http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/31/fashion/31musto.html?ref=fashion
The writer does not know Musto. What about the salmon colored blazer that made him soooo famous!
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Thursday, January 28, 2010
UPDATE IN THE CULINARY SECTION!
http://corinescorner.com/blogculinary/2010/01/two-boots-slice-of-broadway-salutes.html
Interview With Carl Andress.
For all Mac users:
You must watch my videos in firefox and not safari as safari does not play my videos.
If you are a windows user my videos play in firefox and Internet explorer.
Thank you,
Corine
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
The Nightlife Awards Photo Coverage Part 1.
Video by Corine Cohen.
Photos by Maryann Lopinto.
Come back later for more coverage with the rest of the winners. I really loved the comedy of Bruce Vilanch and Tovah Feldshuh. Hilarious. Other standouts:
Johnny Rogers, Christine Ebersole, Bruce Vilanch, Cheyenne Jackson, Martin Vidnovic and more so come back to http://www.corinescorner.com
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Charles Busch and Julie Halston Chat With Corine Cohen Part 2 of 3 Parts!
To get tickets go here:
http://www.corinescorner.com/divinesister.html
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
MISCAST BENEFIT 2010!
MCC THEATER’S
“ M I S C A S T 2 0 1 0 ”
TO BE HOSTED BY MO ROCCA,
HONORING GOLDEN GLOBE-WINNER
JULIANNA MARGULIES
MISMATCHED, ONE-TIME-ONLY PERFORMANCES BY
RAUL ESPARZA, SUTTON FOSTER, ANA GASTEYER, MONTEGO GLOVER, CHEYENNE JACKSON, MARIN MAZZIE AND MANY MORE!
ONE NIGHT ONLY
MONDAY, MARCH 1, 2010
AT HAMMERSTEIN BALLROOM
MCC THEATER (Robert LuPone, Bernard Telsey, Artistic Directors; William Cantler, Associate Artistic Director; Blake West, Executive Director) is pleased to announce another all-star line-up for the company’s highly anticipated annual gala, to be held Monday, March 1, 2010 at The Hammerstein Ballroom (311 West 34th Street between 8th and 9th Avenues). Miscast 2010 is a musical spectacular featuring Broadway’s hottest stars performing songs from roles in which they would never be cast. Mo Rocca (“The Daily Show,” “CBS Sunday Morning”) will be hosting the evening. Josh Charles and Chris Noth serve as honorary chairs. Funds raised from Miscast help MCC Theater produce some of the most talked-about new work Off Broadway and support their Youth Company and in-school partnerships that serve New York City public high school students, as well as their literary development work with emerging playwrights.
This year’s event honors actor Julianna Margulies, a dedicated member of MCC Theater’s Board of Directors and an alumni artist who appeared in the theater’s 2003 production of Intrigue with Faye. She just won a 2010 Golden Globe Award for her starring role on the CBS hit “The Good Wife” and is an Emmy Award winner for her work on the landmark NBC series, “ER.” She can also be seen in the upcoming motion picture City Island. She has appeared in numerous films and television projects and throughout her career has consistently returned to the stage both on and Off Broadway. MCC Theater honors her for her commitment to taking risks as an artist and for her long-standing support of MCC’s mission.
The roster of performers for this one-of-a-kind theatrical evening includes Raul Esparza (Speed-the-Plow, Company), Sutton Foster (Tony Award winner for Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Drowsy Chaperone), Ana Gasteyer (“SNL” alumn, Wicked, The Royal Family), Montego Glover (Memphis, The Color Purple), Cheyenne Jackson (Finian’s Rainbow, NBC’s “30 Rock”), Aaron Tveit (Next to Normal, “Gossip Girl”) and Marin Mazzie (Kiss Me, Kate, Ragtime), with many more favorites to be announced. In a first for Miscast, this year MCC will also offer unannounced, special surprise guests.
To inquire about purchasing tickets or tables, or for more information, contact Jennifer Udden at (212) 727-7722 ext. 23 or judden@mcctheater.org. Show-only tickets can be purchased online at www.mcctheater.org/galamiscast or by calling (212) 352-3101.
“ M I S C A S T 2 0 1 0 ”
TO BE HOSTED BY MO ROCCA,
HONORING GOLDEN GLOBE-WINNER
JULIANNA MARGULIES
MISMATCHED, ONE-TIME-ONLY PERFORMANCES BY
RAUL ESPARZA, SUTTON FOSTER, ANA GASTEYER, MONTEGO GLOVER, CHEYENNE JACKSON, MARIN MAZZIE AND MANY MORE!
ONE NIGHT ONLY
MONDAY, MARCH 1, 2010
AT HAMMERSTEIN BALLROOM
MCC THEATER (Robert LuPone, Bernard Telsey, Artistic Directors; William Cantler, Associate Artistic Director; Blake West, Executive Director) is pleased to announce another all-star line-up for the company’s highly anticipated annual gala, to be held Monday, March 1, 2010 at The Hammerstein Ballroom (311 West 34th Street between 8th and 9th Avenues). Miscast 2010 is a musical spectacular featuring Broadway’s hottest stars performing songs from roles in which they would never be cast. Mo Rocca (“The Daily Show,” “CBS Sunday Morning”) will be hosting the evening. Josh Charles and Chris Noth serve as honorary chairs. Funds raised from Miscast help MCC Theater produce some of the most talked-about new work Off Broadway and support their Youth Company and in-school partnerships that serve New York City public high school students, as well as their literary development work with emerging playwrights.
This year’s event honors actor Julianna Margulies, a dedicated member of MCC Theater’s Board of Directors and an alumni artist who appeared in the theater’s 2003 production of Intrigue with Faye. She just won a 2010 Golden Globe Award for her starring role on the CBS hit “The Good Wife” and is an Emmy Award winner for her work on the landmark NBC series, “ER.” She can also be seen in the upcoming motion picture City Island. She has appeared in numerous films and television projects and throughout her career has consistently returned to the stage both on and Off Broadway. MCC Theater honors her for her commitment to taking risks as an artist and for her long-standing support of MCC’s mission.
The roster of performers for this one-of-a-kind theatrical evening includes Raul Esparza (Speed-the-Plow, Company), Sutton Foster (Tony Award winner for Thoroughly Modern Millie, The Drowsy Chaperone), Ana Gasteyer (“SNL” alumn, Wicked, The Royal Family), Montego Glover (Memphis, The Color Purple), Cheyenne Jackson (Finian’s Rainbow, NBC’s “30 Rock”), Aaron Tveit (Next to Normal, “Gossip Girl”) and Marin Mazzie (Kiss Me, Kate, Ragtime), with many more favorites to be announced. In a first for Miscast, this year MCC will also offer unannounced, special surprise guests.
To inquire about purchasing tickets or tables, or for more information, contact Jennifer Udden at (212) 727-7722 ext. 23 or judden@mcctheater.org. Show-only tickets can be purchased online at www.mcctheater.org/galamiscast or by calling (212) 352-3101.
THE TOWN HALL PRESENTS BROADWAY BY THE YEAR.
THE TOWN HALL PRESENTS
BROADWAY BY THE YEAR®
THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON
BEGINNING MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22nd
FEATURING
CHEYENNE JACKSON, JAMES BARBOUR, STEPHANIE J. BLOCK, QUENTIN EARL DARRINGTON, BOBBY STEGGERT,
CHRISTOPHER FITZGERALD, ALEXANDER GEMIGNANI,
CHAD KIMBALL, NORM LEWIS,
MARC KUDISCH, BETH LEAVEL, CHRISTIANE NOLL,
EMILY SKINNER, NOAH RACEY, JEFFRY DENMAN AND MORE!
The Town Hall, New York’s landmark concert venue is pleased to present the 10th Anniversary Season of the Broadway By The Year® series, created, written and hosted by Scott Siegel for The Town Hall.
