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Scarlett Johansson organises all-star performance of Our Town to benefit Puerto Rico disaster victims

The Avengers star brought along her Marvel comics team-mates for a special one-off performance

November 8, 2017 11:32
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Scarlett Johansson used her real superpower – an all-star contact book – to assemble an incredible cast for a performance of Thornton Wilder’s classic play Our Town at Atlanta's Fox Theatre.

She was joined by Avengers workmates Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Jeremy Renner and Mark Ruffalo for a rehearsed reading of the 1938 play. All proceeds from the performance went to The Hurricane Maria Community Relief & Recovery Fund.

The stellar cast are usually only seen together in the multi-million-dollar Marvel superhero franchise. Without their costumes and CGI add-ons they put on a relaxed show, with Ruffalo and Renner in particular eliciting chuckles from the crowd with their shameless ad-libbing.