Nathan Lane & Debra Messing Will Read Wesley Taylor's Short Plays for The Actors Fund

Tony winner Nathan Lane and Emmy winner Debra Messing will headline a benefit reading of Wesley Taylor’s Bridging the Gap and Other Short Plays for The Actors Fund. The one-night-only event is set for October 26 at New World Stages.

Lane and Taylor shared the stage in The Addams Family on Broadway, and Messing and Taylor both appeared in NBC’s Smash. Lane last appeared on the Great White Way in It’s Only a Play. Messing made her Broadway debut in 2014’s Outside Mullingar; her latest TV gig The Mysteries of Laura was recently picked up for a second season. In addition to appearing in The Addams Family, Taylor originated the role of Franz in Rock of Ages on Broadway.

The reading will consist of six 10-minute plays by Taylor, including works titled Spark, Mother, Cuckold and Little Monsters. Additional casting will be announced later.