KERI RUSSELL TO STAR AS EVE IN ALL ABOUT EVE

Posted on November 6, 2008 by bbbblogger

“We all have abnormality in common. We’re a breed apart from the rest of humanity, we theatre folk; We are the original displaced personalities.”

-Addison DeWitt

“Fasten your seatbelts. It’s going to be a bumpy night.”

-Margo Channing

THE ACTORS FUND

ANNOUNCES

GOLDEN GLOBE^® AWARD-WINNER KERI RUSSELL

TO STAR AS EVE HARRINGTON

ALL ABOUT EVE

RUSSELL JOINS PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED

ANNETTE BENING (as MARGO CHANNING)

BRIAN BEDFORD, ZOE CALDWELL, PETER GALLAGHER, JOEL GREY, ANGELA LANSBURY, CYNTHIA NIXON,

STEVE ROSS, JOHN SLATTERY, JENNIFER TILLY

IN THE ONE NIGHT ONLY BENEFIT

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10 AT THE EUGENE O’NEILL THEATRE

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SOME GOOD SEATS STILL AVAILABLE AT $300, $1,000 and $1,500.

Golden Globe^® Award-winner Keri Russell (”Felicity”) will star as ‘Eve Harrington’ in The Actors Fund’s highly anticipated all-star reading of ALL ABOUT EVE, the classic backstage drama that is one of the most entertaining and witty films of all time. Previously announced casting includes Golden Globe^â Award-winner Annette Bening as ‘Margo Channing,’ Tony^â Award-winner Brian Bedford as ‘Addison DeWitt,’ four-time Tony^® Award-winner Zoe Caldwell as ‘Chief Prompter,’ Jessica Cummings as ‘Phoebe,’ Tony Award^â nominee Peter Gallagher as ‘Bill,’ Oscar^® and Tony^® Award-winner Joel Grey as ‘Max Fabian,’ four time Tony^â Award-winner Angela Lansbury as ‘Birdie,’ Tony^â Award-winner Cynthia Nixon as ‘Karen,’ cabaret star Steve Ross as the ‘Pianist,’ Emmy Award^â-nominee John Slattery as ‘Lloyd,’ Academy^® Award- nominated actress Jennifer Tilly as ‘Miss Caswell,’ Maura Lisabeth Malloy and Victor Joel Ortiz. ALL ABOUT EVE will be presented Monday, November 10 at 7:30pm at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre (230 West 49^th Street).

The reading of ALL ABOUT EVE will be directed by Emmy^â and DGA Award-winning director John Erman (”Roots,” “Who Will Love My Children”).

The 1950 film, ALL ABOUT EVE, was written and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, based on the short story “The Wisdom of Eve,” by Mary Orr, and stars Bette Davis as Margo Channing, the prominent yet aging Broadway star. Anne Baxter plays Eve Harrington, a willingly helpful young fan who insinuates herself into Channing’s life, threatening Channing’s career and personal relationships. The film also features George Sanders, Celeste Holm, Hugh Marlowe, Gary Merrill, Marilyn Monroe and Thelma Ritter. ALL ABOUT EVE was nominated for 14 Academy Awardsâ and won 6, including Best Picture.

Presented courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation.

Special thanks to Duncan Weldon, Paul Elliott and Sonia Friedman.

Some good seats are still available at $300, $1,000 and $1,500.

KERI RUSSELL (Eve Harrington) made her New York debut in Neil Labute’s Fat Pig at MCC Theater. Film credits include last season’s critically acclaimed Waitress, Mission: Impossible III, August Rush, We Were Soldiers, The Upside of Anger, Dead Man’s Curve, Eight Days a Week, Mad About Mambo, and The Girl in the Park. Upcoming films include Bedtime Stories alongside Courtney Cox and Adam Sandler, and she is currently filming the independent film Leaves of Grass opposite Edward Norton and Susan Sarandon. Most recognizable for her four seasons on “Felicity,” a role for which she received a Golden Globe Award^®, Russell has also appeared on the hit show “The Mickey Mouse Club,” and guest starred on “Boy Meets World”, “Emerald Cove,” “Married with Children,” “Malibu Shores,” “Roar,” “7th Heaven,” and “Scrubs”. Other television credits include the Emmy^® Award-winning and Golden Globe^® Award-nominated miniseries “Into the West” and the made for TV movies “The Magic of Ordinary Days,” “When Innocence is Lost,” and “The Lottery.”

THE ACTORS FUND is a national human services organization that helps all professionals in performing arts and entertainment. The Fund, which helps actors and performers and everyone behind the scenes who works in theatre, film, TV, music, dance, radio and opera, is a safety net, providing social services and emergency assistance, health services, employment and training programs and housing support for those who are in need, crisis or transition. Learn more about The Actors Fund at www.actorsfund.org

Tickets available through by phone at 212-221-7300 x133 or online at tickets@actorsfund.org

For more information, visit www.actorsfund.org

Single Tickets Prices: $1500, $1000, $300, $100

$1,500 Preferred VIP seats as well as an invitation to the exclusive after party and a listing in the souvenir program.

$1,000 Excellent VIP seats as well as an invitation to the exclusive after party and a listing in the souvenir program.

$300 level Orchestra & Front Mezzanine seating.

$100 level Rear Mezzanine seating

A limited number of sponsorship packages are available.

The Addison Level – $10,000