This special Memorial Day Weekend edition of the WEEK AHEAD features music from Broadway and beyond!
Gleeks invade Manhattan…Broadway’s favorites live from the Capitol… Michael McKean gives up Donuts…and Neil LaBute talks filthy to us.
Oh say can you see…
Blake
Friday, May 28
GO→Glee Livestops in New York City this week. Gleeks from every corner of Manhattan will be there to catch the loveable kids from McKinley High including Rachel (aka Lea Michele), Finn (aka Cory Monteith), Kurt (aka Chris Colfer) and Artie (aka Kevin McHale). Expect your favorite Glee-afied hits like Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin,” “Don’t Rain on My Parade” from Funny Girl and Queen’s “Somebody to Love.” (Through May 29, Radio City Music Hall, $39.50-$$89.50, info/tickets) GO→ Tony/Oscar/Golden Globe-winning performer Joel Grey can add photographer to his esteemed resume with his newest exhibit, “Joel Grey: 1.3: New Color Images,” a collection of photographs taken on his Nokia 6133 cell phone. His first collection of cell phone art was turned into the book “1.3: Images from My Phone.” (Through July 10, Steven Kasher Gallery, 521 W. 23rd St., btwn 10th & 11th Aves., info)
GO→ Passing Strange’s Eisa Davis brings her eclectic mix of pop/rock/soul music back to Joe’s Pub. (9:30pm, 425 Lafayette Street, $15, info/tickets)
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Saturday, May 29
GO (FREE)→ The Lower East Side Festival of the Arts celebrates 15 years of providing a whirlwind of free activities to the LES courtesy of the Theater for the New City. Events include theatre, poetry, cabaret, youth performances, comedy, music and more. (Friday 6pm through Sunday night, click here for a full schedule of events)
GO→ Kick off this sunny Memorial Day weekend at Water Taxi Beach South Street Seaport with Melting Pot Global, a daylong mixture of music and dancing. DJs playing funk, disco, soul and house music will be spinning all day long with live performances starting in the evening. (Beach opens at 4pm, events start at 6pm, $5 before 8pm, $10 after 8pm, info)
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Sunday, May 30 WATCH→ PBS’ 2010 Memorial Day Concert, broadcast live outside of the Capitol, will feature an all-star list of talent paying homage to the veterans and their families. Performers include Tony-nominated actress Kelli O’Hara, Dennis Haysbert (who will be joining the cast of Race on June 21) and Grammy winners Lionel Richie and Brad Paisley. Tony winner Joe Mantegna and Emmy winner Gary Sinise will host. (8pm EST on PBS, check your local listings, info) (more…)
A few weeks ago, I got a sneak peek of some beautiful paintings by the legendary Tommy Tune. (You know, because being winning a zillion Tonys just isn’t enough for some people!)
Several of these paintings will be on display at the Peter Glebo Gallery, in an exhibition called “Longnecks,” which features portraits of giraffes sprinkled with Playbill iconography.
Giraffes seem a natural fit for Tune, who famously towers above most mere mortals at 6 feet 6½ inches. “I paint long and tall,” Tune said in a statement. “I champion large paintings in small spaces. They extend the horizons of a room.”
The exhibition will run June 3 through August 29. The Peter Glebo Gallery is located at 526 West 26th, Suite 318. Gallery hours are Thursday from 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM, Friday and Saturday from 11:00 AM to 5:3o PM, and Sunday from 12:00 PM to 5:30 PM.
In a room full of Broadway celebs at last night’s 55th Annual Drama Desk Awards, it was the feisty musical film star, Mitzi Gaynor, who got everyone’s attention.
“It is so wonderful to be here,” she said while dressed in her signature sparkly attire. “Of course, at my age, it’s good to be anywhere.”
Martha Plimpton, sporting a pair of hot pink pumps, gabbed that Gaynor “just complimented my shoes,” with all the excitement of an 11-year-old at a Justin Bieber concert.
Matthew Modine (no less enthused) said, “Mitzi Gaynor just complimented my underwear!”
Ana Gasteyer balked, “Mitzi Gaynor just complimented my new Spanx!”
God bless Jim Brochu (who took home the award for Outstanding Solo Performance for Zero Hour) for finally closing the gag with: “Mitzi Gaynor just told me to f–k off!” Fin!
