Rhea, La Fosse & DeCaro Join Roster for Grand St.'s FOLLY Benefit 2/27

TWEED Theaterworks and God's Love We Deliver are excited to announce that Caroline Rhea, Robert La Fosse as Isadora Duncan, Frank DeCaro and Gina Vitro's Flopera! will be joining the already stellar line up at FOLLY: The Grand Street Follies 2009, being held at Abrons Arts Center on Friday February 27 and Saturday February 28.

Caroline Rhea, Robert La Fosse, and Gina Vitro will perform on both Friday & Saturday nights and Frank DeCaro will be performing on Saturday night only.

Tickets are still available for the fundraiser and are tax deductible.

Please visit http://www.tweedtheater.org/folly for the line up for each night and to purchase tickets.

"FOLLY: The Grand Street Follies, 2009", inspired by the follies of the 20's -- but billed as a "Vaudeville for the New Depression" -- will be an "old school" vaudeville show featuring live acts: comedy, intriguing skits, unusual musical numbers, spectacle extravaganzas and more than a few surprises.

Performers at FOLLY on Friday, February 27 at 8 p.m. include: Lypsinka, Jackie Hoffman, Lady Bunny, Julie Halston, Kristine Zbornik, Flotilla DeBarge, Brenda Bergman &The Bodacious TaTas, Sweetie, David Ilku, The Dueling Bankheads, Jodi Lennon, Carol Lipnik, The Butoh Rockettes, Wallace Shawn &Deborah Eisenberg, Dirty Martini, The Flute Friends, Wallie Wolfgruber Dance, Joseph Keckler, Todd Almond, Jim David, Ken Bullock as Ragu Mountain Woman, with Tony Conniff &The Grand St Follies Band.

Performers on Saturday, February 28 at 8 p.m. include: Rufus Wainwright, Jackie Hoffman, Richard Move as Martha Graham, Kristine Zbornik, Flotilla DeBarge, Brenda Bergman &The Bodacious TaTas, Sweetie, David Ilku, The Duelling Bankheads, Jodi Lennon, Dirty Martini, Carol Lipnik, Todd Almond, The Flute Friends, Wallace Shawn &Deborah Eisenberg, Wallie Wolfgruber Dance, Joseph Keckler, Ken Bullock as Ragu Mountain Woman, The Butoh Rockettes, with Tony Conniff &The Grand St Follies Band

The Event Commitee for the Fundraiser includes: Blaine Trump, Alan Cumming, Michael Cunningham, John Dugdale, Asher &Michelle Edelman, Linda Fairstein, Deborah Harry, John Cameron Mitchell, Florent Morellet, John Meyers, Johnnie Moore, Joan Rivers, Mark Sendroff Esq., Michael Sennott, Chi Chi Valenti &Johnny Dynell, Elisa Wagner (Please note - these individuals are not scheduled to perform.)

Proceeds from the fundraiser will benefit GOD'S LOVE WE DELIVER, an organization dedicated to feeding people who are too ill to shop or prepare meals,and TWEED TheaterWorks, a downtown theatrical producing organization.

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