Broadway By The Year® celebrates its 10th year by taking the audience on a musical journey through the best of the Great White Way, featuring show-stopping numbers as well as lesser-known gems and little-known facts and humor about our favorite shows. The NY Times called the series “an event that is treasured by Broadway babies.” This season’s shows will include the Broadway musicals of 1927, 1948, 1966 and a special concert featuring songs from shows from 1990-2010.
“It is our intention to make this 10th Anniversary season as special and memorable as possible,” said Siegel. “To that end, we are assembling casts for each of our four concerts that will make each one a must-see event for any and every fan of Broadway musicals. We have cast a combination of Broadway regulars, as well as the stars, who are currently carrying Broadway shows. For our final show for this season on June 14th, we will do something we’ve never done before: perform one song from one show for every single year of Broadway musicals from 1990 to 2010, highlighting 21 great show tunes.
Below is a list of this season’s Broadway By The Year® concerts:
Monday, February 22 at 8PM – BROADWAY MUSICALS OF 1927
MUSICALS OF 1927 will include music from Showboat, Rio Rita, Hit the Deck!, Ziegfeld Follies of 1927, Good News and more sung by the great talents of Broadway and cabaret.
Monday, March 22 at 8PM – BROADWAY MUSICALS OF 1948
MUSICALS OF 1948 will feature songs from Kiss Me, Kate, Love Life, Where’s Charley?, My Romance, Lend an Ear and more.
Monday, May 10 at 8PM – BROADWAY MUSICALS OF 1966
MUSICALS OF 1966 will include songs from Sweet Charity, Mame, Cabaret, I Do! I Do!, The Apple Tree and more.
Monday, June 14 at 8PM – BROADWAY MUSICALS OF 1990-2010
In this special concert to celebrate their 10th anniversary, an all-star cast will perform one song from each of the last 21 years of Broadway history. The show includes songs from Aspects of Love (1990), Falsettos (1992), Kiss of the Spider Woman (1993), Ragtime (1998), Wicked (2003), Jersey Boys (2005) and many more.
Among the stars signed on to Broadway By The Year®’s 10th Anniversary season are: Cheyenne Jackson (Finian’s Rainbow, Xanadu), James Barbour (A Tale of Two Cities), Stephanie J. Block (9 to 5, Wicked), Ron Bohmer (Ragtime), Tony nominee Liz Callaway (Baby, Miss Saigon), Quentin Earl Darrington (Ragtime), Jeffry Denman (Irving Berlin’s White Christmas), Max von Essen (Les Misérables), Tony nominee Christopher Fitzgerald (Finian’s Rainbow, Young Frankenstein), Alexander Gemignani (Sunday in the Park with George, Les Misérables), Kendrick Jones (Stairway to Paradise), Chad Kimball (Memphis), Norm Lewis (The Little Mermaid, Les Misérables, Side Show), three-time Tony nominee Marc Kudisch (9 to 5, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), Tony winner Beth Leavel (Young Frankenstein, The Drowsy Chaperone), Julia Murney (Lennon, Wicked), Christiane Noll (Ragtime), Noah Racey (Curtains), Tony nominee Emily Skinner (Side Show), Bobby Steggert (Ragtime), three-time Grammy winner Lari White and many more to be announced.
Lawrence Zucker, Executive and Artistic Director for The Town Hall said: “The Town Hall is delighted to present the special 10th Anniversary season of Broadway By The Year. The series has such a devoted audience that comes to every show each year. We can’t wait to see such classic shows as Kiss Me, Kate, Sweet Charity, Mame, Cabaret performed by amazing talent, including Cheyenne Jackson, Marc Kudisch, Norm Lewis, Christiane Noll, Emily Skinner and many more. I am especially excited to see the final show this year, which is celebrating the last 21 years of the Great White Way. And on June 14, Wicked, Jersey Boys and Ragtime excerpts performed all on the same stage will guarantee to make this season one to remember!”
Subscriptions for the Broadway By The Year® series are available now through mail order only. Visit www.the-townhall-nyc.org for a printable order form. Single tickets will go on sale January 4th at The Town Hall Box Office and at Ticketmaster, (800) 982-2787 or www.ticketmaster.com. The Town Hall Box Office is open noon to 6PM (except Sundays) at 123 West 43rd St., (212) 840-2824. Tickets are $55-$45.
Scott Siegel has created three acclaimed and popular series for The Town Hall: the critically acclaimed Broadway By the Year, now beginning 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).
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.
BROADWAY BY THE YEAR®
THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON
BEGINNING MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22nd
FEATURING
CHEYENNE JACKSON, JAMES BARBOUR, STEPHANIE J. BLOCK, QUENTIN EARL DARRINGTON, BOBBY STEGGERT,
CHRISTOPHER FITZGERALD, ALEXANDER GEMIGNANI,
CHAD KIMBALL, NORM LEWIS,
MARC KUDISCH, BETH LEAVEL, CHRISTIANE NOLL,
EMILY SKINNER, NOAH RACEY, JEFFRY DENMAN AND MORE!
The Town Hall, New York’s landmark concert venue is pleased to present the 10th Anniversary Season of the Broadway By The Year® series, created, written and hosted by Scott Siegel for The Town Hall.
Broadway By The Year® celebrates its 10th year by taking the audience on a musical journey through the best of the Great White Way, featuring show-stopping numbers as well as lesser-known gems and little-known facts and humor about our favorite shows. The NY Times called the series “an event that is treasured by Broadway babies.” This season’s shows will include the Broadway musicals of 1927, 1948, 1966 and a special concert featuring songs from shows from 1990-2010.
“It is our intention to make this 10th Anniversary season as special and memorable as possible,” said Siegel. “To that end, we are assembling casts for each of our four concerts that will make each one a must-see event for any and every fan of Broadway musicals. We have cast a combination of Broadway regulars, as well as the stars, who are currently carrying Broadway shows. For our final show for this season on June 14th, we will do something we’ve never done before: perform one song from one show for every single year of Broadway musicals from 1990 to 2010, highlighting 21 great show tunes.
Below is a list of this season’s Broadway By The Year® concerts:
Monday, February 22 at 8PM – BROADWAY MUSICALS OF 1927
MUSICALS OF 1927 will include music from Showboat, Rio Rita, Hit the Deck!, Ziegfeld Follies of 1927, Good News and more sung by the great talents of Broadway and cabaret.
Monday, March 22 at 8PM – BROADWAY MUSICALS OF 1948
MUSICALS OF 1948 will feature songs from Kiss Me, Kate, Love Life, Where’s Charley?, My Romance, Lend an Ear and more.
Monday, May 10 at 8PM – BROADWAY MUSICALS OF 1966
MUSICALS OF 1966 will include songs from Sweet Charity, Mame, Cabaret, I Do! I Do!, The Apple Tree and more.
Monday, June 14 at 8PM – BROADWAY MUSICALS OF 1990-2010
In this special concert to celebrate their 10th anniversary, an all-star cast will perform one song from each of the last 21 years of Broadway history. The show includes songs from Aspects of Love (1990), Falsettos (1992), Kiss of the Spider Woman (1993), Ragtime (1998), Wicked (2003), Jersey Boys (2005) and many more.
Among the stars signed on to Broadway By The Year®’s 10th Anniversary season are: Cheyenne Jackson (Finian’s Rainbow, Xanadu), James Barbour (A Tale of Two Cities), Stephanie J. Block (9 to 5, Wicked), Ron Bohmer (Ragtime), Tony nominee Liz Callaway (Baby, Miss Saigon), Quentin Earl Darrington (Ragtime), Jeffry Denman (Irving Berlin’s White Christmas), Max von Essen (Les Misérables), Tony nominee Christopher Fitzgerald (Finian’s Rainbow, Young Frankenstein), Alexander Gemignani (Sunday in the Park with George, Les Misérables), Kendrick Jones (Stairway to Paradise), Chad Kimball (Memphis), Norm Lewis (The Little Mermaid, Les Misérables, Side Show), three-time Tony nominee Marc Kudisch (9 to 5, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang), Tony winner Beth Leavel (Young Frankenstein, The Drowsy Chaperone), Julia Murney (Lennon, Wicked), Christiane Noll (Ragtime), Noah Racey (Curtains), Tony nominee Emily Skinner (Side Show), Bobby Steggert (Ragtime), three-time Grammy winner Lari White and many more to be announced.