It was touching to see the brilliant John Kander get choked-up upon receiving the award for Outstanding Lyrics for The Scottsboro Boys, his last show with the late Fred Ebb: “Fred Ebb is so mad at me right now.” About the show, which will be making its way to Broadway in October, he said: “This may sound like a cliché, but this show was one of the most important moments theatrically in any of our lives.”
Many of the night’s honorees recognized the recent passing this month of two beloved community members, Mike Kuchwara, longtime theatre critic for the Associated Press; and the legendary actress, Lynn Redgrave.
I was thrilled to see the adorable and very talented Santino Fontana get recognized for his role in the short-lived revival of Brighton Beach Memoirs. “I can’t believe this. They closed my show in November,” he said as he jumped up and down. (more…)
That’s what most everyone seated at the massive dais could talk about when greeting the guests at the 76th Annual Drama League luncheon (May 21). Alfred Molina thought it was “great.” Sean Hayes thought it was “the best of the 12 other chicken dinners I’ve had today” and Tony Shalhoub didn’t eat it. “I’m allergic.”
Of course, there were some wonderful things being said about things other than the chicken. Most prominently, something almost every actor up there mentioned: the importance of the cast as a whole. As Viola Davis put it: “You’re only as good as your ensemble.” (Which begs the question we here at Playbill have been asking for a long time: Why there still isn’t a Best Ensemble Tony Award?) But, that’s for another time.
Hosts Vanessa Williams and Michael Urie kicked off the ceremony with their own rendition of Gypsy’s “Together, Wherever We Go,” with Urie begging to keep going wherever Williams is going, because, as he put it, his show, The Temperamentals is closing (May 30, by the way…see it, it’s great! Free plug!).
Montego Glover did a plug of her own. “Many people ask me how I manage to get through a show as vocally demanding as Memphis every night. The answer is: alcohol. I love it,” she joked.
The best speech award goes to the inimitable Nathan Lane, who was given the Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theatre Award. To the members of the Drama League, Lane said, “It’s a good thing you decided to honor me before the reviews for The Addams Family came out, otherwise, this award would probably be going to Bernadette Peters.” (more…)
This WEEK AHEAD has a little something for everyone.
Funny Shakespeare-style…Hair cuts your hair…Liza gets “Sex”-y…and Luke Skywalker invades Times Square.
May the force be with you,
Blake
Friday, May 21 GO→ Comedy troupe The Improvised Shakespeare Co. brings its campy-n-classic humor to NYC. Think Upright Citizen’s Brigade in tights with a whole lot of “thee’s,” thou’s” and “m’lord’s” thrown in. (Through May 24, Barrow Street Theatre, 27 Barrow Street at 7th Avenues and the South corner of Christopher St., $20, info/tickets)
Saturday, May 22
GO→ The force will be with all of Times Square this weekend when Spike TV takes over the jumbo screens to air “The Empire Strikes Back,” which is currently celebrating 30 years of intergalactic cinematic domination! (4pmET, Times Square, NYC)
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Sunday, May 23 GO→ Patti LuPone puts the “drama” in Drama Desk when she hosts the group’s 55th Annual Awards ceremony. This season’s recent revival of Ragtime earned the most nominations of any Broadway production, with The Scottsboro Boys nabbing the top-spot for Off-Broadway. Individual nominees include Cheyenne Jackson, Victoria Clark, Katie Finneran, Angela Lansbury, Ethan Hawke and Twyla Tharp. (LaGuardia Concert Hall at Lincoln Center, 65th and Amsterdam, tickets starting at $225, info/tickets) Monday, May 24 GO→ The cast of Hair teams up with Bumble and Bumble for a “cut-in”: a day of free haircuts for a good cause. Cast members will be at the salon greeting guests, and tickets to the show will be raffled-off every hour. The hair collected from the event will be donated to Matter of Trust, a non-profit group that helps clean up oil spills. (12-4pm, 146 East 56th Street, btwn. 3rd and Lexington Aves., first come/first serve)
GO→ Recent Tony nominee Sean Hayes (Promises, Promises) joins Jujamcyn President Jordan Roth for a conversation at the downtown 92Y, part of Roth’s Broadway Talks at 92Y series. His next talk will be with Nathan Lane in June. (92Y Tribeca, 200 Hudson Street, $27, info/tickets)
Juliet once asked Romeo: “What’s in a name?” This past theatre season had me asking: “What’s in a song?”
