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by Elyse Sommer
Short Term Events |
May 13, 2008. Naked Angels is launching a new program, "Angels in Progress: Old School at The New School, " a workshop series of new American plays that will be presented FREE from May 28 – June 9 at The New School for Drama (151 Bank Street) and feature many prominent artists.
The schedule is as follows:Wednesday, May 28, 3 p.m. & 7 p.m. Prix Fixe. A delicious tasting menu of four courses by John Robin Baitz, directed by Trip Cullmanwith Matthew Broderick and Barrett Foa.
Thursday, May 29, 2 p.m. The Investigation of Solitude. A woman revisits her past with an Irish American family in this classic drama investigating the human condition by Nicole Burdette, directed by Pippin Parker with Marisa Tomei. Also at 7 p.m. Driving the Saudis, an eye-opening look into the power and reach of the Saudi royal family and their American CurtainUpfriends by Jane Amelia Larson who also stars, directed by Charlie Stratton.
Friday, May 30 3 p.m. Slurry. Two brothers hash it out in this funny, moving, and profane debate on what it means to make a difference in the world. Written and directed by Keith Bunin and Stephen Belber with Mia Barron, Mr. Bunin and Mr. Belber. At 7 p.m. Dispatches Written and directed by Elizabeth Swados, with David Driver, Chris Gleim, Blythe Gruda, Simotra Houston, Jo Lampert, Grace McLean, Caitlin Mulhern, Jeremy Pasha, Doug Paulson, and Rachel Stern
Monday, June 2, 3 p.m. & 7 p.m. Studies for a Portrait.The impending death of a world-famous painter brings out primal instincts in the three generations of men around him. Written by Daniel Reitz, directed by Geoffrey Nauffts with Peter Frechette, Larry Pine and Chris Stack
Tuesday, June 3, 3 p.m. Trigger, about blame and the struggle to survive tragedy by Kyle Jarrow, directed by Pippin Parker with Louisa Krause.
Thursday, June 5, 3 p.m. & 7 p.m. Poor Behavior. Adark comedy by Theresa Rebeck, directed by Doug Hughes with Danny Gerroll and Laila Robins.
Friday, June 6, 7 p.m. Medieval Play written and directed by Kenneth Lonergan with Matthew Broderick, Josh Hamilton, Casey Affleck, Kristen Johnston, Bradley White.
Monday, June 9, 7 p.m.The Gospel According to Adam, an exploration of faith and reason in modern culture. Written by Geoffrey Nauffts, directed by Sheryl Kaller
The York Theatre CompanyJohn Kenrick’s Musical Conversations series continues its third year with four Tuesdays at 7:30 pm ummer talks connected with the York’s latest Musicals in Mufti concert series.at The Theatre at Saint Peter’s (54th St., just East of Lex) on Tuesdays at 7:30 PM . Admission is FREE (a $5 donation is suggested), but reservations are required and can be made at yorktheatre.org or by calling 212-935-5824 x21. The schedule is as follows: May 27th – The Marx Brothers: Minnie’s Boys. . . June 10th – In Person with Larry Grossman . . .June 24th– Musicals as History: Fact or Fiction? . . . July 8th– A Review of Revues: Ziegfeld to Today From the Follies to Ain’t Misbehavin’ to York’s new compilation of songs by Larry Grossman Compose Yourself!
May 7, 2008. With the last of this season's productions, The Importance of Being Earnest still running, the Pearl Theatre Company has announced its 25th Anniversary season. It's quite a varied lineup:THE OEDIPUS CYCLE October 13, 2008 - November 16, 2008, by Sophocles; translated by Peter Constantine directed by Shepard Sobel.
NATHAN THE WISE December 8, 2008 - January 4, 2009, by Gotthold Lessing; adapted by Richard Sewell and directed by Shepard Sobel.
TWELFTH NIGHT January 19, 2009 - February 22, 2009 by William Shakespeare, directed by J.R. Sullivan.
TARTUFFE March 16, 2009 - April 19, 2009 by Molière and directed by Gus Kaikkonen.
VIEUX CARRÉ May 11, 2009 - June 14, 2009by Tennessee Williams and directed by Austin Pendleton.
May 1, 2008. The latest biennial economic impact study by The Broadway League, "Broadway's Economic Contribution to New York City: 2006-2007 Season," reveals that the impact derived from Broadway-related spending has hit $5.1 billion – a 44% increase from the $3.5 billion in impact contributed in the 1998-1999 season. The Broadway industry also supported an estimated 44,000 full-time jobs during the 2006-2007 season.
