Karen Mason To Perform An Actors Fund Benefit Concert at Feinstein's 10/4

Broadway star Karen Mason, whose credits include Sunset Boulevard and Hairspray, will perform a benefit concert for The Actors Fund on Sunday, October 4 at Feinstein's at the Loews Regency.

Ms. Mason originated the role of Tanya on Broadway in Abba's 'Mamma Mia!', and was awarded a 2002 Drama Desk nomination as Best Actress. Her other leading roles include Norma Desmond in 'Sunset Boulevard', which she performed to critical acclaim and standing ovations on Broadway and in Los Angeles for three years; Mazeppa in 'Jerome Robbins' Broadway'; Rosalie in 'Carnival' (Drama Desk nomination); plus featured roles in Broadway's 'Torch Song Trilogy'; and 'Play Me A Country Song'. Karen won the Outer Critics Circle Award for her performance in 'And The World Goes 'Round', and starred Off-Broadway in her own show 'Karen Mason Sings Broadway', 'Beatles and Brian'.

As previously reported, the club which will feature headline engagements by Michael Feinstein and Christine Ebersole (September 8-12), pop singer Jon Secada (September 15-19), and Tony Award winner and 30 Rock star Jane Krakowski (October 6-10).

There will also be performances this fall by Eric Michael Gillett (September 1-2), Patty Ascher (September 3-4), La Tanya Hall (September 14), Derek Keeling (September 20), Will and Anthony Nunziata (September 21, October 5), Yanna Avis (September 29), Valerie Lemon (October 11), Gregory Generet (October 12), Raissa Katona Bennett (October 19), Irene Altman (October 25), Amanda Green (November 1), Deborah Lippmann (November 2), Eden Espinosa (November 8), Kerry Butler (November 9, 16), Luba Mason (November 22-23), and the Johnny Rodgers Band (November 30).

For reservations and information, call 212-339-4095 or visit http://feinsteinsattheregency.com/

THE ACTORS FUND is a national human services organization that helps all professionals in performing arts and entertainment. The Fund - which provides programs and services for those on stage and on screen and everyone behind the scenes in theatre, film, TV, music, dance, radio and opera - is a safety net, providing social services and emergency assistance, health services and health insurance information, employment and training programs and housing support for those who are in need, crisis or transition. Learn more about what The Actors Fund does in helping over 10,000 people every year at www.actorsfund.org.

Photo credit: Genevieve Rafter Keddy