Lawrence Zucker, Executive and Artistic Director for The Town Hall said: “The Town Hall is delighted to present the special 10th Anniversary season of Broadway By The Year. The series has such a devoted audience that comes to every show each year. We can’t wait to see such classic shows as Kiss Me, Kate, Sweet Charity, Mame, Cabaret performed by amazing talent, including Cheyenne Jackson, Marc Kudisch, Norm Lewis, Christiane Noll, Emily Skinner and many more. I am especially excited to see the final show this year, which is celebrating the last 21 years of the Great White Way. And on June 14, Wicked, Jersey Boys and Ragtime excerpts performed all on the same stage will guarantee to make this season one to remember!”
Subscriptions for the Broadway By The Year® series are available now through mail order only. Visit www.the-townhall-nyc.org for a printable order form. Single tickets will go on sale January 4th at The Town Hall Box Office and at Ticketmaster, (800) 982-2787 or www.ticketmaster.com. The Town Hall Box Office is open noon to 6PM (except Sundays) at 123 West 43rd St., (212) 840-2824. Tickets are $55-$45.
Scott Siegel has created three acclaimed and popular series for The Town Hall: the critically acclaimed Broadway By the Year, now beginning 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).
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.
Saturday, January 16, 2010
2010 NIGHTLIFE AWARDS! AT TOWN HALL.
MORE EXCITING TALENTED REVEALED FOR 2010 NIGHTLIFE AWARDS
KURT ELLING, U-TUBE SENSATION MIRANDA,
BABY JANE DEXTER, and JAY LEONHART
JOIN CHEYENNE JACKSON, CHRISTINE EBERSOLE, JOHN PIZZARELLI,
JESSICA MOLASKEY, NELLIE MCKAY, TOVAH FELDSHUH, JAMES BARBOUR,
AND MORE!
IN THE 2010 NIGHTLIFE AWARDS HOSTED BY BRUCE VILANCH!
MONDAY, JANUARY 25TH AT 7 PM AT THE TOWN HALL, NYC
The line-up for the show that Stephen Holden of the NY Times called "The
Nightclub world's equivalent of the Tony's" is fast becoming blindingly bright
in its star appeal. The only All-Performance Award show in the world will
present -- in performance -- the most outstanding performers in New York, chosen
by the press, plus an amazing array of famous guest stars who will also perform.
Among those now scheduled to perform at Town Hall in the 2010 NIGHTLIFE AWARDS
are *KURT ELLING, *CHRISTINE EBERSOLE, *CHEYENNE JACKSON, MIRANDA, JOHN
PIZZARELLI, JESSICA MOLASKEY, *ERIC COMSTOCK & *BARBARA FASANO, TOVAH FELDSHUH,
NELLIE MCKAY, JAMES BARBOUR, *BABY JANE DEXTER, *JOHNNY RODGERS, JAY LEONHART,
*GRETCHEN REINHAGEN, *ANNE STEELE, JIM CARUSO, MARTIN VIDNOVIC, HOWARD FISHMAN,
NOAH RACEY & THE NY TAP ENSEMBLE, AND MORE! [*denotes winners of 2010 Nightlife
Awards]
Now in its 8th year, the Nightlife Awards has quickly become the most important
and popular award show that promotes and presents New York's top nightclub
talent in the most audience-friendly format ever conceived for an awards show.
The reason? THERE ARE NO ACCEPTANCE SPEECHES! The winners perform to show why
they were chosen! The show offers nothing less than bang-bang entertainment from
an extraordinarily diverse group of talent that comes from the worlds of jazz,
cabaret, and comedy.
The evening will be hosted by the Emmy-Award-Winning BRUCE VILANCH, who is
famous for, among a great many other things, writing the Academy Awards TV
broadcasts, starring on Broadway in Hairspray, and playing the center square in
TV's Hollywood Squares. The Nightlife Awards was created and is produced by
Scott Siegel, who created Broadway by the Year for Town Hall, as well as
creating and producing Broadway Unplugged, also at Town Hall. The show will be
directed by Scott Thompson and musical directed by Tedd Firth.
Past winners of Nightlife Awards who have come to Town Hall to perform have
included the late Alan King, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Elaine Stritch, John
Pizzarelli & Jessica Molaskey, Freddy Cole, Robert Klein, Keely Smith, Lesley
Gore, Ute Lemper, Kristen Chenoweth, Donna Murphy, Alice Ripley, Maureen
McGovern, Bill Charlap, Tom Wopat, James Naughton, Dee Dee Bridgewater,
Mark Murphy, the late Eartha Kitt, and many, many more. Presenters have included
Patti LuPone, Liza Minnelli, and the late film director, Robert Altman.
Tickets are $75, $50, and $25. They are available via TicketMaster at
212-307-4100 or via http://www.facebook.com/l/6e8ba;TicketMaster.com. Tickets
can be purchased at The Town Hall Box Office: 123 W. 43rd Street. Hours between
Noon and 6 PM every day but Sunday.
Sponsors include: ASCAP, The Edythe Kenner Foundation, Trattoria Dopo Teatro,
Thoroughbred Records, http://www.facebook.com/l/6e8ba;TheaterMania.com, Jill &
Irwin Cohen, Edith & Ervin Drake, Peter & Barbara Leavy, Peter Hanson, Fred
Landau, Stuart E. Bloom and Robert L. Aaron: Lightstyles, LLC, and Steven T.
Ernst.
KURT ELLING, U-TUBE SENSATION MIRANDA,
BABY JANE DEXTER, and JAY LEONHART
JOIN CHEYENNE JACKSON, CHRISTINE EBERSOLE, JOHN PIZZARELLI,
JESSICA MOLASKEY, NELLIE MCKAY, TOVAH FELDSHUH, JAMES BARBOUR,
AND MORE!
IN THE 2010 NIGHTLIFE AWARDS HOSTED BY BRUCE VILANCH!
MONDAY, JANUARY 25TH AT 7 PM AT THE TOWN HALL, NYC
The line-up for the show that Stephen Holden of the NY Times called "The
Nightclub world's equivalent of the Tony's" is fast becoming blindingly bright
in its star appeal. The only All-Performance Award show in the world will
present -- in performance -- the most outstanding performers in New York, chosen
by the press, plus an amazing array of famous guest stars who will also perform.
Among those now scheduled to perform at Town Hall in the 2010 NIGHTLIFE AWARDS
are *KURT ELLING, *CHRISTINE EBERSOLE, *CHEYENNE JACKSON, MIRANDA, JOHN
PIZZARELLI, JESSICA MOLASKEY, *ERIC COMSTOCK & *BARBARA FASANO, TOVAH FELDSHUH,
NELLIE MCKAY, JAMES BARBOUR, *BABY JANE DEXTER, *JOHNNY RODGERS, JAY LEONHART,
*GRETCHEN REINHAGEN, *ANNE STEELE, JIM CARUSO, MARTIN VIDNOVIC, HOWARD FISHMAN,
NOAH RACEY & THE NY TAP ENSEMBLE, AND MORE! [*denotes winners of 2010 Nightlife
Awards]
Now in its 8th year, the Nightlife Awards has quickly become the most important
and popular award show that promotes and presents New York's top nightclub
talent in the most audience-friendly format ever conceived for an awards show.
The reason? THERE ARE NO ACCEPTANCE SPEECHES! The winners perform to show why
they were chosen! The show offers nothing less than bang-bang entertainment from
an extraordinarily diverse group of talent that comes from the worlds of jazz,
cabaret, and comedy.
The evening will be hosted by the Emmy-Award-Winning BRUCE VILANCH, who is
famous for, among a great many other things, writing the Academy Awards TV
broadcasts, starring on Broadway in Hairspray, and playing the center square in
TV's Hollywood Squares. The Nightlife Awards was created and is produced by
Scott Siegel, who created Broadway by the Year for Town Hall, as well as
creating and producing Broadway Unplugged, also at Town Hall. The show will be
directed by Scott Thompson and musical directed by Tedd Firth.
