FEINSTEIN’S AT LOEWS REGENCY, the nightclub proclaimed “Best of New York” by New York Magazine and “an invaluable New York institution” by The New York Post will continue its Spring 2012 season with the debut of Broadway and Hollywood legend, JANIS PAIGE for two nights only on May 20 and May 21. For her one-woman show, Paige shares favorite songs and recounts tales from her lifetime in show business — from achieving a dream of Hollywood stardom to her leading roles on Broadway, the famous people who influenced her life and career, her personal and professional triumphs, and the losses and laughs of a long and highly-successful career. A veteran of the stage and screen, Ms. Paige takes her audience along for a revealing, poignant, witty and unforgettable journey. Ms. Paige will appear for two shows only at the Loews Regency Hotel (540 Park Avenue at 61st Street).

JANIS PAIGE is the consummate entertainer, whose career spans every facet of show business, from film and theater to television and nightclubs. She’s made her mark from Hollywood to Broadway and countless cities in between, stealing the hearts of millions in hundreds of performances and appearances over seven decades. Ms. Paige’s film career includes critically-acclaimed turns opposite Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse in Silk Stockings, and a flashy role in the comedy Please Don’t Eat the Daises. She co-starred in films including Bachelor in Paradise, Romance on the High Seas, The Caretakers, and Follow the Boys, Welcome to Hard Times, starring opposite film greats like Bob Hope, Doris Day, Lana Turner, Joan Crawford, David Niven and Henry Fonda.

Her first Broadway hit came in 1951, when she starred opposite Jackie Cooper in the Lindsay and Crouse comedy, Remains to Be Seen. Three years later, she returned to Broadway in the Tony Award winning musicalThe Pajama Game, followed by Meredith Willson’s Here’s Love. She then garnered rave reviews after replacing Angela Lansbury in the smash hit musical, Mame. Ms. Paige has enjoyed a thriving cabaret career, headlining major nightclubs and supper clubs around the country with the likes of Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Alan King, Joe E. Lewis, Milton Berle, Liberace, Tony Bennett, Vic Damone, Dinah Shore, and many more.

Ms. Paige starred in her own television series, “It’s Always Jan” (1955-1956), co-starred with Richard Crenna and Bernadette Peters in “All’s Fair (1976),” starred as Art Carney’s wife in the Mystery Movie Theater series“Lanigan’s Rabbi” (1977), as Dick Van Patten’s sister on the beloved family series “Eight Is Enough” (1977-1980), and the sitcom “Baby Makes Five” (1983) starring Peter Scolari. Her guest turn on “All In The Family”(1976- 1978) as the sultry waitress who almost tempted Archie Bunker into an extra marital affair created such a stir with viewers that she was called back to reprise the role. In the last season of “Trapper John, M.D.”(1986), she played a recurring role as the beautiful and mature hospital administrator, Catherine Hackett.

FEINSTEIN’S AT LOEWS REGENCY will present JANIS PAIGE on Sunday, May 20 and Monday, May 21 at 8:00 PM. All shows have a $40.00 cover with $60.00 premium seats available. In addition, there is a $25.00 food and beverage minimum. Jackets are suggested but not required. The club is located at 540 Park Avenue at 61st Street in New York City. For ticket reservations and club information, please call (212) 339-4095 or visit us online at Feinsteinsatloewsregency.com and TicketWeb.com.

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UPDATED 2012 SCHEDULE

NELLIE McKAY

“Silent Spring – It’s Not Nice To Fool Mother Nature”

March 20 – 31

MARILYN MAYE

April 24 – May 5

NICOLE HENRY

“So Good, So Right” – Standards of the 1970s

May 8 – 12

SHEERA BEN-DAVID

“After The Rain”

May 15 – 19

JENNIFER SHEEHAN

“I Know A Place – A Night In The Sensational 60s”

May 23 – June 2

PETER ASHER

“A Musical Memoir of the 60s and Beyond” – Return Engagement!

June 19 – 23

JACK JONES

June 26 – 30

WILL & ANTHONY NUNZIATA

“Make Someone Happy” – CD Release Engagement

July 10 – 14

REBECCA KILGORE & THE HARRY ALLEN QUARTET

July 31 – August 11

ARBORS RECORDS presents

HARRY ALLEN’S MONDAY NIGHT JAZZ

Mondays, April 2, May 7, June 4, July 9 and August 6

PETER MINTUN

“Mintun Monday Nights”

Mondays, March 19, April 16, May 21, June 18 at 10:30 PM

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SPECIAL CONCERT SERIES

MAGICAL NIGHTS AT FEINSTEIN’S

New York’s Top Magicians come to Feinstein’s

Every Sunday Night

Scott Siegel’s

BROADWAY BALLYHOO

A one hour musical revue with the top talents of Broadway – A new show every week

Thursday nights at 11:00 PM

Daniel Nardicio and Thirsty Girl’s

DOWNTOWN SERIES

Lance Horne & The Salon for Fools – Sunday, April 1

AMRA FAYE-WRIGHT

“Sittin’ On Top of The World”

Tuesday, April 3 and Thursday, April 5

CAROLINE JONES

“Dance With Me”

Wednesday, April 4

HEDDA LETTUCE

Saturday, April 7

LILIANE MONTEVECCHI

Monday, April 9

ROCK TALK

presents

THE DOO WOP PROJECT

Sunday, April 15

MELISA KAUSNER

“You and I”

Monday, April 16

VIVIAN SESSOMS

Sunday, April 22

JOHN MALINO BAND

Monday, April 23

BRYAN REEDER TRIO

“The Standards We Play”

Wednesdays, May 2 and June 6 at 10:30 PM

PEGGY HERMAN

“It’s Today” – CD Release Event

The Music of Jerry Herman

Sunday, June 6

MELANIE STACE

“Sirens of the Silver Screen”

Sunday, June 3 and Monday, June 4

Michael Feinstein presents

ALIX GETLIN

“You’re Gonna Hear From Me”

Monday, June 17

KAYE BALLARD

“Maybe This Time”

Sunday, June 17

MICHAEL FREDO

Wednesdays, June 20 and July 18 at 10:30 P

Philip Seymour Hoffman, currently in rehearsal for the role of Willy Loman in Arthur Miller’s DEATH OF A SALESMAN, was nominated today for a British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Award for Supporting Actor for The Ides of March.    The winners in 24 categories will be announced at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden in London on February 12. 

Arthur Miller’s Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece DEATH OF A SALESMAN, in a new production directed by eight-time Tony Award^® winner Mike Nichols, stars Academy Award^® winnerPhilip Seymour Hoffman as Willy Loman, Obie Award winner Linda Emond as Linda Loman and Andrew Garfield (The Social Network, The Amazing Spider-Man), making his Broadway debut as Biff Loman. The strictly limited 16-week engagement opens Thursday, March 15, 2012 at the Barrymore Theatre (243 West 47^th Street, between Broadway and Eighth Avenue).  Previews begin Monday, February 13. For tickets, visit Telecharge.com or call 212-239-6200.

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DEATH OF A SALESMAN originally opened on February 10, 1949 at the Morosco Theatre.   Hailed as a masterwork of modern American drama, it won six Tony Awards, including Best Play, the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play, the first play to ever win all three awards.

DEATH OF A SALESMAN will also feature Finn Wittrock as Happy, Fran Kranz as Bernard, Bill Camp as Charley, John Glover as Ben, Remy Auberjonois as Howard Wagner, Glenn Fleshler as Stanley,Stephanie Janssen as Miss Forsythe, Kathleen McNenny as Jenny, Elizabeth Morton as Letta and Molly Price as The Woman.

Philip Seymour Hoffman returns to Broadway for the first time since his critically acclaimed, Tony-nominated performance in Eugene O’Neill’s Long Day’s Journey into Night in 2003.  He also received a Tony Award nomination in 2000 for his performance in Sam Shepard’s True West.  His Off-Broadway credits include The Seagull at the NYSF/Delacorte Theatre (dir: Mike Nichols), Othello, The Merchant of Venice, Shopping and Fucking, Defying Gravity and The Author’s Voice.  As co-artistic director of the LAByrinth Theatre Company, he has directed productions of Stephen Adly Guirgis’ Jesus Hopped the A Train, Our Lady of 121^st Street, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot and The Little Flower of East Orange, and also starred in and directed Jack Goes Boating.   He won the 2005 Academy Award and Golden Globe Award, among other honors for Capote.   His film credits also include Boogie Nights, Happiness, Magnolia, The Talented Mr. Ripley, State and Main, Almost Famous, Cold Mountain, Charlie Wilson’s War (dir: Mike Nichols), Doubt (Academy Award nomination), Jack Goes Boating, Moneyball, The Ides of March and the upcoming The Master, among others. 

Linda Emond’s Broadway credits include Life x 3 (Tony nomination) and 1776.  Off-Broadway, she has appeared in The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Tony Kushner’s The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures and Homebody/Kabul, along with premieres of works by Craig Lucas, Yazmina Reza, Kander & Ebb, A.R. Gurney and Peter Hedges.  Her film work includes Julie & Julia, The Loop, The Missing Person, Stop-Loss, Trade, Across the Universe, North Country, Dark Water, The Dying Gaul and City by the Sea.  TV credits include “Georgia O’Keefe,” “A Dog Named Christmas,” “American Experience: John & Abigail Adams,” and episodes of “The Good Wife,” “The Sopranos,” “Wonderland,” “Gossip Girl” and all four “Law & Order” series.

Andrew Garfield received BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations for his breakout performance as Eduardo Saverin in The Social Network and stars as Peter Parker in the summer 2012 release, The Amazing Spider-Man.  His other film credits include Lions for Lambs, The Other Boleyn Girl, The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus and Never Let Me Go.  TV credits include “Doctor Who,” “Freezing,” “Bash,” “Red Riding”.   Garfield has appeared on stage in England with the Royal National Theatre, Soho Theatre Company and Manchester Royal Exchange and will make his Broadway debut in DEATH OF A SALESMAN.

