The Actors Fund's annual gala on Monday, May 23, 2011 at the New York Marriott Marquis, 1535 Broadway, will honor Tony and Emmy Award winning actress and current star of 'The Addams Family,' Bebe Neuwirth ('Chicago,' 'Sweet Charity,' 'Cheers,' 'Frasier'); Tony, Emmy and Academy Award winning actor Al Pacino ('The Godfather: Parts I, II and III,' 'Scent of a Woman,' HBO's 'Angels in America' and 'You Don't Know Jack,' 'The Merchant of Venice'), and Vice President, Market General Manager for New York City's Marriott & Renaissance Hotels Michael J. Stengel, as the New York Marriott Marquis celebrates its 25th anniversary of commitment to Broadway and Times Square.
New Jersey Pictures announced today that THE SOPRANO STATE: NEW JERSEY'S CULTURE OF CORRUPTION PART ONE, a film produced by three-time Academy Award(r) nominee Steve Kalafer, his producing partner Bruce Raiffe and directed by Peter LeDonne, inspired by the New York Times Bestselling book by Bob Ingle and Sandy McClure, will be released in select Clearview Cinemas in New York City and New Jersey beginning Friday, October 22, 2010. The film will have its official premiere at Clearview's Ziegfeld Theatre in New York, NY on Monday, October 18, 2010.
The Actors' Fund of America has raised close to half of the $5.5-million needed in its capital campaign to expand and upgrade the Lillian Booth Actors' Home in Englewood, NJ. Construction on the facility is scheduled to begin October 1.