Past winners of Nightlife Awards who have come to Town Hall to perform have
included the late Alan King, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Elaine Stritch, John
Pizzarelli & Jessica Molaskey, Freddy Cole, Robert Klein, Keely Smith, Lesley
Gore, Ute Lemper, Kristen Chenoweth, Donna Murphy, Alice Ripley, Maureen
McGovern, Bill Charlap, Tom Wopat, James Naughton, Dee Dee Bridgewater,
Mark Murphy, the late Eartha Kitt, and many, many more. Presenters have included
Patti LuPone, Liza Minnelli, and the late film director, Robert Altman.
Tickets are $75, $50, and $25. They are available via TicketMaster at
212-307-4100 or via http://www.facebook.com/l/6e8ba;TicketMaster.com. Tickets
can be purchased at The Town Hall Box Office: 123 W. 43rd Street. Hours between
Noon and 6 PM every day but Sunday.
Sponsors include: ASCAP, The Edythe Kenner Foundation, Trattoria Dopo Teatro,
Thoroughbred Records, http://www.facebook.com/l/6e8ba;TheaterMania.com, Jill &
Irwin Cohen, Edith & Ervin Drake, Peter & Barbara Leavy, Peter Hanson, Fred
Landau, Stuart E. Bloom and Robert L. Aaron: Lightstyles, LLC, and Steven T.
Ernst.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
BRUCE VILANCH HOSTING THE NIGHTLIFE AWARDS!
BRUCE VILANCH TO HOST 2010 NIGHTLIFE AWARDS
UNIQUE, STAR-STUDDED, ALL-PERFORMANCE AWARD SHOW TAKES PLACE MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 2010 AT 7 PM AT THE TOWN HALL
The multiple Emmy-Award winning Bruce Vilanch has been announced as the host of the 8th Annual Nightlife Awards at The Town Hall. The unique All-Performance Awards show that honors the most outstanding performers in the categories of Cabaret, Comedy and Jazz in the clubs of New York, will take place on Monday, January 25, 2010 at 7 PM. Vilanch, who has starred on Broadway in Hairspray, on TV as the center square in Hollywood Squares, and who has the reputation of being one of the funniest men in Hollywood from his many years of scripting The Oscars on TV, will once again host The Nightlife Awards, which he did to enormous acclaim in 2007. Vilanch will fly in to New York specifically to host this high profile event that has, in the past, featured performances by the likes of Brian Stokes Mitchell, Keith Carradine, Karen Akers, Larry Gatlin, Freddy Cole, Donna Murphy, the late Alan King, Elaine Stritch, John Pizzarelli & Jessicca Molaskey, Kristen Chenoweth, Keely Smith, Marilyn Maye, Robert Klein, Christine Ebersole & Billy Stritch, Betty Buckley, etc.
The Nightlife Awards are bestowed by a distinguished panel of more than two dozen critics and experts who regularly cover cabaret, comedy, and jazz. This broad-based, critic-driven awards concert has the distinction of being the only awards show where the winners DO NOT MAKE ACCEPTANCE SPEECHES! At this audience-friendly awards show the winners perform to show why they were chosen! The Nightlife Awards offers virtually non-stop entertainment from New York’s most outstanding nightlife entertainers, which is further enhanced by special guest star performances as well as celebrities who are tapped to present the winners to the audience. Past presenters have included Liza Minnelli, Patti LuPone, Bob Mackie, Tommy Tune, and the late film director Robert Altman.
Tickets for the 2010 Nightlife Awards are for sale right now at the attractive price range of $75 for orchestra and loge seats, $50 for the front balcony, and $25 for the rear balcony. Tickets are currently available via TicketMaster at 212-307-4100, and TicketMaster.com. Tickets will be available at The Town Hall Box Office (123 West 43rd Street) starting on Monday, January 4, 2010. For more information, email Scott Siegel at SiegelEntertainment@msn.com.
The Nightlife Awards is produced by Scott Siegel, directed by Scott Thompson, with musical direction by Tedd Firth. The show is sponsored, in part, by ASCAP, TheaterMania.com, The Edythe Kenner Foundation, Jill & Irwin Cohen, Edith & Ervin Drake, Barbara & Peter Leavy, Trattoria Dopo Teatro, Thoroughbred Records, Steven T. Ersnst, Fred Landau, Stuart E. Bloom & Robert Aaron: Lightstyles, LLC., Peter Hanson.
UNIQUE, STAR-STUDDED, ALL-PERFORMANCE AWARD SHOW TAKES PLACE MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 2010 AT 7 PM AT THE TOWN HALL
The multiple Emmy-Award winning Bruce Vilanch has been announced as the host of the 8th Annual Nightlife Awards at The Town Hall. The unique All-Performance Awards show that honors the most outstanding performers in the categories of Cabaret, Comedy and Jazz in the clubs of New York, will take place on Monday, January 25, 2010 at 7 PM. Vilanch, who has starred on Broadway in Hairspray, on TV as the center square in Hollywood Squares, and who has the reputation of being one of the funniest men in Hollywood from his many years of scripting The Oscars on TV, will once again host The Nightlife Awards, which he did to enormous acclaim in 2007. Vilanch will fly in to New York specifically to host this high profile event that has, in the past, featured performances by the likes of Brian Stokes Mitchell, Keith Carradine, Karen Akers, Larry Gatlin, Freddy Cole, Donna Murphy, the late Alan King, Elaine Stritch, John Pizzarelli & Jessicca Molaskey, Kristen Chenoweth, Keely Smith, Marilyn Maye, Robert Klein, Christine Ebersole & Billy Stritch, Betty Buckley, etc.
The Nightlife Awards are bestowed by a distinguished panel of more than two dozen critics and experts who regularly cover cabaret, comedy, and jazz. This broad-based, critic-driven awards concert has the distinction of being the only awards show where the winners DO NOT MAKE ACCEPTANCE SPEECHES! At this audience-friendly awards show the winners perform to show why they were chosen! The Nightlife Awards offers virtually non-stop entertainment from New York’s most outstanding nightlife entertainers, which is further enhanced by special guest star performances as well as celebrities who are tapped to present the winners to the audience. Past presenters have included Liza Minnelli, Patti LuPone, Bob Mackie, Tommy Tune, and the late film director Robert Altman.
Tickets for the 2010 Nightlife Awards are for sale right now at the attractive price range of $75 for orchestra and loge seats, $50 for the front balcony, and $25 for the rear balcony. Tickets are currently available via TicketMaster at 212-307-4100, and TicketMaster.com. Tickets will be available at The Town Hall Box Office (123 West 43rd Street) starting on Monday, January 4, 2010. For more information, email Scott Siegel at SiegelEntertainment@msn.com.
The Nightlife Awards is produced by Scott Siegel, directed by Scott Thompson, with musical direction by Tedd Firth. The show is sponsored, in part, by ASCAP, TheaterMania.com, The Edythe Kenner Foundation, Jill & Irwin Cohen, Edith & Ervin Drake, Barbara & Peter Leavy, Trattoria Dopo Teatro, Thoroughbred Records, Steven T. Ersnst, Fred Landau, Stuart E. Bloom & Robert Aaron: Lightstyles, LLC., Peter Hanson.
DECADE AT A GLANCE.
Dustbowl Drama Premieres
DECADE AT A GLANCE
Begins February 11 at Stella Adler Studio
Inspired by the 1930’s Dustbowl photographs of Walker Evans and
Dorothea Lange, the Harold Clurman Center for New Works in Movement
and Dance Theatre (MAD) at Stella Adler Studio will present the World
Premiere of DECADE AT A GLANCE. Written and directed by Joan Evans
with a cast of 15, this blend of theatrical documentary and folk
musical begins February 11 at Stella Adler Studio. In March 2010, the
production will travel to New Orleans for its Louisiana Premiere at
Michalopoulos Studio, produced by Artist Inc.
