Announcing: ‘Sparkle! An All-Star Holiday Concert’ on Friday 12/13 at Acme Theatre will Benefit The Actors Fund

★★ SPARKLE! AN ALL-STAR HOLIDAY CONCERT ★★

ARRIVES IN LOS ANGELES ON DECEMBER 13 AT ACME THEATRE IN HOLLYWOOD

PROCEEDS BENEFIT THE ACTORS FUND

SparkleStar-studded holiday benefit SPARKLE! An All-Star Holiday Concert comes to Los Angeles for the first time with an exclusive and intimate performance at the Acme Theatre in Hollywood for one night only on Friday, December 13 at 7:30pm. Proceeds will benefit the programs and services of The Actors Fund.

After four sold-out years in Palm Springs, CA and an additional two years in New York City, SPARKLE! comes to Los Angeles. For this special holiday event, producer and host Scott Nevins has gathered an all-star cast of performers from the worlds of Broadway, television, film, and the music industry to help sing in the season.

Andrew Rannells (Tony Award® nominee for The Book of Mormon/NBC’s The New Normal/HBO’s Girls) leads the impressive list of stars who are scheduled to perform. Also ready to dazzle the crowd are Sharon McNight (Starmites), Ginifer King (Gypsy/Steel Magnolias), Stacey Oristano (NBC’s Friday Night Lights/ABC Family’s Bunheads), Milena Govich (Cabaret/Law & Order), Max von Essen (Evita/Les Misérables), Shoshana Bean (Hairspray, Wicked), Matt Zarley (The Who’s Tommy/Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat), Erin Quill (Avenue Q), Constantine Rousouli (Ghost/ Wicked), Julie Garnye (Les Misérables/Chicago), Emerson Collins (Sordid Lives The Series/Bravo’s The People’s Couch), Blake McIver (Bravo’s The People’s Couch), Lexi Lawson (Rent/In the Heights), and Billboard Top 20 recording artist Kelly King. The show will also feature a special reading of T’was The Night Before Christmas by the legendary Lainie Kazan. Scott Nevins hosts, with Jesse Vargas serving as music director and arranger. The evening is made possible by generous support from presenting sponsors Jim Burba and Bob Hayes.

The Actors Fund is a national human services organization that helps everyone— performers and those behind the scenes — that works in performing arts and entertainment, assisting more than 13,500 people in person each year, and hundreds of thousands more online. Serving professionals in film, theatre, television, music, opera, radio and dance, The Fund’s programs include social services and emergency financial assistance, health care and insurance counseling, housing, and employment and training services. With offices in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, The Actors Fund has — for 131 years — been a safety net for those in need, crisis or transition.

Ticket prices for SPARKLE! An All-Star Holiday Concert range from $35 — $100 (VIP package including priority seating and post-show meet and greet). To purchase online, go to http://bit.ly/SparkleLA2013. The Acme Theatre in Hollywood is located at 135 N. La Brea Avenue, Los Angeles, 90036.

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11-21-13