Audiences from out of town continue to be e the backbone of Broadway's economic impact, supporing not only Broadway, but also tourist-dependent industries such as hotels, taxis and restaurants. Eighty-four percent of all tickets sold in the 2006-2007 season were purchased by people who did not live in New York City. In fact, tourists accounted for approximately 65% of the 12.3 million tickets (18% bought by suburbanites), the largest percentage in the past two decades. Of the 10.3 million tickets purchased by visitors from out of town, 4.69 million were sold to 3.16 million people who chose to make their trip to NYC expressly for Broadway.
Ancillary spending by these Broadway motivated visitors totaled $2.23 billion, while indirect rounds of spending totaled another $962.9 million. Together, the direct and indirect monies that were added to the local economy by Broadway-motivated visitors reached $3.09 billion. This represented a 5% decrease from the 2004-2005 season, in real terms, but a 4% inflation-adjusted increase from the 2002-2003 season.
Along with 32 shows that carried over from past seasons, 35 new productions were mounted during the 2006-2007 season. Producers spent $186.1 million to bring these 35 new shows to Broadway (production expenses refer to new shows only up to first performance), and another $719.4 million to run both new and continuing shows. This $905.4 million generated another billion dollars in indirect spending, for a total impact of $1.98 billion, representing a 10% increase from 2004-2005.
During the 2006-2007 season, Broadway directly supported an estimated 44,000 full-time equivalent jobs. Broadway shows and venues directly and indirectly employed 14,000 people, while 30,000 people were employed in local restaurants, shops, taxis etc. because of Broadway-motivated visitors.
May 1, 2008. MCC THEATER upcoming 2008-9 season at Off Broadway's Lucille Lortel Theatre (121 Christopher Street). includes three world premieres. The lineup is as follows: September 10 - October 25, 2008. Fifty Words by Michael Weller, directed by Austin Pendleton. Alternately funny and frightening look at modern marriage, as seen through the looking glass of one couple's long night's journey into day.
January 14 – February 28, 2009. The Break of Noon by Neil LaBute. Joe Smith's just had an epiphany. In a blinding flash, he's been gloriously transformed from avowed disbeliever to fervent believer. But he quickly finds himself at the center of his own rapidly crumbling life, as those nearest to him kick back against his newfound faith. Suddenly a stranger to those he values most, Joe must find a modern response to the age-old question: at what cost, salvation? For details about Neil LaBute's pretty, see our Off-Broadway Listings.
May 6 - June 20, 2009. Coraline. Music and Lyrics by Stephin Merritt. Book by David Greenspan. Based on the Novel by Neil Gaiman. Directed by Leigh Silverman.
April 22, 2008. TheYork Theatre Company'sDevelopmental Reading Series will be presenting seven more new musicals from now through mid-May. As always, these readings are open to the general public and admission is free, but reservations are suggested, and can be obtained by e-mailing series coordinator Jeff Landsman at jlandsman@yorktheatre.org or calling 212-935-5824 x24. The current schedule of free readings includes:· Dillinger (Music & Lyrics by Paul Aleman, Book by Joel Gross) – A young reporter goes undercover with gangster John Dillinger, succumbs to his corrupting influence, and falls in love with Dillinger's girl – never realizing that he is part of a deadly plan.Thursday, April 24, 2008 at 7:30 PM
· The Black Dahlia (Book & Lyrics by Carol Crittenden and Richard Sabellico, Music by John T. Prestianni) – A beautiful young woman is brutally murdered and left, in a grotesque display on a street in Los Angles, giving her a fame in death that was elusive in her starry eyed, lost-soul life. The ever and always unsolved case of the Black Dahlia. Monday, April 28, 2008 • 7:30 PM
· The Hollywood Backers Audition (Music, Book & Lyrics by Dick Vosburgh and Frank Lazarus) – A wry look at the Boradway piranha pool and a recreation of a backers audition for the award winning musical A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine, performed by its composer. Thursday, May 1, 2008 at 7:30 PM
· The Toymaker (Book, Music & Lyrics by Bryan Putnam) – A disillusioned young woman, hearing tales of a childless toymaker of the past, sets on a desperate search for the last toy made by this man. A haunting tale of enduring passion and hope. Friday, May 2, 2008 at 3:00 PM