DECADE AT A GLANCE is an epic story of a few families in the Dustbowl,
circa 1936, who are uprooted from their farmland by drought, dust
storms and mortgage foreclosure. Making the treacherous journey out
west as migrant workers, these ordinary hard working people -- some
with hopes dashed, and dreams deferred or dissolved -- ultimately join
the union marches. Unfolding like a series of living photographs, the
story, told from the point of view of a Dustbowl survivor, is related
through songs, movement, and interviews preserved from the 1930’s.
The similarities and differences between the Great Depression, and our
own times, are self evident when we listen to simple people tell their
stories. The gestural and expressive movement evokes images of the
time. The actors sing and play the violin, flute, guitar, and ukulele.
The music combines Depression-era songs, union march songs from the
1930’s, and original vocal harmonies.
Joan Evans has been creating and performing original physical theatre
work since 1975. She won a Fringe First Award at the 1996 Edinburgh
Fringe Festival for creating, directing, and choreographing the
ensemble piece Where Ravens Rule, a theatrical response to the war in
Bosnia. She has toured her solo work in Austria, Brazil, and Germany.
She has performed her work at such theatres as the Performing Garage
and Manhattan Class Company in NYC, and the Eugene O'Neill Theatre
Center In Connecticut. She has been the recipient of four National
Endowment for the Arts Theatre Grants. She was awarded a 1993,
Citation of Excellence from the Union Internationale de la Marionnette
(UNIMA) for her work combining dance, acting, and puppetry in Rico and
Dolores. She has taught and directed at Stella Adler for two decades.
DECADE AT A GLANCE runs February 11 - 19, Wednesday - Saturday at
7:30pm. Running time is 65 minutes. Stella Adler Studio is located at
31 West 27th Street, between Broadway and 6th Avenue -- accessible
from the N/R train at 28th Street or the F train at 23rd Street.
Tickets are $18, available at www.TheaterMania.com or 212-352-3101.
DECADE AT A GLANCE
Begins February 11 at Stella Adler Studio
Inspired by the 1930’s Dustbowl photographs of Walker Evans and
Dorothea Lange, the Harold Clurman Center for New Works in Movement
and Dance Theatre (MAD) at Stella Adler Studio will present the World
Premiere of DECADE AT A GLANCE. Written and directed by Joan Evans
with a cast of 15, this blend of theatrical documentary and folk
musical begins February 11 at Stella Adler Studio. In March 2010, the
production will travel to New Orleans for its Louisiana Premiere at
Michalopoulos Studio, produced by Artist Inc.
DECADE AT A GLANCE is an epic story of a few families in the Dustbowl,
circa 1936, who are uprooted from their farmland by drought, dust
storms and mortgage foreclosure. Making the treacherous journey out
west as migrant workers, these ordinary hard working people -- some
with hopes dashed, and dreams deferred or dissolved -- ultimately join
the union marches. Unfolding like a series of living photographs, the
story, told from the point of view of a Dustbowl survivor, is related
through songs, movement, and interviews preserved from the 1930’s.
The similarities and differences between the Great Depression, and our
own times, are self evident when we listen to simple people tell their
stories. The gestural and expressive movement evokes images of the
time. The actors sing and play the violin, flute, guitar, and ukulele.
The music combines Depression-era songs, union march songs from the
1930’s, and original vocal harmonies.
Joan Evans has been creating and performing original physical theatre
work since 1975. She won a Fringe First Award at the 1996 Edinburgh
Fringe Festival for creating, directing, and choreographing the
ensemble piece Where Ravens Rule, a theatrical response to the war in
Bosnia. She has toured her solo work in Austria, Brazil, and Germany.
She has performed her work at such theatres as the Performing Garage
and Manhattan Class Company in NYC, and the Eugene O'Neill Theatre
Center In Connecticut. She has been the recipient of four National
Endowment for the Arts Theatre Grants. She was awarded a 1993,
Citation of Excellence from the Union Internationale de la Marionnette
(UNIMA) for her work combining dance, acting, and puppetry in Rico and
Dolores. She has taught and directed at Stella Adler for two decades.
DECADE AT A GLANCE runs February 11 - 19, Wednesday - Saturday at
7:30pm. Running time is 65 minutes. Stella Adler Studio is located at
31 West 27th Street, between Broadway and 6th Avenue -- accessible
from the N/R train at 28th Street or the F train at 23rd Street.
Tickets are $18, available at www.TheaterMania.com or 212-352-3101.
JERSEY BOYS JOHN LEONE AT THE METROPOLITAN ROOM!
“JERSEY BOYS” JOHN LEONE PAYS TRIBUTE TO LEGENDARY ITALIAN-AMERICAN SINGERS
“SONGS MY FATHER LOVED” IN SPECIAL ONE-NIGHT ONLY MET ROOM ENGAGEMENT
Broadway’s John Leone, who recently finished a stint as Four Season Nick Massi, makes his Metropolitan Room debut on Sunday January 31 at 4pm in “Songs My Father Loved.” The fast paced homage to some of the iconic male voices of the 20th century, celebrates Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Dean Martin, Vic Damone, and Jerry Vale, among others. All share Leone’s Italian-American heritage, but it is the influence these singers had on Leone’s father and his cronies at their local social club, the Sons of Italy, that affected Leone most. Here is where he launched his show business career – first as a singing busboy, and later as “the lodge’s” house wedding band singer.
Leone is backed by The David Brunetti Trio. Directed by Dann Fink, “Songs My Father Loved” is produced by Lynn DiMenna’s M Lynn Enterprises.
Besides starring in the Tony Award-winning “Jersey Boys,” the Weymouth, Massachusetts native (and current Jersey resident) starred on Broadway in “Les Miserables” as Marius, and on the national tour of “Titanic” in which he served as First Officer Charles Lightoller. Regionally he has appeared at theatres across the country, in everything from Shakespeare to Sam Shepard. His television credits include a recurring role as sports agent Ricky Williams on the Showtime series Soul Food, and appearances on all three of the Law & Order franchises.
“Songs My Father Loved” plays one-time only, Sunday January 31 at 4pm. The cover charge is $25 (plus a two-drink minimum). For reservations call 212/206-0440 or visit www.metropolitanroom.com for more information or to pre-pay online.
“SONGS MY FATHER LOVED” IN SPECIAL ONE-NIGHT ONLY MET ROOM ENGAGEMENT
Broadway’s John Leone, who recently finished a stint as Four Season Nick Massi, makes his Metropolitan Room debut on Sunday January 31 at 4pm in “Songs My Father Loved.” The fast paced homage to some of the iconic male voices of the 20th century, celebrates Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Dean Martin, Vic Damone, and Jerry Vale, among others. All share Leone’s Italian-American heritage, but it is the influence these singers had on Leone’s father and his cronies at their local social club, the Sons of Italy, that affected Leone most. Here is where he launched his show business career – first as a singing busboy, and later as “the lodge’s” house wedding band singer.
Leone is backed by The David Brunetti Trio. Directed by Dann Fink, “Songs My Father Loved” is produced by Lynn DiMenna’s M Lynn Enterprises.
Besides starring in the Tony Award-winning “Jersey Boys,” the Weymouth, Massachusetts native (and current Jersey resident) starred on Broadway in “Les Miserables” as Marius, and on the national tour of “Titanic” in which he served as First Officer Charles Lightoller. Regionally he has appeared at theatres across the country, in everything from Shakespeare to Sam Shepard. His television credits include a recurring role as sports agent Ricky Williams on the Showtime series Soul Food, and appearances on all three of the Law & Order franchises.
“Songs My Father Loved” plays one-time only, Sunday January 31 at 4pm. The cover charge is $25 (plus a two-drink minimum). For reservations call 212/206-0440 or visit www.metropolitanroom.com for more information or to pre-pay online.
FLY ME TO THE MOON WITH CARY HOFFMAN!
Cary Hoffman is playing at the Triad theater on Friday at 9PM.
