Ian McKellen To Host 10th Anniversary of ONLY MAKE BELIEVE Benefit 11/2

Sir Ian McKellen will host the 10th anniversary of the Only Make Believe benefit at Broadway's Shubert Theatre on November 2.

The Only Make Believe program debuted in October 1999 at Rusk Institute's Pediatric Unit, NYU Langone Medical Center, as a project of the James and Dena Hammerstein Foundation. OMB serves children living with chronic illnesses and disabilities and is dedicated to the principle that freeing a child's creative spirit is a valuable part of the healing process. Functioning as a non-profit organization, Only Make Believe provides interactive theatrical performances conducted by a team of professional actors to hospitals and other medical institutions.

The gala event will honor Chris Wearing, Bernadette P. Longford and Playbill.com writer and actor-musician Seth Rudetsky.

Scheduled to perform and/or make an appearance are Alan Cumming, Jude Law, Nellie McKay, Chris Meloni, Euan Morton, Rudetsky, Rachael Weisz and the casts of Hair, Memphis and The Lion King, and performers from the Big Apple Circus.

The Shubert Theatre is located at 225 West 44th Street. The gala evening is scheduled to begin at 7 PM.

For more information, please visit www.onlymakebelieve.org