· Villa Diodati or Mary Shelley - Scenes From a Life (Music by Mira J. Spektor, Lyrics by Colette Inez) – At the beautiful lakeside Villa Diodati, which housed the Shelley's last happy summer, Mary Shelley, the poets Shelley and Lord Byron, Byron's mistress, Mary's mother's ghost, Dr. Frankenstein's Monster and six American tourists sing about summer rentals, death, love and premonitions in 1998, 1996 and 1816! Thursday, May 8, 2008 • 7:30 PM
· Appalachian Fling (Book by Ben Tarver, Music & Lyrics By John Clifton) – It's corruption, blackmail and adultery -- gone bad -- when the Judge turns the whole town into one big guilty party! What old letch was up in Tina Fay's room after midnight? It was the Judge himself (!) -- but will he be found out? Something definitely goes bump in the night in this tuneful romp, only to land up in court the next day. Wednesday, May 14, 2008 • 7:30 PM
· Lift (Book & Lyrics By Daryl Lisa Fazio, Music by Aaron Mcallister) – In a small Ohio town, 8-year old Ethan Hale falls through the ice and is miraculously saved. But no one sees the rescue. No one steps forward as the hero. And when Ethan insists that a "birdman" pulled him from the water, the townspeople embark on a journey into their individual faith, their collective hope, and what it means to be extraordinary. Thursday, May 15, 2008 • 7:30 PM
April 18, 2008. For its upcoming fifth anniversary season, the Summper Play Festival (SPF) will for the first time be in residence at The Public Theater. Shows scheduled for the July 1 to July 27 festival TBA shortly. April 18, 2008. More theater companies announce their 2008-09 seasons.The Second Stage theater launches its season with a 20th-anniversary production of the Howard Korder's college boys on the town Boys' Life. Next up in January 2009 is Gina Gionfriddo hit from the Humana Festival, Becky Shaw (see our Humana Report). Spring sees the return of Douglas Carter Beane of The Little Dog Laughed, with Mr. and Mrs. Fitch, a new play, about gossip columnists.
The Roundabout Theater Company's Laura Pels on West 46th Street will present Distracted by Lisa Loomer with Mark Brokaw directing and starring Cynthia Nixon, with Mark Brokaw directing.
New musical news: Houdini: An Original Musical will spin its magic in 2010, with a score by Danny Elfman, an ex-member of the band Oingo Boingo, who wrote scores of movie music and lyrics by David Yazbek and book by novelist/journalist/ radio host Kurt Andersen Jack O'Brien will direct.
The Second Stage theater announced three of the four shows for its 2008-9 season, beginning with a 20th-anniversary production of the Howard Korder play “Boys' Life,” about college friends on the prowl in New York. The Gina Gionfriddo comedy “Becky Shaw,” which received glowing notices at the Humana Festival in Louisville, Ky., will have its New York premiere in January; in spring 2009, Douglas Carter Beane, last represented at Second Stage by “The Little Dog Laughed,” will be back with “Mr. and Mrs. Fitch,” a new play, about gossip columnists. ... The Roundabout Theater Company also announced a play opening in February at the Laura Pels on West 46th Street. “Distracted,” by Lisa Loomer, which was at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, will star Cynthia Nixon, with Mark Brokaw directing. ... A musical about Harry Houdini sounds intriguing, but even more intriguing is its team: Scott Sanders, who produced “The Color Purple,” and David Rockwell, the architect and set designer, are producing “Houdini: An Original Musical.” Danny Elfman, an ex-member of the band Oingo Boingo, who wrote the “Simpsons” and “Desperate Housewives” themes and a lot of music for Tim Burton movies, is doing the score; David Yazbek (“Dirty Rotten Scoundrels”) is writing the lyrics; and Kurt Andersen, the novelist, journalist, radio host and occasional playwright, is writing the book. Jack O'Brien is slated to direct “Houdini,” which may open on Broadway in spring 2010. CAMPBELL ROBERTSON
April 17, 2008. Manhattan Theatre Club's next season will include three world premieres and one Broadway premiere, with three more productions TBA. The lineup so far:At MTC'S BILTMORE THEATRE:
To Be Or Not To Be, world premiere by NICK WHITBY based on the 1942motion picture of the same name and directed by Casey Nicholaw. From: September 11, 2008; opening October 2, 2008 The American Plan > Broadway premiere of Richard Greenberg play, directed by David Grindley From January 2, 2009; opening January 22, 2009
At NEW YORK CITY CENTER – STAGE I:
Romantic Poetry World premiere musical. Book & Lyrics and direction by John Patrick Shanley; music by Henry Krieger. From October 1, 2008; opening October 28, 2008.
