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Birdland was packed to the brim Monday night for Jamie deRoy and Friends, a variety night benefitting The Entertainment Community Fund.

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The Actors Fund Has Distributed Over $19 Million Since Broadway Shut Down Brian Stokes Mitchell, the Fund's chairman, reflects on what the industry still needs, and seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.by BWW News Desk This past year since Broadway has been shut down, The Actors Fund has distributed over $19 million in cash assistance to members of the industry, Deadline reports. The 2020 distribution of funds is nine times that of an average year. "For most people this pandemic will be about two years from beginning to end," said Brian Stokes Mitchell, who serves as Chairman of the Boa...

Titus Burgess, Ashley Park, Andrew Barth Feldman Following a $1 million opening, the fundraiser continued with an encore performance on Jan. 10. Since its premiere on New Year’s Day, Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical has raised a record-breaking total of $2 million to benefit The Actors Fund, making it the most successful fundraiser in the organization’s history. In its opening weekend, the musical initially raised $1 million in ticket sales for The Actors Fund, with over 200,000 tickets sold. An encore performance took place on Jan. 10, in which 150,000 viewers tuned in. Based on the 2007...

Right now, a hefty chunk of it goes toward emergency financial assistance for arts workers, not only through the Actors Fund’s own grant program but through an additional 16 programs managed by the Fund for industry organizations including SAG/AFTRA, IATSE and the Producers Guild of America.