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New name, same mission for as The Actors Fund gets a new brand - The Entertainment Community Fund.

New name, same mission for as The Actors Fund gets a new brand - The Entertainment Community Fund.

New name, same mission for as The Actors Fund gets a new brand - The Entertainment Community Fund.

View Comments During the COVID-19 pandemic, Melissa Errico found herself drawn to songs about isolation and the hope of renewal.  The Tony Award nominee ("Amour"), singer and writer recorded and released Alec Wilder’s “Blackberry Winter” and Michel Legrand’s “You Must Believe in Spring” during lockdown. Now, as we appear to be turning a corner on COVID, that hope she clung to is here, and she intends to have it on full display during "Sondheim by the Shore," part of Holmdel Theat...

How a gala breathed new life, hope into George Street Playhouse, theater No One Else for Me from George Street Playhouses premiere of Last Days of Summer Replay Video And he paused. "He stood there and as he was starting to sing, he just stopped and said, I need a minute, " George Street artistic director David Saint said. "And he got very emotional and he said, I didnt realize how much it was going to affect me. " Its no wonder.  Coming more than 14 months after the COVID-19 pandemic shuttere...

Asbury Park Press If you want to own Bruce Springsteens jeans, Elton Johns glasses, Bette Midlers gown or Hugh Jackmans jacket, nows your shot. A live online auction, "Stage & Screen," will take place Wednesday, April 28 — and it will benefit The Actors Fund. In partnership with Christine Baranksi and Doyle Auctioneers, "Stage & Screen" will feature offerings from the worlds of theater, Hollywood, opera, dance and more, with lots including "original drawings, scenic and costume designs, phot...

As the reality of the Broadway shutdown set in, Seth Rudetsky figured hed go online holding his phone up to the camera as Tony Award winner Kelli OHara sang a few songs and they would attract some donations for The Actors Fund. Luckily, with some intervention from his husband, James Wesley, and a team of friends behind the scenes, the technology angle worked out a little better. But the spirit of using their talents to give back lives on.  At a one-year anniversary this week, with hundreds of...

Within the Broadway world, as a star dresser with decades of experience, Fran Curry is at the top of her field, working with the industrys biggest names and making magic happen onstage and off with deeply honed communication and organizational skills that allow her to navigate the high-stakes environments of theaters biggest, splashiest productions. Outside of it, she said, shes invisible.  "They look at my resume and don’t see anything of value ... they’re like ‘you handle dirty lau...