At NEW YORK CITY CENTER – STAGE I Ruined a world premiere by Lynn Nottage; directed by KateWhoriskey. From January 21, 2009opening February 10, 2009. A co-production with the Goodman Theatre
April 16, 2008. The latest film flick slated to hit the musical stage is a 1992 movie called Pure Country, a story about a country music superstar (played by real country music star George Strait) who yearns for the good old pre-super special stadium extravaganza days. The movie aimed to reprise the success of similar biopics like Falling from Grace starring John Mellencamp The drama such as it was (and still is on DVD) was interspersed with enough country songs to please country music fanatics but probably more than a few too many for everyone else. It was one of those hits that hit home most with Strait's fans. The musical scheduled to premiere on Broadway in the 2008-09 season in a TBA theater and with a TBA cast will will retain its original name, but its score will be eclectic, drawing on the sounds of New and Classic Country, as well as Broadway and Adult Contemporary. · Film and Theater writer and director Peter Masterson (The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas), will direct and co-author the Book. Steve Dorff, who has written nine #1 songs and 15 Top Ten hits will compose the Music. John Bettis, whose songs have sold over 250 million records worldwide is writing the Lyrics. More detailsTBA. April 4, 2008. Can you guess what show is the newest little engine that could? Hint: It first saw life at the New York Music Theatre Festival. It moved from there to the Vineyard theater where it was well received to extend and stir buzz about a Broadway transfer. Yours truly, thought it was fine Off-Broadway but didn't have quite the legs to carry it to the Rialto. Well, I was wrong. The little show is going to hit the boards once again and, yes, on Broadway. The show is [title of show] which will begin previews begin at Lyceum Theatre on July 5, 2008—same cast and creative team as the original— and with an official opening on July 17th. To check out who's in it and what it's about, see our review of the show at the Vineyard here.
April 3, 2008. To support its belief that young people are the future of live theater, Manhattan Theatre Club has launched a new initiative called "30 UNDER 30", which will offer audience members under the age of 30 tickets for just $30 to select performances of all MTC productions The program will also offer young theatergoers a chance to win tickets to opening night performances, signed scripts, and other items. The progra get off the ground with Liz Flahive's From Up Here (see details about the show in our Off-Broadway Listings. To become a member of "The 30 Under 30 Club" go to www.manhattantheatreclub.com/30under30.
March 31, 2008. The fifth season of BRITS OFF BROADWAY, US premieres of UK theater will feature eight productions, three by Scotland's top playwrights and the program's ever musical. The festival will run 4/23/08 through 6/29/08.Wednesday, April 23 and runs through Sunday, June 29. For more details see our Brit Festival 2008 page March 28, 2008. If you're one of those who likes to be in the theater for last performance of long-running shows, you'll want to trade in your ticket for the announced June 1st Rent finale. The closing has now been postponed to September 7th. March 27, 2008.
Second Stage Theatre has announced two plays for its sixth Uptown series:
Carly Mensch's Len, Asleep in Vinyl (May 13-June 22) and Rajiv Joseph's Animals Out of Paper (July 15-Aug. 24). The Mensch play to be directed by Jackson Gay enters on Len, a legendary but disillusioned music producer who has retreated to a cabin in the woods with his mountains of records. His retreat is interrupted by the arrival of his estranged son and an ambitious but self-destructive pop star. Joseph's play will be directed by Giovanna Sardelli. Its about a world renowned origami artist who opens her studio to a teenage prodigy and his school teacher and discovers that life and love can't be neatly arranged into a perfect fold. Bot plays will be
at the McGinn/Cazale Theatre on Broadway at 76th Street (212/ 246-4422). March 26, 2008. A Colorado appeals court ruled on Thursday that smoking by an actor on stage, while possibly important to character and theatrical message, is still banned by the state's two-year-old indoor smoking law.
In upholding a lower court decision a 3-member panel of the Colorado Court of Appeals held that "The smoking ban was not intended to prevent actors from expressing emotion, setting a mood, illustrating a character trait, emphasizing a plot twist or making a political statement." The court added that "smoking, by itself, is not sufficiently expressive to qualify for First Amendment protection."
The decision came as a result of a suit filed by three local theaters over the smoking ban. While New York and many other states ban indoor smoking, including on stage, the ban applies to tobacco, which is why herbal cigarettes i are not considered a violation. That makes Colorado the only state at this time that says it doesn't matter what's being smoked, smoking IS smoking, and this the first ever major legal fight involving smoking on stage. The Appeals Court's argument is that the theaters are in the business of make believe so should be able to figure out ways to make their points without smoking, that as audiences know that shootings are not real, they could accept creative alternatives to lighting up anything. I've long felt that herbal cigarettes, especially when used excessively, might not cause cancer, but can cause nausea and other types of discomfort and that the image of smoking should be avoided whenever possible in order to discourage glamorizing the smoking habit as the movies notoriously used to do.
