The Nature of the Universe

From left to right, cast members and author of "The Nature of the Universe": (standing) playwright Meir Ribalow, Charles Osgood, (seated) Gina Tognoni, Brian Dennehy, Blythe Danner, and Patricia Randall.

On May 6, 2001, the third annual ZazAngels benefit featured a theatrical reading of Meir Ribalow's brilliant new play, "The Nature of the Universe," starring Blythe Danner and Brian Dennehy.

The cast and author offered their talent in honor of the late daytime Emmy-Award winning actor and ALS patient, Michael Zaslow, who died in 1998. He and his wife, Susan Hufford, founded ZazAngels in concert with the Greater New York Chapter to raise funds to fight ALS.

With more than 500 people in attendance, the evening was a huge success. Funds raised will support an exciting new clinical study to be undertaken by Stephen Scelsa, M.D., Beth Israel Medical Center. A special thanks is extended to Jimmy Nederlander, Jr., and The Nederlander Organization for donating the Neil Simon Theater and to Barbi Zakin.

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From the ALS NY & Northern New Jersey Newsletter
Summer/Fall 2001, Issue 13