The Greatest Band of ALL TIME Will Be In New York TWICE!

Who is this? Ever hear of a band named SQUEEZE?
Do you remember these great hits?
Tempted by The Fruit of Another? Black Coffee in Bed? Pulling Mussels from a shell?
NO? Do not pass go and do not collect $200.


I am TEMPTED to buy tickets to each and every concert on this tour. I will drink my coffee BLACK and will have a few mussels to help me out.

They've returned. Those cool cats!

(This would be the greatest gift anyone could ever buy me in case anyone ever wondered what I would want to see. This would be the show of the year)

Drama Desk Photo coverage

Laura Bell Bundy, Lea Michele, J Groff and J Gallagher.

Photo by Maryann Lopinto

This will be the conclusion of my photo coverage of the Drama Desk Awards. It was a great event!

CULINARY CORNER UNDER COVER REPORT.

This time I was just entertaining a client and decided to post about the wonderful experience. The staff did not know I was press and no they did not wait on me the same way they usually do but the food was great.
Where did I dine?
Nobu 57. We had the 45.00 price bento box. It had the cod with miso (A FAVORITE) and the Rock Shrimp Tempura. Both were excellent. It also came with a sashimi salad appetizer and two pieces of the chefs choice sushi. The sushi was nothing special (In fact Raku is better at half the price) but it was fresh.

If you are looking to impress a client Nobu is the place to go.
The Rock shrimp portion was on the small side but it was the best thing in the box. The Cod was also scrumptious but the portion was on the skimpy side for a $45.00 price tag.

I enjoyed the company more than the food.

2007 Tonys

As an avid passionate theater goer I was sad to hear that "Legally Blonde" was not being allowed to perform a musical number at this years Tonys. I personally think the show will appeal to the tourist audience that the Tonys are trying to attract.
Maybe they should call in Kristin Chenoweth and Taco.
Photo of Kristin and Taco at this years Drama Desk Awards by Richard Pearlman for Corinescorner.com. (OMG OMG YOU GUYS)




2007 TONY AWARDS®

FILLS NIGHT WITH MUSICAL PERFORMANCES



The American Theatre Wing’s 2007 Tony Awards Will be Broadcast Live from Radio City Music Hall On CBS, Sunday, June 10th, 8:00 – 11:00 p.m.





New York, NY (May 29, 2007) – Today, Executive Producers Glenn Weiss and Ricky Kirshner announced the musical performances for the 2007 Tony Awards. Telecast live from Radio City Music Hall on Sunday, June 10th, the Tony Awards will feature musical numbers from each of the Tony Nominees for Best Musical - Curtains, Grey Gardens, Mary Poppins and Spring Awakening as well as performances by the casts of Best Musical Revival nominees - A Chorus Line, Company and 110 in the Shade. Additionally, the show will feature a special performance by Fantasia now appearing on Broadway in The Color Purple. Marking 61 years of excellence on Broadway, The Tony Awards will be broadcast live from Radio City Music Hall on CBS, Sunday, June 10th, 8:00 – 11:00 p.m. (ET/PT time delay). The 2007 Tony Awards are presented by the League of American Theatres and Producers and the American Theatre Wing.



Presenters at the 2007 Tony Awards will include: Harry Connick, Jr., Claire Danes, Jeff Daniels, Brian Dennehy, Carla Gugino, Neil Patrick Harris, Anne Heche, Marg Helgenberger, Judd Hirsch, Felicity Huffman, Melina Kanakaredes, Eddie Izzard, The Jersey Boys - Christian Hoff, Daniel Reichard, J. Robert Spencer and John Lloyd Young, Jane Krakowski, Angela Lansbury, Robert Sean Leonard, John Mahoney, Audra McDonald, Cynthia Nixon, Bernadette Peters, David Hyde Pierce, Christopher Plummer, Liev Schreiber, Kevin Spacey, John Turturro, Usher, Sam Waterston, Vanessa Williams, Rainn Wilson, among others.





Tickets can be purchased online through www.TonyAwards.com or by calling the Tony Awards TicketMaster Hotline, (212) 307-4544. Visa is the exclusive card of the Tonys.



The Antoinette Perry “Tony” Awards are bestowed annually on theatre professionals for distinguished achievement. The Tony is one of the most coveted awards in the entertainment industry and the annual telecast is considered one of the most prestigious programs on television.


The Tonys are presented by the League of American Theatres and Producers and the American Theatre Wing. At the League, Gerald Schoenfeld is Chairman and Charlotte St. Martin is Executive Director. At the Wing, Sondra Gilman is Chairman, Doug Leeds is President and Howard Sherman is Executive Director. For Tony Award Productions, Elizabeth I. McCann is Managing Producer and Joey Parnes is Coordinating Producer.



Ricky Kirshner and Glenn Weiss/White Cherry Entertainment are Executive Producers of the 2007 Tony Awards. Mr. Weiss will also serve as Director of the 2007 Tony Awards.



Official partners of the Tonys include Visa, the exclusive card accepted at the Tonys and Hilton Hotels, the official hotel partner of the Tony Awards. The official Tony Awards web site, www.TonyAwards.com, is developed, designed, and hosted by IBM, an official partner of the Tonys. News and feature content is provided in cooperation with Playbill.com. Continental Airlines and Sprint are official supporters of the Tonys.

Some Thoughts On The Drama Desk Awards!

Legend John Kander poses for the press (We hope his recent show "All About Us" will move to a Broadway house soon!)


I wanted to thank three photographers who worked very hard on Drama Desk night to bring you these photos.
Thank you: 1. Maryann Lopinto.
2. Mark Rupp
3. Richard Pearlman


Photos that make me laugh:
http://corinescorner.com/blog2/2007/05/drama-desk-photo-coverage-part-1.htm

Some thoughts about this years event. The show was fantastic this year. We did not have any sound issues and the talent was incredible. My favorite number was with Taco and Kristin doing "Legally Blind" I was really tickled pink by that number.
Another highpoint was Kristin Chenoweth's staunch costume of the day in her Little Little Eddie costume. Great writing this year.
For more info on the Drama Desk Awards you can go to: http://www.dramadesk.com.
More later!

Summer Promotion For Corine's Corner Readers!!

Baby it's hot outside. Why not go swimming. Special Summer promotion for Corine's Corner readers! Call Karyn and tell her you are a Corine's Corner reader for a special summer rate.

212- 563-7001.

http://www.mphc.com
Workout before seeing a show. Gym in the heart of the theater district. Sundeck, indoor/outdoor pool and showtunes dance classes!

Call Karyn now!

Drama Desk On PBS Now!

Hi,
Also check out this video of me interviewing some of the Drama Desk Nominees.
http://timessquare.com/Theater/Theater_Stories/Drama_Desk_Awards_Nominees_on_Video/
Have a great weekend,
Corine

Euan Morton In Concert and On Rosie's Cruise!

Photo: Maryann Lopinto
THE ZIPPER FACTORY (Info from Euan Morton's site)
http://www.euanmorton.com.
June 11

THE ZIPPER FACTORY
Presents
EUAN MORTON
Back With A Band
Monday, June 11 at 7:30 and 9:30 p.m.

Acclaimed singer/actor EUAN MORTON returns to rock The Zipper for one night only before heading off to Europe with his new band.

FOR ADVANCE TICKETS TO ALL ZIPPER FACTORY EVENTS:
Call Ovation tickets at 212-352-3101
Or
Online at www.thezipperfactory.com

IN-PERSON:
Box office opens one hour prior to curtain for all events.

The Zipper Factory presents an eclectic line-up of theatrical events, concerts, burlesque, comedy and cabaret. Since 2001, The Zipper has become known as one of New York’s pre-eminent entertainment destinations, a desired venue for the city’s most gifted artists, both renowned and up-and-coming. Located at 336 West 37th Street on the site of a renovated zipper factory, this unique spot has offered New York audiences top-notch entertainment in an environment that is at once hip and urban yet casual and relaxed.
As always, drinks are allowed into the theatre.


rosie's cruise
July 7-14
Euan and his band set sail with Rosie, Kelli and friends for a week of fun, music and family on this summer's R Family cruise.

Drama Desk Coverage Continues.

Mrs Rashad.
Drama Desk photos by Mark Rupp.


This year the Drama Desk was especially glamourous and the pre party was at the ultra posh, Russian Tea Room. We had an extra special guest host at the Russian Tea Room the one and only Christine Ebersole. It was a fabulous evening and we hope that they do it again next year.

D. Monk

Raul and Michelle

Eve Best

Karen Ziemba

M Cerveris

Tommy Tune

Marsha Mason

Drama Desk Week Continues At Corinescorner.com!

Drama Desk winner Duncan Sheik!

Don't forget to watch this years Drama Desk Awards tonight at 8 PM on Channel 25 in NYC.
Photos by Richard Pearlman.

Drama Desk President William Wolf and Stewart Margulis

Corine Cohen and Ashley Brown (Mary Poppins)


Associate Producers Corine Cohen and Jacki Florin

Christine Ebersole

Barbara Walsh (Company, Forbidden Broadway)



Shot of the glamourous Russian Tea Room

Drama Desk Photo Coverage!

Dunkin Sheik and Steven Sater prove The Drama Desk Are not a bitch and the evening was not totally fucked.

Photos by Maryann Lopinto for Corinescorner.com

Lea Michele and John Gallagher


Frank Langella (Legend and all around nice guy)


Eve Best

Donna Murphy

Donna Murphy, Raul Esparza and Audra McDonald.

Drama Desk Photo Coverage! Corine's Corner Coverage Continues All Week!

Photo Coverage of the Red Carpet and China Grill Party Photos.
Photos by Maryann Lopinto.

Be sure to watch the Drama Desk Awards Thursday on channel 25 in New York. It will air on PBS on Saturday at 8 PM and Sunday at 12:30.


Laura Bell Bundy, Lea Michele, J Groff and J Gallagher

Drama Desk Award Winner Raul Esparza!
Jan Maxwell

Hostess Kristin Chenoweth

Mr and Mrs Aaron Lazar

Tommy Tune

Drama Desk Show Coverage! Don't Defy Chenoweth!

Pictures of Kristin Chenoweth by Richard Pearlman for Corinescorner.com.



Drama Desk Host Kristin Chenoweth

Drama Desk Red Carpet!

Red Carpet Arrivals at the Drama Desk Award Show
Photos by Mark Rupp
Drama Desk Winner Audra McDonald

Kevin Spacey

Kevin Spacey


Bebe Neuwirth

Liev Schreiber

Eve Best

Drama Desk Photo Coverage Part 2

Drama Desk Award Winner Duncan Sheik.

Arrivals at the Russian Tea Room. This year the elegant, glamourous and fabulous Russian Tea Room hosted the Drama Desk VIP Party. Arrivals at the Russian Tea Room. Photos by Mark Rupp.


Capathia Jenkins

Beth Leavel


Corine Cohen

Drama Desk Photo Coverage Part 1.

Kristin Chenoweth with Taco


Show part 1: Richard Pearlman
Kristin Chenoweth's Revolutionary Costume of the evening)Staunch!

David Hyde Pierce from "Curtains"

Drama Desk Awards Tonight!

Kristin Chenoweth's Revolutionary costume of Today

Wow. I wanted to congratulate all of the nominees tonight. I also wanted to congratulate all of the people who worked all year to make this event happen I will be doing four parts of coverage of the event. I just got in a few photos by Richard Pearlman. We will have red carpet coverage, party coverage and show coverage check in!

Happy Anniversary Metropolitan Room

I attended the one year celebration of the Metropolitan Room. I love going to the Metropolitan Room. They make you feel at home. Congratulations to all that work there. Additionally, photo coverage of the party will be up soon.

Kristine Zbornik At The Metropolitan Room

I was fortunate to finally attend MAC winner Kristine Zbornik's award winning show at the Metropolitan Room. I hope they bring it back as it was side splitting funny.
She is really hysterical and yes, insane. (In a good way) You have to see it to believe it.

Lennie, please bring this back!
Photos by Maryann Lopinto
Text: Corine Cohen

Mother Load

"Hilarious! Cleverly plays off the myriad fears of mothers in the new
millennium."
--Fox 5 News

"Like Annie Hall wearing a nursing bra. Fluidly
directed...endearing...impossible to dislike!"
--New York Times

This frank, funny, and rather frightening adventure on the front lines of
motherhood should be
required viewing for the overachiever in all of us!"
--offoffonline.com

"Wilson gives her performance dynamic range... lightly comic and altogether
satisfying!"
--Theatermania

"There¹s something for everyone in this delightfully candid expose. This
show is a must-see!"
--celebritycafe.com

MOTHER LOAD EXTENDS ITS PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE

NEW YORK, NY-MAY 17, 2007: HYDE PARK & LAFAYETTE and BRIAN LIEBMAN are
pleased to announce that they are extending the performance schedule of the
Off-Broadway show MOTHER LOAD. The one-woman show, written and performed by
Amy Wilson and directed by Julie Kramer, opened on Friday May 4 at 8 p.m. at
Off-Broadway¹s Sage Theater (711 7th Avenue at 47th/48th St) and has
continuously played to sold-out audiences. The show will now close on June
22nd.

In a world where a toddler's birthday party must be catered, a stroller
costs eight hundred dollars, and nursery school applications require
thoughtful essay writing, how can a mom keep her perspective? From prenatal
yoga to preschool interviews, actress and writer Wilson struggles to throw
off the "Mother Load" of unrealistic expectations, ignore the competitive
"sanctimommies" lurking in every playgroup, and somehow find the time to
enjoy her kids.

Any parent who has fed their kids dinosaur chicken nuggets three times this
week will identify with Amy's guilt, and fellow perfectionists will cheer as
she frees herself from it. You'll love MOTHER LOAD whether you are a
mother or just have one.

Tickets to MOTHER LOAD are $45 and are available online at
www.ticketcentral.com or by calling 212-279-4200. Tickets may also be
purchased in person at the Ticket Central Box Office, located at 416 W. 42nd
Street, between 9th and 10th Avenues.

MOTHER LOAD runs now thru June 22, with performances Tuesday­Saturday at 8
p.m. and a Moms Matinee Wednesdays at 11 a.m. For more information on
MOTHER LOAD-- photos, biographies, video and more-- please visit
www.motherloadshow.com.

Time To Get In Shape!!!!

Please tell them you want to join and saw this on Corine's Corner for a special summer rate.
Ask for Karen.
Thanks,
Corine

Isaac Mizrahi at Joe's Pub.

Need fashion advice from fashion guru Isaac Mizrahi? Read on!



Fridays on May 25, June 1, June 15 and June 22

ISAAC MIZRAHI

http://www.isaacmizrahiny.com/

Isaac Mizrahi is back with his band, The Ben Waltzer Quintet, for a series of shows in June. He'll chat, take your questions, sing, sketch and may even do a jig (JUST KIDDING ABOUT THE JIG!) Just come dammit. I swear it'll be fun!

7:30pm, $25







LOCATION:

425 Lafayette Street (between East 4th and Astor Place) NYC; adjacent to The Public Theater



TICKETS:

By Phone: 212-967-7555

On the Web: www.joespub.com

In Person: At The Public Theater Box Office from 1pm to 6pm and at Joe’s Pub from 6pm to 10pm (both located at 425 Lafayette St.)



TABLE RESERVATIONS: 212-539-8778

Purchase of tickets does NOT guarantee a table reservation; you must call to reserve seats. Seating, as well as standing-room, is available only on a first-come, first-served basis for all shows without a dinner reservation. Two drink or $12 food minimum per person is standard.

"No Exit"

EXISTENTIALIST PLAY FOLLOWED BY "PARIS CAFÉ" FEATURING SONGS OF JULIETTE GRECO



Postwar Paris comes to life in a unique double bill pairing Jean-Paul Sartre's "No Exit" with a new evening of songs associated with the Left Bank bohemian icon Juliette Gréco. "No Exit" (in a brand new American translation by Nicholas Wolfson and Richmond Shepard) and "Paris Café" run in tandem from June 12 through June 24 at The Richmond Shepard Theatre, 309 East 26th Street.

Both shows star the German-born actress and singer Micaela Leon, who in eight months in New York, has gained notoriety for her lavishly praised solo cabaret performances that have earned her 2007 Nightlife and MAC award nominations. Livelyarts.com calls Leon "a true Diva, with charm, exuberance and stunning beauty. She is quite moving, quite funny, a genuine superstar." Gay City News calls her "a dazzlingly virtuosic talent." Pronouncing her "fun to watch whether oozing sex, irony or is simply haunting," Wolf Entertainment Guides claims she has "an international aura that could play virtually anywhere in the world."

In "No Exit" a cowardly army deserter, narcissistic society woman and conniving lesbian are detained in a room where they learn they will remain for eternity. First performed in occupied Paris in May 1944, "No Exit" unleashes one of the most startling concepts of 20th century literature and philosophy, spoken in its waning moments: "hell is other people."

Gréco as a theatrical companion to Sartre is a logical choice: the dangerously sensual singer, a friend and confidante of numerous Left Bank writers and artists, was an oracle of postwar angst and ennui. Sartre described the singer's voice as "encompassing millions of poems."

Directed by Shepard, "No Exit" also features Christelle Cervelle, Joe Correa and Nicholas Wolfson.

"No Exit" with " Paris Café" performs 12 times from June 12 through June 24. Performances are Tuesday through Saturday at 8pm, and Sunday at 3pm.

Wine will be served during "Paris Café." Tickets are $25 (includes one drink). For reservations call 212/684-2690. The Richmond Shepard Theatre, 309 East 26th, is just east of 2nd Avenue.

Grey Gardens get 10 Tony Nods!

THE HIT BROADWAY MUSICAL


NOMINATED FOR

10 TONY AWARDS

INCLUDING

BEST MUSICAL

& BEST LEADING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL

CHRISTINE EBERSOLE





The hit Broadway musical GREY GARDENS has been nominated for 10 2007 Tony Awards, include Best Musical. The acclaimed production starring Tony Award winner Christine Ebersole and Tony Award nominee Mary Louise Wilson earned nominations in the following 10 categories:



· Best Musical

· Best Leading Actress in a Musical – Christine Ebersole

· Best Featured Actress in a Musical – Mary Louise Wilson

· Best Book of a Musical – author Doug Wright

· Best Original Score – composer Scott Frankel & lyricist Michael Korie

· Best Director of a Musical – Michael Greif

· Best Scenic Design – Allen Moyer

· Best Costume Design – William Ivey Long

· Best Lighting Design – Peter Kaczorowski

· Best Orchestrations – Bruce Coughlin



Nominated for her dual performance as Edith Bouvier Beale (in Act One) and “Little” Edie Beale (in Act Two), this is Ms. Ebersole’s third Tony nomination. She previously won the Tony Award as Best Leading Actress in a Musical for 42nd Street (2001), and was also nominated as Best Featured Actress in a Play for Dinner at Eight (2003).



Nominated for her performance as Edith Bouvier Beale, this is Ms. Wilson’s second Tony nomination. She was previously nominated as Best Featured Actress in a Musical for the revival of Cabaret (1998).



This is Mr. Wright’s second Tony nomination. He previously won for Best Play for I Am My Own Wife (2004). Like I Am My Own Wife, GREY GARDENS had its World Premiere at New York's acclaimed Off-Broadway theater company Playwrights Horizons.



This is the first nomination for both Mr. Frankel and Mr. Korie, for whom GREY GARDENS is their Broadway debut.



This is Mr. Greif’s second Tony nomination. He was previously nominated as Best Director of a Musical for Rent (1996).



This is Mr. Moyer’s first Tony nomination.



This is Mr. Ivey Long’s eleventh Tony nomination. He’s won the Tony Award for Best Costumes four times: for Nine (1982), Crazy For You (1992), The Producers (2001) and Hairspray (2003). His 6 additional nominations were for Lend Me a Tenor (1989), Chicago (1997), Cabaret (1998), The Music Man (2000), A Streetcar Named Desire (2005) and La Cage aux Folles (2005).



This is Mr. Kaczorowski’s third Tony nomination. He previously won the Tony for Best Lighting for The Producers (2001) and was also nominated for Kiss Me, Kate (2000)



This is Mr. Coughlin’s third Tony nomination. He previously won the Tony Award for Best Orchestrations for The Light in the Piazza (2005) and was also nominated for Urinetown (2002).



The Tony nominations cap the production’s two-season span of earning Theater award nominations since opening Off-Broadway last spring at Playwrights Horizons. Unlike most productions that are eligible for all Theater awards in one season, GREY GARDENS has been eligible over the course of two. The World Premiere production at Playwrights Horizons during the 2005-2006 Theater Season yielded nominations and wins from the organizations that consider both Broadway and Off-Broadway: Outer Critics Circle, Drama Desk, Obies, New York Drama Critics Circle and The Drama League, among many other specialty awards. As the Tony Awards only recognize excellence on Broadway, the musical was ineligible for Tony Awards until it moved to Broadway last Fall during the 2006-2007 Theater Season.



For her acclaimed dual performance as Edith Beale and “Little” Edie Beale, leading lady Christine Ebersole swept the 2006 Spring Theater awards, winning a Drama Desk Award, an Outer Critics Circle Award, an Obie, a special citation from the New York Drama Critics Circle and the Drama League’s 2006 Distinguished Performance of the Year Award. In addition to the awards bestowed on Ms. Ebersole, the musical’s many honors include: the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Off-Broadway Musical; both a Drama-League Award for Distinguished Performance and the Actors Equity Foundation’s Richard Seff Award to Mary Louise Wilson for her performance; a 2006 Richard Rodgers Production Award, administered by the American Academy of Arts and Letters; being named one of Best Plays’ “Ten Best” of the 2005-2006 season (the only musical cited); The ASCAP Foundation’s Richard Rodgers New Horizons Award for composer Scott Frankel and lyricist Michael Korie; The Frederick Loewe Award for Dramatic Composition for Mr. Frankel and an Obie Award for set designer Allen Moyer. The musical was also proclaimed “Best Musical of the Year” by Entertainment Weekly and USA Today and the “#1 Show of the Year” by Time Magazine.



BACKGROUND ON GREY GARDENS



Following a sold-out world premiere in Spring 2006 at Playwrights Horizons, the new musical GREY GARDENS opened on Broadway on Thursday, November 2 at The Walter Kerr Theatre (219 West 48th Street) to rave reviews, lead by Ben Brantley in The New York Times, who called it “An experience no passionate theatergoer should miss!” Starring Tony Award winner Christine Ebersole and Tony Award nominee Mary Lousie Wilson, it has since appeared on over 25 “Best of 2006” lists, including #1 Show of the Year (Time), Best Musical of the Year (USA Today, Entertainment Weekly) and Performance of the Year (The New York Times, New York) for Ms. Ebersole.



Based on the legendary 1975 documentary Grey Gardens (by David Maysles, Albert Maysles, Ellen Hovde, Muffie Meyer & Susan Froemke – a Maysles Brothers Films Inc. Production), GREY GARDENS features a book by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner Doug Wright (I Am My Own Wife, the film Quills – based on his play), music by Scott Frankel (musical director for Broadway’s Falsettos, Putting It Together) and lyrics by Michael Korie (Harvey Milk). Directed by Tony Award nominee and Obie winner Michael Greif (Rent), the production has musical staging by Tony Award nominee Jeff Calhoun (Big River, Grease!).



GREY GARDENS is produced by East of Doheny, Staunch Entertainment, Randall Wreghitt/Mort Swinsky, Michael Alden and Edwin W. Schloss, in association with Playwrights Horizons.



Not since Mama Rose and Gypsy has there been a mother/daughter act as hilarious, as heartbreaking and as utterly unforgettable as Edith and Edie Beale – Jackie Kennedy’s most outrageous relatives – in Broadway’s acclaimed musical smash GREY GARDENS. From the grandeur of an East Hampton high society party in 1941 to the sensational tabloid headlines that rocked the Kennedy clan in 1973, GREY GARDENS is scandalously entertaining. This witty and passionate ride features Christine Ebersole’s already-legendary performance and breaks new ground as the first musical ever based on a documentary. Step into the world of GREY GARDENS and see the other side of Camelot.



Critics have praised the Broadway production as “An experience no passionate theatergoer should miss” (Ben Brantley, The New York Times), “One of the first must-sees of the season” (Jacques le Sourd, The Journal News), “A brilliantly twisted, bizarrely beautiful, madly entertaining musical” (Michael Sommers, The Star-Ledger), “A funny and poignant riches-to-rags story with a glorious score” (Joe Dziemianowicz, Daily News), “Excellent – a darkly thrilling, quirky and heartbreaking musical” (David Cote, NY1 News) and “An extraordinary and compassionate musical, elegant and grand and high risk” (Lisa Carlin, WCBS News Radio). Praising the show for Rolling Stone, Peter Travers called it, “Hilarious AND heartbreaking. That shot in the arm for theater lovers who’ve longed for something bold, haunting and hypnotic to get lost in. GREY GARDENS is more than a unique and unmissable musical: IT’S A GIFT!”