Mike Nichols has been one of the leading directors of stage and screen for more than 40 years.  His Broadway directing credits include Barefoot in the Park, Luv, The Odd Couple, Plaza Suite, The Prisoner of Second Avenue, The Real Thing and Spamalot, for all of which he was awarded the Tony for Best Direction. Film credits include Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf; The Graduate (Academy Award for Best Direction); Catch 22; Carnal Knowledge; Silkwood; Working Girl; Postcards From the Edge; Regarding Henry; The Birdcage; Primary Colors; Closer and Charlie Wilson’s War and for HBO “Wit” and “Angels in America.”

The production will feature a recreation of the original ground-breaking and Tony Award-winning scenic design by Jo Mielziner, with costume design by Academy Award winner and five-time Tony Award nomineeAnn Roth, lighting by five-time Tony Award-winner Brian MacDevitt and sound design by Tony Award-winner Scott Lehrer.  Music is by Alex North.

DEATH OF A SALESMAN will be produced on Broadway by Scott Rudin, Stuart Thompson, Jon B. Platt, Columbia Pictures, Jean Doumanian, Merritt Forrest Baer, Roger Berlind, Scott M. Delman, Sonia Friedman, Ruth Hendel, Carl Moellenberg, Scott & Brian Zeilinger and Eli Bush.

Tickets are available at Telecharge.com or by calling 212-239-6200

www.DeathofaSalesmanBroadway.com

Philip Seymour Hoffman, currently in rehearsal for the role of Willy Loman in Arthur Miller’s DEATH OF A SALESMAN, was nominated today for a British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Award for Supporting Actor for The Ides of March.    The winners in 24 categories will be announced at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden in London on February 12. 

Arthur Miller’s Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece DEATH OF A SALESMAN, in a new production directed by eight-time Tony Award^® winner Mike Nichols, stars Academy Award^® winnerPhilip Seymour Hoffman as Willy Loman, Obie Award winner Linda Emond as Linda Loman and Andrew Garfield (The Social Network, The Amazing Spider-Man), making his Broadway debut as Biff Loman. The strictly limited 16-week engagement opens Thursday, March 15, 2012 at the Barrymore Theatre (243 West 47^th Street, between Broadway and Eighth Avenue).  Previews begin Monday, February 13. For tickets, visit Telecharge.com or call 212-239-6200.

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DEATH OF A SALESMAN originally opened on February 10, 1949 at the Morosco Theatre.   Hailed as a masterwork of modern American drama, it won six Tony Awards, including Best Play, the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play, the first play to ever win all three awards.

DEATH OF A SALESMAN will also feature Finn Wittrock as Happy, Fran Kranz as Bernard, Bill Camp as Charley, John Glover as Ben, Remy Auberjonois as Howard Wagner, Glenn Fleshler as Stanley,Stephanie Janssen as Miss Forsythe, Kathleen McNenny as Jenny, Elizabeth Morton as Letta and Molly Price as The Woman.

Philip Seymour Hoffman returns to Broadway for the first time since his critically acclaimed, Tony-nominated performance in Eugene O’Neill’s Long Day’s Journey into Night in 2003.  He also received a Tony Award nomination in 2000 for his performance in Sam Shepard’s True West.  His Off-Broadway credits include The Seagull at the NYSF/Delacorte Theatre (dir: Mike Nichols), Othello, The Merchant of Venice, Shopping and Fucking, Defying Gravity and The Author’s Voice.  As co-artistic director of the LAByrinth Theatre Company, he has directed productions of Stephen Adly Guirgis’ Jesus Hopped the A Train, Our Lady of 121^st Street, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot and The Little Flower of East Orange, and also starred in and directed Jack Goes Boating.   He won the 2005 Academy Award and Golden Globe Award, among other honors for Capote.   His film credits also include Boogie Nights, Happiness, Magnolia, The Talented Mr. Ripley, State and Main, Almost Famous, Cold Mountain, Charlie Wilson’s War (dir: Mike Nichols), Doubt (Academy Award nomination), Jack Goes Boating, Moneyball, The Ides of March and the upcoming The Master, among others. 

Linda Emond’s Broadway credits include Life x 3 (Tony nomination) and 1776.  Off-Broadway, she has appeared in The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, Tony Kushner’s The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures and Homebody/Kabul, along with premieres of works by Craig Lucas, Yazmina Reza, Kander & Ebb, A.R. Gurney and Peter Hedges.  Her film work includes Julie & Julia, The Loop, The Missing Person, Stop-Loss, Trade, Across the Universe, North Country, Dark Water, The Dying Gaul and City by the Sea.  TV credits include “Georgia O’Keefe,” “A Dog Named Christmas,” “American Experience: John & Abigail Adams,” and episodes of “The Good Wife,” “The Sopranos,” “Wonderland,” “Gossip Girl” and all four “Law & Order” series.

Andrew Garfield received BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations for his breakout performance as Eduardo Saverin in The Social Network and stars as Peter Parker in the summer 2012 release, The Amazing Spider-Man.  His other film credits include Lions for Lambs, The Other Boleyn Girl, The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus and Never Let Me Go.  TV credits include “Doctor Who,” “Freezing,” “Bash,” “Red Riding”.   Garfield has appeared on stage in England with the Royal National Theatre, Soho Theatre Company and Manchester Royal Exchange and will make his Broadway debut in DEATH OF A SALESMAN.

Mike Nichols has been one of the leading directors of stage and screen for more than 40 years.  His Broadway directing credits include Barefoot in the Park, Luv, The Odd Couple, Plaza Suite, The Prisoner of Second Avenue, The Real Thing and Spamalot, for all of which he was awarded the Tony for Best Direction. Film credits include Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf; The Graduate (Academy Award for Best Direction); Catch 22; Carnal Knowledge; Silkwood; Working Girl; Postcards From the Edge; Regarding Henry; The Birdcage; Primary Colors; Closer and Charlie Wilson’s War and for HBO “Wit” and “Angels in America.”

The production will feature a recreation of the original ground-breaking and Tony Award-winning scenic design by Jo Mielziner, with costume design by Academy Award winner and five-time Tony Award nomineeAnn Roth, lighting by five-time Tony Award-winner Brian MacDevitt and sound design by Tony Award-winner Scott Lehrer.  Music is by Alex North.

DEATH OF A SALESMAN will be produced on Broadway by Scott Rudin, Stuart Thompson, Jon B. Platt, Columbia Pictures, Jean Doumanian, Merritt Forrest Baer, Roger Berlind, Scott M. Delman, Sonia Friedman, Ruth Hendel, Carl Moellenberg, Scott & Brian Zeilinger and Eli Bush.

Tickets are available at Telecharge.com or by calling 212-239-6200

www.DeathofaSalesmanBroadway.com

All photos by Michael J. Lutch

The Gershwins’ PORGY AND BESS, which began previews on Saturday, December 17th, opens tonight, Thursday, January 12th, 2012 at the Richard Rodgers Theatre (226 West 46th Street, between 8th Avenue and Broadway). Tickets are on sale at Ticketmaster.com or by calling 877-250-2929 or by clicking the link below

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The cast includes Audra McDonald as Bess, Norm Lewis as Porgy, David Alan Grier as Sporting Life, Phillip Boykin as Crown, Nikki Renée Daniels as Clara, Joshua Henry as Jake, Christopher Innvar as Detective, Bryonha Marie Parham as Serena and NaTasha Yvette Williams as Mariah, as well as Allison Blackwell, Roosevelt André Credit, Trevon Davis, Joseph Dellger, Wilkie Ferguson, Carmen Ruby Floyd, Heather Hill, David Hughey, Andrea Jones-Sojola, Alicia Hall Moran, Cedric Neal, Phumzile Sojola, Nathaniel Stampley, Julius Thomas III, J.D. Webster and Lisa Nicole Wilkerson

The Gershwins’ PORGY AND BESS comes to Broadway in a stunning and stirring new staging, featuring such legendary songs as “Summertime,” “It Ain’t Necessarily So,” and “I Got Plenty of Nothing,” plus a remarkable cast led by four-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald (Ragtime, “Private Practice”), Drama Desk nominee Norm Lewis (Les Misérables, Sondheim on Sondheim) and two-time Tony nominee David Alan Grier (Race, “In Living Color”). The classic story by DuBose and Dorothy Heyward is set in Charleston’s fabled Catfish Row, where the beautiful Bess struggles to break free from her scandalous past, and the only one who can rescue her is the crippled but courageous Porgy. Threatened by her formidable former lover Crown, and the seductive enticements of the colorful troublemaker Sporting Life, Porgy and Bess’ relationship evolves into a deep romance that triumphs as one of theater’s most exhilarating love stories

Our Review Will Be Available Soon.

Following its sold-out world premiere engagement at Boston’s American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.), one of Broadway’s most accomplished creative teams, led by Tony-nominated director Diane Paulus(Hair), Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks (Topdog/Underdog), and two-time Obie Award-winning composer Diedre L. Murray (Running Man), now brings George and Ira Gershwin’s legendary masterwork to the Broadway stage for the first time in more than 35 years.

The creative team also includes choreographer Ronald K. Brown, set designer Riccardo Hernandez, costume designer ESosa, lighting designer Christopher Akerlind and sound designer Acme Sound Partners.

The Gershwins’ PORGY AND BESS is produced on Broadway by Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel and Rebecca Gold.

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Best known for his record-setting performances as the Phantom in The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway, Howard McGillin has enjoyed a varied career on both Broadway and London stages. Mr. McGillin, has a winning way with his audience and a lovely and cultured tenor voice that has made him the quintessential leading man in theatre.