The directors of a few recent musicals have been playing musical chairs with songs in their scores — shuffling in tunes from the Billboard charts, Hollywood and elsewhere. For this Webway Wednesday, we take a look at a few now well-known songs of the stage that found their glory off Broadway.
This past season, Promises, Promises returned to Broadway after two decades and brought with it two new(ish) songs. Director Rob Ashford decided to “beef up” the Burt Bacharach/Hal David score with two well-known (but new to Promises) songs plucked from the Bacharach/David songbook: “I Say a Little Prayer” and “A House Is Not a Home.” The breakout hit from Promises, Promises was “I’ll Never Fall in Love Again.”
Here’s a case of a hit song from a movie that was conceived for the stage… and it proves that sometimes, no matter how great a song is, it can’t rescue a failed show. I recently learned from my colleague (and walking theatre-history book) Louis Botto, that the song “As Time Goes By” (aka my parents’ wedding song!) was not written for “Casablanca,” but rather for the 1931 Broadway musical Everybody’s Welcome. (Apparently, it was welcome on Broadway for only four months.) But, once Dooley Wilson sang “it again, Sam” for Ingrid Bergman in “Casablanca,” it became an instant classic. And can you picture “Casablanca” without it? Could Bogie have “had Paris” with Bergman without it?! Who knows? If my parents never danced to it at their wedding, would I have been had? Perhaps not.
Kick off your weekend with a healthy dose of THE WEEK AHEAD!
“Glee” Live hits…a changing of the guards at Next to Normal…the OBIES…and it’s show time at the Apollo for Danny Glover, Chevy Chase and Roberta Flack.
Blake
Saturday, May 15 WATCH→ If anyone can follow Betty White’s hilarious hosting stint on last week’s “Saturday Night Live,” it’s Alec Baldwin. Baldwin has hosted the show a record-breaking 15 times (he shares the title with his Oscar co-host Steve Martin). Tom Petty joins as musical guest to help Baldwin close the show’s 35th season. (11:30pm/10:30c on NBC)
GO→ Calling all Gleeks! “Glee” Live in Concert is coming to a theatre near you. The tour, featuring cast members Lea Michele, Corey Monteith, Amber Riley, Chris Colfer and others launches in Phoenix, AZ and continues on to Los Angeles, Chicago and New York. (info/tickets)
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Sunday, May 16 GO→ Tony nominee J. Robert Spencer performs one last time in the hit Broadway show Next to Normal. Brian D’Arcy James, who originated the role Off-Broadway, will return to the cast to replace Spencer on Monday. (Booth Theatre, 222 West 45th St., btwn. Broadway & 8th Ave., Click here for Playbill Club discount tickets)
OPENING → The Naked Angels company, fresh of its Broadway debut with Next Fall, presents a new play featuring Edie Falco and Alison Pill. This Wide Night tells the story of two former inmates who try to rebuild their lives after leaving jail. (Peter Jay Sharp Theatre, 416 W. 42nd St., info/tickets)
Monday, May 17 GO→ For the first time in its 55-year history, the Village Voice OBIE Awards will offer tickets to the general public, priced at just $25. This year’s awards will be co-hosted by Tony winners Anika Noni Rose and Michael Cerveris and will feature presenters Viola Davis, Linda Lavin, Sam Rockwell, Kerry Washington and a performance by the cast ofFela! Proceeds will benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. (8pm, Webster Hall, 125 E. 11th St., off 6th Ave., tickets to the 10pm after-party are also available, info/tickets)
GO→ Mamma Mia! star Judy McLane brings together Bernadette Peters and Chita Rivera for Broadway Unleashed, an evening of performances to benefit the Sean Casey Animal Rescue in Brooklyn. The evening’s performances include songs from Beth Leavel, Malcom Gets, Norm Lewis, Dee Hoty, Howard McGillin and others. (Backstage at Trattoria DopoTeatro, 125 W. 44th St., btwn 6th and Broadway, $100-$200, info/tickets or call 877.849.5327)
GO→ In the Heights star Corbin Bleu will MC Broadway Junior Student Share, an event that gives 400 students from 18 NYC-area schools the chance to make their dreams come true and perform on a Broadway stage! The event is made possible by the Shubert Foundation, Music Theatre International and the NYC D.O.E. (10:45am, Majestic Theatre, 245 West 44th St., btwn. Broadway and 8th Aves.)
