Dear friends of the Fund,

We’re thrilled to announce A Chorus Line Official 50th Anniversary Celebration, a special event that honors the legacy of this groundbreaking production while supporting the Fund’s programs and services for the dance community. Plus get outside this summer with the Jock Duncan Celebri-TEE Golf & Pickleball Tournament!

Thank you for your continued dedication, and we hope to see you soon.

Stranger Things: The First Shadow Producer's Picks
Wednesday, July 9, 7 pm ET

Marquis Theater
210 West 46th Street
New York, NY 10036

See top-notch theater and feel good about helping others! Producer’s Picks tickets are donated by the producers so your entire ticket purchase goes to support the Entertainment Community Fund’s programs and services.

Recipient of a 2025 Special Tony Award for illusions and special effects and winner of the 2025 Tony Awards for Best Scenic Design of a Play, Best Lighting Design of a Play and Best Sound Design of a Play!

Henry Creel (Tony nominee Louis McCartney) arrives in the town of Hawkins in 1959 to find that that a fresh start isn’t so easy—and the shadows of the past have a very long reach. The Olivier Award-winning Stranger Things: The First Shadow, directed by Stephen Daldry (The Crown) and co-directed by Justin Martin (Prima Facie), features breathtaking special effects, unforgettable performances and a heart-pounding story that plunges you deep into the origins of the Stranger Things universe.

A Chorus Line Official 50th Anniversary Celebration
Sunday, July 27, 7:30 pm ET

Shubert Theater
225 West 44th Street
New York, NY 10036

Join us for the one-night-only special concert of A Chorus Line Official 50th Anniversary Celebration! With original 1975 Broadway cast members Kelly Bishop, Wayne Cilento, Baayork Lee, Priscilla Lopez and Donna McKechnie and special performances by Charlotte d’Amboise (Chicago), Jessica Lee Goldyn (Moulin Rouge! The Musical), Robyn Hurder (SMASH), Francis Jue (Yellowface), Krysta Rodriguez (SMASH), Jessica Vosk (Hell’s Kitchen), Anthony Wayne (Tina: The Tina Turner Musical), Tony Yazbeck (Flying Over Sunset) and Olivier winner Leigh Zimmerman, this historic event honors the legacy of Marvin Hamlisch, Michael Bennett and the dancers who made history.

The evening will be directed by Baayork Lee, who will also remount the original Michael Bennett and Bob Avian choreography. With unforgettable music, iconic choreography and a celebratory spirit, this once in a lifetime night benefits the Entertainment Community Fund services for dancers and promises to be nothing short of spectacular.

A Chorus Line Official 50th Anniversary Celebration is produced by Tony Award-winning producers Christopher Ketner and Hunter Regian.

2025 Jock Duncan Celebri-TEE Golf & Pickleball Tournament
Monday, August 18, 10 am–7 pm ET

Knickerbocker Country Club
188 Knickerbocker Road
Tenafly, NJ 06070

We are pleased to invite you once again to the Jock Duncan Celebri-TEE Golf & Pickleball* Tournament at the historic Knickerbocker Country Club in Tenafly, New Jersey. Come tee it up with our Golf Co-Chair, Broadway, film and TV star Peter Gallagher (Left on Tenth, American Beauty) and Tony Award-winning director Kenny Leon (Othello, Our Town).

*Pickleball is new this year! Come dink, dunk or smash with our Pickleball Chair, Broadway star Bobby Conte (The Who’s Tommy, Madame Secretary), singer, songwriter and recording artist Anthony Nunziata (Carnegie Hall, Café Carlyle), Award-winning filmmaker and theater writer and director Will Nunziata (Figaro: An Original Musical, The Old Guitarist) and Broadway star Natalie Weiss (Everyday Rapture, Breaking Down the Riffs).

We look forward to enjoying a day of golf and pickleball with special guests from the entertainment industry, all joining together to raise funds for the Actors Fund Home in Englewood, New Jersey.

Operation Mincemeat Producer's Picks
Wednesday, September 17, 7:30 pm ET

Golden Theatre
252 West 45th Street
New York, NY 10036

Winner of the 2025 Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical!

How did a dead body, a fake love letter and Ian Fleming come together to wrong-foot Hitler? The year is 1943, and right now England is losing the war. Luckily, they're about to gamble all our futures on a stolen corpse. Singin’ in the Rain meets Strangers on a Train, Operation Mincemeat is the fast-paced, hilarious and unbelievable true story of the twisted secret mission that helped win World War II.

More Fundraisers:
AFMX Festival: September 24–28. 50% net proceeds of donation ticket charge will be donated to the Fund with additional donations being collected at the festival
Laughs, Luck… and Lucy: Gregg Oppenheimer has generously pledged all proceeds from his audiobook, Laughs, Luck…and Lucy, co-authored with his father, I Love Lucy creator Jess Oppenheimer, to the Entertainment Community Fund
T-shirts on Bonfire: 100% of the sales from this graphic t-shirt will be donated to the Entertainment Community Fund. With special thanks to The Old Guard comic series co-creators, Greg Rucka and Leandro Fernández, who is the illustrator of the series and created the image on the t-shirt