At his eagerly awaited Oak Room debut, (From September 13-24),  McGillin presented an evening of love songs that aptly answered the question, “Isn’t It Romantic?” Howard offers a program, with appealing patter, that explores a variety of romantic experiences, highlighted by a rendition of “All The Things You Are,” (Jerome Kern/Oscar Hammerstein II) that was simple and without embellishments, proving that a great song needs nothing more than to be sung with sensitivity to make its point.

A combined arrangement of “A Foggy Day IN LONDON TOWN” (George and Ira Gershwin) and the lovely “A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square” (Eric Maschwitz; Manning Sherwin; Jack Strachey)  gives Howard the opportunity to fill us in on his adventures, when living in London, and a neat duo pairing, a rollicking “SHE LOVES ME” (Sheldon Harnick; Jerry Bock) with a subtle version of “Dear Friend” (Sheldon Harnick; Jerry Bock) from the same show, allows Mr. McGillin to demonstrate his dramatic range and vocal finesse.

The high point of the evening was a stunning rendering of “Putting It Together” (Stephen Sondheim) that was eclipsed by the beyond-beautiful “Good Thing Going” (Stephen Sondheim), demonstrating that some of the best theater songs come from shows that are less than memorable.

“Time” (Barry Kleinbort; Joseph Thalken), offered an appealing contemporary touch, while “Two For The Road” (Henry Mancini; Leslie Bricusse) was the perfect encore.

Beautifully accompanied by Joseph Thalken at the piano and Richard Sarpola on bass, Howard McGillin is easy to like, easy to listen to and brings a thoroughly pleasant evening of entertainment to the Algonquin’s legendary Oak Room.  

Shows are Tuesday through Thursday at 8:30 pm and Friday and Saturday at 8:30 and 11 pm. There is a $50 cover charge plus either a $60 dinner at 7 or $30 food and beverage minimum. Reservations: 212 419 9331 or bmcgurn@algonquinhotel.com.

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He appeared in Stephen Sondheim’s musical, Bounce, in its world premiere at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago and later in the Kennedy Center run in Washington, D. C. (Helen Hayes Award nomination.) Other leading roles on Broadway have included She Loves Me, The Kiss of the Spider Woman, Anything Goes (Tony and Drama Desk nominations), The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Tony and Drama Desk nominations), Theatre World Award) and Sunday in the Park with George. On London’s West End, Howard starred in Mack and Mabel and Anything Goes.

He was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for his New York theatrical debut in the New York Shakespeare Festival’s production of LaBoheme. He has sung on concert stages around the world from Carnegie Hall to Kennedy Center to the Israel Philharmonic Hall in Tel Aviv. In addition to having recorded many books on tape and narrated numerous episodes of Nature for PBS, Howard has also provided voices for the animated feature films South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut and The Swan Princess. His solo CD, :”Howard McGillin: Where Time Stands Still,” is available online at www.cdbaby.com.

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Howard McGillin

Oak Room Song List

September 13, 2011

I Love To Sing-A (Harold Arlen/ Yip Harburg)

All The Things You Are/ Isn’t It Romantic

Jerome Kern/Oscar Hammerstein II * Richard Rodgers/Lorenz Hart)

The Big Time! (Jerry Herman)

The Not-So Big Time

Che gelida manina (Giacomo Puccini)

Putting It Together (Stephen Sondheim)

Good Thing Going (Stephen Sondheim)

A Foggy Day IN LONDON TOWN (George and Ira Gershwin)

A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square (Eric Maschwitz; Manning Sherwin; Jack Strachey)

Laura, Laura (Amanda Green;Tom Kitt)

ISN’T THIS A LOVELY DAY TO BE CAUGHT IN THE RAIN? (Irving Berlin)

Time (Barry Kleinbort; Joseph Thalken)

SHE LOVES ME (Sheldon Harnick; Jerry Bock)

Dear Friend (Sheldon Harnick; Jerry Bock)

HAVEN’T MET YOU YET

(Michael Bublé; Alan Chang; Amy Foster-Gillies)

How ‘Ya Gonna Keep ‘Em Down On The Farm?

(Walter Donaldson; Sam Lewis; Joe Young)

Two For The Road (Henry Mancini; Leslie Bricusse)

(Encore):

Secret O’ Life (James Taylor)

*Current as of September 7, 2011

(Please note that this document will be updated as new information becomes available.)

SEPTEMBER 2011

Broadway

FOLLIES

Now Playing

Opens: September 12, 2011

Limited Engagement

Marquis Theatre (1535 Broadway)

Off-Broadway

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DREAMS OF FLYING DREAMS OF FALLING

Previews: Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Opens: Monday, October 3, 2011

Limited Engagement through Sunday, October 23, 2011

Atlantic Theater Company at Classic Stage Company (136 East 13^th Street)

Broadway

MAN AND BOY

Previews: Friday, September 9, 2011

Opens: Sunday, October 9, 2011

Limited Engagement

Roundabout Theatre Company’s American Airlines Theatre (227 West 42^nd Street)

Worldwide Event

NT LIVE – SEASON THREE

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011: ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS

OCTOBER 6, 2011: THE KITCHEN

DECEMBER 1, 2011: COLLABORATORS

MARCH 1, 2012: The COMEDY OF ERRORS

Broadway

“8”

One night only staged reading: Monday, September 19, 2011

Staged reading benefit

Eugene O’Neill Theatre (230 West 49^th Street)

Broadway

RELATIVELY SPEAKING: THREE ONE-ACT COMEDIES BY ETHAN COEN, ELAINE MAY AND WOODY ALLEN

Previews: Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Opens: Thursday, October 20, 2011

Brooks Atkinson Theatre (256 West 47 Street)

Off-Broadway

WE LIVE HERE

Previews: Thursday, September 22, 2011

Opens: Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Limited Engagement

Manhattan Theatre Club at New York City Center – Stage 1 (131 West 55^th Street)

Off-Broadway

SONS OF THE PROPHET

Previews: Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Opens: Thursday, October 20, 2011

Limited Engagement

Roundabout Theatre Company’s Laura Pels Theatre (Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre;

111 West 46^th Street)

OCTOBER 2011

Broadway

VENUS IN FUR

Previews: Thursday, October 13, 2011

Opens: Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Limited Engagement through Sunday, December 18, 2011 only

Manhattan Theatre Club’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (261 West 47^th Street)

Off-Broadway

SUICIDE, INCORPORATED

Previews: Friday, October 14, 2011

Opens: Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Limited Engagement

Roundabout Theatre Company’s Black Box Theatre (Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre;

111 West 46^th Street)

NOVEMBER 2011

Broadway

PRIVATE LIVES

Previews: Sunday, November 6, 2011

Opens: Thursday, November 17, 2011

Limited Engagement

Music Box Theatre (239 West 45^th Street)

Broadway

AN EVENING WITH PATTI LUPONE AND MANDY PATINKIN

Previews: November 16, 2011

Opening: November 21, 2011

Limited engagement through Friday, January 13, 2012

Barrymore Theatre, (243 West 47^th Street)

Off-Broadway

HAPPY HOUR

Previews: Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Opens: Monday, December 5, 2011

Limited Engagement through Sunday, January 1, 2012

Atlantic Theater Company at Signature Theatre Company’s Peter Norton Space (555 West 42nd Street)

Broadway

STICK FLY

Previews: Friday, November 18, 2011

Opens: Thursday, December 8, 2011

Cort Theatre (138 West 48^th Street)

DECEMBER 2011

Off-Broadway

CLOSE UP SPACE

Previews: Thursday, December 1, 2011

Opens: Monday, December 19, 2011

Limited Engagement

Manhattan Theatre Club at New York City Center – Stage 1 (131 West 55^th Street)

Broadway

THE ROAD TO MECCA

Previews: Friday, December 16, 2011

Opens: Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Limited Engagement

Roundabout Theatre Company’s American Airlines Theatre (227 West 42^nd Street)

JANUARY 2012

Off-Broadway

CQ/CX

Previews: Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Opens: Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Limited Engagement through Sunday, March 11, 2012

Atlantic Theater Company at Signature Theatre Company’s Peter Norton Space (555 West 42nd Street)

Broadway

WIT

Previews: Thursday, January 5, 2012

Opens: Thursday, January 26, 2012

Limited Engagement

Manhattan Theatre Club’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (261 West 47^th Street)

Off-Broadway

The Bridge Project’s RICHARD III

Previews begin: January 10, 2012

Limited Engagement ends: March 4, 2012

Brooklyn Academy of Music (651 Fulton Street)

Off-Broadway

LOOK BACK IN ANGER

Previews: Friday, January 13, 2012

Opens: Thursday, February 2, 2012

Limited Engagement

Roundabout Theatre Company’s Laura Pels Theatre (Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre;

111 West 46^th Street)

SPRING 2012

Off-Broadway

REGRETS

Previews: Thursday, March 1, 2012

Opens: Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Limited Engagement

Manhattan Theatre Club at New York City Center – Stage 1 (131 West 55^th Street)

Broadway

NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT

Previews: March 2012

Opens: April 2012

Theatre TBD

Broadway

THE COLUMNIST

Previews: Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Opens: Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Limited Engagement

Manhattan Theatre Club’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (261 West 47^th Street)

Off-Broadway

CHIMICHANGAS AND ZOLOFT

Previews: Spring 2012

Opens: Spring 2012

Limited Engagement

Atlantic Theater Company at Atlantic Stage 2 (330 West 16^th Street)

Off-Broadway

Signature Theatre Company’s Residency One Playwright, ATHOL FUGARD

Series begins: Spring 2012

Productions to be announced at a later date

Signature Center (480 West 42^nd Street)

Off-Broadway

SLEEPING DEMON

Previews: Spring 2012

Opens: Spring 2012

Limited Engagement

Atlantic Theater Company at the Linda Gross Theater (336 West 20^th Street)

Broadway

FOLLIES

The Kennedy Center’s critically-acclaimed production of James Goldman and Stephen Sondheim’s FOLLIES is now playing on Broadway for a limited engagement. Starring Bernadette Peters, Jan Maxwell, Danny Burstein, Ron Raines and Elaine Paige, FOLLIES is directed by Eric Schaeffer, with choreography by Warren Carlyle and music direction by James Moore. The production also stars Don Correia as Theodore Whitman, Christian Delcroix as Young Buddy, Grammy & Emmy Award winner Rosalind Elias as Heidi Schiller, Colleen Fitzpatrick as Dee Dee West, Lora Lee Gayer as Young Sally, Michael Hayes as Roscoe, Leah Horowitz as Young Heidi, Tony Award nominee Jayne Houdyshell as Hattie Walker, Florence Lacey as Sandra Crane, Tony Award nominee Mary Beth Peil as Solange LaFitte, David Sabin as Dimitri Weismann, Kirsten Scott as Young Phyllis, Frederick Strother as Max Deems, Nick Verina as Young Ben, Tony Award nominee Susan Watson as Emily Whitman and Terri White as Stella Deems. When former members of the “Weismann Follies” reunite on the eve of their theater’s demolition, two couples remember their past and face the harsher realities of the present. Reminiscing of their younger selves and the years gone by, the crumbling theater brings back memories for both couples of good times and bad. FOLLIES echoes the songs, exuberance and romance of the vaudeville days between the two World Wars. The score features some of Stephen Sondheim’s best-known songs, including “Broadway Baby,” “I’m Still Here,” “Too Many Mornings,” “Could I Leave You?” and “Losing My Mind.”