In the rumor becomes fact department: Horton Foote's Dividing the Estate which premiered at Primary Stages' 59e59 home, will have a second life on Broadway next Fall. It will be presented by Lincoln Center Theater at a TBA Shubert venue with most of the original cast members ion board: Elizabeth Ashley, Hallie Foote, Gerald McRaney, Penny Fuller and Arthur French. It will be a limited run, starting around October.
March 17, 2008. York Theatre Company continues its ongoing Developmental Reading Series with four more new musical readings, open to the general public and admission is free, but with reservationssuggested – jlandsman@yorktheatre.org or calling 212-935-5824 x24.The current schedule of free readings includes:· Silver Spoon (Book by Amy Merrill, Music & Lyrics by Si Kahn) – A romantic musical comedy about a young woman's journey to find herself in 1960s New York City. Thursday, March 19, 2008 at 3:00PM and 7:30 PM
· Monsters (Book by Gail Phaneuf, Music & Lyrics by Ernie Lijoi and Gail Phaneuf) – Samantha's 40th birthday stirs up fears and insecurities that take the form of living monsters in this musical romp. Thursday, March 20, 2008 at 5:00 PM
· Life on the Mississippi (Book & Lyrics by Douglas M. Parker, Music by Denver Casado) – Young Samuel Clemens learns about life, death and love while piloting a riverboat in 1858. Wednesday, April 9, 2008 at 7:30 PM
· Dillinger (Music & Lyrics by Paul Aleman, Book by Joel Gross) – A young reporter goes undercover with gangster John Dillinger, succumbs to his corrupting influence, and falls in love with Dillinger's girl – never realizing that he is part of a deadly plan. Thursday, April 24, 2008 at 7:30 PM
March 17, 2008. PASSING STRANGE will offer a new $25 day-of rush ticket as well as the chance to win show merchandise and the opportunity to text a review into the show's official website (www.PassingStrangeOnBroadway.com) at each and every performance!
March 14, 2008. The first four productions of its 2008/2009 Season season have been announced THREE CHANGES (August 2008) the World Premiere of a new play by Nicky Silver directed by Wilson Milam\.
KINDNESS (Fall 2008)e World Premiere of a new play written and directed by Pulitzer Prize finalist and Obie Award winner Adam Rapp .
PRAYER FOR MY ENEMY (Fall 2008) New York Premiere of a new play by two-time Tony Award nominee, two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist and two-time Obie Award winner Craig Lucas, directed by two-time Tony Award nominee Bartlett Sher .
OUR HOUSE (Winter/Spring 2009) New York Premiere of a new play by Pulitzer Prize finalist Theresa Rebeck.
Two additional productions, as well as casting information, will be announced in the coming months.
March 14, 2008. The $100,000 2008 TONY RANDALL GRANT, presented annually to a Tri-State area non-profit Equity theatre company for the production of a classic play, an adaptation of a classic play or a work inspired by the classics to honor Tony Randall's memory , will go to the RED BULL THEATER for their upcoming production of Thomas Middleton's' WOMEN BEWARE WOMEN opening late 2008.
A $10,000 grant will also be awarded to the Classic Theatre of Harlem for its production of Moliere's TARTUFFE, opening off-Broadway this fall. The Grant beneficiary was selected from a finalist pool of 10 companies by Grant Selection Committee Members Jed Bernstein, Martha Clarke, John Guare, Doug Wright, Jack Klugman, Brian Murray, Laila Robins, and Gary Springer.
