Wake Up With BWW 11/3: The Actors Fund Gala Raises $1.1 Million, and More!

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By: Nov. 03, 2020
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The Actors Fund raised $1.1 million at its first-ever Virtual Gala last night! The event honored Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker, Brian Stokes Mitchell, and more!

Andrew Lincoln (AMC's The Walking Dead) will star as Ebenezer Scrooge in this year's OLD VIC: IN CAMERA version of Jack Thorne's A Christmas Carol.

Christopher Sieber is stopping by Birdland on November 5 at 7pm ET for The Christopher Sieber Special, with help from Billy Stritch! Get a sneak peek at his concert here!

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Wake Up With BWW 11/3: The Actors Fund Gala Raises $1.1 Million, and More!
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Wake Up With BWW 11/3: The Actors Fund Gala Raises $1.1 Million, and More!
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BWW Exclusive: Beth Malone Sings 'On My Own' from LES MISERABLES as Part of The Seth Concert Series

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What we're geeking out over: The Actors Fund Raises $1.1 Million at Virtual Gala

The Actors Fund raised $1.1 million at its first-ever Virtual Gala tonight!

The evening featured appearances from Broadway luminaries including Medal of Honor recipients Tony Award-winning actor Matthew Broderick and Emmy Award-winning actor and producer Sarah Jessica Parker. The award was presented to the couple by three-time Tony Award-winning actor Nathan Lane.

Chairman of The Actors Fund Brian Stokes Mitchell was honored as well, Actors Fund Board Vice Chair, and Oscar, Emmy and Tony Award-nominated actress Annette Bening presented Stokes with the award.

Also honored were founding member and Artistic Director of Dance Theatre of Harlem Virginia Johnson, Tony Award-winning actor, Academy Award-winning producer, co-owner of the New York Football Giants and philanthropist Steve Tisch, and American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) President Richard L. Trumka.

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