Now Playing / Opens September 12, 2011 / Limited Engagement

Marquis Theatre (1535 Broadway)

Contact: Adrian Bryan-Brown / Heath Schwartz / Michael Strassheim

Off-Broadway

DREAMS OF FLYING DREAMS OF FALLING

Something is not right in the world. The sky is a strange color, and there are geese bombarding the Connecticut home of Sandra and Bertram Cabot. In this surreal new play, Adam Rapp lifts the veil on the lives of two wealthy American families, and shows us how even the most polished among us can behave like animals.

Previews begin September 13, 2011 / Opens October 3, 2011 / Limited Engagement

Atlantic Theater Company at Classic Stage Company (136 East 13^th Street)

Contact: Chris Boneau / Joe Perrotta / Kelly Guiod

Broadway

MAN AND BOY

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) presents three-time Tony Award^® winner Frank Langella as “Gregor Antonescu” in Terence Rattigan’s drama MAN AND BOY, directed by Maria Aitken. The cast will also feature Adam Driver, Francesca Faridany, Zach Grenier, Brian Hutchison, Virginia Kull & Michael Siberry. At the height of the Great Depression, ruthless financier Gregor Antonescu’s (Langella) business is dangerously close to crumbling. In order to escape the wolves at his door, Gregor tracks down his estranged son Basil in the hopes of using his Greenwich Village apartment as a base to make a company-saving deal. Can this reunion help them reconcile? Or will this corrupt father use his only son as a pawn in one last power play? MAN AND BOY is a gripping story about family, success and what we’re willing to sacrifice for both.

Previews begin September 9, 2011 / Opens October 9, 2011 / Limited Engagement

Roundabout Theatre Company’s American Airlines Theatre (227 West 42^nd Street)

Contact: Adrian Bryan-Brown / Matt Polk / Jessica Johnson / Amy Kass

Worldwide Event

NATIONAL THEATRE’S NT LIVE

The National Theatre presents the third season of National Theatre Live (NT LIVE), a successful initiative to broadcast live performances from the National’s stages to cinemas worldwide. Since its first season, which began in June 2009 with the acclaimed production of Phédre starring Helen Mirren, over half a million people have now experienced the National’s acclaimed work on movie screens around the world. NT Live’s season three will launch in Fall 2011. Season three titles include: One Man, Two Guvnors, The Kitchen, Collaborators, The Comedy of Errors.

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011: ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS, directed by Nicholas Hytner, starring James Corden.

OCTOBER 6, 2011: THE KITCHEN, by Arnold Wesker, directed by Bijan Sheibani, featuring an ensemble cast of 29 actors.

DECEMBER 1, 2011: COLLABORATORS, a new play by John Hodge (screenwriter of Trainspotting, Shallow Grave, The Beach) directed by Nicholas Hytner, starring Alex Jennings and Simon Russell Beale.

MARCH 1, 2012: Shakespeare’s The COMEDY OF ERRORS directed by Dominic Cooke, starring the hugely popular comedian and actor Lenny Henry making his NT debut.

More titles to be announced soon.

Contact: Adrian Bryan-Brown / Jessica Johnson

Broadway

“8”

“8,” a new play chronicling the historic trial in the federal legal challenge to California’s Proposition 8, written by American Foundation for Equal Rights (AFER) Founding Board Member and Academy-Award winning writer Dustin Lance Black and directed by Tony Award-winning actor and director Joe Mantello, will have its world premiere on Broadway in an exclusive, one night only fundraiser to benefit AFER at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre on Monday, September 19, 2011. The all-star cast will include Anthony Edwards, Morgan Freeman, Cheyenne Jackson, Christine Lahti, Rob Reiner, Yeardley Smith and Marisa Tomei. Additional casting will be announced soon.

“8” is an unprecedented account of the Federal District Court trial of Perry v. Schwarzenegger, the case filed by AFER to overturn Prop. 8, which eliminated the right to marry for gay and lesbian couples in California.

Black, who penned the Academy-Award winning feature film Milk, based “8” on the actual words of the trial transcripts, first-hand observations of the courtroom drama and interviews with the plaintiffs and their families. The all-star cast will play the roles of the legal team, plaintiffs and witnesses for both sides of the historic Prop 8 case.

Following the New York debut on September 19, AFER and fellow producer Broadway Impact will license “8” to schools and community organizations nationwide in order to spur action, dialogue and understanding. AFER and Broadway Impact will help produce these staged readings across the country, so that “8” will live on beyond its September premiere.

One night only staged reading benefit / Monday, September 19, 2011

Eugene O’Neill Theatre (230 West 49^th Street)

Contact: Chris Boneau / Michael Strassheim

Broadway

RELATIVELY SPEAKING

The world premiere of RELATIVELY SPEAKING, three one-act comedies by the prolific writing trio of Ethan Coen, Elaine May and Woody Allen, will star an ensemble cast featuring Caroline Aaron, Bill Army, Katherine Borowitz, Lisa Emery, Ari Graynor, Steve Guttenberg, Danny Hoch, Julie Kavner, Jason Kravits, Richard Libertini, Mark Linn-Baker, Fred Melamed, Patricia O’Connell, Grant Shaud, Marlo Thomas, directed by John Turturro. RELATIVELY SPEAKING is comprised of three comedies each springing from a different branch of the family tree. In Talking Cure, Ethan Coen uncovers the sort of insanity than can only come from family. In George is Dead, Elaine May explores the hilarity of death. And in Honeymoon Motel, Woody Allen invites you to the sort of wedding day you won’t forget. RELATIVELY SPEAKING is produced by Julian Schlossberg and Letty Aronson and co-produced by Edward Walson, Leroy Schecter and Roy Furman.

Previews begin September 20, 2011 / Opens October 20, 2011

Brooks Atkinson Theatre (256 West 47 Street)

Contact: Chris Boneau / Joe Perrotta / Kelly Guiod

Off-Broadway

WE LIVE HERE

Zoe Kazan, one of New York’s most acclaimed young actors, returns to Manhattan Theatre Club for her New York playwriting debut with this world premiere MTC-commissioned play — an incisive and beautifully rendered portrait of a contemporary family coming together through grief and celebration. Directing this world premiere is Obie Award winner Sam Gold.

Allie Bateman’s wedding is Sunday. When Dinah, her precocious younger sister, returns to their parents’ home for the festivities, she brings more than anyone expected: a new boyfriend, whose hidden history resurrects passions and painful memories for the whole family. Over one emotionally charged weekend, the Batemans must acknowledge and accept loss to gain hope for regeneration.

The production stars Mark Blum, Jessica Collins, Betty Gilpin, Amy Irving, Oscar Isaac, and Jeremy Shamos.

Previews begin September 22, 2011 / Opens October 12, 2011/ Limited Engagement

Manhattan Theatre Club at New York City Center – Stage 1 (131 West 55^th Street)

Contact: Chris Boneau / Aaron Meier / Christine Olver / Emily Meagher

Off-Broadway

SONS OF THE PROPHET

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) presents the New York premiere of Stephen Karam’s new play SONS OF THE PROPHET, directed by Peter DuBois. The cast will feature Yusef Bulos (Bill), Jonathan Louis Dent (Vin), Santino Fontana (Joseph), Joanna Gleason (Gloria), Lizbeth Mackay (Mrs. McAndrew), Dee Nelson (Dr. Manor), Chris Perfetti (Charles), Charles Socarides (Timothy). SONS OF THE PROPHET is a brutally funny new play about a Lebanese family in PA in crisis. But as they deal with crazy bosses, medical mysteries, and the end of the family line, they never lose their unbreakable sense of humor. Additional cast members and the creative team will be announced shortly.

Previews begin September 28, 2011 / Opens October 20, 2011 / Limited Engagement

Roundabout Theatre Company’s Laura Pels Theatre at the Harold & Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre (111 West 46^th Street)

Contact: Adrian Bryan-Brown / Matt Polk / Jessica Johnson / Amy Kass

Broadway

VENUS IN FUR

Critically acclaimed as “90 minutes of good, kinky, fun!” by The New York Times, VENUS IN FUR makes its Broadway premiere at MTC. Vanda (Nina Arianda) is a preternaturally talented young actress determined to land the lead in Thomas’ (Hugh Dancy) new play based on the classic erotic novel, Venus in Fur. Her emotionally charged audition for the gifted but demanding playwright/director becomes an electrifying game of cat and mouse blurring the lines between fantasy and reality, seduction and power, love and sex. This dazzling new play is written by theatrical mastermind David Ives, and directed by Tony Award winner Walter Bobbie.

