Phyllis Newman News

Benefit performances for the Actors' Fund of America of Glengarry Glen Ross and The Constant Wife will be held on Sundays August 14th and 21st

The Actors' Fund of America will host two benefit performances of The Pillowman and Glengarry Glen Ross on August 7th and August 14th

The annual gala honored Billy Crystal, Roger Berlind, Phyllis Newman, Neil Sedaka and more...

The Actors' Fund of America has announced that Neil Sedaka will be performing at their annual gala on Monday, May 23, 2005 at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City.

The Actors' Fund will hold their annual, star-studded gala dinner and tribute performance on May 23 at Cipriani 42nd Street.

The Actors' Fund of America a benefit extravaganza on March 28, 2005.

Filled with twenty-five Elvis Presley hits, All Shook Up opened at the Palace Theatre on Thursday, March 24, 2005 and BroadwayWorld was there!

The Actors' Fund presents CHARLES BUSCH AND JULIE HALSTON: TOGETHER ON BROADWAY, on Monday, March 28, 2005.

Stars turned out for a big public birthday party.

Joseph John Productions presents his sixth cabaret benefit show DIVA-PALOOZA on monday April 11 2005 at the Hideaway room At Helens’s in Chelsea. The show is a tribute to the great Divas of stage and screen.

Nothing Like A Dame 2005, presented by Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, has raised a total of $300,000 for the Phyllis Newman Women's Health Initiative of The Actors' Fund of America. This year, that amount includes a generous $50,000 gift of support from an anonymous donor. Nothing Like A Dame, an evening of performances from the leading ladies of Broadway, celebrated its 10th anniversary this year; the annual event has raised over $1,600,000 since 1995. Last year's Nothing Like A Dame raised $250,000.

NOTHING LIKE A DAME on March 14 benefitted The Phyllis Newman Women's Health Initiative of The Actors' Fund of America.

More stars announced for the BC/EFA benefit featuring the first ladies of Broadway.

Also featuring Brent Barrett, Rebecca Luker, Mario Cantone, Phyllis Newman, Bruce Vilanch and Ruth Williamson.

The Winter Season, a series of 7pm Monday night concerts at BIRDLAND featuring top Broadway and cabaret performers, continues with composer/lyricists Amanda Green & Tom Kitt, who will be performing their original songs January 24th and 31st at 7pm. The duo will be joined by special guest stars Brooks Ashmanskas, Mario Cantone, Jenn Colella, Gavin Creel, Jerry Dixon, Matt McGrath, Julia Murney, Greg Naughton, Alice Ripley, Amy Spanger and the Tom Kitt Band. The writing team is currently adapting the popular book and film High Fidelity for the Broadway stage as a musical, and will premiere several songs from the musical during the concert.

DAME EDNA EVERAGE AND BROOKE SHIELDS TO LIGHT 2004 BROADWAY HOLIDAY TREE WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8 @ 5:15p IN DUFFY SQUARE. PERFORMANCES BY BROADWAY MUSICAL THEATRE'S 'FIRST COUPLE' - MAMMA MIA!'s CAROLEE CARMELLO and WONDERFUL TOWN'S GREGG EDELMAN, and the cast of AVENUE Q