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DIVA TALK: Remembering Dorothy Loudon with Andrea McArdle Plus A Wonderful Town with Phyllis Newman
By Andrew Gans
21 Nov 2003
IN OTHER DIVA NEWS OF THE WEEK: Tony Award winner Betty Buckley will bring her new concert act Journey to Los Angeles' Feinstein's at the Cinegrill in December. From Dec. 9-20, the award-winning actress-singer will offer her contemporary Journey, which she recently debuted to rave reviews at Feinstein's at the Regency in Manhattan. Her evening features a mix of traditional and new standards by an eclectic mix of songwriters: Marilyn and Alan Bergman, Michel Legrand, Joni Mitchell, Richard Thompson, Leonard Cohen, Michael McDonald and Bob Seger. Song titles include "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?," "Where Do You Start?," "Hallelujah," "Stormy Blues," "Till It Shines," "Blue Skies" and "Like a Lover." Buckley will play Tuesday through Saturday evenings at 8:30 PM with late shows on Fridays and Saturdays at 10:30 PM. There is a $35 cover charge and a $30 food/beverage minimum. There is no reserved seating at Feinstein's at the Cinegrill, which is located within the Roosevelt Hotel at 7000 Hollywood Boulevard. Call (800) 950-7667 for reservations. . . . Recent Chess star Julia Murney and Hairspray's Shoshana Bean will join Andrew Lippa for a concert of Lippa's tunes at the King Kong Room Nov. 24; show time is 9 PM. The King Kong Room is located within the Supper Club at 240 West 47th Street. There is a $15 cover and a $15 food-drink minimum for the concert; call (212) 921-1904 for reservations. . . . Two Broadway veterans Eartha Kitt and John Lithgow will light the Broadway Holiday Tree Dec. 10. The ceremony, which begins at 5:15 PM, will kick off with a performance by Hairspray's Kathy Brier and "The Dynamites" Tracee Beazer, Judine Richard and Shayna Steele who will offer a holiday reworking of "Welcome to the Sixties." The event, which is expected to draw performers from nearly all Broadway and Off Broadway shows, will also include the presentation of a $5,000 gift to the Professional Performing Arts School. The New York City public school, grades 6-12, provides "performing arts instruction in an academically rigorous school setting." Twenty-five students from the school will close the Holiday Tree ceremony with a performance of "Christmas in About Three Minutes." The annual ceremony held in Duffy Square is free and open to the public. . . . Stephen Sondheim, Barbara Cook and Producers' co-stars Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane are just a few of the theatre celebrities lined up for Times Talks: Special Edition, part of the third annual Arts & Leisure Weekend. Hosted by The New York Times, the star-studded conversations will be held Jan. 10 and 11 at the CUNY Graduate Center, Fifth Avenue and 34th Street. The Times Talks discussions are all moderated by New York Times critics, reporters or editors. The weekend kicks off Jan. 10 from 10-11:15 AM with Singing Out. Moderated by the Times' chief music critic, Anthony Tommasini, the morning will address whether audiences are willing to accept gay performers. Panelists will include Rent's Anthony Rapp, On the Town's Lea DeLaria as well as David Daniels and Caushun. New York Times associate editor John Darnton will moderate Celebrating Sondheim, Jan. 10 from 6-7:15 PM. The panelists for that evening will include, appropriately, composer Stephen Sondheim and singer Barbara Cook. Nilo Cruz, Tony Kushner, Neil LaBute and Terrence McNally will all take part in Masters of the Stage on Jan. 11, from noon-1:15 PM. Moderated by cultural reporter Mel Gussow, the afternoon will answer the questions, "What does it take to write a new play and get it produced? And, where does the playwright's inspiration come from?" The final offering will be held from 8-9:15 PM on Jan. 11. Award-winning actors Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane, who