Previews begin October 13, 2011 / Opens November 8, 2011 / Limited Engagement through December 18, 2011

Manhattan Theatre Club’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (261 West 47^th Street)

Contact: Chris Boneau / Aaron Meier / Christine Olver / Emily Meagher

Off-Broadway

SUICIDE, INCORPORATED

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) is pleased to present a new Roundabout Underground production Suicide, Incorporated, a new play by Andrew Hinderaker, directed by Jonathan Berry. The cast will feature Mike DiSalvo (Officer), Gabriel Ebert (Jason), Corey Hawkins (Perry), James McMenamin (Norm), Toby Leonard Moore (Scott), Jake O’Connor (Tommy). The right words can be hard to find, especially when they’re your last. Andrew Hinderaker’s provocative and darkly funny new play takes us to an unorthodox writing service that specializes in crafting the perfect suicide note, where a subversive new employee is suspected of the unthinkable. Could he actually be trying to keep his client alive? Jonathan Berry directs this New York premiere about the business of rewriting your ending.

Suicide, Incorporated kicks off the fifth season of Roundabout Underground, an initiative launched in 2007 to introduce and cultivate artists in Roundabout’s 62-seat Black Box Theatre.

Previews begin October 14, 2011 / Opens November 2, 2011 / Limited Engagement

Roundabout Theatre Company’s Black Box Theatre at the Harold & Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre (111 West 46^th Street)

Contact: Adrian Bryan-Brown / Matt Polk / Jessica Johnson / Amy Kass

Broadway

PRIVATE LIVES

The sold-out West End revival of Noël Coward’s PRIVATE LIVES, directed by Richard Eyre, comes to Broadway this Autumn, starring Kim Cattrall and Paul Gross, along with Simon Paisley Day, Anna Madeley and Caroline Olsson. Glamorous, rich and reckless, Amanda (Cattrall) and Elyot (Gross) have been divorced from each other for five years. Now both are honeymooning with their new spouses in the South of France. When, by chance, they meet again across adjoining hotel balconies, their insatiable feelings for each other are immediately rekindled. Considered one of the greatest comedies ever written, PRIVATE LIVES is produced by Duncan C. Weldon, Paul Elliott, Theatre Royal Bath, Terri and Timothy Childs, Sonia Friedman Productions and David Mirvish.

Previews begin November 6, 2011 / Opens November 17, 2011 / Limited Engagement

Music Box Theatre (239 West 45^th Street)

Contact: Adrian Bryan-Brown / Jackie Green / Kelly Guiod

Broadway

AN EVENING WITH PATTI LUPONE AND MANDY PATINKIN

Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin reunite on Broadway for AN EVENING WITH PATTI LUPONE AND MANDY PATINKIN. Two Broadway legends who first appeared together giving Tony Award winning performances in Evita, will bring their critically acclaimed theatre concert to Broadway. Much more than a concert, AN EVENING WITH PATTI LUPONE AND MANDY PATINKIN is a funny, passionate, intimate and unique musical love story told entirely through a masterful selection of some of the greatest songs ever written for the stage. The Broadway premiere follows acclaimed appearances across the US, in Toronto, Australia and New Zealand. “These two music and theatre legends deliver a sparsely elegant master class in the art of conjuring emotional truth in dramatic song.” -Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times. AN EVENING WITH PATTI LUPONE AND MANDY PATINKIN is produced by Staci Levine with Direction by Mandy Patinkin, Production Design by David Korins, Lighting Design by Eric Cornwell and Sound Design by Daniel Gerhard. AN EVENING WITH PATTI LUPONE AND MANDY PATINKIN is accompanied on piano by Music Director Paul Ford.

Previews begin November 16, 2011 / Opens November 21, 2011 / Limited Engagement through January 13, 2012

Barrymore Theatre (243 West 47^th Street)

Contact: Adrian Bryan-Brown / Susanne Tighe / Christine Olver

Off-Broadway

HAPPY HOUR

Ethan Coen returns to Atlantic with this world premiere, following the success of his hit comedies Almost an Evening and Offices. An embittered barfly has a theory—or two—about what the world has become. A lonely young man and lonely young woman can’t see how right they are for each other. His motel room is so ugly a business traveler wants to end it all. Your life could be worse—and these three one-act comedies show you how.

Previews begin November 16, 2011 / Opens December 5, 2011 / Limited Engagement

Atlantic Theater Company at Signature Theatre Company’s Peter Norton Space (555 West 42nd Street)

Contact: Chris Boneau / Joe Perrotta / Kelly Guiod

Broadway

STICK FLY

Grammy Award-winner Alicia Keys with Reuben Cannon & Nelle Nugent present the Broadway premiere of STICK FLY, the critically-acclaimed American play by Lydia R. Diamond and directed by Kenny Leon. “This is a story that everybody can relate to,” said producer Alicia Keys. “I’m passionate about this play because it is so beautifully written and portrays Black America in a way that we don’t often get to see in entertainment. I know it will touch all audiences, who will find a piece of themselves somewhere inside this house.” STICK FLY follows the LeVays, an affluent African American family who come together to spend a summer weekend at their Martha’s Vineyard home. The adult sons, aspiring novelist Kent and golden boy plastic surgeon Flip, have each brought their respective ladies (one Black and one White) to meet the parents. Food, drink and Trivial Pursuit tangle with class, race and identity politics in this contemporary comedy of manners. Casting, production team and other information is still to come.

Previews begin November 18, 2011 / Opens December 8, 2011

Cort Theatre (138 West 48^th Street)

Contact: Chris Boneau / Heath Schwartz / Emily Meagher

Off-Broadway

CLOSE UP SPACE

Tony Award and four-time Emmy Award winner David Hyde Pierce brings his signature wit back to the MTC stage as Paul Barrow, an obsessive book editor on a major deadline. With an assistant who’s been camping in the office, a famous author threatening to bail on him and an intern who is no help at all, Paul’s just about had it! But when his fiery daughter shows up and lambasts him in Russian, Paul faces a glaring personal error that can’t be corrected with red ink. Leigh Silverman (Well, In the Wake, From Up Here) returns to MTC to direct this funny and poignant new play about how hard it can be to communicate… in any language.

Previews begin December 1, 2011 / Opens December 19, 2011 / Limited Engagement

Manhattan Theatre Club at New York City Center – Stage 1 (131 West 55^th Street)

Contact: Chris Boneau / Aaron Meier / Christine Olver / Emily Meagher

Broadway

THE ROAD TO MECCA

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) presents Tony Award^® winner Rosemary Harris as “Miss Helen,” Carla Gugino as “Elsa Barlow” and Tony Award^® winner Jim Dale as “Marius Byleveld” in the Broadway premiere production of Athol Fugard’s play The Road To Mecca, directed by Gordon Edelstein. Set in the region of South Africa known as the Karoo, The Road to Mecca tells the story of an elderly woman who has spent the years since her husband’s death transforming her home into an intricate and dazzling work of art. The reclusive Miss Helen (Rosemary Harris) has become depressed and appears increasingly unable to care for herself. Pastor Marius Byleveld, who embodies the village’s conservative values, is determined to get Miss Helen into an old-age home. Her friend Elsa (Carla Gugino), a young teacher from Cape Town who is deeply suspicious of the patriarchal traditions Byleveld represents, is just as determined that Miss Helen remain free.

Previews begin December 16, 2011 / Opens January 17, 2012 / Limited Engagement

Roundabout Theatre Company’s American Airlines Theatre (227 West 42^nd Street)

Contact: Adrian Bryan-Brown / Matt Polk / Jessica Johnson / Amy Kass

Off-Broadway

CQ/CX

Jay, an up and coming black reporter at the New York Times, finds his dreams of becoming a famous journalist come crashing down as he becomes the center of a plagiarism scandal. Drawing on his own experience as a newsman, Gabe McKinley weaves a revealing and complex story about the collateral damage of unchecked ambition and compounded lies. In this new play inspired by real events, truth becomes slippery and racial tensions reach a boiling point. CQ/CX raises difficult questions about the state of our media culture, and the meaning and price of journalistic integrity.

Previews begin January 25, 2012 / Opens February 15, 2012 / Limited Engagement

Atlantic Theater Company at Signature Theatre Company’s Peter Norton Space (555 West 42nd Street)

Contact: Chris Boneau / Joe Perrotta / Kelly Guiod

Broadway

WIT

Exquisitely written, affecting and often humorous, WIT follows a brilliant and exacting poetry professor (Cynthia Nixon) as she undergoes experimental treatment for cancer. A scholar who devoted her life to academia, she must now face the irony and injustice of becoming the subject of research.

Margaret Edson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning WIT premiered Off-Broadway in 1998 and will receive its Broadway debut under the direction of MTC’s award-winning Artistic Director Lynne Meadow. Tony and Emmy Award winner Cynthia Nixon returns to Manhattan Theatre Club following her Tony Award-winning performance in Rabbit Hole.

Previews begin January 5, 2012 / January 26, 2012 / Limited Engagement

Manhattan Theatre Club’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (261 West 47^th Street)

Contact: Chris Boneau / Aaron Meier / Christine Olver / Emily Meagher

Off-Broadway

THE BRIDGE PROJECT

The Bridge Project is a unique three-year series of co-productions by Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), The Old Vic, and Neal Street devoted to producing large-scale, classical theater for international audiences. The cast is led by Academy Award winner Kevin Spacey, Artistic Director of The Old Vic, playing the title role in Shakespeare’s Richard III, directed by Academy Award winner Sam Mendes. The Bridge Project began its final season in June 2011 at the Old Vic in London. In September, it will embark on an international tour including the Athens & Epidaurus Festival, Spain’s Centro Niemeyer, Hong Kong Arts Festival and Singapore Repertory Theatre before arriving in New York in January 2012.

