Mitchell To Be Honored At The Actors Fund's 14th Annual Tony Awards Party at Skirball Center

THE ACTORS FUND will honor Tony Award® Winner Brian Stokes Mitchell at their 14th Annual Tony Awards® Party with the Julie Harris Award for Lifetime Achievement. The gala features the only live feed in Los Angeles of the Tony Awards as they happen in New York. Marc Cherry, creator/producer of "Desperate Housewives" and David Rambo, producer/writer is "CSI" will produce and write this event. 

The event will be held at the Skirball Center (2701 North Sepulveda Blvd, LA, 90049) on Sunday, June 13th, 2010:

3:30pm -- Cocktails and Silent Auction begins
5:00pm to 8:00p.m. -- Dinner and live telecast
8:00pm -- Presentation to Brian Stokes Mitchell

More information coming soon!

Dubbed "The Last Leading Man" by the New York Times, Brian Stokes Mitchell has enjoyed a rich and varied career on Broadway, television and film, along with appearances in the great American concert halls. His musical versatility has kept him in demand by some of the country's finest conductors and orchestras. His Broadway roles include the starring role of Don Quixote in Man of La Mancha (Tony nomination), as well as FrEd Graham/ Petruchio in Kiss Me, Kate (Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards). Other Broadway performances include Coalhouse Walker Jr. in Ragtime (Tony nomination), August Wilson's King Hedley II (Tony nomination), Kiss of the Spider Woman, Jelly's Last Jam (replacing Gregory Hines) and David Merrick's Oh, Kay! His performance in Mail earned him the Theatre World Award for Outstanding Broadway Debut. In 2006, he released his self-titles album as the inaugural artist on the newly formed Playbill Records label. In addition to singing, Stokes produced the album and also wrote many of the arrangements and orchestrations.

THE ACTORS FUND is a national human services organization that helps all professionals in performing arts and entertainment. The Fund - which provides programs and services for those on stage and on screen and everyone behind the scenes in theatre, film, TV, music, dance, radio and opera - is a safety net, providing social services and emergency assistance, health services and health insurance information, employment and training programs and housing support for those who are in need, crisis or transition. Learn more about what The Actors Fund does in helping over 10,000 people every year at www.actorsfund.org.