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Marin Mazzie to Be Honored at 20th Anniversary Nothing Like a Dame Concert

Mazzie will receive the Phyllis Newman Dame Award.

Marin Mazzie will be honored at the 2016 Nothing Like a Dame concert.
Marin Mazzie will be honored at the 2016 Nothing Like a Dame concert.
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Tony nominee Marin Mazzie will be honored at the 2016 Nothing Like a Dame benefit, to be held October 24 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. The 20th anniversary benefit, produced by Phyllis Newman and benefiting the Actors Fund’s Phyllis Newman Women’s Health Initiative, will honor Mazzie (The King and I) with the first-ever Phyllis Newman Dame Award.

Directed by Bebe Neuwirth, Nothing Like a Dame will feature performances by Christine Ebersole, Melissa Errico, Julie Halston, Judy Kuhn, Tonya Pinkins, Karen Ziemba, Ali Stroker, Erin Hill, and Ava Briglia, Willow McCarthy, and Aviva Winick from Broadway's Matilda The Musical.

Betty Buckley, Misty Copeland, Kelli O’Hara, Bernadette Peters, and Janice Reals Ellig serve as the show's host committee.

For tickets and more information, click here.

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