Richard III begins performances on January 10, 2012 / Limited Engagement through March 4, 2012

Brooklyn Academy of Music (651 Fulton Street)

Contact: Adrian Bryan-Brown/ Jackie Green

Off-Broadway

LOOK BACK IN ANGER

Roundabout Theatre Company (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) is pleased to present a stirring new production of John Osborne’s play LOOK BACK IN ANGER, directed by Roundabout Associate Artist Sam Gold. LOOK BACK IN ANGER is often regarded as a pivotal theatrical work of the last century. It is a shocking and vibrant drama about four people struggling to live together and love each other in 1950s England. Additional cast members and the creative team will be announced shortly.

Previews begin January 13, 2012 / Opens February 2, 2012 / Limited Engagement

Roundabout Theatre Company’s Laura Pels Theatre at the Harold & Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre (111 West 46^th Street)

Contact: Adrian Bryan-Brown / Matt Polk / Jessica Johnson / Amy Kass

Off-Broadway

REGRETS

Matt Charman, Britain’s fastest-rising young playwright, makes his New York debut at MTC with this world-premiere play.

Caleb Farley is the youngest man ever to show up at Mrs. Duke’s cabins, a ramshackle retreat in the Nevada desert and one of the few places men can go to secure a quick divorce in 1950s America. Caleb claims he fled his Hollywood home for the same reason as the other men in camp – to shed the lives and wives they’ve known, and loved, to begin anew. But in an era of heightened fears and political distrust, accusations that Caleb is hiding more than just a broken heart test each man’s loyalty – to country and to one another.

This fascinating new drama is an uncommon tale of friendship, loss and finding the courage of one’s convictions.

Previews begin March 1, 2012 / Opens March 20, 2012/ Limited Engagement

Manhattan Theatre Club at New York City Center – Stage 1 (131 West 55^th Street)

Contact: Chris Boneau / Aaron Meier / Christine Olver / Emily Meagher

Broadway

NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT

Three time Tony Award-winner Kathleen Marshall (Anything Goes, Pajama Game, Wonderful Town) will direct and choreograph the new musical comedy NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT starring two-time Tony Award-winner Matthew Broderick (The Producers, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Brighton Beach Memoirs) and Three-time Tony Award nominee Kelli O’Hara (South Pacific, The Pajama Game and The Light in the Piazza). The new musical will be produced by Roger Berlind, Sonia Friedman, Roy Furman and Scott Landis. With a book by two-time Tony Award-winner Joe DiPietro (Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical and Best Original Score for Memphis), NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT follows Billie Bendix (Kelli O’Hara), a tough-as-nails bootlegger who meets up with wealthy playboy Jimmy Winter (Matthew Broderick) on the weekend of his nuptials. Featuring a veritable hit parade of iconic George and Ira Gershwin songs as well as some unknown gems in their catalog, NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT is a new take on a classic 1920’s musical farce.

Previews begin March 2012 / Opens April 2012

Broadway Theatre to be announced.

Contact: Chris Boneau/ Susanne Tighe

Broadway

THE COLUMNIST

Columnists are kings in midcentury America and Joseph Alsop wears the crown. Joe is beloved, feared and courted in equal measure by the Washington political world at whose center he sits. But as the ‘60s dawn and America undergoes dizzying change, the intense political drama Joe is embroiled in becomes deeply personal as well. David Auburn, whose Pulitzer and Tony Award-winning Proof dazzled audiences and critics alike, returns to MTC with Tony-winning director Daniel Sullivan in this fascinating new work featuring Tony and Emmy Award winner John Lithgow as Alsop.

Previews begin April 3, 2012 / Opens April 25, 2012 / Limited Engagement

Manhattan Theatre Club’s Samuel J. Friedman Theatre (261 West 47^th Street)

Contact: Chris Boneau / Aaron Meier / Christine Olver / Emily Meagher

Off-Broadway

CHIMICHANGAS AND ZOLOFT

Suffering from a profound sense of disappointment after her 40^th birthday, Sonia flees her family and goes on a binge of prescription Zoloft and greasy chimichangas. Sonia’s rebellious daughter Jackie and her best friend Penelope hatch a plan to lure Sonia back home, while their fathers struggle with a secret association of their own. In this irreverent story, Fernanda Coppel examines the search for happiness and the mysteries of sexuality through the eyes of two brazen teenagers.

Previews begin Spring 2012 / Opens Spring 2012 / Limited Engagement

Atlantic Theater Company at Atlantic Stage 2 (330 West 16^th Street)

Contact: Chris Boneau / Joe Perrotta / Kelly Guiod

Off-Broadway

SIGNATURE THEATRE COMPANY’S RESIDENCY ONE PLAYWRIGHT, ATHOL FUGARD

Signature Theatre Company (Founding Artistic Director James Houghton; Executive Director Erika Mallin), will launch the theatre’s new home, Signature Center, with Athol Fugard as its inaugural Residency One playwright. Residency One is Signature’s core one year playwright-in-residence program that produces a series of plays from the body of work of one accomplished writer. Throughout the season, Signature will explore the works of Fugard, the South African playwright, director and actor. Titles, dates and directors for the Athol Fugard series will be announced at a later date.

Signature Center is a new 74,000 square foot facility at 480 West 42^nd Street near 10^th Avenue, designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Frank Gehry and featuring three theatres, two rehearsal spaces and administrative offices all on one level and connected by a shared lobby with a café and bookstore. Signature Center will serve as Signature Theatre Company’s permanent home and will open in February 2012.

Series begins Spring 2012, Productions/Dates to be announced

Signature Theatre Company at Signature Center (480 West 42^nd Street)

Contact: Chris Boneau / Jim Byk / Emily Meagher

Off-Broadway

SLEEPING DEMON

SLEEPING DEMON is the final installment of the trilogy from John Patrick Shanley called CHURCH AND STATE, which began with Doubt. The story concerns a Bronx Borough President who is forced, by the mortgage crisis, into a confrontation with a local minister. The question they confront is one that faces us all. What is the relationship between spiritual experience and social action?

Previews begin Spring 2012 / Opens Spring 2012 / Limited Engagement

Atlantic Theater Company at the Linda Gross Theater (336 West 20^th Street)

Contact: Chris Boneau / Joe Perrotta / Kelly Guiod

In her Oak Room debut August 30,  brilliant young actress singer Emily Bergl, star of Broadway (Nora Ephron’s "Love, Loss and What I Wore,"), film (“The Rage: Carrie 2”) and TV’s Royal Pains and Desperate Housewives, roars into the Oak Room with more gusto than Hurricane Irene in the her exhilarating act: ”Kidding on the Square.”

A theatrical cabaret-act that transports the audience on a fast-paced ride through love, heartbreak and everything in between, ”Kidding on the Square” is told from the perspective of a modern girl and the eccentric characters she inhabits,

Something old (the Boswell Sisters “We Just Couldn’t Say Goodbye”; something new (Peter Brown & Robert Rans “Material Girl" by way of Madonna); something borrowed ( "Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart" as an evolving Judy Garland); and something blue (as in Bergl’s deliciously compelling version of “Billy Barnes jazz classic Something Cool,”); the show features a rich array of songs that include Roy Orbison’s “Cryin’,” Fats Waller’s “Ain’t Misbehavin’,” a poignant characterization of Rodgers & Hart’s “Ten Cents a Dance as a down-and-out hostess,” Dietz & Schwartz’ Confession” and an unexpected opening number, interpreting Noel Coward’s “Mad About the Boy”  with a serious bent: the lady gets truly angry.

In ”Kidding on the Square,” Bergl does what she does best, which in the case of this hour and fifteen minutes appears to be everything. It comes as no surprise that her acting, where, comedic, dramatic or character is a paragon of perfection, but she looks terrific is a slinky gray “pull apart” gown, that becomes a sexy dress and finally morphs into leotards and tights. Her movement is as controlled as possible in these small quarters. But the big kicker is the voice: A luscious lyric soprano that can go into a metallic chest, when the material demands, as in an hilarious rendition of the vintage Andrews Sisters“Bei Mir Bist Du Schön” that is worth the price of admission.

High points test Ms. Bergl’s. comedic, dramatic and vocal abilities, which she passes with grade “A” marks. Memorable Moments: Pink Martini’s song "Sympathique" from the 1997 album Sympathique,  and you needn’t speak French to get the nuanced meaning.”

Kidding on the Square”  is beautifully directed by Sarna Lapine with G. Scott Lacy as musical director and receives outstanding backup from pianist Jonathan Mastro (Musical director of the hit revival of "Our Town,)" with the talented Ritt Henn on bass and ukulele.

After a fun closing (“Dream a Little Dream of Me,”) Ms. Bergl encores with a heart-wrenching version of the Peggy Lee hit “Is That All There Is.“ And indeed, this is one of the few times in recent memory, we felt that way too about a cabaret act: Absolutely electrifying and not to be missed. Reserve now! The show will run through Saturday September 10th.

Shows are Tuesday through Thursday at 8:30 and Friday and Saturday at 8:30 and 11 pm.   The cover charge is $50 per person plus either a $30 food and beverage minimum or a $60 prix fixe dinner.  Reservations:  212 419 9331 or bmcgurn@algonquinhotel.com

Note: The new menu features an amazingly tender and moist Berkshire pork chop that is in step with making the Algonquin kitchen on a par with the atmosphere, entertainment and service one encounters in this truly great New York institution.

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Disclosure

Emily Bergl, whose musical studies include classical and contemporary singing, piano and harp, is a rare breed of actress who is at home on the Broadway stage, Hollywood films and television.   She was chosen from a nationwide casting call to play the lead in MGM’s The Rage: Carrie 2, and leads in such independent films as Fur, Chasing Sleep and Happy Campers.    She has appeared on Broadway opposite Laurence Fishburne, Stockard Channing and Gabriel Byrne, and off-Broadway she originated roles in plays by Wendy Wasserstein, Steven Dietz and Christopher Shinn.   On television, she has starred in Stephen Spielberg’s Taken, and has guest-starred on Grey’s Anatomy, The Good Wife, CSI:Miami, two seasons on The Gilmore Girls and as the eccentric  Annie on the ABC comedy Men in Trees.

