Broadway Musicals of 1931 Photo Coverage.

Marc Kudisch and Karen Akers

F. Murray Abraham, Karen Akers and Brad Oscar

Kerry O'Malley and David Pittu

Corine's Corner attended Broadway Musicals of 1931. As always it was a great evening of songs, history and dance. Scott Siegel pulled together an incredible evening of Broadway.


Photos by Maryann Lopinto.
Captions: Corine Dana Cohen for http://www.corinescorner.com



Tony Yazbeck

Jeffry Denman

David Pittu and Kerry O'Malley

The incredible David Pittu

Karen Akers

Kendrick Jones

Jeffry Denman, Melinda Sullivan and Kendrick Jones.

I loved this number and Brad Oscar is a joy to watch

Yuba Plays the Rumba on the Tuba. It was funny!

Tony Yazbeck

Funny and talented Brad Oscar and F. Murray Abraham

They sing Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries.

Kerry O' Malley singing the best song of the night

Cigarettes and Cigars about the depression in 1931.

The cast of BROADWAY MUSICALS OF 1931.

Interview With David Pittu!

Last night, I attended Broadway By The Year 1931 and at the after party I got to interview

funny man David Pittu who got a Tony nomination for his performance in one of my favorite plays IS HE DEAD? Sadly, IS HE DEAD passed away but the funny, talented singer is alive and well and doing great things. Check out the video to find out what he is performing in next.

I also hope they bring back IS HE DEAD as it was one of the funniest shows with a fantastic cast.

It was a great joy to interview one of my favorite performers of all time!

Corine Dana Cohen

FOODIES UNITE-

NEW YORK YANKEES AND LEGENDS HOSPITALITY ANNOUNCE
PREMIUM DINING AT YANKEE STADIUM;

Including
"Legends Culinary Series," A Fine-Dining Experience Featuring World-Renowned Chefs from New York's Most Celebrated Restaurants and Food Network Launch
of Its First-Ever Food Stands

The New York Yankees and Legends Hospitality, the exclusive provider of concessions, catering and merchandising services at Yankee Stadium, have announced a series of premium dining experiences at the new Yankee Stadium -- The ‘Legends Culinary Series’ and Food Network's first-ever food stands.
THE LEGENDS CULINARY SERIES
The 'Legends Culinary Series' is a game-day fine-dining experience at the Stadium’s Legends Suite Club. Unlike anything offered at any ballpark in the country, the ‘Legends Culinary Series’ brings New York’s top chefs into Yankee Stadium’s new state-of-the-art cooking facilities to create a once-in-a-lifetime meal for diners in the Stadium’s new Legends Suite Club. On select games each homestand, a guest chef will create and serve a special dish at a performance action cooking station in the Legends Suite Club. The guest chef will be available to meet and greet guests and commemorative recipe cards featuring the guest chef’s menu item will be available for diners.

Among those chefs who are scheduled to participate are Chef Masaharu Morimoto of Morimoto restaurant and star of Food Network’s immensely popular cooking show Iron Chef America; Chef Alexandra Guarneschelli, head chef of the popular New York City eatery, Butter, and host of The Cooking Loft, also on Food Network; Chef April Bloomfield, executive chef and co-owner of The Spotted Pig restaurant in New York’s West Village; and the Bronx’s hometown favorite, Chef Roberto Paciullo, executive chef of Roberto Restaurant in the Little Italy section of the Bronx. In addition, restaurateurs from New York’s most celebrated restaurants, including Sirio Maccioni of Le Cirque, Elaine Kaufman of Elaine’s and Anthony Scotto of Fresco by Scotto will join their chefs when they bring their culinary talents to Yankee Stadium. Fresco by Scotto has also developed a unique menu for the Legends Suite in-seat menu. For dessert, during select games, the world-renowned Godiva will bring their Chef Chocolatier to the Stadium to create signature desserts. Additional guest chefs for the 'Legends Culinary Series' will be announced forthcoming.

The ‘Legends Culinary Series’ is open to all fans with access to the deluxe, bi-level Legends Suite Club, which offers fine dining and cocktail service for all home games.


FOOD NETWORK'S FIRST FOOD STANDS
Food Network and Legends Hospitality have entered into a multi-year partnership agreement to launch the network’s first Food Network food stands at Yankee Stadium on Opening Day, April 16, 2009.

The Food Network stands will be located within the Delta Sky 360 Suite and in the Jim Beam Terrace Lounge, both premium areas located behind home plate, and will serve quality takes on classics like burgers, hot dogs, and fries, as well as dishes, such as Puerto Rican-style pork sandwiches, Chinese cold noodles, and soft tacos, incorporating the ethnic cuisines of New York City, Food Network's hometown.

"Sports is a genre in which we’ve always felt the network should have a presence, as such we are thrilled to partner with Legends Hospitality at Yankee Stadium to create a completely unique way to experience the network. Fans will literally be able to touch, feel, smell and taste Food Network in a way they never have before," said Sergei Kuharsky, General Manager, Scripps Networks Enterprises (a division of Scripps Networks Interactive, parent company of Food Network).

"As a New York City-based company with an international audience, the Food Network is the perfect partner for the New York Yankees," said Marty Greenspun of Legends Hospitality. "Yankee Stadium promises to be a complete experience for our fans – not only the best in baseball, but the best in food with fresher and more diverse concessions and a selection of fine dining options. We are thrilled that the Food Network has chosen Yankee Stadium to make their food stand debut."

The partnership includes reciprocal marketing between the partners to promote the stands including pregame announcements and placements in Yankee sponsorship and promotional material about the stands, cooking demonstrations and appearances at the Stadium by Food Network talent and possible integration of the stands in network programs.

