Upcoming Events
A Parallelogram, Producer’s Picks, LA 7/10
Wicked, Producer’s Picks, NYC, 7/12
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
The Lion King North American Tour, Special Performance, Charlotte, NC, 8/22
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5 Questions for Liz Callaway
 The Jock Duncan Celebri-TEE Golf and Tennis Outing on July 22 at the Knickerbocker Country Club in Tenafly, NJ brings together sports enthusiasts and stars from stage and screen who face off in a fun-filled day in support of The Lillian Booth Actors Home. Led by Tennis Chair Liz Callaway and Golf Chair Peter Gallagher (here last year with Norm Lewis), this year features a special performance by Will and Anthony Nunziata! Always game for fun, Liz brags about beating Norm Lewis at tennis and her dream (shirtless) doubles team. Read more.
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In Their Own Words—Clients Share Their Stories
 The Actors Fund exists for more than just actors. Writers, dancers, musicians, gaffers, electricians, camera operators, production assistants, editors, and dozens of other professionals “behind the scenes” and “below the line”—can seek assistance from The Actors Fund in times of need, crisis or transition. In this brief video, you’ll hear directly from just a few of the more than 13,500 people in show business whose lives are positively affected by your support every year. Watch the video.
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Remembering Jean Stapleton
 We mourn the loss of Jean Stapleton, aptly described as “Bunker’s Better Angel” in The New York Times obituary. Everyone who knew her knows that Jean was smart, compassionate and dedicated to her colleagues. Her service on our Western Council and Board of Trustees helped advance the work of The Fund in Los Angeles and across the country. In New York City, at the end of Jean’s Special Benefit Performance of Bon Appétit!, her one person musical about Julia Child, she noted she was “proud to be among the ingredients which make The Fund so good.” We’re proud too. Thank you, Jean.
Special thanks to her family, who has asked that contributions in Jean’s memory be made to The Fund. Click here to celebrate a loved one, friend, fellow colleague or the opening night of a show. Your thoughtful gift will be listed in our online Annual Report, and we’ll send a special letter to the person being honored or the family of the deceased.
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LA PRIDE 2013: Thank you Christopher Street West!
 Palm View residents celebrated in early June at LA Pride 2013 in West Hollywood, thanks to our friends at Christopher Street West who provided free access to the celebration grounds for our community! The Palm View’s 40-units provide homes to low-income people with HIV/AIDS.
The party continued across the country with the recent Supreme Court rulings on DOMA and Prop 8. The Fund’s HIV/AIDS Initiative is proud to serve everyone in our entertainment community, and this quote from one of our clients perhaps says it best:
“I got to view the first black president and same gender equality. I can be married now! Thank you for helping me be alive to see these two moments of my life. I am the happiest person in the world, because I get to see things now that were unheard of. I’m supposed to be dead. That’s what The Actors Fund has given to me.”
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 Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike Special Performance
The company’s June 2nd benefit raised $38,835 to help those in need! Artists’ Committee Co-Chair David Hyde Pierce led the effort, and co-star Sigourney Weaver gave a moving curtain speech focusing on the importance of The Fund to colleagues around the country. Watch the curtain speech. View photos.
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 Looking Ahead Celebrates 10 Years
On June 6th at the Taglyan Center in Los Angeles, Advisory Committee Chair Fred Savage (here with SAG-AFTRA National Young Performers Committee Co-Chair Elizabeth McLaughlin, Leadership Council President Javin Reid and Vice President Aaron Sanders) celebrated 10 years of Looking Ahead with young performers and their families. He gave a moving, passionate speech about the value of the program, as kid leaders, our Advisory Committee, staff and sponsors were honored. Special thanks to The Osbrink Agency, musical guest Goodnight Argent and volunteer publicist Scott Appel. View photos.
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 Broadway’s Brightest Night Comes to Los Angeles
The 17th Annual Tony Awards® Viewing Party at LA’s Taglyan Center on June 9th was great success thanks to host Tommy Tune, who charmed the audience while our seven lovely honorees—Nancy Dussault, Anne Jeffreys, June Lockhart, Millicent Martin, Charlotte Rae, Cathy Rigby and Marissa Jaret Winokur— brought glamour and grace to the event. Thanks to producer and writer David Rambo, and Presenting Sponsor Wells Fargo. Read more on the Blog. View photos.
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 The Book of Mormon $500K to Date
The New York company gave a rousing Father’s Day Special Benefit Performance, their second to date. Combined with last year’s Los Angeles benefit, The Book of Mormon has raised more than $500,000 to date for those in need in our community! View photos. Watch past curtain speeches. |
 Helen Mirren’s Virtual Visit to Englewood
Lillian Booth Actors Home residents joined more than 80,000 people from around the world to see Helen Mirren in the National Theatre’s production of The Audience in June, thanks to the generous support of Julie and Robert Bourchard-Young. Their company, BY Experience, donated the projection equipment to bring world-class entertainment to people who have devoted their lives to theatre, film, television and the arts. Read more on the Blog.View photos. |
 Lucky Guy and Tom Hanks Show Their Support
Thank you to the producers of Lucky Guy for their donation of Producer’s Picks tickets for last Wednesday’s matinee... and special thanks to the cast and crew who joined our guests for a post-show talk back and special reception with Chairman Brian Stokes Mitchell and Vice Chair Bebe Neuwirth! It was a great way to end their tremendously successful run. View photos. |
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Special thanks to Artists’ Committee Co-Chair Laura Linney, who dropped by to record a brief video introduction welcoming viewers to the e-Learning Center! Watch the first four tutorials in the series.
