Annette Bening to Star in 'All About Eve' Reading to Benefit Actors Fund 11/10

The Actors Fund will present an all-star reading of ALL ABOUT EVE, the classic backstage drama that is one of the most entertaining and witty films of all time.  Leading the all-star cast will be award-winning actress Annette Bening (The Women, Running with Scissors, American Beauty) as Margo Channing.  ALL ABOUT EVE will be presented Monday, November 10 at 7:30pm at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre (230 West 49th Street).

Additional star casting will be announced soon.

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

The 1950 film, ALL ABOUT EVE, is 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 Awards and won 6, including Best Picture.

Biographies:

Annette Bening (Margo Channing) can currently be seen in the film of The Women starring alongside Meg Ryan, Eva Mendes and Jada Pinkett-Smith. She was last seen in the 2006 film Running with Scissors (Golden Globe Award nomination).  Annette was ‘Julia Lambert’ in Being Julia (Oscar nomination, National Board of Review Award, Golden Globe Award and a SAG nomination).  She also starred in Mrs. Harris with Ben Kingsley for HBO (Emmy, SAG, and Golden Globe nominations), the critically acclaimed film American Beauty (Academy Award nomination, Golden Globe nomination, Screen Actors Guild Award and the BAFTA Award).  She received her first Academy Award nomination and was named “Best Supporting Actress” by the National Board of Review for her role in The Grifters. She also received a Golden Globe nomination for her starring role in Rob Reiner’s The American President, opposite Michael Douglas.  Her other films include Love Affair and Bugsy (Golden Globe nomination), both opposite Warren Beatty.  Bening’s theater credits include The Cherry Orchard at Los Angeles’ Mark Taper Forum in 2006, and Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads, at the Tiffany Theater in Los Angeles. She also played the title role in Hedda Gabler in March 1999 at Los Angeles’ Geffen Playhouse.  In New York, Bening received both a Tony Award nomination and won the Clarence Derwent Award for most outstanding debut performance of the season for her role in Coastal Disturbances, originally at the Second Stage, then on Broadway. 

JOHN ERMAN (Director) came into prominence in the world of television with a film called “Green Eyes,” which starred Paul Winfield.  This earned him the Humanitas Prize and the opportunity to direct “Roots” (Emmy nomination, Director's Guild Award).  He also directed “Moviola,” “The Letter,” “Roots – The Next Generations (with Marlon Brando), “Who Will Love My Children” starring Ann-Margret (Emmy, Christopher Award).  Also with Ann-Margret, he directed “A Streetcar Named Desire” (Emmy nomination), “The Two Mrs. Grenvilles,” “Our Sons” (also with Julie Andrews and Hugh Grant) and “Queen” (also with Halle Berry and Danny Glover).  His other TV credits include “Scarlett “ an 8 hour mini-series for CBS, “An Early Frost” with Gena Rowlands and Sylvia Sidney  (DG Award, Emmy nomination), “The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank” with Mary Steenburgen (Peabody Award, Christopher Award), “David” with Bernadette Peters, “Stella” with Bette Midler, “The Last Best year” with Mary Tyler Moore and Bernadette Peters, “The Last To Go” with Tyne Daly, “The Boys Next Door” with Nathan Lane, Mare Winningham and Tony Goldwyn, “Only Love” with Marisa Tomei and Rob Morrow, “Doris Duke Story” with Lauren Bacall and Richard Chamberlain, “Victoria and Albert” with Nigel Hawthorne, Diana Rigg and Jonathan Pryce, and “The Blackwater Lightship” with Angela Lansbury and Dianne Wiest.  Recent theatre credits include Under the Blue Sky at Williamstown Theatre Festival with Vera Farmiga, Marsha Mason and Annabella Sciorra.

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 

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