An all-star cast will bring Men, a one-night-only benefit reading of Men, a new play by Joe DiPietro (All Shook Up), to Ars Nova on Monday, June 19th at 8 PM.
Tony Award winner
Alan Cumming (
The Threepenny Opera, Cabaret) will join Golden Globe Award-nominee
Peter Sarsgaard (films such as
Kinsey, Shattered Glass) along with
Logan Marshall-Green ("The O.C.,"
Dog Sees God),
Cheyenne Jackson (
All Shook Up),
Chris Chalk (
Defiance),
Anthony Rapp (
Rent) and
Barrett Foa (
Avenue Q) in the reading, which will be produced by
Dena Hammerstein and Pam Pariseau for James Hammerstein Productions.
Men will be directed by
Christopher Ashley (
All Shook Up, Rocky Horror Show). Proceeds from the evening will benefit Broadway Cares / Equity Fights Aids.
"
Men, based on the provocative play
La Ronde (1900) by Austrian dramatist Arthur Schnitzler, tells the story of ten men, ten encounters and one common urge," state press notes.
Broadway Cares / Equity Fights Aids is the nation's leading industry-based, not-for-profit AIDS fundraising and grant making organization. BC/EFA is the on-going, committed response from the American Theatre community to an urgent worldwide health crisis. By drawing upon the talents, resources, and generosity of this community, BC/EFA raises funds for AIDS-related causes across the United States. Since its founding in 1988, BC/EFA has raised over $100 million for critically needed services for people with AIDS, HIV or HIV-related illnesses. For more information, please visit
www.broadwaycares.org.
Tickets for
Men are $35.00 and can be purchased by calling SmartTix at 212-868-4444 or by visiting
www.smarttix.com.
