Beauty and the Beast to Offer Special Actors' Fund Performance

By Andrew Gans
February 7, 2006

Beauty and the Beast, the long-running musical now playing the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, will offer a special performance to benefit the Actors' Fund of America.

The Feb. 22 performance of the Disney musical will benefit the non-profit organization. Show time is 7:30 PM.

Tickets, priced $40-$110, are available by calling (212) 221-7300, ext. 133. For more information visit www.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.

Beauty and the Beast plays the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, Broadway and 46th Street.