Tim Pinckney News

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas--the latest star-studded Actors' Fund Benefit concert--took place on October 16th at the August Wilson Theatre, and BroadwayWorld was there!

The cast of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas--the next star-studded Actors' Fund Benefit concert--recently posed for pictures at a press preview, and BroadwayWorld was there for the sneak peek!

Terrence Mann will be play Sheriff Ed Earl Dodd in the upcoming one-night-only benefit of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.

The Actors' Fund of America has announced that Tony-nominee Emily Skinner will take on the role of Miss Mona in The Fund's one-night-only benefit production of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas on October 16th at The August Wilson Theatre

Jennifer Hudson, 'American Idol' finalist and star of the upcoming film of Dreamgirls, and The Drowsy Chaperone's Tony-winning star Bob Martin have joined the cast of The Actors' Fund one-night-only benefit performance of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

The cast of the Off-Broadway hit [title of show] has been added to the Actors' Fund of America's starry upcoming benefit concert of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

The Actors' Fund of America has announced their latest benefit concert--The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, presented on October 16

The Actors' Fund of America has its sixth annual Fall Benefit Concert, a one-night-only original concert production of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

Songwriter John Bucchino has been chosen as the first recipient of a Fred Ebb Award

Over two dozen new performers have signed on to appear in the Actors' Fund On the Twentieth Century benefit concert, which will star Marin Mazzie, Doug Sills, Brad Oscar, Kathleen Turner and others

Kathleen Turner ('The Graduate,' '...Virginia Woolf') and Robert Cuccioli ('Jekyll & Hyde') have just been added to the roster of stars appearing in ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, presented by The Actors' Fund of America as its Fifth Annual Broadway Benefit Concert.

Marin Mazzie and Douglas Sills have been cast as the bickering leads of On the Twentieth Century in an Actors' Fund of America benefit concert that will be held at the New Amsterdam Theatre on Sept. 26

The Fred Ebb Award will recognize excellence in musical theatre songwriting, by a lyricist, composer, or songwriting team that has not yet achieved significant commercial success. The award is meant to encourage and support aspiring songwriters to create new works for the musical theatre. The prize includes a $50,000 award.

The Fred Ebb Foundation (Mitchell Bernard, Trustee) in association with the Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) are pleased to announce the inauguration of the Fred Ebb Award for aspiring musical theatre songwriters. The award is named in honor of the late award-winning lyricist Fred Ebb.

Seth Rudetsky gives us the inside scoop on this year's Actors' Fund benefit.