GO→ Lin-Manuel Miranda (In the Heights) and Memphis star James Monroe Iglehart will appear with Manuel’s muscial comedy rap group Freestyle Love Supreme. (10:30pm, Le Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker Street, $20, info/tickets or call 212-505-FISH)
GO→ Promises, Promises stars Kristin Chenoweth and Sean Hayes join “Glee”’s Matthew Morrison at the Creative Alternatives for New York (CANY) Gala, hosted by Tony winner Cady Hoffman. Other celebs on the guest list include (more…)
The lights dimmed on Broadway last night, May 11, in honor of the great Lena Horne, who died Monday, May 9 at 92.
She was, as her peers, fans and celebrity admirers called her: “one of our nation’s most cherished entertainers” (President Obama), “the QUEEN” (Sean “Diddy” Combs),“an icon” (Queen Latifah), a “story of triumph” (Alicia Keys), “one of the most beautiful women in the world” (Elizabeth Taylor) and “a remarkable woman” (Janet Jackson).
But Horne herself said it best. “I’m me, and I’m like nobody else.”
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In honor of the legacy of a extraordinary talent, one who taught us how to brave stormy weather, to “believe in yourself right from the start,” and even how to sing the ABC’s. I’ve dedicated this Webway Wednesday to Ms. Horne.
Here she is in 1943’s Stormy Weather. It would be the film that put her on the map and gave her a signature song.
Singing a medley of “Cockeyed Optimist” from South Pacific and “Some People” from Gypsy on a 1962 Milton Berle TV special for NBC.
One of my favorite songs: The Oscar-winning Johnny Mercer/Henry Mancini torch song “Moon River”
With her Broadway co-star, Tony Bennett, singing Bacharach and David’s “The Look of Love” and Rodgers and Hart’s “My Funny Valentine”
A kid-tested, mother-approved version of Fela!…Christopher Sieber sings gay adoption in The Kid… American Idiot rocks out for kids in Africa…and the coolest kids on Broadway throw a carnival party, Rock of Ages style.
I’m a big kid now!
Blake
Friday, May 7
GO→The Public kicks off its “New Work Now!” series featuring free readings by emerging theatre artists. Selections include Welcome Home, Dean Charbonneau by OBIE winner Adam Rapp, and Thomas Bradshaw’s Mary, a dark drama set in the ’80s, in which a young man brings his boyfriend to his conservative parents’ home in Virginia. (Through May 23, Public Theater, 425 Lafayette St., click here)
Saturday, May 8 GO→ Call it Fela!-light. Educational rock band The Deedle Deedle Dees joins the cast of Fela!for a kid-friendly, interactive celebration of the music of Fela Kuti and other historical leaders like Harriet Tubman, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Susan B. Anthony. Brooklyn pre-schoolers will join the Dees to perform a special original Fela-style song. (11am, The Knitting Factory Brooklyn, 361 Metropolitan Ave., at Havemeyer St., $10-$20, info/tickets)
Sunday, May 9
GO→ Do you enjoy a good view of the soaring New York City skyline…and of half-naked, beautiful men? Me too! Head over to Hudson Terrace for Broadway Bares: Rooftop Strip, a mini version of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS’ big summer bash of hedonism and body paint, Broadway Bares. Featuring cuties from Memphis, Step Up and West Side Story’s Intl. tour. (8pm and 10pm, Hudson Terrace, 621 W. 46th St. btwn. 10th and 11th Aves., $5, info)
Monday, May 10 OPENING→ Tony nominee Christopher Sieber (Spamalot, Shrek) stars in The Kid, a new musical based on sex columnist Dan Savage’s book about gay adoption called “The Kid: What Happened After My Boyfriend and I Decided to Go Get Pregnant.” Susan Balckwell, Jill Eikenberry and Ann Harada also star. (Acorn Theatre, 410 W 42nd St., btwn 9th and 10th Aves., info)
GO→ Tony winner John Gallagher Jr., Declan Bennet, Chase Peacock, and other cast members from American Idiot rock out with their bands for an evening of music benefiting the Mary McGarry Children’s Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to furthering education for underprivileged children in Central Africa. (8pm, $25-$30, Times Square Arts Center, NW corner of 42nd St. and 8th Ave., info/tickets)