The New York Yankees recently announced their new general concessions lineup for the 2009 season, with a focus on quality, convenience, variety and value. With a ‘Fresh-To-Order’ system providing fans with the freshest and hottest possible food and a wide variety of foods at all prices, Yankee Stadium promises to become both a sporting and culinary destination.

The Yankees will continue their policy of donating leftover edible food to those in need, this year working with the Rock and Wrap It Up program and The Food Bank for New York City, which work together in picking up food from the Stadium and delivering it to shelters, soup kitchens, senior centers, youth programs and other emergency and community food programs throughout the Bronx.


About Legends Hospitality, LLC

LEGENDS HOSPITALITY, LLC is a premier provider of hospitality and merchandising services for a growing list of clients. The company is a joint venture between the New York Yankees Baseball Club, the Dallas Cowboys Football Club, Goldman Sachs and CIC Partners. Headquartered in Newark, New Jersey, Legends operates, promotes and develops a broad range of catering, concessions, retail merchandising and other facility management services for sports, entertainment and recreational facilities.

About Food Network

FOOD NETWORK (http://www.foodnetwork.com/) is a unique lifestyle network and Web site that strives to be way more than cooking. The network is committed to exploring new and different ways to approach food - through pop culture, competition, adventure, and travel - while also expanding its repertoire of technique-based information. Food Network is distributed to more than 98 million U.S. households and averages more than 9 million unique Web site users monthly. Food Network programming is available internationally in more than 150 countries. Food Network is headquartered in New York, and maintains offices in Atlanta, Los Angeles, Chicago, Detroit and Knoxville, Tenn. Scripps Networks Interactive (NYSE: SNI), which also owns and operates HGTV (http://www.hgtv.com/), DIY Network (http://www.diynetwork.com/), Great American Country (http://www.gactv.com/) and Fine Living Network (http://www.fineliving.com/), is the manager and general partner.

LETTER TO THE MTA- ACCESS A RIDE AND BUS AND SUBWAYS.

On top of vans and inside.

Advertising could be at all bus and subway signs.
Also on top of all Access a ride cars and vans and inside.
I think this is a good idea but it is just my idea: In order to save the MTA the MTA should see if they can hire a few people to sell advertising to make up the dollars they are missing on the subway, buses, access a ride cars and vans. Maybe Taxi cab TV wants to expand the sales on all mass transit. Get corporate sponsors to buy outdoor and on top advertising to make up the difference instead of charging passengers.

In fact, maybe BLOOMBERG media would want to sell this advertising and hire me to head it. Millions could be sold to save the MTA and prove that the Mayor should serve another term. These sales could also create more NYC jobs.

Corine Cohen

THANKSGIVING PARADE TO THE EAST SIDE?

PHOTOS BY CORINE COHEN
Dear Mayor Bloomberg,

This morning I woke up to a phone call from my Mother who heard on NY1 that you want to move the Thanksgiving Parade to the East Side to help traffic? Are you kidding?

The Thanksgiving Parade is a WEST SIDE TRADITION. Moving it to the East Side is a terrible idea. Where will they blow up the balloons? 5TH avenue? I don't think it is a good idea. The parade ends up in front of Macy's so what are you going to do.

Keep traditions alive. Don't change where the parade is. It is a NY TRADITION and who cares about traffic. I live on the UWS and it has always been a tradition to go see the balloons being blown up before the parade on 77th-79th. I have done this since I was a little girl and can't imagine why you would change this.

Somethings are sacred traditions that need to be left alone.

Corine Cohen

LET THE SUN SHINE IN!

I just came home from HAIR one of my favorite rock musicals of all time. It is a must see experience especially in the first four rows. Go and see it and be prepared for great music, great dancing and entertainment.

I will be writing more about this soon.

HAIR is a Corine's Pick. (For 16 and over, nudity and adult themes)

MAMMA MIA AT TONY'S WALL OF FAME. PORTRAIT UNVEILING AND MORE!

Corine's Corner went to the BROADWAY WALL OF FAME which celebrated MAMMA MIA'S 8 year run. I got to interview one of the cast members and I hope you enjoy the video.

Video by Corine Cohen.

http://www.corinescorner.com

video shot and edited by Corine Cohen with a flip mino.

MAMMA MIA WALL OF FAME AT TONY'S DI NAPOLI!

JUDY MCLANE, GINA FERRALL, CAROLEE CARMELLO and VALERIE SMALDONE.

MAMMA MIA celebrated 8 years on Broadway last night. We hope you enjoy the photo and video coverage.
Photos by Maryann Lopinto.
Catch Mamma Mia on Broadway!


JUDY MCLANE, GINA FERRALL , CAROLEE CARMELLO and VALERIE SMALDONE (host)







The disco queens strike a pose! VOGUE!









The entire cast of MAMMA MIA.

Bruce the manager of Tony's poses with the three leads of MAMMA MIA!

The portrait

Tony's manager Bruce and Mamma Mia star Carolee Carmello.

THE DRAMA DESK AWARDS!!

HARVEY FIERSTEIN TO HOST 54TH ANNUAL DRAMA DESK AWARDS CEREMONY
ON SUNDAY, MAY 17, 2009, AT F.H. LaGUARDIA CONCERT HALL AT LINCOLN CENTER

Multiple Drama Desk and Tony Award winning actor/writer Harvey Fierstein will host the 54th Annual Drama Desk Awards ceremony on Sunday, May 17, 2009, at 9 PM at the F.H. LaGuardia Concert Hall at Lincoln Center in New York City, it was announced by Robert R. Blume, Executive Producer of the annual Drama Desk Awards ceremony, and William Wolf, President of the Drama Desk, an organization of theater critics, writers and editors that honors excellence in all areas of New York theatre, including Broadway, Off Broadway, Off Off Broadway and not-for-profit theater. This will be the fourth time in the past six years that Fierstein has hosted the Drama Desk Awards, having emceed the Awards in 2004, 2005 and 2006.


