A-listers star in 24-hour plays on Broadway

Posted November 17, 2014 2:15 pm

By Mark Kennedy Associated Press

NEW YORK - Want to watch an A-lister scramble? A whole bunch - including Melanie Griffith, Amanda Seyfried, Peter Dinklage and Pablo Schreiber - will be doing exactly that on a Broadway stage.

They're appearing Monday in the 14th annual benefit "The 24 Hour Plays on Broadway," which asks more than a dozen actors and several writers and directors to come up with original short plays over the course of a day. Proceeds help the Urban Arts Partnership.

The other stars who have agreed to participate include Justin Bartha, Leslie Bibb, Katrina Bowden, Mark Consuelos, Laverne Cox, Rachel Dratch, Michael Ealy, Ray Fisher, Taran Killam, Justin Long, Aasif Mandvi, Stephen Merchant, Adrienne Moore, Diane Neal, Rosie Perez, Jay Pharoah, Leven Rambin, Sam Rockwell, Sebastian Stan, Cecily Strong, Tracie Thoms and Michael Kenneth Williams.

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