Donation to Bring Broadcast of Helen Mirren Play to Englewood

Residents of an Englewood nursing home for retired entertainment industry professionals will be treated to a live broadcast of Helen Mirren on stage in London for the play "The Audience," according to an Associated Press report.

BY Experience donated digital projection equipment used in the broadcast, allowing residents at the city's Lillian Booth Actors Home to catch the show, the report said, adding residents will be able to watch future shows by National Theatre Live.

"We thought this would be a great way to extend the performance arts-going life of people who could no longer get out and do that," Julie Borchard-Young, the co-owner of BY Experience, told the AP.

Mirren, an Academy Award winner, will star in the play as Queen Elizabeth II, according to the report. She won an Oliver Award for her role in the show in April.

The broadcast is set to take place next month, the wire service reported.

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