Act II Playhouse Holds Spring Fundraiser Starring Jeff Coon, Alex Bechtel, 3/19

Act II Playhouse will hold its annual spring fundraiser ACT-2-4-U on Monday, March 19, starting at 7 p.m. The event will feature an array of wonderful entertainers and an inside look at producing Broadway smash hits from Act II's Producing Artistic Director Bud Martin.

Tickets are $45, $25 of which is tax-deductable, and can be purchased by calling the box office at 215-654-0200 or online at www.act2.org. The event will take place at Act II Playhouse, located at 56. E. Butler Ave. in downtown Ambler, Pennsylvania.

The evening's entertainers include Barrymore Award winners Jeff Coon (Arden Theatre's Sunday in the Park with George) and Alex Bechtel (Walnut Street Theatre's My Way: A Musical Tribute to Frank Sinatra), opera singer Justin Hopkins (from Heeere's Tony! and Laughing all the Way) and the a cappella group The Deltones (from NBC's The Sing Off).

The evening will also be Ambler's first chance to catch rising star Eileen Cella, who will be playing the part of Eliza Doolittle in Act II's spring production of My Fair Lady. Cella was recently seen off-Broadway in The Little Prince.

The evening will showcase an interview with Act II's outgoing Producing Artistic Director Bud Martin, who will speak about his experiences producing plays and musicals on Broadway. Martin has produced such Broadway and West End (London) hits as The Story of My Life, 9 to 5, Burn the Floor, La Bete, Time Stands Still (Tony nomination), La Bete, Legally Blonde (Olivier Award) and The Three Musketeers at the Rose Theatre, Kingston. Act II's incoming Artistic Director Tony Braithwaite will conduct the interview.