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May 29, 2013 
Show Business Stars in Next Stage of Life—News from Englewood




Spring has sprung at The Lillian Booth Actors Home, and this community is busy staying creative! The Jewish Daily Forward's recent article includes interviews with residents like Judith Malina, co-founder of the iconic Living Theatre. Read the article or watch the video interview.



An Audience for Dame Helen

And thanks to our friends at By Experience, Associated Press reports a special audience will see Dame Helen Mirren next month in the National Theatre's production of The Audience—show biz veterans from our very own Home in Englewood, NJ! Read more.





Quote me on that!
"It's a real sense of community and it's a really beautiful, wonderfully run place..."


—Tony Award® winner Christine Ebersole on The Home, to Joan Hamburg—skip to half way through to hear the interview.


In this issue...

Show Business Stars in Next Stage of Life—
News from Englewood


Upcoming Events

Win 2 Free Tickets to Tony Awards® Viewing Party
Honoring Leading Ladies


Looking Ahead Celebrates 10 Years of Growth and Service



Thomas is "Looking Ahead" to College

Downtown Los Angeles—An Entertainment Hub in Transition

Photocall: Pics & Vids from Recent Events

Upcoming Events

I Feel a Song Comin' On, Englewood, NJ, 6/02
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Special Performance, NYC, 6/02
17th Annual Tony Awards® Viewing Party, LA, 6/09
The Book of Mormon, Special Performance, NYC, 6/16
A Parallelogram, Producer’s Picks, LA, 7/10
Newsies, Special Performance, NYC, 7/16
The Jock Duncan Celebri-TEE Golf and Tennis Outing, Tenafly, NJ, 7/22
Motown: The Musical, Special Performance, NYC, 7/28
The Lion King, Special Performance, NYC, 8/11

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Enter to win 2 FREE Tickets to the 17th Annual Tony Awards Viewing Party!




Tony’s Leading Ladies will be honored with the Artistic Achievement Award on June 9 in LA –and you’re invited to join host Tommy Tune, with a Special Tribute to Anne Jeffreys!
Enter now for your chance to win!

Or act now to purchase tickets! It's the place to be in Los Angeles on Broadway’s Biggest Night!


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Looking Ahead is 10 Years Old— It's Time to Party!

How quickly they grow up! It seems like yesterday that we partnered with SAG-AFTRA to launch Looking Ahead. Since 2003, this unique program has been helping professional young performers and their families in Southern California to balance work, school and life, make new friends and take breaks from "the biz" to enjoy being a kid.

To celebrate a decade of growth and service to our young performers, current and prospective members, alumni, families and our dedicated Advisory Council (including Chair and Host Fred Savage) will gather for an awards celebration dinner on Thursday, June 6 at the Taglyan Cultural Complex in Los Angeles. Happy birthday, Looking Ahead!

Photo: Pop group Goodnight Argent will rock the house for our Looking Ahead kids on June 6 in Los Angeles.

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Thomas is "Looking Ahead" to College

"The Looking Ahead people have just become my second family—they're supportive no matter what I do, which is awesome."

—Thomas, Looking Ahead alum

Thomas is just one of several of our alums about to start his college journey this fall, with a little guidance from Education Counselor Laura Campbell, and Mom! Looking Ahead aims to build a community of support for young performers through events and group activities, support and counseling, community service and leadership development as well as education planning. Read more.


Quote me on that!
"I think it's important for us to be in these kids' lives, because they're not in school. A lot of them have moved away from wherever they live across the country to come here. And it's supported by the unions...we take care of them and we help them grow!"

—Sharon Lieblein, VP of Casting and Talent Development at The Cartoon Network and Vice Chair of Looking Ahead's Advisory Committee talking to Indy Insider.

Watch the interview.

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Downtown Los Angeles—An Entertainment Hub in Transition

Did you know...our country's largest concentration of historic theaters is located not on the Great White Way, but in Downtown Los Angeles? In this issue of e-news, we look west to this evolving urban hub steeped in the early history of the entertainment industry for an update on our continued evaluation of opportunities for affordable artist housing. Read more.


Photo: The United Artists building in LA’s historic core was built in 1927 by Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford and D.W. Griffith and boasted a 2,200 seat theater.


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Photocall

Celebrating the Legacy of Edwin Forrest
Our Annual Edwin Forrest Day on April 22 at The Home in Englewood was a beautiful celebration with Board members, Edwin Forrest Society members, supporters and residents, all of whom were treated to a wonderful reading of excerpts from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Julius Caesar, Coriolanus and a Shakespeare sonnet by Michael Hajek (Actors Shakespeare Company of New Jersey), here with Trustee Honey Waldman.




…and in Los Angeles

…actress Patricia Morison (Kiss Me, Kate, The King and I) was on hand (on right, with Charlotte Rae and Western Region Director Keith McNutt) to present a Shakespeare reading with excerpts from Romeo and Juliet, The Taming of the Shrew. She also led the guests in singing "Brush Up Your Shakespeare" from Kiss Me, Kate. On the left, Alba Francesca, John Bowab, Jomarie Ward and John Holly. Become a part of the legacy, and join the Edward Forrest Society today!



Now Showing—Team Spirit

Our Los Angeles and NYC teams were 140+ strong for this year’s Entertainment Industry Foundation Revlon Run/Walk, raising nearly $23,000 to fight women’s cancers and support our Phyllis Newman Women’s Health Initiative, a beneficiary of the yearly event. See you again in 2014! View photos.


A Starry $1.4 Million Night—Annual Gala 2013

Thank you to our honorees (l-r): entrepreneur/film producer and Fund trustee and treasurer Steve Kalafer, the pay television company HBO® (accepted by CEO Richard Plepler) and Academy Award®-winning actor Robert De Niro here with Chairman Brian Stokes Mitchell. This fantastic trio, each of whom received the Medal of Honor at our Annual Gala on April 29 at the New York Marriott Marquis, led the charge to a record-breaking $1.4 million night! View photos or watch video speeches.


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