March 5, 2008. The Cherry Lane Theatre's Finalists and Mentors for Mentor Project 2008 are as follows: Mentor Project 1 - THE WOODPECKER By Samuel Brett Williams, Mentored by Charles Fuller is a tale of two worlds: the small town of Arkadelphia, Arkansas, and the grim reality of an all too familiar military prison. — showcase production: March 25th – April 5th, 2008
Mentor Project 2: THE YOUNG LEFT By Greg Keller, Mentored by Gretchen Cryer is about the story of Ben and Jonah who have been friends since they were little. It's about love, melancholy, politics, getting old-ish, and why our friends' decisions make us anxious. Showcase production: April 15th- 26th, 2008
Mentor Project 3: JAILBAIT By Deirdre O'Connor, Mentored by Michael Weller is the story of two fifteen year old girls who spend a night at a Boston club posing as college students. When the girls cross paths with two thirty-something men they must decide how far they are willing to go while playing at adulthood. Showcase production: May 6th – 17th, 2008
March 4, 2008. The Broadway League has awarded its coveted New York Education Grants to the Broadway productions of Manhattan Theater Club's Come Back, Little Sheba, by William Inge, and to Lincoln Center Theater's production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific. Each production receives a $5,000 grant towards its 2008 educational initiatives. Students participating in Manhattan Theatre Club's In-School Education Programs will attend an Education Matinee of Come Back, Little Sheba on March 5, 2008. Working with MTC Teaching Artists, students prepare for the performance by studying the themes of the show through hands-on and writing exercises. For many students, the Education Matinee is their first time attending a Broadway show, as well as their first experience with the performing arts. The Family Matinee Series performance will take place on March 8, 2008; to stimulate intergenerational dialogue, students are invited to bring a family member, guardian or mentor of their choice to this event. The student and adult pairs attend a workshop which will aid in their discovery of the rich themes found in the play which they will attend that afternoon.
. This spring, 1,000 students from 15 New York City public high schools will attend Lincoln Center Theater's revival of Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific, the first Broadway revival of this landmark musical. To prepare students for their theatre-going experience, teaching artists will conduct three pre-show workshops in all participating classrooms. Thirty-six teachers will attend four training sessions at LCT and devise lesson plans for their students. A study guide will be developed to assist teachers. The program will teach students about the great American musical art form, as well as the timely themes of war and racism. Not only will Open Stages introduce students to live theatre, it will also introduces students to Lincoln Center, as 46 percent of student participants have never been there.
February 19, 2008. The York Theatre Company is launching the NEO Spotlight Concert series which will showcase songs by emerging writers in musical theatre. The first four concerts scheduled will feature songs by Adam Gwon and Timothy Huang (March 3), Amanda Green (March 10), Joe Iconis (April 21), and the team of Robert Bartley and Daniel Whitman (May 12). All performances will be on Mondays at 7:30 PM at the Theatre at Saint Peter's, 619 Lexington Avenue (on 54th Street, just east of Lexington Avenue). All tickets are $20. For more informationvisit www.yorktheatre.org. All shows will be presented at the Theatre at Saint Peters (54th Street, just East of Lexington Ave). Each show will play five performances: Friday at 8 pm, Saturday at 2:30 pm & 8 pm, and Sunday at 2:30 pm & 7:30 pm. Audience discussions will follow all matinees. Tickets are $35. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.yorktheatre.org or call the York's Box Office at 212-935-5820. Casts and creative teams will be announced shortly.
The York has also announced its Summer 2008 Musicals in Mufti Series, staged concert performances, all with music by two-time Tony nominee Larry Grossman and with lyrics by Hal Hackady , Ellen Fitzhugh) and others: Minnie's Boys from May 30-June 1; Grind from June 13-15; Goodtime Charley from June 27-29 and a new Larry Grossman Revue from July 11-13. Directors and casting TBA. Each show will play five performances: Friday at 8 pm, Saturday at 2:30 pm & 8 pm, and Sunday at 2:30 pm & 7:30 pm. Tickets are $35. Also atSt. Peters.
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Short Term Events June 2 at 7pm, Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College, East 68 Street, between Park and Lexington Avenues. will present Rachel and Juliet, a solo work-in-progress, written and performed by Lynn Redgrave as a tribute to her mother, the actress Rachel Kempson, and her mother’s lifelong love of and devotion to the role of Juliet. Tickets, priced at $25-$45, at (212) 772-4448. June 1, 7pm at Columbia University’s Miller Theatre, 2960 Broadway at 116th Street. The World Science Festival ( www.worldsciencefestival.com ) will present the world premiere staging of Dear Albert, a new work written by Alan Alda. This humorous and provocative reading of selections from the letters of Albert Einstein, his wives and his friends, will star TAnthony LaPaglia and will be directed by T Daniel Sullivan. Tickets are $40. June 16, 2008. The Broadway Musicals of 1979. Three of the four leads from the cult favorite musical, Side Show, will be in the concert including Alice Ripley and Emily Skinner (the latter also directing the show). They will be joined by Jeff McCarthy. Noah Racey will provide the dance. At the Town Hall 123 West 43rd Street, 212-840-2824. |