I am looking forward to seeing this. Interview coming soon!
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
UPDATE IN THE VIDEO BLOG! INTERVIEW WITH THE ONE AND ONLY JAY JOHNSON FROM THE TWO AND ONLY!
http://corinescorner.com/blogvideo/2010/01/interview-with-jay-johnson-two-and-only.html
Interviewing Jay Johnson was a dream come true. I have seen his show that won the Tony on Broadway two years ago nine times. I had a nice chat with Jay after the show on Friday evening and there is a two part interview in the video blog.
Thank you, Jay! I adore the show!
Interviewing Jay Johnson was a dream come true. I have seen his show that won the Tony on Broadway two years ago nine times. I had a nice chat with Jay after the show on Friday evening and there is a two part interview in the video blog.
Thank you, Jay! I adore the show!
Monday, January 11, 2010
NATIONAL TAKE OFF YOUR PANTS DAY.
Photos and video taken by Maryann Lopinto.
Video edited and created by Corine Cohen.
National Take Off Your Pants Day.
Thursday, January 7, 2010
NEW FEATURE! IN THE VIDEO BLOG!
http://corinescorner.com/blogvideo/2010/01/part-1-interview-with-robert-viagas-of.html
Part 1 of two video feature.
Interview with Robert Viagas of PLAYBILL.
Part 2 coming next week.
http://www.corinescorner.com
Part 1 of two video feature.
Interview with Robert Viagas of PLAYBILL.
Part 2 coming next week.
http://www.corinescorner.com
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
UPDATE IN THE CULINARY SECTION.
http://corinescorner.com/blogculinary/2010/01/albella-restaurant-10-reade-street.html
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
THE DIVINE SISTER WITH CHARLES BUSCH AND JULIE HALSTON!
FEATURING
ALISON FRASER, JULIE HALSTON, AMY RUTBERG,
JENNIFER VAN DYCK, & JONATHAN WALKER
Theater for the New City (Crystal Field, Executive Artistic Director) is pleased to announce that Charles Busch’s new comedy THE DIVINE SISTER will play a limited premiere showcase engagement at Theater for the New City’s Cino Theater (155 First Avenue). The developmental production, directed by Busch’s longtime collaborator Carl Andress (The Third Story; Die, Mommie, Die!) will play a limited engagement of 24 performances from Saturday, February 6 through Sunday, March 7.
THE DIVINE SISTER is an outrageous comic homage to nearly every Hollywood film involving nuns. Evoking such films as The Song of Bernadette, The Bells of St. Mary’s, The Singing Nun and Agnes of God, THE DIVINE SISTER tells the story of St. Veronica’s indomitable Mother Superior (author Charles Busch) who is determined to build a new school for her Pittsburgh convent. Along the way, she has to deal with a young postulant who is experiencing “visions,” sexual hysteria among her nuns, a sensitive schoolboy in need of mentoring, a mysterious nun visiting from the Mother House in Berlin, and a former suitor intent on luring her away from her vows.
This madcap trip through Hollywood religiosity evokes the wildly comic but affectionately observed theatrical style of the creator of Die, Mommie, Die! and Psycho Beach Party.
In a statement, Charles Busch said, “It gives me great pleasure to return to Theater for the New City to launch my new comedy, THE DIVINE SISTER. Crystal Field provides a great atmosphere in which one can try out new ideas and where a new production can find its sea legs. Carl and I first presented my play Shanghai Moon here in 1999 before we moved it to an Off-Broadway production, and we thought it was high time we returned to TNC, this time to give the ‘Sisters of St. Veronica’s’ their first home.”
Crystal Field said, “Charles Busch is one of America’s finest writers of High Comedy. He is a superb actor and, best of all, he has a philosophical bent that gives us a serious underpinning to a hilarious icing on a cake, so scrumptious and luscious, that we forget it’s all organic and ‘good for you.’ You will indeed be a healthier individual after seeing a Charles Busch play. And this one really does ‘take the cake.’”
In addition to Busch as ‘Mother Superior,’ the cast will feature Alison Fraser (Gypsy, Romance/Romance), Julie Halston (Hairspray, Twentieth Century), Amy Rutberg (Our Leading Lady, “As The World Turns”), Jennifer Van Dyck (The Third Story, Hedda Gabler), and Jonathan Walker (The Third Story, Dinner with Friends).
The creative team includes: Scenic and Graphic Design by B.T. Whitehill (Shanghai Moon, Vampire Lesbians of Sodom), Costume Design by Fabio Toblini (Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Batboy: The Musical), Lighting Design by Kirk Bookman (Shanghai Moon, The Green Heart), Sound Design by Jill B.C. Du Boff (Shanghai Moon, What's That Smell?), and original music by composer Lewis Flinn (The Little Dog Laughed; Die, Mommie, Die!).
For more information on THE DIVINE SISTER, to get exclusive offers, and to follow the cast and creative team as they prepare to bring the show to Theater for the New City, join the Facebook fan group: The Divine Sister Onstage.
Tickets for THE DIVINE SISTER will go on sale to the general public on January 4 via OvationTix.com or by calling 212-352-3101. Tickets are $25.00. Performance schedule for this showcase engagement is:
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6 – SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7 (2 performances): Saturday at 8 PM, Sunday at 3 PM
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11 – SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21 (5 performances per week): Thursday through Saturday at 8 PM. Matinees on Saturday and Sunday at 3 PM. The production will be dark on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday during these two weeks.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24 – SUNDAY, MARCH 7 (6 performances per week): Wednesday through Saturday at 8 PM. Matinees on Saturday and Sunday at 3 PM. The production will be dark on Monday and Tuesday during these weeks.
BIOGRAPHIES
CHARLES BUSCH (Playwright, Mother Superior) is the author and star of such plays as The Lady in Question, Red Scare on Sunset, Shanghai Moon, The Third Story, and Vampire Lesbians of Sodom, which ran five years and is one of the longest running plays in Off-Broadway history. His play The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife ran for 777 performances on Broadway and received a Tony nomination for Best Play. He wrote and starred in the film versions of his plays, Psycho Beach Party and Die, Mommie, Die!, the latter of which won him the Best Performance Award at the Sundance Film Festival. In 2003, Mr. Busch received a special Drama Desk Award for career achievement as both performer and playwright. Mr. Busch made his directorial debut with the film A Very Serious Person, which premiered at the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival. He is also the subject of the documentary film The Lady in Question is Charles Busch.
CARL ANDRESS (Director). Directing credits include: Die, Mommie, Die! (New World Stages); the acclaimed Actors Fund benefit performance of Sheldon Harnick and Joe Raposo’s A Wonderful Life at the Shubert Theatre (named one of Time Magazine’s Best Theater Events of 2005); Charles Busch & Julie Halston: Together on Broadway (Music Box Theater); Douglas Carter Beane’s The Cartells (Drama Dept.); Shanghai Moon (Drama Dept., Bay Street Theater, Theater for the New City); The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife (Paper Mill Playhouse; Coconut Grove Playhouse; Royal Poinciana Playhouse); Crush the Infamous Thing (Coconut Grove Playhouse); Carmen Pelaez’s Rum & Coke (Abingdon Theater Co.); J.A.P. Chronicles – The Musical (Perry Street Theater); Queen Amarantha (WPA Theater); Times Square Angel (Theater for the New City); It’s Not My Fault, It Was On Fire When I Got There (FringeNYC/Theater for the New City); True Colors (Rose Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center); “Broadway for Medicine” (NY City Center); and “Literacy Partners Annual Gala” (NY State Theater). Also, co-writer and co-star of the independent feature, A Very Serious Person (Tribeca Film Festival).