Critics have unanimously bestowed legendary status on the performance of leading lady Christine Ebersole (who actually gives two performances in the musical: as Edith Beale in Act One and her daughter ‘Little’ Edie in Act Two). Ben Brantley of The New York Times called it, “Possibly the greatest performance I’ve ever seen in a musical,” and “The best argument I can think of for the survival of the American musical. This is what people go to the theater for!” Ms. Ebersole swept the 2006 Spring Theater awards, winning a Drama Desk Award, an Outer Critics Circle Award, an Obie, a special citation from the New York Drama Critics Circle and the Drama League’s 2006 Distinguished Performance of the Year Award.



Joining Ms. Ebersole and Ms. Wilson in the Broadway production are five-time Tony Award nominee John McMartin (Follies, Show Boat, Into the Woods) as both ‘Major’ Bouvier and Norman Vincent Peale; Matt Cavenaugh (Urban Cowboy, national tour of Thoroughly Modern Millie, “One Life to Live”) as both Joe Kennedy, Jr. and Jerry; Erin Davie as Young ‘Little’ Edie Beale (the national tours of Swing! and The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber); Kelsey Fowler as Lee Bouvier (in her Broadway debut); Sarah Hyland (title role in Paper Mill’s Annie) as Jacqueline Bouvier; Obie Award winner Michael Potts (Lennon) as Brooks Sr. and Brooks Jr.; and two-time Tony Award nominee Bob Stillman (Dirty Blonde, Grand Hotel) as Gould.



The Broadway production of GREY GARDENS reunites the original creative and design team, featuring scenic design by Allen Moyer, costume design by five-time Tony Award winner William Ivey Long, lighting design by Tony Award winner Peter Kaczorowski, sound design by Brian Ronan, projections by Wendall K. Harrington and hair and wig design by Paul Huntley. Orchestrations are by Tony Award winner Bruce Coughlin and Music Director is Lawrence Yurman.



Since the documentary’s premiere at the New York Film Festival in 1975 and its initial theatrical release in 1976, Grey Gardens and The Beales have achieved iconic status in American popular culture. The real ‘Little’ Edie (1917-2002) influenced a generation of fashion designers – including Isaac Mizrahi, Todd Oldham, John Bartlett and Calvin Klein – with her extraordinary, singular style and fierce individuality. Through the years, major magazines from Vogue and Elle to Harper’s Bazaar and Entertainment Weekly have cited Edie as a trend-setter, and references to Grey Gardens have popped up on “Will & Grace” and “The L Word” and in the music of Rufus Wainwright.



The musical GREY GARDENS is part of a resurgent interest in the Grey Gardens phenomenon. The musical was the first project celebrating the 30th anniversary of the film, and was followed by the Maysles Brothers recently-released companion movie The Beales of Grey Gardens (featuring previously-unseen outtakes from the original documentary, now playing at art houses across the country and recently released on DVD as part of The Criterion Collection), plus several upcoming books (including a collection of Edie’s original writings) and a future Hollywood feature based on the documentary.



GREY GARDENS had its world premiere Off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons last Spring. It completely sold out its entire initial limited engagement before it even opened, and went on to sell out an additional three extensions, becoming one of the theater company’s most successful productions.



The Original Broadway Cast Recording of GREY GARDENS, produced by multiple Grammy Award winner Steven Epstein (The Light in the Piazza), was recently released on PS Classics.



Tickets are available by going online to www.telecharge.com, calling (212) 239-6200 or visiting The Walter Kerr Theatre box office (219 West 48th Street). Balcony seats are only available in person at the box office.



www.greygardensthemusical.com

Don't Forget To Catch Duncan Sheik At The Concert Hall Tonight!

Duncan Sheik will be performing at the concert hall at Ethical Culture.
Corine's Corner congratulates him on his many nominations! (11 Tony and 11 Drama Desk)

http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/00003E67DB8EB68E?artistid=7718

Catch him at the Concert Hall tonight at 7!

To quote his show: It would be "Totally Fucked" if you missed it!

"Spring Awakening" is one of my favorite Broadway musicals.

TONY NOMINATIONS!!! SPRING AWAKENING LEADS THE PACK!

The American Theatre Wing’s Antoinette Perry “Tony” Awards are presented by
The League of American Theatres and Producers and The American Theatre Wing

www.tonyawards.com




2007 TONY AWARD® NOMINATIONS

New York, NY (May 15, 2007) – Nominations in 25 competitive categories for the American Theatre Wing’s 61st Annual Antoinette Perry “Tony” Awards® were announced today by Broadway stars Jane Krakowski and Taye Diggs at the Tony Award Nominations Announcement sponsored by IBM. The nominees were selected by an independent committee of 23 theatre professionals appointed by the Tony Awards Administration Committee. The 2007 Tony Awards are presented by the League of American Theatres and Producers and the American Theatre Wing. (The list of nominations follows.)

Marking 61 years of excellence on Broadway, The Tony Awards will be broadcast live from Radio City Music Hall on CBS, Sunday, June 10th, 8:00 – 11:00 p.m. (ET/PT time delay).

Legitimate theatrical productions opening in any of the 39 eligible Broadway theatres during the current season may be considered for Tony nominations. The 2006/2007 eligibility season began May 11, 2006 and ended May 9, 2007. The Tony Awards will be voted in 25 competitive categories by 785 members of the theatrical community. Ballots will be mailed at the end of this week.

Based on a recommendation by the American Theatre Critics Association, Alliance Theatre of Atlanta will be the recipient of the 2007 Regional Theatre Tony Award accompanied by a grant of $25,000 sponsored by Visa U.S.A. This award is given to a regional theatre company that has displayed a continuous level of artistic achievement contributing to the growth of theatre nationally.

The 2007 Tony Award Nominating Committee consists of Victoria Bailey, Joe Benincasa, Susan Birkenhead, Edward Burbridge, Robert Callely, Ben Cameron, Betty Corwin, John Dias, Mercedes Ellington, Sue Frost, Joanna Gleason, Andrew Jackness, Betty Jacobs, Robert Kamlot, Todd London, Jon Nakagawa, Lynn Nottage, Gilbert Parker, Jonathan Reynolds, Steven Suskin, Jac Venza, Tom Viola, and Franklin Weissberg.

For the CBS broadcast, Ricky Kirshner and Glenn Weiss/White Cherry Entertainment are Executive Producers. Weiss also serves as Director. Allen Kelman is Line Producer. Elliot Lawrence is Musical Director. Dave Boone is writing the script. Carole Propp is Talent Executive. The Production Designer is Steve Bass. Bob Dickinson is designing the lighting and David Toser the costumes. Arianne Shean-Wert is Associate Producer and Howard Kolins is Production Supervisor.

A limited number of tickets will be sold to the public beginning today, Tuesday, May 15th beginning at 9:00 a.m. Tickets can be purchased online through www.TonyAwards.com or by calling the Tony Awards TicketMaster Hotline, (212) 307-4544. Visa is the exclusive card of the Tonys.

The Antoinette Perry “Tony” Awards are bestowed annually on theatre professionals for distinguished achievement. The Tony is one of the most coveted awards in the entertainment industry and the annual telecast is considered one of the most prestigious programs on television.

The League and the Wing will host the official 2007 Meet the Nominees Press Reception on Wednesday, May 16th at The View at the Marriott Marquis. For media RSVP’s to the Press Reception, please contact PMK/HBH at (212) 582-1111.



The Tonys are presented by the League of American Theatres and Producers and the American Theatre Wing. At the League, Gerald Schoenfeld is Chairman and Charlotte St. Martin is Executive Director. At the Wing, Sondra Gilman is Chairman, Doug Leeds is President and Howard Sherman is Executive Director. For Tony Award Productions, Elizabeth I. McCann is Managing Producer and Joey Parnes is Coordinating Producer.

Ricky Kirshner and Glenn Weiss/White Cherry Entertainment are Executive Producers of the 2007 Tony Awards. Mr. Weiss will also serve as Director of the 2007 Tony Awards.

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Nominations for the 2007 American Theatre Wing’s Tony Awards®
Presented by the League of American Theatres and Producers and the American Theatre Wing


Best Play

The Coast of Utopia
Author: Tom Stoppard
Producers: Lincoln Center Theater, André Bishop, Bernard Gersten, Bob Boyett

Frost/Nixon
Author: Peter Morgan
Producers: Arielle Tepper Madover, Matthew Byam Shaw, Robert Fox, Act Productions, David Binder, Debra Black, Annette Niemtzow/Harlene Freezer, The Weinstein Company, The Donmar Warehouse

The Little Dog Laughed
Author: Douglas Carter Beane
Producers: Roy Gabay, Susan Dietz, Morris Berchard, Steve Bozeman, Ted Snowdon, Jerry Frankel/Doug Nevin, Jennifer Manocherian/Ina Meibach, Second Stage Theatre, Carole Rothman, Ellen Richard

Radio Golf
Author: August Wilson
Producers: Jujamcyn Theaters, Margo Lion, Jeffrey Richards/Jerry Frankel, Tamara Tunie/Wendell Pierce, Fran Kirmser, Bunting Management Group, George Frontiere and Open Pictures, Lauren Doll/Steven Greil & The August Wilson Group, Jack Viertel, Gordon Davidson

Best Musical

Curtains
Producers: Roger Berlind, Roger Horchow, Daryl Roth, Jane Bergère, Ted Hartley, Center Theatre Group

Grey Gardens
Producers: East of Doheny, Staunch Entertainment, Randall Wreghitt/Mort Swinsky, Michael Alden, Edwin W. Schloss, Playwrights Horizons

Mary Poppins
Producers: Disney, Cameron Mackintosh

Spring Awakening
Producers: Ira Pittelman, Tom Hulce, Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel, Atlantic Theater Company, Jeffrey Sine, Freddy DeMann, Max Cooper, Mort Swinsky/Cindy and Jay Gutterman/Joe McGinnis/Judith Ann Abrams, ZenDog Productions/CarJac Productions, Aron Bergson Productions/Jennifer Manocherian/Ted Snowdon, Harold Thau/Terry Schnuck/Cold Spring Productions, Amanda Dubois/Elizabeth Eynon Wetherell, Jennifer Maloney/Tamara Tunie/Joe Cilibrasi/StyleFour Productions

Best Book of a Musical

Curtains
Rupert Holmes & Peter Stone

Grey Gardens
Doug Wright

Legally Blonde The Musical
Heather Hach

Spring Awakening
Steven Sater

Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre

Curtains
Music: John Kander
Lyrics: Fred Ebb, John Kander & Rupert Holmes

Grey Gardens
Music: Scott Frankel
Lyrics: Michael Korie

Legally Blonde The Musical
Music & Lyrics: Laurence O’Keefe and Nell Benjamin

Spring Awakening
Music: Duncan Sheik
Lyrics: Steven Sater

Best Revival of a Play

Inherit the Wind
Producers: Boyett Ostar Productions, The Shubert Organization, Lawrence Horowitz, Jon Avnet/Ralph Guild, Roy Furman, Debra Black/Daryl Roth, Bill Rollnick/Nancy Ellison Rollnick, Stephanie P. McClelland

Journey’s End
Producers: Boyett Ostar Productions, Stephanie P. McClelland, Bill Rollnick, James D’Orta, Philip Geier

Talk Radio
Producers: Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel, Jam Theatricals, Francis Finlay, Ronald Frankel, James Fuld, Jr., Steve Green, Judith Hansen, Patty Ann Lacerte, James Riley, Mary Lu Roffe/Mort Swinsky, Sheldon Stein, Terri & Timothy Childs/Stylefour Productions, Irving Welzer/Herb Blodgett

Translations
Producers: Manhattan Theatre Club, McCarter Theatre Center, Lynne Meadow, Barry Grove, Emily Mann, Jeffrey Woodward

Best Revival of a Musical

The Apple Tree
Producers: Roundabout Theatre Company, Todd Haimes, Harold Wolpert, Julia C. Levy