G. Scott Lacey is a highly sought after musical director, vocal coach and performer, having worked with countless Tony, Emmy, Grammy Award and Golden Globe winning companies and performers.  He has recorded 11 albums,  including the inspirational “A Quiet Place.” 

Dark paneled walls, white tablecloths, and a gleaming piano let you know you’re in for a treat at Algonquin’s famous supper club. Come inside and slip back in time to a more glamorous era. Enjoy dinner, then a show. The Oak Room was a launching pad for Harry Connick Jr., Michael Feinstein, Andrea Marcovicci, Diana Krall, Jane Monheit, Peter Cincotti, and Jamie Cullum.

JANE AUSTEN’S PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
A story of "First Impressions" and second chances…
Book, Music, and Lyrics by
Lindsay Warren Baker and Amanda Jacobs
Directed by Igor Goldin (“YANK!”)
Presented as part of the 2011 New York Musical Theatre Festival
September 29 – October 11
Signature Theatre’s Peter Norton Space (555 West 42nd St)

The New York Musical Theatre Festival and J&B Productions present the musical JANE AUSTEN’S PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, a musical – a story of “First Impressions” and second chances – with music, lyrics and book by Lindsay Warren Baker and Amanda Jacobs, directed by Igor Goldin (“YANK!”), and starring, in the title role of Jane Austen, Donna Lynne Champlin (“Sweeney Todd,” “Billy Elliot”). JANE AUSTEN’S PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, a musical is presented as part of the 2011 New York Musical Theatre Festival and will play at Signature Theatre’s Peter Norton Space (555 West 42nd Street) in Manhattan beginning September 29 – with only 6 performances available.

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Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy’s romance comes to life with fresh eyes as Jane Austen revisits her unpublished manuscript, First Impressions. As Austen transforms their story into what will ultimately become her masterpiece, Pride and Prejudice, both the author and her characters struggle to learn the joy of second chances.
Directed by Drama Desk Award nominee Igor Goldin (“YANK!,” “Unlock’d”) JANE AUSTEN’S PRIDE AND PREJUDICE will star Donna Lynne Champlin in the title role of Jane Austen, with additional casting TBA.
JANE AUSTEN’S PRIDE AND PREJUDICE has book, music and lyrics by Lindsay Warren Baker and Amanda Jacobs, choreography by Lucille Lortel Award nominee Jeffry Denman (“Yank!”), musical direction by Timothy Splain (“Adding Machine”), set design by Josh Zangen, lighting design by Zach Blane, costume design by Colleen Kesterson, and general management La Vie Productions.
Donna Lynne Champlin most recently was seen on Broadway in “Billy Elliot,” her other Broadway credits include “Sweeney Todd,” “By Jeeves,” “James Joyce’s The Dead” and most notably for her portrayal of Older Helen (based on a young Carol Burnett) in “Hollywood Arms” written by Carol Burnett and directed by Harold Prince. Other NYC/Off-Broadway credits include “Master Class” at the MET, “The Dark at the Top of the Stairs” (OBIE Award), “Bury The Dead,” “Flight of the Lawnchair Man” (NYMF award, "Outstanding Performance"), “Love Jerry” (NYMF award, "Outstanding Performance"), “First Lady Suite,” “My Life with Albertine,” City Center Encores! “Bloomer Girl,” and Carnegie Hall’s “Very Warm for May.” A Princess Grace Grant winner and Presidential Scholar in the Arts, Donna Lynne graduated with high honors from CMU and studied at Oxford on scholarship with an emphasis on Shakespeare and Chekhov.
Lindsay Warren Baker began collaborating with Amanda Jacobs in 1997 when they co-authored “Daniel: The Musical.” Additional works by Baker and Jacobs include “Lily, a Musical Portrait,” “All the Buzz” (Winner: Youth Education on Stage 2010 Summer Shorts 5, Williston, ND); “Personal Foul” (Winner: St. John Fisher College & Spotlight Theater Arts 2010 Celebration of One Acts, Rochester, NY); “The Rendez-Vous;” “Blocked” and are currently working on a play for children, “In the Garden.” Baker received her BA in theater and music from St. Olaf College (Northfield, MN), and trained at the O’Neill National Theater Institute (Waterford, CT), Moscow Art Theater (Russia), Geva Theatre Center (Rochester, NY) and spent two months during the summer of 2010 in Ghana, Africa studying West African music and dance. She is also currently pursuing a Master of Arts in Liberal Studies degree at SUNY Empire State College concentrating on performing arts and cultural studies. Member: Dramatists Guild of America
Amanda Jacobs earned her BMus degree in Piano Performance from Wesleyan College (Macon, GA) and completed graduate studies in piano pedagogy, voice, jazz theory and organ. After moving to Rochester, NY in 1996, she discovered her talent for composition when inspired to compose “Daniel: The Musical” and began working with Lindsay Warren Baker. While working on “Daniel,” she learned orchestral composition and arranging. In 2005, within a two-week period, she composed original orchestrations for a revival of Sigmund Romberg’s “Maytime” for the Ohio Light Opera (Wooster, OH) and now arranges and scores all of her collaborative work with Baker. In June 2010, Jacobs’ “Mass for the Living” won an Honorable Mention from the Foundation for the Sacred Arts and received its world premiere with the NIH Philharmonic Orchestra (Washington D.C.) in December 2010. Other accomplishments include the 2009 First Prize Winner of the 6th Annual Long Island Arts Council Composition Competition for her “Garden Verses,” the 2010 Honorable Mention in the “Celebrating Grace” Composition Competition for an SA Choral Arrangement, and First Prize for the Marin Lutheran Church composition competition for her original SATB anthem "Peace, Be Still.” Member: Dramatists Guild of America
Igor Goldin’s credits include: Off-Broadway: “With Glee” (Prospect Theater Company at Theatre Row), YANK! (York Theatre Company – Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Director of a Musical). Previous productions of “YANK!;” Diversionary Theatre, San Diego (Outstanding Achievement in Direction of a Musical, StageScene L.A.) The Gallery Players (2008 New York Innovative Theatre Award) and the New York Musical Theatre Festival (2005 Talkin’ Broadway Outstanding New Summer Musical). Other productions for NYMF: “The Tenth Floor” (2010 Talkin’ Broadway Outstanding New Summer Musical); “Sing, But Don’t Tell;” “Liberty;” “Main-Travelled Roads” (2008 Richard Rodgers Award staged reading); “Unlock’d” (2007 Best in Fest Award); “Common Grounds” (NYMF 2006 Award for Excellence in Direction). Other credits: “Liberty” (Workshop), “Like You Like It,” (2009 New York Innovative Theatre Award). Tours: Associate Director, “Seussical” directed by Marcia Milgrom Dodge (Theatreworks USA). Regional: “…And Then I Wrote A Song About It” (Luna Stage, NJ and Diversionary, San Diego), “The Mystery of Irma Vep,” “The New Century,” “A Little Night Music,” “I Love You Because” (NH Theatre Award nomination for Best Direction of a Musical), “Romance Romance,” “The Complete History of America (abridged),” “Blithe Spirit,” “Dracula,” “Violet,” “The Spitfire Grill” and “The Full Monty.” Igor was nominated by his peers as a top 5 finalist for the 2010 SDC Joe A. Callaway Award for Distinguished Direction. Member: Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC).
Now in its eighth year, the New York Musical Theatre Festival (NYMF) is the largest annual musical theatre event in America and is widely regarded as the essential source for new material and talent discovery. NYMF provides a launching pad for the next generation of musicals and ensuring their creators the continued vitality of one of America’s greatest art forms. Hailed as the "Sundance of Musical Theatre," NYMF discovers, nurtures, and promotes promising musical theatre artists and producers at all stages of development, and inspires a diverse audience through vibrant, accessible, powerful new work.
NYMF is the flagship program of National Music Theater Network, Inc., a 501(c) (3) not-for-profit organization. NYMF 2011 is presented in association with BroadwayWorld.com, Production Resource Group and TheaterMania.com. Major supporters include The ASCAP Foundation, BMI Foundation, Inc., The Broadway League, The BWF Foundation, The Nathan Cummings Foundation with the support and encouragement of Jamie Ariel Phinney, The Charlie & Jane Fink Charitable Fund, The Rodgers & Hammerstein Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, and The Theater League. NYMF is supported, in part, by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. NYMF is supported, in part, by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, and by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.
NYMF Memberships, which combine charitable contributions with valuable, flexible ticket packages and perks like early seating, and tickets to individual events are currently available for purchase at (212) 352-3101 or www.nymf.org. Single tickets for Festival events will go on sale September 1.
Performances of JANE AUSTEN’S PRIDE AND PREJUDICE will run Thursday, September 29 at 8:00pm; Saturday, October 1 at 9:00pm; Sunday, October 2 at 1:00pm; Sunday, October 2 at 5:00pm; Friday, October 7 at 1:00pm; and Tuesday, October 11 at 5:00pm at Signature Theatre’s Peter Norton Space (555 West 42nd Street) in Manhattan.
For additional information on JANE AUSTEN’S PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, please www.pride-prejudice-musical.com or www.nymf.org

British musical stars Claire Martin and Richard Rodney Bennett love American music, and among their favorites are the songs of Irving Berlin, subject of Claire and Richard’s sparkling new salute, “A Couple of Swells,” from May 31^st through June 18^th, the final show of the Oak Room’s Spring season.

The very pretty Ms. Martin’s head voice may recall June Christy while her rich chest voice is somewhat reminiscent of Cleo Laine, but make no mistake: Martin is a seasoned vocalist/performer and the end result is uniquely original. Mercifully, the act is straight forward, without distracting patter and historical references. Sir Rodney gives subtle support on piano and offers a solid left hand, which is a good rhythmic stand-in for the non-existent rhythm section. 