ALISON FRASER. Broadway: Gypsy, The Secret Garden (Tony and Drama Desk nomination), Romance/Romance (Tony nomination), Tartuffe: Born Again, The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Off-Broadway: Dedication or the Stuff of Dreams, March of the Falsettos, In Trousers, Prodigal, The Green Heart, Beehive, Todd Rundgren's Up Against It, Swingtime Canteen. American premieres: Come Back, Come Back Wherever You Are, Lizzie Borden, Honk!, High School Musical. Regional (select): Lips Together, Teeth Apart; Lend Me a Tenor; Gunmetal Blues (1st Barrymore Award recipient). Film/TV (select): “Between the Lions,” “Law & Order: SVU,” “Third Watch,” The Thing About My Folks, Jack and His Friends, and In the Blood. Heard on many voiceovers, radio ads, audio books and Grand Theft Auto IV.
JULIE HALSTON. Broadway: Recent credits include Hairspray, Gypsy, Twentieth Century (Outer Critics Circle nom.), The Women. Off-B'way: White Chocolate, The Butter and Egg Man, The Vagina Monologues and numerous others. A founding member of Charles Busch's company, she co-starred in many productions, including The Lady in Question and Red Scare on Sunset (Drama Desk nom.). She is best known on television as Bitsy Von Muffling on “Sex and the City” and is a multi-award winning standup comedienne. Miss Halston co-wrote the acclaimed audition book Monologues for Show-Offs with Donna Daley published by Heinemann Press.
AMY RUTBERG. Highlights include NY theatre: Charles Busch’s Our Leading Lady (Manhattan Theatre Club), The Jazz Age (59E59), Perfect Harmony (Clurman, Theatre Row). LA theatre: Dracula the Musical (La Jolla Playhouse), Grave White Way (Hudson), The Rocky Horror Show (The Tiffany). National Tours: The Civil War, Man of La Mancha. TV/Film: HBO Film’s Emmy Award winning “Recount,” NBC’s “Law & Order,” “Law & Order: Criminal Intent,” ABC’s “The Unusuals,” CW’s “Everwood.” Amy can also be seen in Upright Citizens Brigade’s Gravid Water, voted NYC’s Best Improv Show (2008) by Time Out New York Magazine. UCLA Graduate. Champion poker player. Visit www.amyrutberg.com for more info.
JENNIFER VAN DYCK was delighted to create the role of Dr. Constance Hudson in Charles Busch’s The Third Story, both at the Lucille Lortel (MCC) and at the La Jolla Playhouse. Broadway: Hedda Gabler, Dancing at Lughnasa, Two Shakespearean Actors and The Secret Rapture. Off-Broadway: The Third Story (MCC), Orson’s Shadow (Barrow St.), Suzan Lori-Parks’ 365Days/365 Plays (Barrow St./The Public), Keen Company, Playwrights Horizons, Naked Angels. New plays by Austin Pendleton, Bathsheba Doran, Keith Bunin, Ellen McLaughlin, Catherine Filloux, Douglas Post. Film/TV: Across the Universe, Michael Clayton, Stealing Martin Lane, Series 7, States of Control, numerous “Law & Order” episodes, “Fringe,” “New Amsterdam.” And narration of many audiobooks.
JONATHAN WALKER. Broadway: Twentieth Century, After The Fall. Off-Broadway includes numerous productions at The Public Theater, MCC, Manhattan Theatre Club, The New Group, Playwright’s Horizons, Roundabout, La Mama, PS 122, BAM, Variety Arts, The Women’s Project. Regional includes: The Old Globe in San Diego; The Huntington and A.R.T. in Boston; Yale Repertory; La Jolla Playhouse; Williamstown Theater Festival; The McCarter. Recent Film: Far From Heaven, People I Know, Heights, Michael Clayton, Malevolence. Recent television: “The Good Wife,” “Eli Stone,” “6 Degrees,” “3 Lbs,” “Sex and the City,” “Ed,” “Chapelle’s Show,” and lots of “Law and Order.”
CINO THEATER
Playing Saturday, February 6 - Sunday, March 7
Performances Thursday - Saturday at 8pm, Saturday and Sunday at 3pm
Additional Performances Wednesday February 24 and March 3 at 8pm
No Matinee Performance Saturday, February 6
All Seats $25/TDF vouchers accepted
Monday, January 4, 2010
Sunday, January 3, 2010
ANY WEDNESDAY JANUARY EVENTS. AT BARNES AND NOBLE.
Barnes & Noble/Lincoln Triangle January Calendar of Events 1972 Broadway @ 66th St***All events are free and open to the public. For large events, we give seating priority to those who have purchased the promoted book or CD. Events for November with seating priority are noted below. Please visit our location in the Stores & Events section of www.bn.com <http://www.bn.com> for the latest event information.
Monday, Jan. 4 at 6:00 pm Cool Mondays: Don Braden and Mark Rapp Don Braden (sax and flute) and Mark Rapp (trumpet) celebrate the works of legendary Billy Strayhorn on their new album, The Strayhorn Project. Joining them will be Sachal Vasandani (vocalist), Rene Hart (bass) and Greg Gonzales (drums).
Wednesday, Jan. 6 at 6:00 pm Any Wednesday: Julie Reyburn The warm and witty Julie Reyburn, an award-winning star of the New York cabaret world, offers up highlights from her newest CD recorded Live at Feinsteins.
Sunday, Jan. 10 at 3:00 pm Philip Fortenberry: Broadway My Way Broadway arranger/conductor/pianist Philip Fortenberry will perform selections from his newest CD, Broadway, My Way, and will also share stories about his experiences in the wonderful, wacky world of musical theater.
Monday, Jan. 11 at 6:00 pm Cool Mondays: Hilary Kole The scintillating jazz vocalist Hilary Kole offers up her interpretation of select standards from the great American songbook, as she does on her wonderful album, Haunted Heart.
Monday, Jan. 11 at 7:30 pm David Bianculli: Dangerously Funny: The Uncensored Story of "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" We would not have The Daily Show were it not for The Smothers Brothers. Part musical, part comedic, and always political, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour challenged a nation. Bianculli documents the rise and fall of two trouble-making iconoclasts.
Tuesday, Jan. 12 at 7:30 pm Forbidden Broadway: Behind the Milar Curtain Creator/author Gerard Alessandrini shares backstage stories with writer Michael Portantiere about the remarkable off-Broadway satiric revue, Forbidden Broadway. Members of the cast will also offer some musical favorites from the series.
Wednesday, Jan. 13 at 6:00 pm
Any Wednesday: KT Sullivan Cabaret and Broadway star KT Sullivan uses her glorious soprano to celebrate the songs from the first decades of the 20th Century, as she does on her new CD, Timeless Tunes: Etched in Granite.
Thursday, Jan. 14 at 7:30 pm Theatre World 2008-2009 2009 Theatre World Award-Winner Josh Grisetti, four-time Tony nominee, and previous Theatre World Award-Winner Tovah Feldshuh, and Theatre World editor in chief Ben Hodges (and several surprise guests) discuss the current and past Broadway seasons.
Friday, Jan. 15 at 7:30 pm New York Philharmonic: Thomas Hampson Our regular series features guest performers with the Philharmonic discussing their work. Tonight's guest: Thomas Hampson in conversation with Jeff Spurgeon about The Wound Dresser, and how composers tell history through songs in our country.
Saturday, Jan. 16 at 7:30 pm Quartet San Francisco Plays Brubeck Quartet San Francisco returns to New York City and Barnes & Noble to celebrate their Grammy-nominated CD, QSF Plays Brubeck, with a lively collision of classical style and modern jazz material.
Friday, Jan. 22 at 6:00 pm Fanny Hensel: The Other Mendelssohn Author Larry Todd will discuss his two works: Mendelssohn: A Life in Music, and Fanny Hensel: The Other Mendelssohn (Felix's sister and a composer in her own right). An additional highlight is a performance by The Colorado Quartet.
Wednesday, Jan. 27 at 6:00 pm Any Wednesday: Jenna Esposito The cabaret world's sweetheart presents highlights from her delightful new recording, To Connie, Love Jenna, her personal tribute to singer Connie Francis, recorded live at the Metropolitan Room.