A Chorus Line
Producer: Vienna Waits Productions

Company
Producers: Marc Routh, Richard Frankel, Tom Viertel, Steven Baruch, Ambassador Theatre Group, Tulchin/Bartner Productions, Darren Bagert, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park

110 in the Shade
Producers: Roundabout Theatre Company, Todd Haimes, Harold Wolpert, Julia C. Levy

Best Special Theatrical Event

Jay Johnson: The Two and Only!
Producers: Roger Alan Gindi, Stewart F. Lane & Bonnie Comley, Dan Whitten, Herbert Goldsmith Productions, Ken Grossman, Bob & Rhonda Silver, Michael A. Jenkins/Dallas Summer Musicals, Inc., Wetrock Entertainment

Kiki & Herb Alive on Broadway
Producers: David J. Foster, Jared Geller, Ruth Hendel, Jonathan Reinis, Inc., Billy Zavelson, Jamie Cesa, Anne Strickland Squadron, Jennifer Manocherian, Gary Allen, Melvin Honowitz

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play

Boyd Gaines, Journey’s End
Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
Brían F. O’Byrne, The Coast of Utopia
Christopher Plummer, Inherit the Wind
Liev Schreiber, Talk Radio

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play

Eve Best, A Moon for the Misbegotten
Swoosie Kurtz, Heartbreak House
Angela Lansbury, Deuce
Vanessa Redgrave, The Year of Magical Thinking
Julie White, The Little Dog Laughed

Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical

Michael Cerveris, LoveMusik
Raúl Esparza, Company
Jonathan Groff, Spring Awakening
Gavin Lee, Mary Poppins
David Hyde Pierce, Curtains

Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical

Laura Bell Bundy, Legally Blonde The Musical
Christine Ebersole, Grey Gardens
Audra McDonald, 110 in the Shade
Debra Monk, Curtains
Donna Murphy, LoveMusik

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play

Anthony Chisholm, Radio Golf
Billy Crudup, The Coast of Utopia
Ethan Hawke, The Coast of Utopia
John Earl Jelks, Radio Golf
Stark Sands, Journey’s End

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play

Jennifer Ehle, The Coast of Utopia
Xanthe Elbrick, Coram Boy
Dana Ivey, Butley
Jan Maxwell, Coram Boy
Martha Plimpton, The Coast of Utopia

Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical

Brooks Ashmanskas, Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me
Christian Borle, Legally Blonde The Musical
John Cullum, 110 in the Shade
John Gallagher, Jr., Spring Awakening
David Pittu, LoveMusik

Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical

Charlotte d’Amboise, A Chorus Line
Rebecca Luker, Mary Poppins
Orfeh, Legally Blonde The Musical
Mary Louise Wilson, Grey Gardens
Karen Ziemba, Curtains

Best Scenic Design of a Play

Bob Crowley & Scott Pask, The Coast of Utopia
Jonathan Fensom, Journey’s End
David Gallo, Radio Golf
Ti Green and Melly Still, Coram Boy

Best Scenic Design of a Musical

Bob Crowley, Mary Poppins
Christine Jones, Spring Awakening
Anna Louizos, High Fidelity
Allen Moyer, Grey Gardens

Best Costume Design of a Play

Ti Green and Melly Still, Coram Boy
Jane Greenwood, Heartbreak House
Santo Loquasto, Inherit the Wind
Catherine Zuber, The Coast of Utopia

Best Costume Design of a Musical

Gregg Barnes, Legally Blonde The Musical
Bob Crowley, Mary Poppins
Susan Hilferty, Spring Awakening
William Ivey Long, Grey Gardens

Best Lighting Design of a Play

Paule Constable, Coram Boy
Brian MacDevitt, Inherit the Wind
Brian MacDevitt, Kenneth Posner and Natasha Katz, The Coast of Utopia
Jason Taylor, Journey’s End

Best Lighting Design of a Musical

Kevin Adams, Spring Awakening
Christopher Akerlind, 110 in the Shade
Howard Harrison, Mary Poppins
Peter Kaczorowski, Grey Gardens

Best Direction of a Play

Michael Grandage, Frost/Nixon
David Grindley, Journey’s End
Jack O’Brien, The Coast of Utopia
Melly Still, Coram Boy

Best Direction of a Musical

John Doyle, Company
Scott Ellis, Curtains
Michael Greif, Grey Gardens
Michael Mayer, Spring Awakening

Best Choreography

Rob Ashford, Curtains
Matthew Bourne and Stephen Mear, Mary Poppins
Bill T. Jones, Spring Awakening
Jerry Mitchell, Legally Blonde The Musical

Best Orchestrations

Bruce Coughlin, Grey Gardens
Duncan Sheik, Spring Awakening
Jonathan Tunick, LoveMusik
Jonathan Tunick, 110 in the Shade


* * *

Regional Theatre Tony Award
Alliance Theatre
Atlanta, GA

* * *


Total Nominations by Production

Spring Awakening – 11
The Coast of Utopia – 10
Grey Gardens – 10
Curtains – 8
Legally Blonde The Musical – 7
Mary Poppins – 7
Coram Boy – 6
Journey’s End – 6
110 in the Shade – 5
Inherit the Wind – 4
LoveMusik – 4
Radio Golf – 4
Company – 3
Frost/Nixon – 3
A Chorus Line – 2
Heartbreak House – 2
The Little Dog Laughed – 2
Talk Radio – 2
The Apple Tree – 1
Butley – 1
Deuce – 1
High Fidelity – 1
Jay Johnson: The Two and Only! - 1
Kiki and Herb Alive on Broadway - 1
Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me – 1
A Moon for the Misbegotten – 1
Translations – 1
The Year of Magical Thinking - 1

My Friend, The Cat!

THE STOREFRONT

is pleased to present

MY FRIEND, The Cat

we don’t chose our pets, they choose us…

by Phil Geoffrey Bond

Featuring
Lisa Asher, Brandon Cutrell, Julie Reyburn
& Alysha Umphress

with musical direction by Ray Fellman

Fridays, May 11 & 25 @ 8pm
The Laurie Beechman Theatre


NEW YORK – The Storefront is pleased to announce a return engagement of My Friend, The Cat, Phil Geoffrey Bond’s tale of the blessings we receive from the four-legged friends who grace our lives. Two special performances will take place at 8pm on Fridays, May 11th and 25th at The Laurie Beechman Theatre, located at 407 West 42nd Street in the heart of New York’s theatre district. There is an $18 cover charge ($15 for members of MAC & Cabaret Hotline) as well as a $15 food/beverage minimum. There is also a dinner/show package available for $60 (please indicate when making a reservation). For reservations, which are recommended, please call 212 695 6909 between the hours of 12pm and 6pm.

My Friend, The Cat traces the ten year relationship between a gay man and his cat, and the history they share together. From chasing cockroaches in their first apartment, “a crappy East Village monstrosity with sloping floors,” where, during hot summers, Bond would place the feline in the refrigerator to cool off, to wintertime roadtrips where he learned that cats can indeed drive a station wagon, Bond’s story unfolds year by year.

A hybrid between cabaret and traditional theatre, the piece includes music by composers as diverse as Laura Nyro, Charlie Chaplin, John Bucchino and even Andrew Lloyd Webber (guess which musical) featuring celebrated vocalists Lisa Asher, Brandon Cutrell, Julie Reyburn and Alysha Umphress.

Phil Geoffrey Bond is the author of The Citadel (Sundance Theatre Lab, Expanded Arts), Sheridan Square and My Queer Youth (The Duplex Cabaret Theatre), Uncommen Threads and The Death of Innocence (Playwrights Horizons workshops, 1994 & 95), among others. He is the recipient of five MAC (Manhattan Association of Clubs and Cabarets) awards, the Backstage Bistro Award for Directing, as well as the prestigious Nightlife Award for his critically-acclaimed series, New Mondays, which debuts music from composers both aspiring and legendary. His directing credits include Avenue Q Swings, Women on the Stage and New Mondays in Concert (all at The Lucille Lortel Theatre), as well as many cabaret performances and concerts at venues ranging from Feinstein’s at the Regency to BB King. He is a 1997 graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, holding dual degrees in Acting and Dramatic Writing. In 1993, he was awarded the Presidential Medallion from President Clinton in recognition of his outstanding work as a playwright.

Free Concert At Barnes and Noble Lincoln Square!

This week at ANY WEDNESDAY we present the delightful New York City jazz singer, LOUISE ROGERS. The versatile performer has a following of both children and adults, and has created fascinating interpretations of everything from "Shenandoah" to "Twisted". She will be joined by acoustic bassist, Rich Strong. Please join us to hear what these two superb musicians have put together just for our audience.

ANY WEDNESDAY celebrates the best in jazz, cabaret and theater performers in the spacious third floor events space at the Lincoln Square Barnes & Noble at 66th and Broadway in New York City. Each performance begins at 6:00 p.m., lasts approximately a half hour and is followed by a signing/meet-and-greet session with the artists. As always, the events remain free and open to all.

Upcoming performers include: Jessica Molaskey with John Pizzarelli (May 23), Maude Maggart (May 30), The Cast of "When the Lights Go On Again" (June 6), Chip Shelton (June 13), Vincent Wolfe (June 20), Daryl Sherman (June 27), Jim Van Slyke (July 11), Sue Matsuki (July 18), Steve Ross (August 29)

Interview With Euan Morton.

Interview by Corine Cohen

Photos by Maryann Lopinto




Euan Morton, a native of Scotland, received an Olivier Award nomination for originating the role of Boy George in the musical Taboo. He moved to New York in 2003 to reprise the role on Broadway, earning Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Drama League Award nominations, as well as the Theatre World Award (for Outstanding Broadway Debut). He recently earned a 2006 Obie Award for his appearance in Measure For Pleasure at the Public Theatre. His other stage appearances include title roles in: Tony Kushner's adaptation of Brundibár at the New Victory Theatre and Berkeley Rep; The Who's Tommy at the Bay Street Theatre; and Caligula for the inaugural season of the New York Musical Theatre Festival (2004 NYMF Award for Outstanding Individual Performance). Off-Broadway, Euan recently appeared opposite Alfred Molina in Howard Katz at the Roundabout Theatre.

Euan has recently released his debut solo CD, NewClear, and has appeared in concert in New York City at Town Hall, The Zipper, Joe's Pub and Birdland, as well as at the Signature Theatre in Arlington, VA. (www.euanmorton.com)






Corine Cohen: Euan, you have millions of teenage fans. What will you be doing next?

Euan Morton: I'll be finishing my series of gigs at New York's Metropolitan Room, then I'm off on tour with a brand new rock gig. My hot new band and I will be visiting Virginia, DC, Austria! I'll be stopping off at The Zipper Factory in New York on June 11th to play one night there too. It'll be a chance for my fans to see the show we're taking to Europe. Then in early July I will be taking the show to the high seas, performing on Rosie & Kelli's R Family Cruise!

Corine Cohen: Will catch the show at the Zipper! What was the most exciting project you have ever worked on? Was it "TABOO" and why?

Euan Morton: I've always been very lucky in that I get to do lots of different kinds of work and play loads of great roles. There are two projects that spring to mind though...recording and promoting NewClear was such a blast and I met loads of great people on my 'album travels' and I loved working on "Measure for Pleasure" at the Public Theatre. That show was excellent fun and the cast were amazing. I'm still hoping we will get to take it to Britain!

Corine Cohen: With the upcoming release of "Show Business" (The Film first shown at the Tribeca Film Festival) how do you feel about being part of the film in "TABOO"?

Euan Morton: Dori Bernstein (Showbusiness Director and Producer) got unprecedented access to many shows and seeing "TABOO" and myself as part of that is wonderful to me. Of course it can be hard to watch as it was such a strange and intense time in my life but I am glad she chose to let me be such an integral part of her movie. I don't love watching myself on screen though...and it is worse to see myself crying!



Corine Cohen:That must have been difficult! What was your favorite part?

Euan Morton: I think there are just too many fun and exciting roles to choose from but I will say that I loved singing the score to "Tommy" and playing that role up at the wonderful Bay Street Theatre in Sag Harbor last summer. That was a beautiful place, a great theatre and what a great bunch of songs to sing...


Corine Cohen: I love the score of "Tommy" Sorry I missed that! Who do you admire most and why?

Euan Morton: Anyone who leads a life that aims to make a positive difference in our world. I hope that I have been able to use my art to do this and there are countless examples of others doing the same.

Corine Cohen: I wish more people were like you! What music do you listen to at home?