“We are delighted that Harvey Fierstein has accepted our invitation to host this year’s Awards ceremony, “said Robert R. Blume. “He has a cutting edge sense of humor and a quick wit that are perfectly suited for this type of hosting assignment. He understands all aspects of theater and uses his knowledge to great advantage.”

“The Drama Desk organization takes great pride in our awards presentations and the selection of Harvey Fierstein as host this year is welcomed.” said William Wolf. “Harvey has done a magnificent job hosting in the past and we are confident his professionalism will add excitement to this year’s proceedings.”

Harvey Fierstein made his debut at the La Mama Experimental Theater Club in 1971 in Andy Warhol’s onlyPlay, Pork, and followed that with appearances in 60 Off Broadway plays, writing and performing in many of his own productions. His Torch Song Trilogy opened Off Off Broadway in 1980, transferred Off Broadway in 1981 and then went on to Broadway. Fierstein won two Drama Desk Awards, two Tony Awards, an Obie Award and a Dramatist Guild Award for his efforts, as well as an Olivier Award nomination. Fierstein won his third Tony Award for the book of La Cage aux Folles. His other plays include Safe Sex, Spookhouse and Forget Him.
For his performance as Edna Turnblad in the smash hit musical Hairspray, Fierstein received the 2003 Drama Desk Award (Outstanding Actor in a Musical), Drama League Award (Outstanding Performance of the Year) and New York Magazine Award. He also received the 2003 Tony Award (Best Actor in a Musical), making him only the second person in history to win Tonys in four different categories. Fierstein’s recent appearances on Broadway include Tevye in the record-breaking revival of Fiddler on the Roof and the musical, A Catered Affair, for which he wrote the book and also co-starred.
Fierstein has appeared in 30 films, including Independence Day, Mrs. Doubtfire and Woody Allen’s Bullets Over Broadway. His TV appearances included stints on Ellen, Common Ground (which he also co-wrote) and Cheers, for which he received an Emmy nomination. Fierstein also provided the voice of Homer Simpson’s executive secretary on The Simpsons and he is a regular commentator on PBS’ In The Life. His children’s book, The Sissy Duckling (Simon & Schuster) garnered an Ace Award.


The Drama Desk Awards are unique in that Broadway, off-Broadway and off-Broadway shows and creative personal compete in the same categories
Nominations for the 54th Annual Drama Desk Awards will be announced by award-winning actors Faith Prince and Jim Dale at a news conference on Monday, April 27, at 9:00 AM at the New York Friars Club.
The 2008/2009 Nominating Committee for the Drama Desk Awards is composed of: Barbara Siegel (Chairperson) TalkinBroadway.com, TheaterMania.com; Dan Bacalzo, TheaterMania.com; Christopher Byrne, Gay City News; Patrick Christiano, TheaterLife.com, Dan’s Papers; Jason Clark, Entertainment Weekly, TheaterOnline.com; Gerard Raymond, Back Stage, The Advocate; and Richard Ridge, Broadway Beat TV.

The awards show will be webcast live for the seventh year in a row by TheaterMania.com. A limited number of tickets are being made available to the general public and may be obtained online at www.theatermania.com (Tel: 212/352-3101)


Robert R. Blume is Executive Producer of the 54th Annual Drama Desk Awards and Blume Media Group Ltd is the producing company. Lauren Class Schneider is Producer and Jeff Kalpak is Director of the Awards ceremony. For the production, the Associate Producers (alphabetically) are Margot Astrachan, Jacki Barlia Florin, Joseph Callari, Corine Dana Cohen, and Les Schecter, who is also Director of Publicity and Promotions. Felicia M. Lopes is the General Manager; Ellis Nassour is Press Liaison and Randie Levine-Miller is Special Events Director for the Drama Desk organization

BROADWAY MUSICALS OF 1931.

Academy Award Winner
F. Murray Abraham

The Drowsy Chaperone’s
Mara Davi

and

White Christmas's
Kerry O'Malley

JOIN THE CAST OF
BROADWAY MUSICALS OF 1931

DIRECTED BY BRAD OSCAR
CHOREOGRAPHED BY JEFFRY DENMAN

JOINING THE PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED BRAD OSCAR, JEFFRY DENMAN, CHIP ZIEN, DAVID PITTU, TONY YAZBECK, KENDRICK JONES, MELINDA SULLIVAN, and MORE!

WITH SPECIAL GUEST STARKAREN AKERS
Among the Songs You'll Hear: "The Thrill is Gone," "Of Thee I Sing," "Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries," "Dancing in the Dark," and More!

MONDAY, MARCH 30th AT 8PMat The Town Hall123 West 43rd Street
CREATED, WRITTEN & HOSTEDBY SCOTT SIEGEL
Tickets are just $45 & $50
TicketMaster.com or 212-307-4100
or The Town Hall Box Office (noon to 6 PM except Sundays)
For More Information email: siegelentertainment@msn.com

Corine's Cooking Corner.

I made the best dish tonight and I wanted to share the scrumptious recipe.

Corine's Orange Chicken over veggies and pasta.

