Dear Actors Fund Friends,

The lights of the holiday season are starting to twinkle as we move into the season of gratitude and thanks. And while our celebrations look different this year, our appreciation for family, friends and our Actors Fund community has never been greater.

In a year that has seen extreme loss, turmoil and devastation, we’ve also experienced incredible dedication and action to take care of one another. Our performing arts and entertainment industry has gone above and beyond in coming together to make sure The Fund can continue to do our work of providing resources for health care and health insurance, housing, support groups, career guidance, financial help, emotional support and so much more.

Thank you for your unwavering commitment to the performing arts and entertainment community we’re all so grateful for. We hope that wherever and however you’re able to celebrate this year, that you’re safe, healthy and finding moments to be grateful for.

Brickman for Broadway Christmas Live
Saturday, November 28, 8 pm ET

JimBrickman.com

Grammy nominated songwriter and piano sensation Jim Brickman will be taking the nation by storm this holiday season with Brickman for Broadway Christmas Live. All proceeds from the virtual concert and the album sales will benefit The Actors Fund. The Brickman for Broadway Christmas album features sensational performances from Megan Hilty, Santino Fontana, Kelli O’Hara, Norm Lewis, Shoshana Bean, Max von Essen, Adrienne Warren, Sierra Boggess and Matt Doyle and celebrates the season with soaring vocals, and a merry and bright holiday spirit.

Brickman will bring the album to life with a live virtual up close and personal concert experience blending yuletide memories and holiday carols. Scheduled to appear with Jim Brickman are Kelli O'Hara, Matt Doyle, Max von Essen, Shoshana Bean, Norm Lewis, Megan Hilty, Wayne Brady and more. Brickman will warm the hearts of all as sweet sounds of faith and love make spirits bright, bringing family and friends together for anything but a silent night.

Jim Brickman’s Christmas tradition continues, with a front row experience like never before.

A Toast To Broadway
Saturday, November 28, 8 pm ET

The Ridgefield Playhouse

This celebration of Broadway and its performers can be watched virtually from the comfort of your own home, or on the big screen at The Ridgefield Playhouse! Each person who attends the screening at The Playhouse will receive a free glass of bubbly. Performances include some of your favorite Broadway stars—Jarrod Spector (Jersey Boys), Tony Award nominee Ann Hampton Callaway, Morgan James (Motown The Musical), Oscar, Tony and Grammy Award-winning composer Stephen Schwartz, Seth Rudetsky (Sirius/XM Satellite Radio’s ON BROADWAY), Tony Award winner Debbie Gravitte, Sam Gravitte (Wicked), Alli Mauzey (Hello, Dolly!) and Dee Roscioli (Wicked) and more—plus a special guest appearance by Tony Award winner Harvey Fierstein! Hear some of your favorite Broadway numbers from Hamilton, Wicked, Chicago, The Lion King and Phantom of the Opera along with lots of surprises.

10% of the net proceeds will be donated to The Actors Fund.

Kris Kringle The Musical
December 1–25

KrisKringleTheMusical.com

This holiday season, Kris Kringle The Musical has created something wholly unique that will bring the magic of the boy who sees toys in the stars to an audience that yearns for a warm-and-fuzzy Christmas feeling! Join Kyle Sherman, Jason Simon, Kim Crosby, Amy Coelho and more as they bring this story to life.

Starting December 1, you’ll be led through an Advent Calendar door to enjoy a new part of the story each day! This also features bonus videos, including a Spanish version of one of the show’s most popular songs, “My North Star.”

The Night of the Iguana
December 2–6

La Femme Theatre Productions

In Tennessee Williams’s The Night of the Iguana, a defrocked clergyman encounters inside disturbances amid outside disturbances during one stormy night at the Costa Verde Hotel in Acapulco as the world prepares for World War II. After four women of different ages and backgrounds, along with a 97-year-old poet, engage in the clergyman’s spiritual struggles, their lives leap dramatically forward. And the catalytic, defrocked clergyman makes it through the night.

The show will feature Golden Globe winner and Emmy nominee Dylan McDermott (Netflix’s Hollywood), Emmy nominee and Tony Award winner Phylicia Rashad (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof), Roberta Maxwell (Summer and Smoke), Tony nominee, Obie and Drama Desk Award winner Austin Pendleton (Choir Boy) and Jean Lichty (A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur), with Keith Randolph Smith (Jitney), Carmen Berkeley (Our Dear Dead Drug Lord), Eliud Kauffman (72 Miles to Go), Julio Macias (Netflix’s On My Block), Stephanie Schmiderer (No Exit), Bradley James Tejeda (The Inheritance) and John Hans Tester (Amazon’s Hunters).

More Online Events:
Stars in the House: Mondays-Saturdays at 8 pm ET
LE at Home: Check out the full list of experiences, all of which are available through 2021.
#BWAYWORLDRECORD: Join them to attempt breaking The Guinness World Records™ title for the record of largest online video album of people singing the same song.
When The Lights Are Bright Again: Submit your letter to this book BY our industry, FOR our industry, immortalizing this historic moment in time
Catharsis Co. Skincare: $5 of every purchase will be donated to The Actors Fund
Omaze: Don’t miss your chance to meet Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson!