All Heart: Glenn Close, Joe Mantello & More Headline Normal Heart Benefit Reading

With Joel Grey at the helm, an impressive array of stars signed on for the 25th anniversary benefit reading of Larry Kramer’s classic drama of the early AIDS era, The Normal Heart. The event, held on October 18 at the Walter Kerr Theatre, featured Joe Mantello in the leading role of Ned Weeks alongside Glenn Close, Victor Garber, Patrick Wilson, Michael Cerveris, John Benjamin Hickey, Michael Stulhbarg, Jack McBrayer, Jason Butler Harner and Santino Fontana. (Wow!) Click on for photos from this exciting one-night-only event, which benefitted the Actors Fund and Friends in Deed, including snapshots at the celebratory after-party at Bond 45.