1 boneless skinless chicken breast
Frozen Broccoli and cauliflower (Half a cup)
Orange juice (half a cup)
1 teaspoon light soy sauce

Marinate a chicken breast the size of the palm of your hand for one hour in the following mixture

Half a cup of orange juice (Orange juice from Jacks 99 stores)
1 teaspoon light soy sauce (From Jacks 99 stores)
fresh ginger finely chopped (From chinatown)
1/2 teaspoon of chopped garlic (From chinatown)


In a bowl mix the orange juice, the soy sauce, the chopped ginger and garlic in a bowl. Dip the chicken breast in the mixture and put on both sides and marinate for 1 hour.

After an hour put the chicken breast and mixture into a wok without any oil and add a cup of water to the mixture. Cook on low heat for 15 minutes until the chicken is totally cooked.

Now, add some frozen broccoli and cauliflower to the mixture and cook until the chicken and veggies are totally cooked. Add a teaspoon of light brown sugar and a tiny bit of garlic powder to the wok. Chop the chicken into bite size pieces and put on top of thin angel hair pasta.

I used the boneless frozen chicken breast from Trader Joe's. This dish was delish and everything was steamed without any oil or butter and it was not fried.


Most of the ingredients were purchased at Jacks 99 stores for $1.29 or less except for the chicken which was a large bag of frozen organic chicken breasts for under 8 dollars.

This dish per serving was around $3.00 to make. Cheaper and healthier than the Orange chicken I would get at a chinese takeout place and there was no oil and fat. The quality of the chicken was far better than any chinese takeout place.

LEGENDS.

I just came back from the Legends benefit at Town Hall. I must admit, I live for farce and Charles Busch and Bryan Batt never disappoint me. They were all hilarious. I was especially taken by Bryan Batt's Carol Channing impersonation after eating a plate full of pot filled brownies. It was also amusing seeing Donna Karger and Roma Torre pretend to have a cat fight.

Amusing stuff!

Bryan's Carol Channing rocked my socks off. He is so talented and I miss seeing him in my favorite show FORBIDDEN BROADWAY.

If you were lucky to catch this benefit you would have been entertained.

I can never have enough laughs and this cast made me cry from laughing so hard.

That has not happened in a very long time because of bone density issues so I thank them for cheering me up.

Corine Cohen

The Book.

Hi,

Just wanted to let you know that I did not write this book. Seems there is another Corine Cohen in the universe!

FOODIES UNITE!

Join us for a book signing and panini sandwich tasting from Tom Colicchio's new book 'wichcraft at your local Williams-Sonoma store.Our book signings are a unique opportunity to meet leading chefs and authors, get signed copies of the latest cookbooks, and take home fresh new ideas for cooking and entertaining.You'll find all the details for our latest event below.We hope to see you there.
Where:Williams-Sonoma, Columbus Circle10 Columbus CircleNew York, NY

(212)823-9750
When:WednesdayApril 1, 20096:00pm

Christine Pedi Photo Coverage at Birdland.

We attended Christine Pedi's recent show last week at Birdland. Pedi who is famous for her hysterical Merman and other Diva impersonations was outstanding. Maryann Lopinto got a few good photos of the talented diva.

Corine Cohen
Photos by Maryann Lopinto.

Pedi and Marni Nixon

Enchanted On Starz!

One of my favorite movies of all time is currently on STARZ. Check out ENCHANTED on 241 in NY. It is such a great spoof on Disney. I love it!!!

Have a nice weekend.

ELLEN DEGENERES HERE AND NOW ON HBO.

Ellen DeGeneres is hysterical. She is so funny. Catch it on HBO Comedy right now!
She is the bomb.

Corine

MARY TESTA AND EMILY SKINNER. APRIL 6, 19!

TRANSPORT GROUP TO PRESENT

MARY TESTA AND EMILY SKINNER

IN ONE-NIGHT-ONLY EVENTS

MONDAY, APRIL 6 AND SUNDAY, APRIL 19, RESPECTIVELY



Transport Group, the winner of a special 2007 Drama Desk Award and a 2007 Obie Award, will present Mary Testa and Emily Skinner in special one-night-only events, at 220 East 4 Street, between Avenues A & B.



On Monday, April 6 at 9:30pm two-time Tony Award nominee Mary Testa will perform her new one-woman show, Sleepless Variations, which tells a tale of one woman’s sleepless night of fears, fantasies, and dreams, expressed through a cycle of songs by composers as varied as Jimi Hendrix, Rodgers and Hammerstein, and Björk. Testa will be backed by Drama Desk and Tony Award-winning orchestrator/musical director Michael Starobin on piano.



On Broadway Mary Testa has been seen in Xanadu, Chicago, Barnum, Marilyn, The Rink, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, On the Town, Marie Christine and 42nd Street, earning Tony Award nominations for her work in On the Town and 42nd Street. Her other theatre credits include Transport Group’s critically-acclaimed revival of First Lady Suite (Drama Desk nomination),See What I Wanna See (Drama Desk nomination), String of Pearls (Drama Desk nomination), The Vagina Monologues, The Wax, From Above (Obie Award), Lucky Stiff, In Trousers, Tartuffe, and On the Town (Obie Award).



On Sunday, April 19 at 7pm Town Award nominee Emily Skinner will perform Broadway, Her Way, an unforgettable evening filled with music by landmark composers—Rodgers, Sondheim, Gershwin, Kern, Berlin—as well as the theater’s hottest up-and-comers. By lovingly honoring the past and present, while looking toward the future, Skinner takes the audience on a musical journey through the best of the Great White Way.



Emily Skinner is best known for her Tony-nominated performance as Daisy Hilton in Sideshow, co-starring with Alice Ripley. Skinner’s other Broadway include Dinner at Eight, The Full Monty, James Joyce’s The Dead, and Jekyll & Hyde. She can be heard on the recordings of many original cast albums, Duets and Unsuspecting Hearts with Alice Ripley, The Stephen Schwartz Album, The Stephen Sondheim Album, her solo CD Emily Skinner, and 20th Century Fox’s animated feature, Anastasia.



There will be a reception with the artists following both shows.



Founded in 2001, Transport Group, under the leadership of Jack Cummings III, Artistic Director, and Lori Fineman, Executive Director, is a not-for-profit theatre company that develops and produces work by American playwrights and composers with the aim of exploring the American consciousness in the 20th and 21st centuries. Transport Group presented its premiere production in 2002: Thornton Wilder’s Our Town, which featured older actors in the roles of Emily and George and a twelve-year-old girl as the Stage Manager. Its second production, Requiem for William, an evening of seven seldom produced plays by William Inge, that featured a cast of 26 as well as original songs, premiered in 2003. In 2004 the company presented the first New York revival of Michael John LaChiusa’s First Lady Suite, which received rave reviews, played to sold-out houses, and earned two Drama Desk Award nominations including outstanding revival of a musical. Recent productions include the world premiere of the musical The Audience, which featured a cast of 46 actors and earned three Drama Desk Award nominations, including outstanding musical; Normal, a new musical about a mother’s battle to save her daughter from anorexia; cul-de-sac, a new play by Tony Award nominee John Cariani; the first New York revival of Tad Mosel’s Pulitzer Prize play, All the Way Home; the 50th anniversary, Obie-winning production of William Inge’s The Dark at the Top of the Stairs, the world premiere musicals Crossing Brooklyn and Marcy in the Galaxy, and the first New York revival of Irwin Shaw’s Bury the Dead. Both First Lady Suite and Bury the Dead were filmed for the New York Performing Arts Library’s Theatre on Film and Tape Archive. Transport Group is the winner of a special 2007 Drama Desk Award for its “breadth of vision and its presentation of challenging productions.”



Tickets are $19.00 and may be purchased by visiting www.transportgroup.org or by phoning (212) 352-3101. For more information visit www.transportgroup.org

BC/EFA NEWS!

AN ALTERNATIVE WAY TO PARTICIPATE

IN FUNDRAISING FOR

THE 23rd ANNUAL EASTER BONNET COMPETITION



CONTRIBUTIONS VIA TEAM RAISER CAN BE MADE AT:

www.BroadwayCares.org



Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS is pleased to announce BONNET TEAM RAISER, an alternative way to participate in fundraising for the 23rd ANNUAL EASTER BONNET COMPETITION



BONNET TEAM RAISER allows theatre fans to make donations to BC/EFA via the Broadway Cares website (www.BroadwayCares.org), allowing theatre fans from across the globe to make donations to BC/EFA and be a part of the Easter Bonnet Competition festivities without having to go to the theatre. BONNET TEAM RAISER is one of several online competitions directly linked to established Broadway Cares events and found homepage of the Broadway Cares website under the “Event-A-Thon” link.



“Event-A-Thon” is the umbrella fundraising tool linking an online component to Broadway Cares' premiere, perennial events; Broadway Bares (“Strip-A-Thon”), Gypsy of the Year Competition (“Gypsy Team Raiser”), ABC & SOAPnet Salute Broadway Cares (“Soap-A-Thon”) and the Easter Bonnet Competition (“Bonnet Team Raiser”).







People who make donations via BONNET TEAM RAISER can enter to win the following prizes:

For a $10 donation, your name will be entered in a raffle to win a 2009 autographed matted EASTER BONNET COMPETITION poster.
For a $25 donation, your name will be entered in a raffle to win a 10th Anniversary autographed Playbill from Rent.
For a $50 donation, your name will be entered in a raffle to win a Shrek the Musical package featuring: a show poster signed by the Broadway company plus a personalized outgoing message on your voicemail from Christopher Sieber (Lord Farquaad).
For a $100 donation, your name will be entered in a raffle to win 2 VIP house seats to the show of your choice.
The contest is now live on the BC/EFA website. http://support.broadwaycares.org/site/TR?fr_id=1170&pg=entry



23rd Annual Easter Bonnet Competition on Monday, April 27 (4:30 PM) and Tuesday, April 28 (2:00 PM) at the Minskoff Theatre (200 West 45th Street). The proceeds from the event will benefit BC/EFA.



The Easter Bonnet Competition, the two-day Broadway spectacular that features the companies of more than 20 Broadway, off-Broadway and touring productions singing, dancing, and donning original Easter bonnets, has become an annual Broadway tradition.



The Easter Bonnet Competition is the culmination of six intensive weeks of fundraising efforts by Broadway and Off-Broadway company members as well as numerous productions currently on national tour. Curtain speeches, autographed poster and program sales, auctions, and cabaret performances bring in hundreds of thousands of dollars from audiences prior to the competition. The winner of the competition will be the company that raises the largest amount of money for BC/EFA. A second award is granted to the company with the best bonnet design and presentation. Awards are also presented to the Broadway Play, National Tour and Off-Broadway production raising the most money for BC/EFA.



Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS is the nation’s leading industry-based, nonprofit AIDS fundraising and grant-making organization. By drawing upon the talents, resources and generosity of the American theatre community, BC/EFA raises funds for AIDS-related causes and other critical illnesses across the United States. Since its founding in 1988, BC/EFA has raised over $150 million dollars for critically needed services for people with AIDS and other serious illnesses. BC/EFA is the major supporter of seven programs at The Actors’ Fund – including The AIDS Initiative, The Phyllis Newman Women’s Health Initiative, The Al Hirschfeld Free Health Clinic, The Dancers’ Resource and three supportive housing residences. BC/EFA also awards annual grants to over 400 AIDS and family service organizations nationwide.



