New York: Actors often complain about short rehearsal times, but some of entertainment's biggest names - including Melanie Griffith, Amanda Seyfried, Uzo Aduba, Peter Dinklage, Nina Dobrev and Pablo Schreiber - are about to have virtually none.
They'll be appearing next month in the 14th annual benefit "The 24 Hour Plays on Broadway," which asks over a dozen actors, six writers and six directors to come up with six original short plays over the course of a day. Rosie Perez, a veteran of the 24-hour plays, had this advice for participants: "Anything you can do outside of being reckless and taking illegal substances do it! You're going to need everything."
Other stars who have signed up include Billy Crudup, Rachel Dratch, Seth Green, Aasif Mandvi, Jay Pharoah, Julia Stiles and Tracie Thoms.