Euan Morton: I'm pretty eclectic and listen to loads of music all the time! On my IPod right now are Keane, Joni Mitchell and Karl Jenkins Mass for Peace.



Corine Cohen: What is your favorite restaurant in NYC or beyond?

Euan Morton: I would say The Tavern @ The Zipper Factory (336 west 37th Street)...I love that place, the food is great, the staff are cool and it's a very hip New York venue. I also love 44th and 10th...for a fancier night out!


Corine Cohen: What are five things that people don't know about you?


Euan Morton: Well if people don't know them then they are private!!!!!!!


Thanks, Euan. Catch Euan on his tour or at the Zipper on July 11th. Hope to see him back on Broadway soon!

Grey Gardens CD Event Photo Coverage. May 10th and Corine's Corner Was There!

The cast of "Grey Gardens" had a cd event at the Virgin Mega Store in Times Square on May 10th. Photo coverage by Maryann Lopinto.
Catch the cast in the hit Broadway show.









Catch Christine Ebersole in the hit Broadway show "Grey Gardens!"

Corine's Corner Culinary Corner Chow Report!

Dear Readers,

Coming up in the near future will be weekly food reviews. Please write in and tell me what restaurants you want me to feature on my blog. Your feedback is always appreciated.

Love,
Corine

Artwork: Eddie Varley

Mickey and Judy's Hollywood. Town Hall. June 9th.

I GOT RHYTHM: MICKEY AND JUDY’S HOLLYWOOD


WITH JEFF HARNAR, SHAUNA HICKS

SATURDAY JUNE 9, 8 PM



The Town Hall will present the “Sunny and decisively joyous” (Variety), "Seamlessly fluent" (New York Times) I Got Rhythm: Mickey and Judy’s Hollywood, a musical feast of songs from films starring Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland, on Saturday June 9 at 8 PM. Also called "A gem" by the New York Post, it co-stars the multi-award-winning cabaret performer Jeff Harnar and Shauna Hicks, leading lady of Broadway’s Blood Brothers. The show will feature such classics as “Embraceable You, “ “I Wish I Were In Love Again,” “But Not For Me,” “I Got Rhythm” and other memorable songs.


Tickets are $37.50 and $40.00 and are available from TicketMaster.com, (212) 307-4100, or in person at the Town Hall box office, 123 West 43 Street, New York, NY 10036, (212) 840-2824, www.the-townhall-nyc.org .

Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland played opposite each other as pals and love interests in 10 lighthearted musicals from 1937 to 1949, which were major hits and premiered songs that endure to this day. Their films include Babes in Arms, Strike Up the Band, Girl Crazy, Thousands Cheer, Life Begins for Andy Hardy and Babes on Broadway.

Jeff Harnar has twice won the Manhattan Association of Cabaret Award (MAC) as Best Male Vocalist and three Backstage Bistro Awards. He has appeared at Carnegie Hall in both the Cole Porter and Noel Coward Centennial Galas, and at other major cabaret venues in New York, around the United States and in Europe. His The 1959 Broadway Songbook, has been recorded live on CD (Original Cast Records) and broadcast on PBS. His second solo recordings Because of You: Fifties Gold, is a collection of pop classics from the songbooks of Tony Bennett, Nat “King” Cole, Doris Day, Johnny Mathis and Johnny Ray. Other TV credits include “Gershwin On Ice” starring Dorothy Hamill, for which he was the singing narrator, and a PBC Holiday concert co-starring K.T. Sullivan. He has performed I Got Rhythm with Shauna Hicks throughout the United States and in London.

Shauna Hicks, praised by New York Magazine as “gifted and winning,” was featured in Broadway’s Meet Me In St. Louis, and co-starred as Rosemary in a national tour of How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying opposite Ralph Macchio. Her one-woman show Shauna Hicks and Her ‘60’s Chicks has won MAC CAB and Bistro Awards. Her followup show was Shauna Hicks and her ‘70’s Mix, and her recordings include Unsung Berlin and Broadway Sings Bacharach.

Christine Ebersole Hosts Drama Desk VIP Party At The Glamourous Russian Tea Room!

Photo by Maryann Lopinto


CHRISTINE EBERSOLE AND CAST OF “GREY GARDENS’
JOIN DRAMA DESK AWARDS EXECUTIVE PRODUCER TO CO-HOST
PRE-CEREMONY VIP RECEPTION AT RUSSIAN TEA ROOM ON MAY 20TH!

Drama Desk Awards Post Ceremony VIP Party!

DRAMA DESK AWARDS POST-CEREMONY

VIP RECEPTION TO BE HELD AT CHINA GRILL OF NEW YORK

China Grill New York, Jeffrey Chodorow’s popular Manhattan restaurant at 60 West 53rd Street, celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, will host a gala VIP reception for many of the theater world’s shining luminaries on Sunday, May 20, 11:30 PM to 1:00 AM, immediately following the 52nd Annual Drama Desk Awards ceremony held earlier in the evening at the FH LaGuardia Concert Hall at Lincoln Center. The Reception will be hosted by Drama Desk Awards Executive Producer Robert R. Blume.

All of the nominees, celebrity presenters and the night’s Drama Desk Award winners, are invited to the reception. Guests will come straight from the awards show. Buses, provided by Grey Lines, will transport party guests from LaGuardia Concert Hall to China Grill at the conclusion of the awards ceremony. The reception was arranged by Drama Desk Associate Producer Corine Dana Cohen.


“We are grateful to Jeffrey Chodorow and the management of China Grill for hosting this very special event that provides an exciting conclusion to a thrilling evening,” said Blume, who has been executive producer of the Drama Desk Awards since 1999. “The post-ceremony reception is always special since it provides a rare opportunity some of the entertainment world’s major stars and creative personnel to mingle with each other, and being able to unwind in the beautiful and spacious China Grill makes it a truly memorable event.”
“We are delighted to host the post Drama Desk Awards VIP reception,” said Rob Beckham, the China Grill’s New York Director of Sales and Catering. “This is a wonderful opportunity for us to show off our restaurant and Asian fusion menu to members of New York’s elite theater community.”

For 20 years, the China Grill, with its soaring 30 foot ceilings, stunning multilevel dining platforms and excerpts from Marco Polo’s diary inscribed in marble mosaics on its spacious limestone floor, has been a celebrated dining haunt and gathering place for New York’s famous and not so famous who come to enjoy its Asian-inspired world cuisine.


This year’s 52nd Annual Drama Desk Awards, hosted by the multi-award-winning Broadway musical star Kristin Chenoweth, who recently starred in the successful Broadway revival of The Apple Tree, will be taped and a two-hour edited version will be broadcast nationally on PBS stations. In New York, the telecast will be aired by Thirteen/WNET on Sunday, May 27, 12:30 PM to 2:30 PM. NYC TV 25 will broadcast the awards special on Thursday, May 24, at 8:00 PM and on Saturday, May 26, at 10:00 PM. The awards ceremony will also be webcast live on May 20 by TheaterMania.com which covers over 42 markets and registering 550,000 members and over 1.3 million visitors a month. (www.theatermania.com). For the first time, the awards ceremony will also be broadcast live by XM Satellite Radio’s theater channel -- Broadway -- XM-28 On Broadway.

The Drama Desk, which has presented its awards annually since 1955, is the only organization of working theater critics, writers and editors, that honors excellence in all sectors of New York theater, including the Broadway, Off Broadway, Off Off Broadway and not-for-profit.

Robert R. Blume is Executive Producer of the 52nd Annual Drama Desk Awards. Lauren Class Schneider is Producer and Jeff Kalpak is Director. The show is being written by Peter Flynn. Kelly Martindale is Production Manager. Associate Producers are Jacki Barlia Florin, Corine Dana Cohen, Margot Astrachan, Matthew P. Donoghue and Les Schecter who is also Director of Publicity and Promotions. Elias EL-Hage is the General Manager. Randie Levine-Miller is Special Events Director for the Drama Desk. For television, Terry Rohnke is Production Consultant and Roy A. Somlyo is Consulting Producer.

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A spine tingling pleasure that I expect won’t be repeated anytime soon.”

– Charles Isherwood, The New York Times

“TRANSCENDENT BEAUTY! They don’t make them like this anymore.
Get ready to feast your eyes on this triumphant production.
A joyful, thunderous pageant that warrants a HALLELUJAH!”

- Eric Grode, The New York Sun

“STUNNING! An epic sized tale in an epic-sized production.
Coram Boy is the theatrical equivalent of a good read,
brimming with an emotion-filled plot, remarkable design work and heavenly choral music.
IT REMAINS VIVID LONG AFTER IT’S OVER!”

- Michael Kuchwara, Associated Press

“INGENIOUSLY ORIGINAL! An emotional adventure that is uplifting and redeeming.
THERE’S NOTHING ELSE LIKE IT ON BROADWAY!”

- Pat Collins, WWOR-TV

CORAM BOY is the most astonishing Broadway event of the decade - a rich spectacle filled with sweeping storytelling, gorgeous music and huge emotion, all brought to life by a company of 40 performers and a live orchestra.

This is CORAM BOY, an amazingly rare theatrical experience arriving direct from a sold-out run at London's National Theatre.

Adapted by Helen Edmundson and directed by Melly Still, CORAM BOY is the kind of grand, incomparable event that theatergoers will remember for years to come.

Offer valid for all performances through July 1st, 2007. Offer good on select front and rear mezzanine seats. Top ticket price: $101.25. All prices include a $1.25 facility fee. Normal service charges apply to phone and Internet orders. Offer subject to availability and prior sale. All sales are final - no refunds or exchanges. Offer may be revoked or modified at any time without notice.

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TONY UPDATE!

TONY AWARDS ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE ANNOUNCES

ELIGIBILITY FOR 2007 NOMINATIONS



New York, New York (May 10, 2007) – The Tony Award Administration Committee met today for the final time this season to decide the eligibility of thirteen Broadway productions for the 2007 American Theatre Wing’s Tony Awards®, presented by the League of American Theatres and Producers and the American Theatre Wing.



Stephanie J. Block and Hadley Fraser will be considered in the Leading Actress and Actor in a Musical categories for their performances in The Pirate Queen.



Laura Bell Bundy will be considered in the Leading Actress in a Musical category for her performance in Legally Blonde.



Donna Murphy and Michael Cerveris will be considered in the Leading Actress and Actor in a Musical categories for their performances in LoveMusik.



John Cullum will be considered in the Featured Actor in a Musical category for his performance in 110 in the Shade.



Tonya Pinkins, Anthony Chisholm and John Earl Jelks will be considered in the Featured Actress and Actor in a Play categories for their performances in Radio Golf.



Music for Coram Boy will be eligible in the Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre category.



All other decisions were consistent with the opening night credits.



This was the final meeting for the Tony Award Administration Committee to discuss the eligibility of shows opening in the 2006-2007 season. The cut-off date for eligibility was May 9th and nominations will be announced by Jane Krakowski and Taye Diggs at a reception sponsored by IBM this Tuesday morning, May 15th at the Lincoln Center Library for the Performing Arts.



The Tony Awards will be broadcast in a live three-hour ceremony from Radio City Music Hall on the CBS television network on Sunday, June 10th.



Tickets for the 2007 Tony Awards can be purchased starting at 9:00 AM on Tuesday, May 15th on-line through www.tonyawards.com or by calling the Tony Awards TicketMaster Hotline, 212-307-4544. Visa is the exclusive card of the Tony Awards.

Duncan Sheik In Concert MAY 15TH!

http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/00003E67DB8EB68E?artistid=7718

You can see Duncan Sheik next week at the Concert Hall.

To quote his show: It would be "Totally Fucked" if you missed it!

"Spring Awakening" is one of my favorite Broadway musicals.

Tempted by The Fruit of Another?

http://squeezeofficial.com/shows2.htm

My favorite band of all time is SQUEEZE (Well, them, Elvis Costello, James and Kate Taylor and Aretha)
Check them out.

Cool for Cats! Black Coffee in bed. I am so glad they have returned.

Tempted to travel.

Corine

Barnes and Noble Free Performance At Lincoln Center!

After last weeks marvelous performance by KAREN AKERS before a large and delighted crowd, we continue our celebration of cabaret/theater divas on May 9 with the remarkable STEVEN BRINBERG. For those of you who have not had the pleasure of seeing Steven's amazing vocal transformation into one of the great musical divas of all time, this is your chance as he becomes Simply Barbra. His new recording, the "Duet Album", pairs Steven with some of the best cabaret artists in original arrangements on a variety of theater and film songs. Joining Steven will be the very handsome Broadway star MATT CAVENAUGH.

