And on June 19 , the Hammerstein Ballroom -LRB- where the first benefit performance of '' The Vagina Monologues '' raised $ 250,000 for New York City anti-violence groups in 1998 -RRB- will be the site of '' A Memory , a Monologue , a Rant and a Prayer , '' a series of works by writers including Edward Albee , Michael Eric Dyson and Anna Deavere Smith with scheduled performances by Brittany Murphy , Cynthia Nixon , Isabella Rossellini , Marlo Thomas , Rosario Dawson and others .