will soon return to the Broadway production of The Producers, will discuss their creative collaboration. Cabaret critic Stephen Holden moderates. Tickets for the discussions are $25 each. Call (888) NYT-1870 or visit www.nytimes.com/alweekend. . . . More DeLaria: the performer returns to the stage next month with a new holiday concert. Entitled Virgin Mary, Make Mine a Double A Very Lea Christmas, the limited engagement will be held at The Belt on West 37th Street. From Dec. 4-20, theatregoers can hear DeLaria offer tunes from her new recording, "Double Standards," as well as several holiday classics. The Belt is located at 336 West 37th Street, between 8th and 9th Avenues. Tickets, priced $15-$35, are available by calling (212) 563 0485. . . . It seems appropriate that the star of a Broadway musical that was titled Amour should offer a concert on Valentine's Day. And, that's exactly what Tony-nominated actress Melissa Errico will do. Errico is scheduled to perform songs from her new CD, "Blue Like That," on Feb. 14 at the Westport Arts Center in Norwalk, CT. Errico will be backed by her band, and concertgoers can expect to hear tunes by Randy Newman, Rickie Lee Jones, Billy Joel, Rodgers and Hart and Mike Errico, the actress' brother who will also accompany her on guitar. Show time is 9 PM. Tickets for the concert are $55 and include a champagne and chocolate reception. The Westport Arts Center is located in Norwalk, CT, at 18 Leonard Street. Call (203) 222-7070 or visit www.westportartscenter.org. . . . And, finally, Tony and Olivier Award winner Patti LuPone may head the cast of the Encores! production of Can-Can. On her official website, La LuPone writes, "I'll be back on stage in February, I think. I've been offered La Mome Pistache in Encores! production of Can-Can." Encores! will present the Cole Porter musical in February 2004. This would mark LuPone's second appearance in the acclaimed concert series; she previously played Vera Simpson in Pal Joey. And, LuPone will star as Yvonne in the Ravinia Theatre Festival's mounting of Stephen Sondheim's Sunday in the Park with George in Sept. 2004. Three-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald will play Dot in that production; the role of George has yet to be cast.
REMINDERS
Betty Buckley in Concert:
Nov. 22 at the Dominican University in River Forest, IL
Dec. 9-20 at Feinstein's at the Cinegrill in Los Angeles, CA
Liz Callaway in Concert:
Dec. 13 in Arlington, VA
Jan. 17, 2004 in Asheville, NC
Jan. 31 in Sibling Revelry in Boston, MA
Feb. 8 in Sibling Revelry in Riverfront, IL
Feb. 14 with Jason Graae in Palm Springs, CA
Feb. 26-28 with Jason Graae in West Palm Beach, FL
April 24-25 with Jason Graae in San Rafael, CA
May 1 in Sibling Revelry in Orono, ME
May 8 in Sibling Revelry in Purchase, NY
Barbara Cook in Concert:
Nov. 22 in Mostly Sondheim Revisited at Carnegie Hall in New York, NY
Nov. 29 in Mostly Sondheim at the Paramount Theatre in Peeksill, NY
Patti LuPone in Concert:
Jan. 23, 2004 at the Eissey Campus Theatre in Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Jan. 24, 2004 at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, FL
Feb. 27-29, 2004 at the Myerhoff Hall in Baltimore, MD
March 12, 2004 at the New Jersey PAC in Newark, NJ
March 13 at the McCarter Theatre in Princeton, NJ
Karen Mason in Concert:
Nov. 15 at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, NJ
Christiane Noll in Concert
Dec. 31 Des Moines, IA with Des Moines Symphony & Brad Little
Louise Pitre in Concert:
Jan. 31, 2004-Feb. 8 in Sweeney Todd with the Calgary Opera Company at the Jubilee Auditorium in Canada
Feb. 13 at the Capitol Theatre in Windsor, Ontario
Feb. 28 at the Sanderson Performing Arts Centre in Brantford, Ontario
Feb. 29 at the Silverthorn C.I. Auditorium in Toronto, Ontario
Well, thats all for now. Happy diva-watching!
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