Wednesday, Jan. 27 at 7:30 pm Peter Biskind: Star: How Warren Beatty Seduced America Few actors intrigue us as much as Warren Beatty. He is both famous and private. In his new biography, Biskind, unearths a legend. From his Casanova-like ways to his unwavering artistic sensibility, we begin to know Beatty like never before.
Monday, Jan. 4 at 6:00 pm Cool Mondays: Don Braden and Mark Rapp Don Braden (sax and flute) and Mark Rapp (trumpet) celebrate the works of legendary Billy Strayhorn on their new album, The Strayhorn Project. Joining them will be Sachal Vasandani (vocalist), Rene Hart (bass) and Greg Gonzales (drums).
Wednesday, Jan. 6 at 6:00 pm Any Wednesday: Julie Reyburn The warm and witty Julie Reyburn, an award-winning star of the New York cabaret world, offers up highlights from her newest CD recorded Live at Feinsteins.
Sunday, Jan. 10 at 3:00 pm Philip Fortenberry: Broadway My Way Broadway arranger/conductor/pianist Philip Fortenberry will perform selections from his newest CD, Broadway, My Way, and will also share stories about his experiences in the wonderful, wacky world of musical theater.
Monday, Jan. 11 at 6:00 pm Cool Mondays: Hilary Kole The scintillating jazz vocalist Hilary Kole offers up her interpretation of select standards from the great American songbook, as she does on her wonderful album, Haunted Heart.
Monday, Jan. 11 at 7:30 pm David Bianculli: Dangerously Funny: The Uncensored Story of "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" We would not have The Daily Show were it not for The Smothers Brothers. Part musical, part comedic, and always political, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour challenged a nation. Bianculli documents the rise and fall of two trouble-making iconoclasts.
Tuesday, Jan. 12 at 7:30 pm Forbidden Broadway: Behind the Milar Curtain Creator/author Gerard Alessandrini shares backstage stories with writer Michael Portantiere about the remarkable off-Broadway satiric revue, Forbidden Broadway. Members of the cast will also offer some musical favorites from the series.
Wednesday, Jan. 13 at 6:00 pm
Any Wednesday: KT Sullivan Cabaret and Broadway star KT Sullivan uses her glorious soprano to celebrate the songs from the first decades of the 20th Century, as she does on her new CD, Timeless Tunes: Etched in Granite.
Thursday, Jan. 14 at 7:30 pm Theatre World 2008-2009 2009 Theatre World Award-Winner Josh Grisetti, four-time Tony nominee, and previous Theatre World Award-Winner Tovah Feldshuh, and Theatre World editor in chief Ben Hodges (and several surprise guests) discuss the current and past Broadway seasons.
Friday, Jan. 15 at 7:30 pm New York Philharmonic: Thomas Hampson Our regular series features guest performers with the Philharmonic discussing their work. Tonight's guest: Thomas Hampson in conversation with Jeff Spurgeon about The Wound Dresser, and how composers tell history through songs in our country.
Saturday, Jan. 16 at 7:30 pm Quartet San Francisco Plays Brubeck Quartet San Francisco returns to New York City and Barnes & Noble to celebrate their Grammy-nominated CD, QSF Plays Brubeck, with a lively collision of classical style and modern jazz material.
Friday, Jan. 22 at 6:00 pm Fanny Hensel: The Other Mendelssohn Author Larry Todd will discuss his two works: Mendelssohn: A Life in Music, and Fanny Hensel: The Other Mendelssohn (Felix's sister and a composer in her own right). An additional highlight is a performance by The Colorado Quartet.
Wednesday, Jan. 27 at 6:00 pm Any Wednesday: Jenna Esposito The cabaret world's sweetheart presents highlights from her delightful new recording, To Connie, Love Jenna, her personal tribute to singer Connie Francis, recorded live at the Metropolitan Room.
Wednesday, Jan. 27 at 7:30 pm Peter Biskind: Star: How Warren Beatty Seduced America Few actors intrigue us as much as Warren Beatty. He is both famous and private. In his new biography, Biskind, unearths a legend. From his Casanova-like ways to his unwavering artistic sensibility, we begin to know Beatty like never before.
BMI READINGS.
Subject: Musical Mondays move/moves to Theatrical Thursdays
Thursday, January 28, 2010, 6:30PM
By popular demand! A full reading of the BMI Workshop Master Class Selection:
THE DIRTY HIPPIE JAM BAND PROJECT
A group of modern day hippies follows their favorite band across the country
Music by Daniel Israel, Lyrics by Phoebe Kreutz, Book by Adam Mathias and Phoebe Kreutz
Thursday, April 15, 2010, 6:30PM
A Theatrical Thursday Double Bill - Two half hour previews
CAFE PUTTANESCA
"Great Grown-up fun! A Rowdy Showcase of Song, Dance and Down and Dirty Comedy" -
Kevin Riordan, Courier Post
Music by Barrymore Award Winning Michael Ogborn, Book by Terrence J. Nolen and Michael Ogborn
Plus
NOW AND THEN
A doo-wop band reunion --- and nothing will ever be the same.
By Matt Landers and E. Miranda Moriera
Snapple Theater Center, Jerry Orbach Theater, 210 West 50th (just west of Broadway)
Admission $15.00. Reservations: reservations@musicalmondays.org or 212 989-6706
Thursday, January 28, 2010, 6:30PM
By popular demand! A full reading of the BMI Workshop Master Class Selection:
THE DIRTY HIPPIE JAM BAND PROJECT
A group of modern day hippies follows their favorite band across the country
Music by Daniel Israel, Lyrics by Phoebe Kreutz, Book by Adam Mathias and Phoebe Kreutz
Thursday, April 15, 2010, 6:30PM
A Theatrical Thursday Double Bill - Two half hour previews
CAFE PUTTANESCA
"Great Grown-up fun! A Rowdy Showcase of Song, Dance and Down and Dirty Comedy" -
Kevin Riordan, Courier Post
Music by Barrymore Award Winning Michael Ogborn, Book by Terrence J. Nolen and Michael Ogborn
Plus
NOW AND THEN
A doo-wop band reunion --- and nothing will ever be the same.
By Matt Landers and E. Miranda Moriera
Snapple Theater Center, Jerry Orbach Theater, 210 West 50th (just west of Broadway)
Admission $15.00. Reservations: reservations@musicalmondays.org or 212 989-6706
Friday, January 1, 2010
JAY LEONHART AT THE MET!
Bassist and composer Jay Leonhart will appear at The Metropolitan Room in a show he has chosen to entitle "Me and Lenny" in recognition of the composition that Tony Bennett calls Jay's "San Francisco".
Jay has been performing his own songs for decades at festivals and concert halls around the world and has scheduled four January appearances at the Metropolitan Room to let his fellow New Yorkers see what he has been up to recently. From early appearances on David Letterman to features at Carnegie Hall, Jay has been lighting up audiences with his songs about life in the music world and the people he has come to know.
Though known for his humor, Jay will also include songs that touch upon more poignant moments in his travels. Music writers and critics include Jay Leonhart in the auspicious company of jazz's great songwriters-Mose Alison, Dave Frishberg, and Bob Dorough.
Wednesday, January 6th @ 7:30
Wednesdays, January 13th, 20th & 27th @ 9:45
20.00 Cover + 2 Beverage Minimum
Jay has been performing his own songs for decades at festivals and concert halls around the world and has scheduled four January appearances at the Metropolitan Room to let his fellow New Yorkers see what he has been up to recently. From early appearances on David Letterman to features at Carnegie Hall, Jay has been lighting up audiences with his songs about life in the music world and the people he has come to know.
Though known for his humor, Jay will also include songs that touch upon more poignant moments in his travels. Music writers and critics include Jay Leonhart in the auspicious company of jazz's great songwriters-Mose Alison, Dave Frishberg, and Bob Dorough.
Wednesday, January 6th @ 7:30
Wednesdays, January 13th, 20th & 27th @ 9:45
20.00 Cover + 2 Beverage Minimum
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Video shot by Maryann Lopinto.
Video edited by Corine Cohen.
Corine's Corner wishes you a very Happy and Healthy New Year.
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