Actors’ Fund Launches Auction of 1000 Stars; Broadway Shows Add Benefit Performances

The Actors’ Fund of America’s Auction of 1000 Stars 2005 has begun online. Among the dozens of available items are walk-on roles in The Phantom of the Opera and Mamma Mia!, a VIP package including tickets to the 2006 Tony Awards ceremony, and a private Shakespearean acting class with Lynn Redgrave.

Also up for bidding are numerous items of memorabilia, including CDs, scripts, and programs autographed by such stars as Angela Lansbury, Bernadette Peters, Carol Burnett, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Harvey Fierstein, and Vanessa Redgrave. The auction continues through August 1. To bid on or view items, visit www.auctionof1000stars.org.

It has also been announced that four Broadway shows have added special Sunday night performances this summer to benefit The Actors’ Fund: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (July 24 at 8pm), Steel Magnolias (July 31 at 8pm, the show’s final performance), The Pillowman (August 7 at 8pm), and Glengarry Glen Ross (August 14 at 8pm).

For more information, visit www.actorsfund.org.