Polly Bergen, Victoria Clark, Marc Kudisch, Donna McKechnie, Phyllis Newman, et al. Set for Actors Fund’s A Party For Comden & Green
(© Susan Schacter)
The Actors Fund has announced additional casting for Nothing Like a Dame: A Party for Comden and Green, the annual all-star concert benefiting the Phyllis Newman Women’s Health Initiative, at 7:30pm on Monday, November 1 at The Laura Pels Theater.
Carl Andress will direct the evening, which will feature musical staging by Denis Jones and musical direction by Larry Yurman.
The show will feature the music of Adolph Green — Newman’s late husband — and his longtime songwriting partner Betty Comden. Hal Prince will be the evening’s special guest of honor.
In addition to Newman and her daughter, singer-songwriter Amanda Green, the evening’s performers will include Nancy Anderson, Jennifer Barnhart, Polly Bergen, Charles Busch, Mario Cantone, Victoria Clark, Debbie Gravitte, Larry Grossman, Hunter Ryan Herdlicka, Marc Kudisch, Aaron Lazar, Rick Lyon, Victoria Mallory, Howard McGillin, Donna McKechnie, Jessica Molaskey, Julia Murney, Nancy Opel, John Pizzarelli, Lee Roy Reams, Mary Testa, and Zakiya Young.
For tickets and information, call 212-221-7300 ext. 133 or email tickets@actorsfund.org.
