Actors Fund Responds to BOMBSHELL Kickstarter Donations; Almost $200K Already Raised!

As BroadwayWorld reported yesterday, producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron will present a concert presentation of the musical created within the NBC TV series "Smash," Bombshell, with music by Marc Shaiman, lyrics by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, co-directed by Joshua Bergasse and Scott Wittman with choreography by Joshua Bergasse. The one-night only landmark event benefitting The Actors Fund is set for Monday evening, June 8, 2015 at The Minskoff Theatre (1515 Broadway).

Bombshell was the Marilyn Monroe musical created in NBC's Golden Globe-nominated television hit series "Smash." The one-night-only landmark event featuring Bombshell's original songs will feature Christian Borle, Will Chase, Megan Hilty, Katharine McPhee and Debra Messing (all subject to availability). Completing the cast will be a starry collection of Broadway favorites. Bombshell features the Emmy-nominated songs "Let Me Be Your Star," and "Hang the Moon."

The cast and creative team will be donating their time and talents for the entertainment charity but to help underwrite the considerable costs of the special benefit production and to assure that 100% of the proceeds will go to help people in performing arts and entertainment who are in need, crisis or transition, The Actors Fund launched a Bombshell Kickstarter campaign, which has raised almost $200K in just one day! To donate today, visit: https://www.kickstarter.com. This is how they've responded to the Kickstarter love:

Dear Bombshell Community,

We're so grateful for your support! You're all STARS and we're your biggest fans! In less than one day our community has helped The Actors Fund to raise close to $200,000 from nearly 1,300 generous backers for this one-night-only benefit concert of Bombshell. We cannot thank you enough for your incredible support. Your generosity will assure that the funds raised from the production will not only assure that the show will go on, but will also assure that the funds raised from the benefit will go to help those in need, crisis or transition in our entertainment and performing arts community.

Those who choose to back the campaign at the $1,000 level and up will be guaranteed their tickets and rewards as noted. Your tickets will be handled by The Actors Fund staff after the campaign closes.

We will make sure that every one of our backers of $25 and above receives an email with a unique code giving you access to the Ticketmaster pre-sale on April 13. Ticket purchases will be limited to 4 per person and the cost of the tickets is noted on www.actorsfund.org/Bombshell.

Due to the overwhelming response for this project, we cannot guarantee that everyone will be able to purchase a ticket. However, we look forward to providing everyone with your full package of rewards, and also providing you with casting updates, behind-the-scenes production news and more as the big date approaches.

You are among a very special #BombshellBway community that has enabled this benefit concert to move forward. On behalf of the 21,000 people in performing arts and entertainment that The Actors Fund helps every year, we thank you!