Photo Coverage: The Actors Fund Honors Marin Mazzie at NOTHING LIKE A DAME
By: Jennifer Broski Oct. 25, 2016
Just last night, host committee members Betty Buckley, Misty Copeland, Kelli O'Hara, Bernadette Peters, and Janice Reals Ellig presented the 20th Anniversary of Nothing Like a Dame at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (261 W. 47th Street).
The evening, which featured all singing, all dancing, and all women, benefits The Actors Fund's Phyllis Newman Women's Health Initiative. Nothing Like a Dame honored Tony Award nominee Marin Mazzie with the first-ever Phyllis Newman Dame Award.
Produced by Phyllis Newman, with direction by Bebe Neuwirth, Nothing Like a Dame featured performances by Christine Ebersol, Melissa Errico, Julie Halston, Judy Kuhn, Tonya Pinkins, and Karen Ziemba, along with Ali Stroker and Erin Hill, and Ava Briglia, Willow McCarthy and Aviva Winick from the cast of Matilda, The Musical.
The Actors Fund is a national human services organization that helps everyone -- performers and those behind the scenes -- who works in performing arts and entertainment. Serving professionals in film, theatre, television, music, opera, radio and dance, The Fund's programs include social services and emergency financial assistance, health care and insurance counseling, housing, and employment and training services. With offices in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, The Actors Fund is a safety net for those in need, crisis or transition. Visitwww.actorsfund.org.
Photo Credit: Jenifer Broski
Donna Murphy, Mary Beth Peil, Marin Mazzie, Karen Ziemba
Bebe Neuwirth, Donna Murphy, Mary Beth Peil, Marin Mazzie, Karen Ziemba
The cast of NOTHING LIKE A DAME
The cast of NOTHING LIKE A DAME
LaChanze, Amber Efe, Christine Ebersole, Julie Halston, Ali Stroker, Bebe Neuwirth
Ava Briglia, Carol Woods, Willow McCarthy, Aviva Winick, Jane Beller, Tonya Pinkins, Judy Kuhn, Erin Hill, Phyllis Newman
Tonya Pinkins, Judy Kuhn, Erin Hill, Phyllis Newman, Donna Murphy, Mary Beth Peil, Marin Mazzie
Brian Stokes Mitchell, Donna Murphy
Tonya Pinkins and guest
Aviva Winick, Willow McCarthy, Ava Briglia
LaChanze
LaChanze
Jane Beller
Jane Beller
Brian Stokes Mitchell, Marin Mazzie, Jason Danieley
Bebe Neuwirth, Marin Mazzie, Phyllis Newman, Donna Murphy
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