GO→ Tony, Oscar, Grammy and Emmy-winning composer Marvin Hamlisch will be honored at From Belarus to Broadway-Celebrating MUSIC! The evening will feature a discussion with Hamlisch and performances by jazz/cabaret singer Jacqui Dankworth and Golem (a self-described “gypsy-klezmer-rock band” that performs in Yiddish, English and Slavic). Proceeds benefit Music For All Seasons (MFAS). (6pm, The Russian Tea Room, 150 W. 57th St., btwn 6th and 7th Aves., $325-$500 includes cocktails/dinner/silent auction and performances, call 1.866.524.MFAS or click here)
GO→ Broadway Musicals of 1990-2010 concludes the 10th Anniversary Season of Town Hall’sBroadway by the Year series. Expect songs from Falsettos (1992), Kiss of the Spider Woman (1993), Ragtime (1998), Wicked (2003), Jersey Boys (2005) and more. (8pm, Town Hall, 123 W. 43rd St. btwn 6th and 7th Aves., $45-$55, info/tickets)
Tommy Tune dropped by the Playbill offices yesterday to bring us a gift! The larger-than-life, super talented, nine time Tony winner is also an incredibly accomplished painter (as is evident by this beautiful painting of his Playbill tote).
I also found out an interesting little nugget about Tommy’s iconic signature. Turns out, it too goes back to Playbill!
When Tommy was performing on Broadway and was greeted by fans at the stage door with Playbills in hand, he knew that because of our coated paper, he’d have to turn the Playbill over and scribble on the back in order to get the pen to start working. After doing this many times, he realized that he should just incorporate the “scribble” into the signature to save time. And so his signature stayed…scribble and all.
GO→ Tony/Oscar/Golden Globe-winning performer Joel Grey can add photographer to his esteemed resume with his newest exhibit, “Joel Grey: 1.3: New Color Images,” a collection of photographs taken on his Nokia 6133 cell phone. His first collection of cell phone art was turned into the book “1.3: Images from My Phone.” (Through July 10, Steven Kasher Gallery, 521 W. 23rd St., btwn 10th & 11th Aves., info)
WATCH→ PBS’ 2010 Memorial Day Concert, broadcast live outside of the Capitol, will feature an all-star list of talent paying homage to the veterans and their families. Performers include Tony-nominated actress Kelli O’Hara, Dennis Haysbert (who will be joining the cast of Race on June 21) and Grammy winners Lionel Richie and Brad Paisley. Tony winner Joe Mantegna and Emmy winner Gary Sinise will host. (8pm EST on PBS, check your local listings, info) (more…)
GO→ Comedy troupe The Improvised Shakespeare Co. brings its campy-n-classic humor to NYC. Think Upright Citizen’s Brigade in tights with a whole lot of “thee’s,” thou’s” and “m’lord’s” thrown in. (Through May 24, Barrow Street Theatre, 27 Barrow Street at 7th Avenues and the South corner of Christopher St., $20, 
GO→ Patti LuPone puts the “drama” in Drama Desk when she hosts the group’s 55th Annual Awards ceremony. This season’s recent revival of Ragtime earned the most nominations of any Broadway production, with The Scottsboro Boys nabbing the top-spot for Off-Broadway. Individual nominees include Cheyenne Jackson, Victoria Clark, Katie Finneran, Angela Lansbury, Ethan Hawke and Twyla Tharp. (LaGuardia Concert Hall at Lincoln Center, 65th and Amsterdam, tickets starting at $225, 
GO→ The cast of Hair teams up with Bumble and Bumble for a “cut-in”: a day of free haircuts for a good cause. Cast members will be at the salon greeting guests, and tickets to the show will be raffled-off every hour. The hair collected from the event will be donated to Matter of Trust, a non-profit group that helps clean up oil spills. (12-4pm, 146 East 56th Street, btwn. 3rd and Lexington Aves., first come/first serve)
WATCH→ If anyone can follow Betty White’s hilarious hosting stint on last week’s “Saturday Night Live,” it’s Alec Baldwin. Baldwin has hosted the show a record-breaking 15 times (he shares the title with his Oscar co-host Steve Martin). Tom Petty joins as musical guest to help Baldwin close the show’s 35th season. (11:30pm/10:30c on NBC)