Tickets prices are as follows: $350 VIP Orchestra; $200 Priority Orchestra (Center); $120 Side Orchestra and Front Mezzanine; $40 Middle Side Section of Orchestra and Middle Mezzanine; $20 Rear Side Section of Orchestra and Rear Mezzanine.



Tickets are available now at www.broadwaycares.org or by calling (212) 840-0770 Ext. 268.

Drama Desk Awards!

54TH ANNUAL DRAMA DESK AWARDS CEREMONY
TO BE HELD SUNDAY, MAY 17, 2009, AT 9 PM AT
F.H. LaGUARDIA CONCERT HALL AT LINCOLN CENTER

Nominations to Be Announced Monday, April 27, at NY Friars Club

The 54th Annual Drama Desk Awards will take place on Sunday, May 17, 2009, at 9 PM at the F.H. LaGuardia Concert Hall at Lincoln Center in New York City, it was announced by Robert R. Blume, Executive Producer of the annual Drama Desk Awards ceremony and telecast, and William Wolf, President of the Drama Desk, an organization of theater critics, writers and editors that honors excellence in all areas of New York theatre, including Broadway, Off Broadway, Off Off Broadway and not-for-profit theater.
The nominations will be announced at a news conference on Monday, April 27, at 9:00 AM at the New York Friars Club, 57 East 55th Street. The annual Nominees Cocktail Reception will take place on Tuesday, May 5, at 4 PM at a location to be announced.
The Drama Desk Awards are unique in that Broadway, off-Broadway and off-Broadway shows and creative personal compete in the same categories
The 2008/2009 Nominating Committee for the Drama Desk Awards is composed of: Barbara Siegel (Chairperson) TalkinBroadway.com, TheaterMania.com; Dan Bacalzo, TheaterMania.com; Christopher Byrne, Gay City News; Patrick Christiano, TheaterLife.com, Dan’s Papers; Jason Clark, Entertainment Weekly, TheaterOnline.com; Gerard Raymond, Back Stage, The Advocate; and Richard Ridge, Broadway Beat TV.
Robert R. Blume is Executive Producer of the 54th Annual Drama Desk Awards and Blume Media Group Ltd is the producing company. Lauren Class Schneider is Producer and Jeff Kalpak is Director of the Awards ceremony. For the production, the Associate Producers (alphabetically) are Margot Astrachan, Jacki Barlia Florin, Joseph Callari, Corine Dana Cohen, and Les Schecter, who is also Director of Publicity and Promotions. Felicia M. Lopes is the General Manager; Ellis Nassour is Press Liaison and Randie Levine-Miller is Special Events Director for the Drama Desk organization.

The Board of Directors of the Drama Desk is composed of: William Wolf, President; Leslie (Hoban) Blake, Vice President; Charles Wright, Treasurer and 2nd Vice President; Richard Ridge, Secretary; Michael Bracken; Robert Cashill; David Kaufman; Ellis Nassour; Sam Norkin; and Barbara Siegel.
The Drama Desk, organized in 1949, presented its first awards in 1955. It is the only theater organization whose awards are competitive equally in the same categories for Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-Off Broadway and not-for-profit theater productions

GLENN TILBROOK AND THE FLUFFERS!

Friday, April 3
GLEN TILBROOK AND THE FLUFFERS
- THE SPRING STANDARDS

Doors at 7:00pm, Show at 8:00pm
$25
Glenn Tilbrook. A man cast from the same sacred mould as other classic British songwriters such as Ray Davies, Elvis Costello...delivers a blistering, irrefutable, unrestrained, totally unpretentious hour of joie de vivre to an ecstatic audience. The man's called Glenn Tilbrook. His band is called The Fluffers and they ROCK. Tight as f**k and lovin' it. Unburdened by the über-cool inflicted on and dished out by so many fly-by-night 'stars' Tilbrook and his band's passion and enthusiasm is contagious. In fact it's outrageous.

Squeeze is my favorite band of all time and I can't wait to see this show. I can't wait to hear Glenn's new music but I really hope he plays some of his SQUEEZE tunes as well.


THE HIGHLINE BALLROOM

LOCATION:
431 West 16th Street (between 9th Avenue and 10th Avenue)
Accessible via 14th Street A, C, E trains

TICKETS:
By Phone: 866-468-7619
On the Web: http://www.ticketweb.com/
In Person: At Highline box office from noon till doors close every night

Unless otherwise noted, all shows are suitable for all ages and offer general admission seating. Seating for all shows is first come, first seated; we do not take advance table reservation, except where noted as a condition of a VIP ticket. We cannot seat incomplete parties. Standing room for all shows is available at our bar.

We are a full-scale restaurant and bar; serving food and drink throughout most of our shows. A $10 food and/or beverage minimum is standard for table seating during all shows

BROADWAY JUKEBOX MARCH 25th!

ROBERT CUCCIOLI, CADY HUFFMAN, EMILY SKINNERSTAR IN Scott Siegel’s BROADWAY JUKEBOX At BIRDLAND on SUNDAY, MARCH 22nd AT 6:30 PM Two Tony Nominees and one Tony Award winner comprise the next all-star cast of Scott Siegel’s BROADWAY JUKEBOX. The always-brand new musical revue (because both the cast and the songs are different every week) features three musical theater stars on Sunday, March 22nd that have each starred in unforgettable shows, leaving their own indelible stamps on Broadway history. Robert Cuccioli starred in Jekyll & Hyde, receiving not only a Tony Award nomination, but a legion of loyal fans, as well. Cady Huffman took home a Tony Award as Ula in the most Tony-honored show of all time, The Producers. And the Tony-Nominated Emily Skinner starred in one of the most beloved cult classic Broadway shows of all time, Side Show.