Berlin gems with arrangements by Richard and vocals by Claire include a catchy opening syncopation of Puttin’ on the Ritz, a terrific rendition of Change Partners, a strikingly insightful What’ll I Do?, and the best versions of Let’s Face the Music and Dance and Cheek to Cheek we’ve heard in years. There are a smattering of lesser known tunes as well, contrasted by such tried and true standards as How Deep is the Ocean and Midnight Choo Choo.

Confirming the old adage , , , less is more, Claire Martin and Richard Rodney Bennett offer a fitting conclusion to a memorable season of the fabled Oak Room at the Algonquin Hotel and deserve you patronage. A class act. Don’t miss it.

Shows are Tuesday through Thursday at 8:30 and Friday and Saturday at 8:30 and 11, with a cover charge of $50 weeknights and late weekends, and $60 early weekend shows, plus either a $30 minimum or $60 prix fixe dinner, with dinner seating at 7. Reservations: 212 419 9331 or bmcgurn@algonquinhotel.com

Renowned for her unmistakably unique “cool, burnished tone” (NY Times) and the flawless technique of “England’s most impressive female jazz artist” (LA Times), Claire Martin has performed with such artists as James Brown, Curtis Stigers, Jamie Cullum and Tony Bennett, who lists her among his favorite singers. She made a smash debut at the Algonquin in 2007 and followed up with Richard Rodney Bannett in 2009 in an acclaimed show celebrating the music of Cy Coleman. She has released 12 recordings for Linn Records and has a jazz interview show on BBC 3.

Knighted in 1998 for his services to music, Sir Richard Rodney Bennett is one of the UK’s most renowned musical figures, having achieved phenomenal success across a wide range of genres. In 2006 he premiered “Reflections on a Scottish Folk Song” commissioned by HRH Prince Charles in memory of the Queen Mother. He is an Oscar-nominated film composer…for Four Weddings and a Funeral, Far From the Madding Crowd and Murder on the Orient Express.

He has enjoyed great success as a jazz pianist, arranger and vocalist, having appeared with Marion Montgomery, Dame Cleo Laine, Mary Cleere Haran and Annie Ross.

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                                                                         The Dean of Divas Raises The Bar at The  Legendary Oak Room

Being the capital of cabaret, New York City has no shortage of world class cabaret performers. In a medium where the dolls outnumber the guys, KT SULLIVAN has established herself as the ultimate doll and dean of the divas of “The Great American Song Book.”

Her new act at the Oak Room proves to be her best ever. The material and carefully crafted patter flow in a stream on steroids from the lesser and (better known) songs of Kay Swift, including an especially poignant “Can’t We Be Friends,” through a rollicking version of Carolyn Leigh’s “The Best is Yet To Come, the ultimate camp rendition of” Mary Rodgers “The Boy From …,” and surprising interpretations of Edna Pinkard’s “Kitchen Man,” Peggy Lee’s “He’ll Make Me Believe He’s Mine,” Carole King’s “Will You Love Me Tomorrow” and Joni Mitchell’s “A Case of You,”

It all began with her acclaimed salute to Dorothy Fields, who set the standard for female songwriters. In “Rhyme, Women & Song,” KT Sullivan expands her vision to display the work of Dorothy’s peers and heirs who have enriched the Great American Songbook. Sullivan contrasts the inimitable Dorothy’s “Sunny Side of the Street,”with an amazing take on “Good Morning Heartache,” that rivals the gold standard set by Billie Holiday, who introduced it in 1946.

An hilarious closing medley of 29 cleverly linked songs (“my age” Sullivan says as a throwaway), concludes with a subtle and sensitive rendition of Jerome Kern’s and Dorothy Fields eternally lovely “The Way You Look Tonight.”

Ms. Sullivan has never been in better voice and her dramatic range, comedic timing and versatility  shine.

The amazing Jon Weber is musical arranger and accompanist., while John Webber(with an “h” and 2 “bs”) admirably assists on bass, giving Sullivan outstanding backup.

Not only is The Oak Room New York’s most consistent cabaret experience, it is also a genuine bargain. The show, including a three course dinner (food has improved markedly over the years) is about the price of a ticket to the anemic offerings on Broadway. And besides a venue steeped in history, you may be one of the fortunates who get a glimpse of Matilda, the latest in a chain of indomitable felines.

Shows are Tuesday through Thursday at 8:30 and Friday and Saturday at 8:30 and 11. There is a $50 cover charge for weeknight and late shows and $60 for early shows Friday and Saturday, plus either a $30 food and beverage minimum or $60 prix fixe dinner. Reservations: 212 419 9331 or bmcgurn@algonquinhotel.com.

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KT SULLIVAN’s RHYME, WOMEN and SONG: ALGONQUIN HOTEL OAK ROOM – MAY 3 – 28, 2011
TITLE:	AUTHORS:
[KAY SWIFT OVERTURE]: A) CAN THIS BE LOVE? (introduced by Alice Bouldon in the1930 Broadway musical: “Fine And Dandy”	Kay Swift (m) / Paul James (w)
B) CAN’T WE BE FRIENDS? (introduced by Libby Holman in the 1929 Broadway musical: “The First Little Show”	Kay Swift (m) / Paul James (w)
C) FINE AND DANDY (introduced by Alice Bouldon in the1930 Broadway musical: “Fine And Dandy”	Kay Swift (m) / Paul James (w)
[MEDLEY]: A) DON’T LET A GOOD THING GET AWAY (1983)	Michael Leonard (m) / Carolyn Leigh (w)
B) THE BEST IS YET TO COME (1959)	Cy Coleman (m) / Carolyn Leigh (w)
C) ON THE SUNNY SIDE OF THE STREET (1930) (introduced in the 1930 Broadway Musical: “Lew Leslie’s International Revue”)	Jimmy McHugh (m) / Dorothy Fields (w)
D) ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TRACKS (1962) (introduced by Virginia Martin in the 1962 Broadway Musical: “Little Me”)	Cy Coleman (m) / Carolyn Leigh (w)
SAGEBRUSH LULLABY (introduced by Irene Dunne in the 1950 movie: “Never A Dull Moment”)	Kay Swift (m/w)
CAN’T WE BE FRIENDS? (introduced by Libby Holman in the 1929 Broadway Musical: “The First Little Show”)	Kay Swift (m) / Paul James (w)
THE BOY FROM ….. (introduced by Linda Lavin in the 1966 off-Broadway Musical: “The Mad Show”)	Mary Rodgers (m) / Stephen Sondheim (w)
MY SORT OF EX-BOYFRIEND (introduced by Becky Gelke in the 1985 Musical: “To Whom It May Concern”)	Carol Hall (m/w)
HOW AM I TO KNOW? (introduced in the 1929 movie: “Dynamyte”)	Jack King (m) / Dorothy Parker (w)
I CAN COOK TOO (introduced by Nancy Walker in the 1944 Broadway Musical: “On The Town”)	Leonard Bernstein (m) Adolph Green & Betty Comden (w)
[MEDLEY]: A) GOOD MORNING HEARTACHE (introduced in 1946 by Billie Holiday on DECCA)	Dan Fisher & Irene Higginbotham (m) Ervin Drake (w)
B) WHERE DO YOU START? (1987)	Johnny Mandel (m) Alan & Marilyn Bergman (w)
WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKES (1934) (Cuando Vuelva A Tu Lado)	María Grever (m/Spanish words) Stanley Adams (English words)
HE’LL MAKE ME BELIEVE THAT HE’S MINE (introduced by Peggy Lee in the 1983 Broadway Musical: “Peg”)	Paul Horner (m) / Peggy Lee (w)
DREAMING (introduced on the 1986 CD “Dreaming” )	Amanda McBroom (m/w)
WHEN THE CHILDREN ARE GONE (introduced on the 2009 double-CD: “Life In The Years”)	Vivien Wolsk (m/w)
PLEASE DON’T SEND ME DOWN A BABY BROTHER (introduced by Shirley Booth in the 1954 Broadway Musical: “By The Beautiful Sea”)	Arthur Schwartz (m) / Dorothy Fields (w)
IT AMAZES ME (1958) (introduced by Mabel Mercer)	Cy Coleman (m) / Carolyn Leigh (w)
A CASE OF YOU (introduced on the 1971 LP “Blue” )	Joni Mitchell (m/w)
KITCHEN MAN (introduced in 1926 by Bessie Smith)	Edna B. Pinkard (m) / Andy Razaf (w)
CLOSING MEDLEY [separate sheet]
[ENCORE]: A) WILL YOU LOVE ME TOMORROW? (introduced in 1961 by “The Shirelles”)	Carole King (m) / Gerry Goffin (w)
B) THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT (1936) (Academy Award winner – introduced in the 1936 film: “Swing Time”)	Jerome Kern (m) / Dorothy Fields (w)

JON WEBER: MUSICAL DIRECTOR / JOHN WEBBER: BASS

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KT Sullivan’s Broadway shows include George Abbott’s Broadway, Threepenny Opera with Sting and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. She appeared in the national company of Annie Get Your Gun, in workshop of Easter Parade with Tommy Tune and received Drama Desk and Lucille Lortel Award nominations. She received a MAC Award for American Rhapsody: George Gershwin to the World and most recently the prestigious Mabel Mercer Award. Regionally, she has appeared at the Old Globe Theatre, the Hartford Stage Company, Municipal Opera in St. Louis and Goodspeed Opera House. Recent local appearances include Carnegie Hall with Michael Feinstein and Neue Gallerie in two bi-lingual shows, a salute to Greta Keller (who opened the Oak Room in 1939) and the tour de force “Vienna To Weimar.” Among her many CDs is “Swell Party…R.s.v.p. Cole Porter”