GO→ Calling all Gleeks! “Glee” Live in Concert is coming to a theatre near you. The tour, featuring cast members Lea Michele, Corey Monteith, Amber Riley, Chris Colfer and others launches in Phoenix, AZ and continues on to Los Angeles, Chicago and New York. (
GO→ Tony nominee J. Robert Spencer performs one last time in the hit Broadway show Next to Normal. Brian D’Arcy James, who originated the role Off-Broadway, will return to the cast to replace Spencer on Monday. (Booth Theatre, 222 West 45th St., btwn. Broadway & 8th Ave.,
OPENING → The Naked Angels company, fresh of its Broadway debut with Next Fall, presents a new play featuring Edie Falco and Alison Pill. This Wide Night tells the story of two former inmates who try to rebuild their lives after leaving jail. (Peter Jay Sharp Theatre, 416 W. 42nd St.,
GO→ Mamma Mia! star Judy McLane brings together Bernadette Peters and Chita Rivera for Broadway Unleashed, an evening of performances to benefit the Sean Casey Animal Rescue in Brooklyn. The evening’s performances include songs from Beth Leavel, Malcom Gets, Norm Lewis, Dee Hoty, Howard McGillin and others. (Backstage at Trattoria DopoTeatro, 125 W. 44th St., btwn 6th and Broadway, $100-$200,
GO→ In the Heights star Corbin Bleu will MC Broadway Junior Student Share, an event that gives 400 students from 18 NYC-area schools the chance to make their dreams come true and perform on a Broadway stage! The event is made possible by the Shubert Foundation, Music Theatre International and the NYC D.O.E. (10:45am, Majestic Theatre, 245 West 44th St., btwn. Broadway and 8th Aves.)
GO→ Lin-Manuel Miranda (In the Heights) and Memphis star James Monroe Iglehart will appear with Manuel’s muscial comedy rap group Freestyle Love Supreme. (10:30pm, Le Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker Street, $20, 
GO→ Promises, Promises stars Kristin Chenoweth and Sean Hayes join “Glee”’s Matthew Morrison at the Creative Alternatives for New York (CANY) Gala, hosted by Tony winner Cady Hoffman. Other celebs on the guest list include 
GO→ Call it Fela!-light. Educational rock band The Deedle Deedle Dees joins the cast of Fela! for a kid-friendly, interactive celebration of the music of Fela Kuti and other historical leaders like Harriet Tubman, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Susan B. Anthony. Brooklyn pre-schoolers will join the Dees to perform a special original Fela-style song. (11am, The Knitting Factory Brooklyn, 361 Metropolitan Ave., at Havemeyer St., $10-$20, 
OPENING→ Tony nominee Christopher Sieber (Spamalot, Shrek) stars in The Kid, a new musical based on sex columnist Dan Savage’s book about gay adoption called “The Kid: What Happened After My Boyfriend and I Decided to Go Get Pregnant.” Susan Balckwell, Jill Eikenberry and Ann Harada also star. (Acorn Theatre, 410 W 42nd St., btwn 9th and 10th Aves., 
GO→ Tony winner John Gallagher Jr., Declan Bennet, Chase Peacock, and other cast members from American Idiot rock out with their bands for an evening of music benefiting the Mary McGarry Children’s Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to furthering education for underprivileged children in Central Africa. (8pm, $25-$30, Times Square Arts Center, NW corner of 42nd St. and 8th Ave., 
GO→ Tony, Oscar, Grammy and Emmy-winning composer Marvin Hamlisch will be honored at From Belarus to Broadway-Celebrating MUSIC! The evening will feature a discussion with Hamlisch and performances by jazz/cabaret singer Jacqui Dankworth and Golem (a self-described “gypsy-klezmer-rock band” that performs in Yiddish, English and Slavic). Proceeds benefit Music For All Seasons (MFAS). (6pm, The Russian Tea Room, 150 W. 57th St., btwn 6th and 7th Aves., $325-$500 includes cocktails/dinner/silent auction and performances, call 1.866.524.MFAS or 
Hall’s Broadway by the Year series. Expect songs from Falsettos (1992), Kiss of the Spider Woman (1993), Ragtime (1998), Wicked (2003), Jersey Boys (2005) and more. (8pm, Town Hall, 123 W. 43rd St. btwn 6th and 7th Aves., $45-$55,