All three stars will be appearing in Scott Siegel’s Broadway Jukebox for the first time. The musical director of Broadway Jukebox is Tedd Firth. The director is Scott Coulter. The show will be hosted by critic/author Scott Siegel who is also the creator/writer/host of the critically acclaimed Broadway by the Year series, The Broadway/Cabaret Festival, and The Summer Broadway Festival, all for Town Hall. He is also the creator/writer/host of Broadway Unplugged and The Nightlife Awards, also at Town Hall.The Jukebox show is the musical revue where Broadway’s best come to sing the best of Broadway.

Each star prepares a list of Broadway show tunes out of which the audience gets to pick a total of four numbers per singer. The doors open at 5 PM at Birdland and patrons can vote for the songs they want to hear while having dinner before the show starts at 6:30 PM. Every show has also featured at least one bonus number. After all, if you put a dollar in a jukebox, you get an extra song…Scott Siegel, the producer and host of the show said, “It is my intention, with this musical revue, to provide audiences with an opportunity to hear great Broadway music by today’s great Broadway stars in an intimate setting. It’s my goal that there will always be a place Broadway lovers can go to hear this music on a regular basis, and performed by the people who know how to sing it best.”Scott Siegel’s Broadway Jukebox is currently located at Birdland, 315 West 44th Street. To make reservations call 212-581-3080. Premiere seating is $35. General admission is $25. There is a $10 minimum for food and/or beverage.

For more information email SiegelEntertainment@msn.com or go to SiegelPresents.com.

Photo Coverage Broadway Jukebox at Birdland Jazz.

Producer, creator and all around great guy Scott Siegel!

Eddie Korbich.

Jeffrey Denman

Fred Barton from the original cast of Forbidden Broadway and an amazing interview, (Check out a video interview in the video section on this site!)

The incredible Norm Lewis.

The hilarious Eddie Korbich who did a great number with impersonations. I thought he was channeling Christine Pedi!

Jeffry Denman

The talented Jeffry Denman

He sang a song from Millie and was incredible.

We attended Scott Siegel's Broadway Jukebox this past Sunday night and it was a hit.
Photos by Maryann Lopinto.
Captions: Corine Cohen

BROADWAY BY THE YEAR ON MARCH 30th.

WITH SPECIAL GUEST STAR

KAREN AKERS



AND SURPRISE SPECIAL GUEST STARS!



MONDAY, MARCH 30th AT 8PM



The Town Hall (Executive and Artistic Director Lawrence Zucker) continues its ninth season of the critically acclaimed Broadway By The Year™ series with the Broadway Musicals of 1931 on MONDAY, MARCH 30th. The series is created, written and hosted by Scott Siegel for The Town Hall.



The Broadway by the Year concerts, known for great singing and spectacular Broadway dancing, have become, in the words of Variety critic Robert L. Daniels, "a proverbial hot ticket."



Broadway Musicals of 1931 will be directed by Tony Award nominee Brad Oscar (The Producers) and choreographed by Jeffry Denman (White Christmas). The two will also star in the show alongside Tony Yazbeck (Gypsy), David Pittu (Is He Dead, LoveMusik, What’s That Smell), Chip Zien (Into the Woods), Kendrick Jones (Stairway to Heaven), Melinda Sullivan (High School Musical), special guest star and Tony Award nominee Karen Akers (Nine/Grand Hotel) and more to be announced. There will also be at least one surprise special guest star!



This edition of the critically acclaimed series will include such famous shows as The Gang’s All Here, The Band Wagon, The Cat and the Fiddle, Of Thee I Sing and more.






About this Broadway by the Year concert, Scott Siegel says, “There is particular resonance between 1931 and today because, just like Broadway audiences seventy-eight years ago, we find ourselves in the grip of a Great Depression. The music, written by the likes of the Gershwins, Harold Arlen, and Rodgers & Hart, was a brilliant reflection of their time and a reminder to us today of how buoyant and resilient we have always been as a people. Our character, as a nation, was on display in that momentous year, and that’s why you’ll find great humor, and even greater humanity, in the Broadway Musicals of 1931.”

Built in 1921 by a group of suffragettes, The Town Hall began as a lecture hall and public forum for debates. Over the decades, Eleanor Roosevelt, Margaret Sanger, Billie Holiday, Igor Stravinsky, Bob Dylan and Miles Davis have graced the stage. Today the hall flourishes as a popular, affordable venue, boasting the hottest acts in rock, pop, folk, cabaret, world music, comedy and dance, including Billy Joel, Blondie, Elvis Costello, Natalie Merchant, Graham Nash, Liza Minnelli, Cyndi Lauper, Norah Jones, Andre Watts, Henry Rollins, Joe Jackson, Pink Martini, Regina Spector, Brian Adams, Aimee Mann and Dawn Upshaw. For over a decade, The Town Hall has hosted live broadcasts of Garrison Keillor's Prairie Home Companion. Over the past two-and-a-half decades, The Town Hall has produced a number of new and critically acclaimed musical series, which include The Century of Change, Not Just Jazz, Broadway by the Year® and The Broadway Cabaret Festival.

Scott Siegel has created three acclaimed and popular series for The Town Hall: Broadway By the Year, now in its ninth season, the Broadway Cabaret Festival, and the Broadway Summer Festival. Mr. Siegel also conceived and produces both Broadway Unplugged and The Nightlife Awards at The Town Hall. Scott and his wife Barbara are authors (47 books, including The Encyclopedia of Hollywood) and critics ("The Siegel Column" and "The Two of Clubs" on Talkin’ Broadway).

