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In a benefit for the Actors' Fund of America, a group of New York's funniest actors took the stage of the funky Zipper Factory on West 37th Street on Monday, September 10, and read excerpts from the pages of a stack of celebrity autobiographies—verbatim. The potentially hilarious concept, which was popularized in New York a few years ago at the now-defunct nightclub Fez with the long-running Cause Celeb and Verbatim Verboten, was actually first whipped up by a trio of Los Angeles producers, who were responsible for mounting this newest incarnation entitled Celebrity Autobiography: In Their Own Words. The one-night-only benefit performance featured (on their off night) Xanadu stars Cheyenne Jackson, Tony Roberts, Mary Testa and Jackie Hoffman, as well as TV stars Richard Kind, Jack Plotnick (Reno: 911) and Emmy winner Kristen Johnston, currently in previews at Off-Broadway