offers Actors Fund Performance July 12

By Andrew Gans
July 12, 2009

The current revival of Noël Coward's Blithe Spirit — featuring five-time Tony Award winner Angela Lansbury — offers a special performance to benefit the Actors Fund July 12.

The 7 PM performance of the acclaimed revival at the Shubert Theatre will benefit the non-profit organization.

The cast boasts Lansbury (Mame, Dear World, Gypsy, Sweeney Todd) as psychic Madame Arcati; two-time Tony winner Christine Ebersole (Grey Gardens and 42nd Street) as the ghostly Elvira; Rupert Everett ("My Best Friend's Wedding"), who is making his Broadway debut, as Charles Condomine; theatre veteran Simon Jones as Mr. Bradman; two-time Tony Award nominee Jayne Atkinson as Ruth Condomine; Tony nominee Deborah Rush as Mrs. Bradman; and Susan Louise O'Connor as Edith. Michael Blakemore directs.

The Shubert Theatre is located in Manhattan at 225 West 44th Street.

For tickets call (212) 221-7300, ext. 133, e-mail tickets@actorsfund.org or visit www.store.actorsfund.org.

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.