ANY WEDNESDAY celebrates the best in jazz, cabaret and theater performers in the spacious third floor events space at the Lincoln Square Barnes & Noble at 66th and Broadway in New York City. Each performance begins at 6:00 p.m., lasts approximately a half hour and is followed by a signing/meet-and-greet session with the artists. As always, the events remain free and open to all.

Upcoming performers include: Louise Rogers (May 16), Jessica Molaskey with John Pizzarelli (May 23), Maude Maggart (May 30), Vincent Wolfe (June 20), Daryl Sherman (June 27), Jim Van Slyke (July 11), Sue Matsuki (July 18), Steve Ross (August 29)

MAC AWARDS WINNERS!

The 21st ANNUAL MAC AWARDS were presented at a sold-out gala show on Tuesday, May 1st at BB KING'S BLUES CLUB (237 West 42nd Street, NYC - 212-997-4144 - http://www.bbkingsblues.com/ ) .



2007 MAC CABARET AWARD WINNERS

FEMALE VOCALIST
Barbara Fasano

MALE VOCALIST
Patrick DeGennaro

MAJOR ARTIST ‚ FEMALE
Lina Koutrakos

MAJOR ARTIST ‚ MALE
Billy Stritch

NEW YORK DEBUT ‚ FEMALE
Esther Beckman

NEW YORK DEBUT ‚ MALE
Rob Langeder

IMPERSONATION
Jimmy James (as various divas)

MUSICAL COMEDY PERFORMER ‚ FEMALE
Kristine Zbornik

CABARET COMEDY / MUSICAL COMEDY PERFORMER ‚ MALE
Jay Rogers

VOCAL DUO OR GROUP
Eric Comstock & Barbara Fasano

MUSICAL COMEDY DUO OR GROUP / SPECIAL PRODUCTION
Thomas Honeck's Dreaming Wide Awake

REVUE
Johnny Mercer Sings-The Songs He Didn't Write

VARIETY PRODUCTION/RECURRING SERIES
Trudi Mann's Fabulous Open Mic for Singers

PIANO BAR/RESTAURANT SINGING ENTERTAINER
Leslie Anderson

PIANO BAR/RESTAURANT/HOTEL LOUNGE INSTRUMENTALIST
Jerry Scott

SINGER/SONGWRITER
John Wallowitch

MUSICAL DIRECTOR
Tedd Firth

DIRECTOR
Lina Koutrakos

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
Jean-Pierre Perreaux

SONG
"Beautiful Mistake" - music by John Bucchino, lyrics by Amanda McBroom


SPECIAL MUSICAL MATERIAL
"Not Another Cabaret" ‚ words and music by Jason Wynn

RECORDING
Barbara Fasano - "Written in the Stars"

JAZZ RECORDING
Mary Foster Conklin - "Blues for Breakfast ‚ Remembering Matt Dennis"

JAZZ VOCALIST ‚ FEMALE
Laurie Krauz

JAZZ VOCALIST ‚ MALE
John DeMarco

MAJOR JAZZ VOCALIST
Judy Barnett

JAZZ DUO/GROUP
Barry Levitt Quartet

STAND-UP COMIC FEMALE
Poppi Kramer

STAND-UP COMIC MALE
Michael Brill

MAJOR STAND-UP COMIC ‚ FEMALE
Julie Goldman

MAJOR STAND-UP COMIC ‚ MALE
Greg Giraldo

COMEDY/IMPROV DUO OR GROUP
The Next Big Broadway Musical

HANSON AWARD
Leslie Orofino

BOARD OF DIRECTORS AWARD
Lincoln Center American Songbook Series
Karen Mason
Seth Rudetsky's Broadway Chatterbox

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Dody Goodman
Jan Wallman

Bruce Vilanch- Bring Back His One Man Show!

Bruce Vilanch
A few years ago, I had the great fortune of attending Westbeth Theater to see Bruce Vilanch for the very first time. An ex boyfriend took me to see Bruce Vilanch. Who is that? You're going to love him, trust me, said my ex. I have never laughed harder and to this day, Bruce Vilanch is one of the funniest men around.

He did not disappoint in Broadway by the year. Hope to see Bruce Vilanch on Broadway where he belongs!

Photo of Bruce by Maryann Lopinto.

Photo Coverage MAC AWARDS.

Melissa Errico

Kristine Zbornik

Joan Rivers


Billy Stritch
Photo coverage by Maryann Lopinto.

Catch Valerie Smaldone In Stories Left To Tell.

http://www.storieslefttotell.com/Abouttheshow.html

You can also catch her in Bryant Park later this Summer!

Sushi!

http://health.yahoo.com/experts/weightkoch/13736/sushi-a-surprising-health-food

Read this link! Sushi is a favorite of mine.

Photo of me holding a tray of Raku sushi by Eddie Varley.

Drama Critic Circle Winners Announced!

NEW YORK DRAMA CRITICS’ CIRCLE NAMES

THE COAST OF UTOPIA

BEST PLAY OF 2006-07



SPRING AWAKENING SELECTED

BEST MUSICAL



RADIO GOLF

NAMED BEST AMERICAN PLAY

POSTHUMOUS AWARD TO AUGUST WILSON

BECOMING CIRCLE’S MOST AWARDED PLAYWRIGHT




New York – Monday, May 7 – The Coast of Utopia, by Tom Stoppard, today won the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award (NYDCC) for Best Play of the 2006-2007 season. The Best Musical award was given to Spring Awakening (book and lyrics by Steven Sater, music by Duncan Sheik). The award for Best American Play went to Radio Golf by August Wilson. The selections were made at the 72nd annual voting meeting of the organization today at the offices of Time Out New York in Manhattan.



A special citation was awarded by the NYDCC to the current Broadway revival of Journey’s End, written by R. C. Sherriff and directed by David Grindley.



The awards will be presented at a cocktail reception to be held on Monday, May 14, at the Algonquin Hotel, where the NYDCC was founded in 1935 by such legendary critics as Brooks Atkinson, Walter Winchell and Robert Benchley.



The award for best play carries with it a cash prize of $2,500. Also, a cash award of $1,000 will go to the playwright who receives the award for best American or foreign play. The awards are made possible by a grant from the Lucille Lortel Foundation.



The Coast of Utopia, written by Tom Stoppard and directed by Jack O'Brien, had its world premiere at London's Royal National Theatre in summer 2002. Its three parts had their Broadway premieres at the Vivian Beaumont Theater at Lincoln Center Theater as follows: part one, Voyage, opened November 27, 2006; part two, Shipwreck, opened December 21, 2006; part three, Salvage, opened February 18, 2007. This award marks Mr. Stoppard’s sixth NYDCC award for Best Play.



Spring Awakening, music by Duncan Sheik, book and lyrics by Steven Sater, direction by Michael Mayer had its world premiere at the Atlantic Theater Company June 15, 2006 and its Broadway premiere at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre December 10, 2006.



Radio Golf, written by August Wilson and directed by Kenny Leon, had its world premiere at Yale Repertory Theatre in April 2005. Its Broadway premiere will be May 8 at the Cort Theatre. This is August Wilson’s eighth award from the NYDCC, becoming the most-awarded playwright in the award’s history. It is the organization’s first posthumous award since its 1996 Best Musical Award to Jonathan Larson for Rent.



Journey’s End, written by R. C. Sherriff and directed by David Grindley, opened at the Belasco Theatre February 22, 2007. The play had its world premiere in London in 1928 and its American premiere on Broadway in 1929.



The New York Drama Critics’ Circle comprises 21 drama critics from daily newspapers, magazines, and wire services based in the New York metropolitan area. The New York Drama Critics' Circle Award is the nation's second-oldest theatre award, after the Pulitzer Prize for drama; it has been awarded every year since 1936 to the best new play of the season (with additional awards for musicals and foreign or American plays as well as citations for special achievement).



The new NYDCC website, dramacritics.org—which features a year-by-year history of the group's awards and membership, along with a history of the organization, biographies of current members and other information—will go live today in conjunction with the announcement.



Adam Feldman, theatre critic for Time Out New York, has served as president of the NYDCC since 2005. Frank Scheck of the New York Post serves as vice president; Michael Kuchwara of the Associated Press is treasurer.


In addition to Messrs. Feldman, Scheck, and Kuchwara, the members of the New York Drama Critics' Circle are: Clive Barnes of the New York Post; Melissa Rose Bernardo of Entertainment Weekly; David Cote of Time Out New York; Joe Dziemianowicz of the Daily News; Michael Feingold of the Village Voice; Robert Feldberg of the Bergen Record; Elysa Gardner of USA Today; Eric Grode of the New York Sun; John Heilpern of The New York Observer; Jacques le Sourd of Gannett Newspapers; Jeremy McCarter of New York; David Rooney of Variety; David Sheward of Back Stage; John Simon of Bloomberg News; Michael Sommers of The Star-Ledger/Newhouse Newspapers; Terry Teachout of The Wall Street Journal; Linda Winer of Newsday; and Richard Zoglin of Time.

Congratulations, Capathia Jenkins (From Corine's Corner)

Photo by Mark Rupp.

Playwrights Horizons 2007/2008 Season Announced!

Playwrights Horizons, under the leadership of Artistic Director Tim Sanford and Managing Director Leslie Marcus, has announced new details for three productions of its 2007/2008 Season, including the first casting news:



4-time Academy Award nominee, 2-time Golden Globe winner and stage veteran Marsha Mason (Oscar nominations for The Goodbye Girl, Cinderella Liberty, Only When I Laugh and Chapter Two; on Broadway in The Good Doctor, Roundabout’s Night of the Iguana and the recent Steel Magnolias) will star in the World Premiere of A FEMININE ENDING, a new play by Sarah Treem (Mirror, Mirror; Empty Sky). Directed by Tony Award winner Blair Brown (as an actor – James Joyce’s The Dead which premiered at Playwrights Horizons, Copenhagen), it will begin performances in October 2007.



Tony Award nominee Celia Keenan-Bolger (The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, also originated the role of Eponine in the revival of Les Misérables) will star in the World Premiere of SAVED, a new musical with music & lyrics by Michael Friedman (the Civilians, Romeo & Juliet for Shakespeare in the Park this summer) and book & lyrics by 2-time Olivier Award nominee John Dempsey (The Witches of Eastwick) & Obie Award winner Rinne Groff (The Ruby Sunrise, “Weeds”), based on the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer motion picture written by Brian Dannelly & Michael Urban. Directed by Gary Griffin (The Color Purple), it will begin performances in Spring 2008.



2-time Obie Award winner Anne Bogart (Artistic Director of SITI Company) will direct the New York premiere of DEAD MAN’S CELL PHONE, a new play by Pulitzer Prize finalist Sarah Ruhl (The Clean House). Performances will begin in Winter/Spring 2008.



Additional casting for the season will be announced in the coming months.



In addition to A FEMININE ENDING, SAVED and DEAD MAN’S CELL PHONE, the 2007-2008 Season will also include the following three previously-announced productions:



the World Premiere of 100 SAINTS YOU SHOULD KNOW, a new play by Kate Fodor (Hannah and Martin), directed by Ethan McSweeny (Broadway revival of The Best Man, Never the Sinner). With previews beginning August 24, 2007, 100 SAINTS YOU SHOULD KNOW will be the first production of the season.

the World Premiere of DORIS TO DARLENE: A CAUTIONARY VALENTINE, a new play by Jordan Harrison (Act a Lady, Finn in the Underworld), directed by Obie Award winner Les Waters (Big Love at BAM, Hot ‘N’ Throbbing at Signature, Apparition at The Connelly)


the New York City Premiere of THE DRUNKEN CITY, a new play by Adam Bock (Swimming in the Shallows, The Thugs), directed by Trip Cullman (Swimming in the Shallows, Some Men, The Last Sunday in June, Manic Flight Reaction at Playwrights Horizons)


Subscriptions to Playwrights Horizons’ 2007/2008 season are available in 6-show (four Mainstage productions and two productions in The Peter Jay Sharp Theater) or 4-show (four Mainstage productions) packages. Packages include “Anytime” (6-show $260, 4-show $195), “Matinees” (6-show $240, 4-show $175), “Previews and Sunday Nights” (6-show $225, 4-show $160), “FlexPass” (6 tickets $270, 4 tickets $200), “30&Under FlexPass” (6 tickets $120, 4 tickets $80) and “Student FlexPass” (6 tickets, $60, 4 tickets $40). In addition to discounts on all Mainstage season attractions, subscribers receive priority seating, ticket exchange privileges, parking and dining discounts, and exclusive mailings of Playwrights Horizons Bulletins.



PLAYWRIGHTS HORIZONS, under the leadership of Artistic Director Tim Sanford and Managing Director Leslie Marcus, is a writer’s theater dedicated to the support and development of contemporary American playwrights, composers and lyricists, and to the production of their new work. In its 37 years, Playwrights Horizons has presented the work of more than 375 writers and has received numerous awards and honors. Notable productions include four Pulitzer Prize winners: Doug Wright’s I Am My Own Wife (2004 Tony Award, Best Play), Wendy Wasserstein’s The Heidi Chronicles (1989 Tony Award, Best Play), Alfred Uhry’s Driving Miss Daisy and Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Sunday in the Park with George, as well as Doug Wright, Scott Frankel and Michael Korie’s Grey Gardens (2006 Outer Critics Circle Award, Outstanding Off-Broadway Musical), Bruce Norris’s The Pain and the Itch, Lynn Nottage’s Fabulation (2005 Obie Award for Playwriting), Craig Lucas’s Small Tragedy (2004 Obie Award, Best American Play), Kenneth Lonergan’s Lobby Hero, Kirsten Childs’s The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds Her Chameleon Skin, Richard Nelson and Shaun Davey’s James Joyce’s The Dead, William Finn’s March of the Falsettos and Falsettoland, Christopher Durang’s Betty’s Summer Vacation and Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You, Richard Nelson’s Goodnight Children Everywhere and Franny’s Way, Jon Robin Baitz’s The Substance of Fire, Scott McPherson’s Marvin’s Room, A.R. Gurney’s Later Life, Adam Guettel and Tina Landau’s Floyd Collins and Jeanine Tesori and Brian Crawley’s Violet.



Playwrights Horizons is supported in part by public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, the New York City Council, the New York State Assembly and the New York State Senate. In addition, Playwrights Horizons receives major support from Carnegie Corporation of New York, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust, and Time Warner Inc.




PLAYWRIGHTS HORIZONS’ 2007/2008 SEASON




100 SAINTS YOU SHOULD KNOW

World Premiere of a new play by Kate Fodor
Directed by Ethan McSweeny



Previews begin August 24, 2007; Opening night September 18, 2007

Playwrights Horizons Mainstage Theater (416 West 42nd Street)



Theresa cleans the rectory of the local parish to support her unruly teenage daughter. When its priest is forced to leave the church under uncertain circumstances and return home to his protective mother, Theresa finds herself compelled to pursue him. One eventful night joins them all, forcing a reckoning with the broken memories and shaken faith that divides them – and the discovery of a shared, tenuous common ground.



Kate Fodor (Playwright) is a recipient of the Kennedy Center’s Roger L. Stevens Award, a Joseph Jefferson Citation, an After Dark Award, and a finalist position for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize. Her play Hannah and Martin was produced Off-Broadway by Epic Theatre Center and had productions in cities around the U.S. and abroad. Other work has been developed at Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Hartford Stage and Chautauqua Theater Company. Kate currently has a screenplay under development with Killer Films and is at work on commissions from TimeLine Theatre Company and Epic Theatre Center. In 2004, she was named one of “Eight to Watch” in the theater world by The New York Times. Playwrights Horizons debut.



Ethan McSweeny (Director). Broadway: The Best Man (Tony Award nomination for Best Revival, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards for Best Revival). Off-Broadway: Never the Sinner: The Leopold and Loeb Story (Outer Critics Circle Award for Off-Broadway Play, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle nominations for Best

Director). Regional: world premieres of Jason Grote’s 1001 (Denver Center Theater), Lee Blessing’s A Body of

Water (The Guthrie and Old Globe, San Diego Theatre Critics Awards for Outstanding Play and Director), Noah Haidle’s Mr. Marmalade (South Coast Rep); the Peter Kellogg/David Friedman musical Chasing Nicolette (Prince Music Theatre). Associate Artistic Director, George Street Playhouse (2000-2004). Playwrights Horizons debut.




A FEMININE ENDING

World Premiere of a new play by Sarah Treem
Directed by Tony Award winner Blair Brown

Featuring 4-time Academy Award nominee Marsha Mason with additional casting to be announced



Previews in October 2007

Playwrights Horizons Peter Jay Sharp Theater (416 West 42nd Street)



Having recently graduated from a major conservatory, and with a rocker boyfriend on the brink of stardom, aspiring composer Amanda Blue’s “extraordinary life” seems to be all mapped out. But when she’s called home to answer a distress call from her mother (Marsha Mason) about a marital crisis, Amanda’s grand plan starts to unravel. A FEMININE ENDING is a bittersweet new play about dreams deferred, loves lost, and learning to trust a woman’s voice in a man’s world.



Sarah Treem (Playwright). Plays include Empty Sky (South Coast Rep’s Pacific Playwrights Festival, winner of the Reva Shiner New Play Festival), Against the Wall (workshop at The Source Theatre in DC and the new play lab at Berlin’s Friends of the Italian Opera), Mirror, Mirror (developed at Playwrights Horizons) and Human Voices (Manhattan Theater Club’s upcoming Springboard’s New Play Series, also heard excerpted on NPR’s All Things Considered). She teaches playwriting at Yale School of Drama, where she is also a graduate.



Blair Brown (Director) has appeared as an actor in over fifty plays, including the Broadway productions of Copenhagen (Tony Award), James Joyce’s The Dead (which premiered at Playwrights Horizons), Cabaret, Arcadia, The Secret Rapture and The Threepenny Opera. She has directed Leslie Ayvazian’s plays Rosemary and I (Passage Theatre, NJ) and Lovely Day (The Play Company on Theatre Row). She recently directed a workshop of A Feminine Ending at Portland Center Stage. She is also well-known to audiences for her extensive TV and film work, including the title role in the series The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd.



Marsha Mason (Maria). Broadway: Neil Simon’s The Good Doctor; Kurt Vonnegut’s Happy Birthday, Wanda June; The Night of the Iguana (Roundabout); Steel Magnolias. Off-Broadway: Norman Mailer’s The Deer Park, Israel Horovitz’s The Indian Wants the Bronx, The Vagina Monologues, Love Letters, Harold Pinter’s Old Times (Roundabout), King Richard III (Lincoln Center), The Big Love (solo performance, NYTW), Lake No Bottom (Second Stage), Escape from Happiness (Naked Angels). Film: four Academy Award nominations for The Goodbye Girl (Golden Globe Award), Cinderella Liberty (Golden Globe Award), Only When I Laugh, Chapter Two. Other films include: Blume in Love, Promises in the Dark, Murder by Death, Max Dugan Returns, Heartbreak Ridge, Stella, Drop Dead Fred, Nick of Time, Two Days in the Valley, Bereft, Bride and Prejudice, The Long Shot. Extensive Television and Regional credits. Memoir: Journey “A Personal Odyssey” (2000, Simon & Schuster). She resides outside Santa Fe, NM, where she operates Resting in the River, an organically certified medicinal herb farm (www.restingintheriver.com).



DORIS TO DARLENE: A CAUTIONARY VALENTINE

World Premiere of a new play by Jordan Harrison
Directed by Obie Award winner Les Waters



Previews in November 2007

Playwrights Horizons Mainstage Theater (416 West 42nd Street)



In the candy-colored 1960s, a biracial schoolgirl named Doris is molded into pop star Darlene by a whiz-kid record producer who culls a top-ten hit out of Wagner’s Liebestod. Rewind to the candy-colored 1860s, where Richard Wagner is writing the melody that will become Darlene’s hit song. Fast-forward to the not-so-candy-colored present, where a teenager obsesses over Darlene’s music – and his music teacher. Three dissonant decades merge into an unlikely harmony in this time-jumping pop fairy tale about the dreams and disasters behind one transcendent song.



Jordan Harrison (Playwright). Plays include Act a Lady (2006 Humana Festival at Actors Theatre of Louisville, Portland Center Stage), Finn in the Underworld (Berkeley Repertory Theatre), Amazons and Their Men (forthcoming at Clubbed Thumb), Kid-Simple (2004 Humana Festival, SPF Festival, American Theater Company), and The Museum Play. He is the recipient of the Heideman Award, two Jerome Fellowships and a McKnight Grant from The Playwrights’ Center, and a 2005-2006 NEA/TCG Playwright-in-Residence Grant. Jordan has received commissions from South Coast Repertory, Guthrie Theater/Children’s Theatre Company, Cypress Films, and the Arden Theatre. A graduate of Brown University’s MFA Playwriting program, he is a resident playwright at New Dramatists. Playwrights Horizons debut.



Les Waters (Director) is currently Associate Artistic Director of Berkeley Repertory Theatre. U.S. credits include Charles L. Mee’s Big Love (BAM, 2001 Obie for Direction) and Fetes de la Nuit (Berkeley Rep); Paula Vogel’s Hot ‘N’ Throbbing (Signature), Caryl Churchill’s Fen and Ice Cream with Hot Fudge and Keith Reddin’s Rum and Coke and Romeo and Juliet (The Public); Life During Wartime (MTC); Savannah Bay (CSC); Sarah Ruhl’s Eurydice (Berkeley Rep and Yale Rep); Apparition (The Connelly). UK credits include Caryl Churchill’s The Skriker and David Hare’s Fanshen (The National); Sam Shepard’s Seduced and Caryl Churchill’s Cloud Nine (Royal Court). Eurydice will have its New York premiere at Second Stage in May. Playwrights Horizons debut.



DEAD MAN’S CELL PHONE

New York Premiere of a new play by Pulitzer Prize finalist Sarah Ruhl

Directed by 2-time Obie Award winner Anne Bogart



Previews in Winter/Spring 2008

Playwrights Horizons Mainstage Theater (416 West 42nd Street)


Gordon is dead, but his cell phone lives on. When Jean, an empathetic museum worker, answers his ringing phone beside her in a café, she is soon playing unwitting comforter and confessor to the man’s grieving friends and family. Before she knows it, Jean’s ensnarled in the underbelly of the dead man’s bizarre life. A wildly imaginative new comedy, DEAD MAN’S CELL PHONE is the odyssey of a woman forced to confront her assumptions about morality, redemption and the need to connect in a technology-obsessed world.



Sarah Ruhl (Playwright). Plays include The Clean House (Pulitzer Prize Finalist, 2005; The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, 2004); Eurydice (New York premiere at Second Stage this May); Passion Play, a cycle (The Fourth Freedom Forum Playwriting Award from The Kennedy Center, Helen Hayes Awards nomination for Best New Play); Melancholy Play; Orlando and Late: a cowboy song. Her plays have been produced at Lincoln Center, The Goodman, Arena Stage, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, South Coast Rep., Yale Rep., Berkeley Rep., The Wilma Theater, Actors Theatre of Louisville and internationally. In 2003, she was the recipient of the Helen Merrill Emerging Playwrights Award and the Whiting Writers’ Award. She recently won the MacArthur Fellowship.



Anne Bogart (Director) is the Artistic Director of SITI Company, which she founded with Japanese director Tadashi Suzuki in 1992. She is a recipient of 2 Obie Awards, a Bessie Award, a Guggenheim as well as a Rockefeller Fellowship, a USA Artists Fellow and is a Professor at Columbia University where she runs the Graduate Directing Program. Recent works with SITI include Radio Macbeth; Hotel Cassiopeia; Intimations for Saxophone;Death and the Ploughman; A Midsummer Night’s Dream; La Dispute; Score; Room; War of the Worlds; bobrauschenbergamerica; Cabin Pressure; The Radio Play; Alice’s Adventures; Culture of Desire; Bob; Going, Going, Gone; Small Lives/Big Dreams; The Medium; Hayfever; Private Lives; Miss Julie; and Orestes. She is the author of a book of essays entitled A Director Prepares: Seven Essays on Art and Theater and the co-author with Tina Landau of The Viewpoints Book: A Practical Guide to Viewpoints and Composition. Soon to be released by Routledge Press a new book of essays entitled And Then You Act: Making Art in an Unpredictable World.



DEAD MAN’S CELL PHONE was commissioned by Playwrights Horizons with funds provided by the Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust.




THE DRUNKEN CITY

New York City Premiere of a new play by Adam Bock
Directed by Trip Cullman



Previews in Spring 2008

Playwrights Horizons Peter Jay Sharp Theater (416 West 42nd Street)



Off on the bar crawl to end all crawls, three twenty-something brides-to-be find their lives going topsy-turvy when one of them suddenly begins to question her future after a chance encounter with a recently jilted handsome stranger. The Drunken City is a unique theatrical take on the mystique of marriage and the ever-shifting nature of love and identity in a city that never sleeps.



Adam Bock’s (Playwright) plays include The Thugs (SoHo Repertory), Swimming in the Shallows (Second Stage), The Shaker Chair (Humana Festival), Five Flights (Rattlestick), The Typographer’s Dream (Clubbed Thumb) and The Receptionist. Bock also helped Jack Cummings III develop The Audience. He is the resident playwright at Encore Theater, a Shotgun Players Artistic Associate, and a member of New Dramatists. Adam’s plays are published by Dramatists Play Service, Playscripts Inc. and are featured in The Best Plays of 2005. Playwrights Horizons debut.



Trip Cullman (Director). New York credits include Terrence McNally’s Some Men (Second Stage), Bert V. Royal’s Dog Sees God (The Century Center), Sarah Schulman’s Manic Flight Reaction (Playwrights Horizons), Adam Bock’s Swimming in the Shallows (Second Stage), Jonathan Tolins’s The Last Sunday in June (Century Center and Rattlestick Theater), Paul Weitz’s Roulette (EST), Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa’s Dark Matters (Rattlestick Theater), Roland Schimmelpfennig’s Arabian Night (The Play Company), Glen Berger’s The Wooden Breeks (MCC Theater), Brooke Berman’s Smashing (The Play Company), Rinne Groff’s Of a White Christmas (Clubbed Thumb), The Wau Wau Sisters (Ars Nova). Training: Yale School of Drama.




SAVED

World Premiere of a new musical
Music & Lyrics by Michael Friedman

Book & Lyrics by 2-time Olivier Award nominee John Dempsey & Obie Award winner Rinne Groff

Based on the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer motion picture written by Brian Dannelly & Michael Urban

Directed by Gary Griffin

Featuring Tony Award nominee Celia Keenan-Bolger



Previews in Spring 2008

Playwrights Horizons’ Mainstage Theater (416 West 42nd Street)



“Are you down with G-O-D?” Good girl Mary (Celia Keenan-Bolger) and her domineering best friend Hilary Faye are starting their senior year at the top of the social food chain at American Eagle Christian High School – that is, until Mary’s boyfriend tells her he thinks he’s gay. When Jesus appears in a vision, and Mary heeds his message “to do everything she can to help him,” her good deeds are met with dire consequences, and Mary is forced to question everything she’s ever believed. Through it all, she finds faith in unexpected places and learns what it truly means to be saved.



MICHAEL FRIEDMAN (Music & Lyrics) has been the composer/lyricist for the Civilians’ [I Am] Nobody’s Lunch, Gone Missing, This is a Beautiful City and Canard, Canard, Goose?, as well as The Brand New Kid (Kennedy Center) and Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson. He’s also composed the score for the upcoming Shakespeare in the Park production of Romeo and Juliet. His music has also been heard in New York at NYSF/Public, NYTW, Playwrights Horizons, Roundabout, Second Stage, Soho Rep, Theater for a New Audience, Signature and The Acting Company, and regionally at The Huntington, La Jolla Playhouse, Hartford Stage, Humana Festival, ART, Williamstown Theatre Festival, London’s Soho and Gate Theatres and the Edinburgh Festival. Film work includes On Common Ground, Emile Norman: By His Own Design and Affair Game. With Steve Cosson, he co-wrote Paris Commune. He was the dramaturg for the recent Broadway revival of A Raisin in the Sun, directed by Kenny Leon. He is an Artistic Associate at New York Theatre Workshop, was a MacDowell fellow and is a founding Associate Artist of the Obie-Award-winning Civilians. With Rinne Groff he’s written Boy in the Bubble, a new musical, which will be presented this summer at Northwestern’s American Music Theater Project directed by Michael Greif.



JOHN DEMPSEY (Book & Lyrics) wrote book and lyrics for The Witches of Eastwick (London, Melbourne, Tokyo, Moscow), The Fix (Donmar Warehouse, directed by Sam Mendes), Zombie Prom (New York), Circles and Dick Wittington. John wrote lyrics for the musicals A Country Christmas Carol and The Reluctant Dragon as well as for the Ringling Bros. Barnum and Bailey Circus. His plays include One Miracle in a Lifetime and The Greater Goode. He has received two Olivier Award nominations for The Witches of Eastwick and The Fix, and is the recipient of an Ohio Arts Council Fellowship for Playwriting.



RINNE GROFF (Book & Lyrics). Plays include The Ruby Sunrise; Jimmy Carter was a Democrat; The Moliere Impromptu; Orange Lemon Egg Canary; What Then, Inky; Seven Supermans; and The Five Hysterical Girls Theorem, which have been produced by The Public Theater, Trinity Rep, Actors Theatre of Louisville, the Women’s Project, PS122, Clubbed Thumb, Target Margin and Andy’s Summer Playhouse, among others. She has been a recipient of a Guggenheim Award, an Obie Award, a Whiting Writers’ Award, the Rita and Burton Goldberg Playwriting Award, a NYSCA Individual Artist grant and Vortex Theater Prize. Rinne is a founding member of Elevator Repair Service Theater Company, and has been a part of the writing, staging, and performing of their shows (both in the States and on European tour) since the company’s inception in 1991. She teaches at NYU Tisch School of the Arts in the Department of Dramatic Writing. Rinne was a staff writer on the second season of the Showtime series “Weeds” starring Mary Louise Parker. With Michael Friedman, she’s written Boy in the Bubble, a new musical, which will be presented this summer at Northwestern’s American Music Theater Project directed by Michael Greif.



GARY GRIFFIN (Director). Broadway: The Color Purple, The Apple Tree. Off-Broadway: The New Moon, Pardon My English, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, The Apple Tree for City Center Encores! Beautiful Thing. London: Pacific Overtures (Donmar Warehouse, Oliver Award Outstanding Musical Production, Olivier nomination, Best Director). Regional: My Fair Lady, A Moon for the Misbegotten (McCarter Theatre); A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Signature Theatre); The Color Purple (Alliance Theatre). Chicago: A Flea in Her Ear, Sunday in the Park with George, A Little Night Music, Pacific Overtures (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre); My Fair Lady, Gross Indecency (Court Theatre). He’s received eight Joseph Jefferson Awards for Direction and was named “Chicagoan of the Year in the Arts” by the Chicago Tribune. Upcoming projects: directing the national tour of The Color Purple and Kismet for the English National Opera.



CELIA KEENAN-BOLGER (Mary) earned a 2005 Tony Award nomination for her performance as Olive Ostrovsky in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, as well as winning Drama Desk and Theatre World awards. Also on Broadway, she originated the role of Eponine in the Broadway revival of Les Misérables, for which she recently earned a Drama Desk nomination. Off-Broadway: Michael John LaChiusa’s Little Fish (Second Stage), Kindertransport (MTC), Summer of ’42 (Variety Arts). Favorite regional credits include Joanna in Sweeney Todd (Kennedy Center Sondheim Celebration), Emily in Our Town (Intiman Theatre), Clara in The Light in the Piazza (Goodman Theatre). She is a graduate of the University of Michigan Musical Theatre Department.



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Emerging Artists Theatre Congratulates Capathia Jenkins!

Photo by Mark Rupp
Congratulations, Capathia!

EMERGING ARTISTS THEATRE CONGRATULATES CAPATHIA JENKINS ON HER DRAMA DESK NOMINATION


New York, NY [April 26, 2007]: Emerging Artists Theatre (EAT) is honored that Capathia Jenkins is being recognized for her work in their production of (mis)UNDERSTANDING MAMMY: The Hattie McDaniel Story. Paul Adams, Artistic Director of EAT, stated, “Capathia put her heart and sole into the role, her performance was outstanding. We are very proud of her accomplishments.”

CAPATHIA JENKINS made her dramatic debut portraying Hattie McDaniel. After receiving rave reviews for her performance in the Broadway hit Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me, Broadway World said the “star-in-the-making” portrayal of Ms. McDaniel was “intense and passionate.” Jenkins reflected on this phenomenal opportunity: “I am honored, humbled and thrilled to be playing Hattie McDaniel. This project is definitely a highlight of my career, to portray the first black woman to win an Oscar for Gone With The Wind and that’s just one aspect of this extraordinary woman’s life. The chance to do a challenging dramatic piece at Emerging Artists Theatre where they nurture new works is an actor’s dream.” www.capathiajenkins.com

(mis)UNDERSTANDING MAMMY: The Hattie McDaniel Story is a play with music by Joan Ross Sorkin, which reveals a side of Hattie McDaniel’s life that few people knew. Hattie achieved stardom by becoming the first African-American to win an Academy Award, but she paid a high price for fame. By playing a succession of maids and cooks, most notably Mammy in Gone With the Wind, she became the target of an unrelenting campaign against “Mammyism” led by Walter White of the NAACP, who thought her roles were shameful and degrading to their race. Despite her own efforts to bring dignity and humanity to her roles, within seven years of winning her Oscar, her film career was virtually destroyed.

Incorporated in October 1993, Emerging Artists Theatre's mission is to provide a dynamic home for playwrights to remain the key component in developing their work from an idea to a fully realized production. EAT provides the opportunity to emerging directors, actors and designers to participate with a live playwright on developing their original work. In its 14th season, in addition to the Triple Threat Premieres, EAT’s Fall and Spring Eatfests gave audiences a taste of 23 new short plays! EAT’s Developmental Series gave 224 artists a chance to workshop their creativity featuring one woman shows, clown work, standup, sketch-comedy, cabaret and ensemble musicals. www.eatheatre.org

The Drama Desk was founded in 1949 to explore key issues in the theater and to bring critics and writers together in an organization to support the ongoing development of theater in New York. The organization began presenting its awards in 1955, and is the only critics’ organization to honor achievement in the theater with competition between Broadway, Off Broadway and Off-Off Broadway productions. To find out more about the organization and this year’s awards show, visit http://www.dramadesk.com.

Drama Desk Photo Coverage- Photos by Mark Rupp!

Photo of Eve Best by Mark Rupp.
May 1st is the annual Drama Desk Nominations party. As always it was a great event with the best of NYC theater. Please check out all of the coverage below:
Parts 1-4 by Mark Rupp.

I had a blast because I got to interview the following stars on video:
1. Raul Esparza. Christian Borle. Laura Bell Bundy. Orfeh and Andy Karl(They are the greatest looking couple)Raul Esparza!(I have wanted to interview him for the last 9 years)John Gallagher, Jr from the hit show Spring Awakening. Boyd Gaines. Kevin Spacey. It was wonderful. I will let you know when they will air the video.

Have a great day,

Corine

Drama Desk Nominations Reception Photo Coverage Part 4 by Mark Rupp!

Jan Maxwell and Xanthe Elbrick
Drama Desk Nominations Cocktail Reception Photo Coverage part 4.
Photos by Mark Rupp.



Tom Hulce and Boyd Gaines

Orfeh


Frank Langella


The best and brightest stars came to this years Drama Desk Nominations party at Arte Cafe. It was a glamourous event. For more information on the Drama Desk, check out http://www.dramadesk.com.

Drama Desk Reception Part 3! Photos by Mark Rupp!

Jonathan Groff, Lea Michele and John Gallagher


Lea Michele and Jonathan Groff

Corine Cohen Interviewing Raul Esparza


Laura Bell Bundy and Jonathan Groff

Drama Desk Nominations Reception Part 2.

Corine Cohen and John Gallagher, Jr.

Photo Coverage by Mark Rupp.


Capathia Jenkins

Kevin Spacey

Barbara Walsh

Corine Cohen and Andy Karl

Drama Desk Nominations Party at Arte Cafe. Photo Coverage!

Laura Bell Bundy and Lea Michele
Part 1.

Photo Coverage by Mark Rupp.

The Official Drama Desk Cocktail Reception honoring this year’s Drama Desk Award Nominees was held Tuesday, May 1, 4 to 7 PM at Arte′ Cafe, 106 W. 73rd Street.

Check out the stars! It was a very glamourous event.


Andy Karl




Liev Schreiber

Kevin Spacey

Michael Cerveris


Corine Cohen interviewing Andy Karl