Tickets are $50 & $45 and are on sale now through TicketMaster, 212-307-4100, www.ticketmaster.com, The Town Hall Box Office between noon and 6 PM (except Sundays) at 123 West 43rd Street, 212-840-2824. For more information: www.the-townhall-nyc.org.

DRAMA DESK AWARDS INFO.

54TH ANNUAL DRAMA DESK AWARDS CEREMONY
TO BE HELD SUNDAY, MAY 17, 2009, AT 9 PM AT
F.H. LaGUARDIA CONCERT HALL AT LINCOLN CENTER

Nominations to Be Announced Monday, April 27, at NY Friars Club

The 54th Annual Drama Desk Awards will take place on Sunday, May 17, 2009, at 9 PM at the F.H. LaGuardia Concert Hall at Lincoln Center in New York City, it was announced by Robert R. Blume, Executive Producer of the annual Drama Desk Awards ceremony and telecast, and William Wolf, President of the Drama Desk, an organization of theater critics, writers and editors that honors excellence in all areas of New York theatre, including Broadway, Off Broadway, Off Off Broadway and not-for-profit theater.

The nominations will be announced at a news conference on Monday, April 27, at 9:00 AM at the New York Friars Club, 57 East 55th Street. The annual Nominees Cocktail Reception will take place on Tuesday, May 5, at 4 PM at a location to be announced.


The Drama Desk Awards are unique in that Broadway, off-Broadway and off-Broadway shows and creative personal compete in the same categories
The 2008/2009 Nominating Committee for the Drama Desk Awards is composed of: Barbara Siegel (Chairperson) TalkinBroadway.com, TheaterMania.com; Dan Bacalzo, TheaterMania.com; Christopher Byrne, Gay City News; Patrick Christiano, TheaterLife.com, Dan’s Papers; Jason Clark, Entertainment Weekly, TheaterOnline.com; Gerard Raymond, Back Stage, The Advocate; and Richard Ridge, Broadway Beat TV.
Robert R. Blume is Executive Producer of the 54th Annual Drama Desk Awards and Blume Media Group Ltd is the producing company. Lauren Class Schneider is Producer and Jeff Kalpak is Director of the Awards ceremony. For the production, the Associate Producers (alphabetically) are Margot Astrachan, Jacki Barlia Florin, Joseph Callari, Corine Dana Cohen, and Les Schecter, who is also Director of Publicity and Promotions. Felicia M. Lopes is the General Manager; Ellis Nassour is Press Liaison and Randie Levine-Miller is Special Events Director for the Drama Desk organization.

The Board of Directors of the Drama Desk is composed of: William Wolf, President; Leslie (Hoban) Blake, Vice President; Charles Wright, Treasurer and 2nd Vice President; Richard Ridge, Secretary; Michael Bracken; Robert Cashill; David Kaufman; Ellis Nassour; Sam Norkin; and Barbara Siegel.
The Drama Desk, organized in 1949, presented its first awards in 1955. It is the only theater organization whose awards are competitive equally in the same categories for Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-Off Broadway and not-for-profit theater productions

To sponsor the Drama Desk by buying a full or half page ad please contact:
Corine@corinescorner.com for rates. Rates are affordable and please support the arts by buying an ad. Thank you!

CHRISTINE PEDI AT BIRDLAND JAZZ CLUB.

THIS IS THE MOMENT! NORM LEWIS!

EDDIE KORBICH AT BROADWAY JUKEBOX!

Norm Lewis at Scott Siegel's Broadway Jukebox.

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This video was shot with permission by Scott Siegel. I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed shooting it. Norm Lewis is one of my favorite performers of all time.
It was an honor shooting this video. There are also more on the way so come back often.

Corine Cohen

Jeffry Denman at Scott Siegel's Broadway Jukebox.

Video by Corine Cohen for http://www.corinescorner.com
Video of Jeffry Denman.
This video was shot with permission by Scott Siegel and can not be reproduced without permission.

* Jeffry Denman is spelled Jeffry, the title of the video had a typo but could not be corrected and I know it is there. ;-)

Hope you enjoyed the video.

NORM LEWIS AT SCOTT SIEGEL'S BROADWAY JUKEBOX AT BIRDLAND.

Broadway Jukebox is produced by Scott Siegel.
This video was shot and edited by Corine Cohen http://www.corinescorner.com.
This video may not be reproduced without written permission.

Scott Siegel produces incredible events at Birdland and Town Hall and you should check out Broadway Jukebox as it is a fantastic evening out with the best singers you can find! I thank Scott for letting me videotape his fantastic concerts.

LYNDA CARTER AT JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER.

Tonight, I saw Lynda Carter, at JALC and she was incredible. The performer has electric chemistry and a very sultry and seductive voice. It was a concert that got not one but two standing ovations.

Carter sang a very interesting mix of songs. Rock, Jazz, Motown, Country and even a Beatles song. She has a gorgeous voice and still kept her youthful looks. Must be her super powers.
Wonder Woman has not aged and proved she still has talent.

Corine Cohen

http://www.corinescorner.com

WHERE DOES THE TIME GO?

BUBBLES

Corine and her Sister. We thought we were sooo cool!

Corine at 3.

Corine at 16.

Time flies. A friend sent me these photos from my High School yearbook. It is so funny.
Eyebrows were thick back in the day. Anyway, time really flies when you are living your life.
This photo really reminds me of Lea Michelle.

Corine Cohen