Breglio Receives Actors Fund Medal of Honor 10/15

John Breglio will be receiving The Actors Fund Medal of Honor, to be given by Broadway legend and longtime Actors Fund supporter, Patti LuPone at Carnegie Hall on October 15. The celebration will continue with the Carnegie Hall solo debut concert of Brian Stokes Mitchell, Tony-Award winner and President of The Actors Fund.  The entire evening will celebrate the Fund's 125th Anniversary.

"Breglio has been a vital member of the theater community for over 35 years both in his professional and philanthropic contributions," state press notes, "He has contributed to over 500 Broadway plays and musicals, most recently producing the Broadway revival of A Chorus Line, as well as producing the show's national tour which will begin in May 2008.  Breglio has served as Chair of the Theater Development Fund and currently serves on the boards of several not-for-profit corporations including the American Foundation for Aids Research, the Alliance for the Arts, Young Playwrights and The John Golden Fund.  Breglio has represented literally hundreds of the industry's most revered and respected artists including Stephen Sondheim, Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber, the late August Wilson, Alfred Uhry, Marvin Hamlisch, Cirque du Soleil, Julie Andrews, Joseph Papp, Martha Clarke, the late Michael Bennett, Patti LuPone, Bernadette Peters and Marisa Tomei, to name just a few."

It was announced last month that The Actors Fund will be celebrating their 125th Anniversary with a benefit concert featuring another Broadway great and Actors Fund President, Brian Stokes Mitchell.   Mitchell will be making his Carnegie Hall solo debut.

Photo: John Breglio and Alan Eisenberg (2006) by Walter McBride/Retna Ltd.