By Andrew Gans
04 Jul 2003

IN OTHER DIVA NEWS OF THE WEEK: Two-time Tony Award winner Bernadette Peters will sit down for a chat with hosts Regis Philbin and Kelly Ripa on "Live with Regis and Kelly." Peters is scheduled to appear on the morning chat show Tuesday, July 8. "Live with Regis and Kelly" airs in the metropolitan area on WABC-TV, 9-10 AM ET. Check local listings for broadcast times. Peters will also re-team with her Goodbye Girl co-star, Martin Short, for the new TNT movie "Prince Charming," which premieres July 13. An updated version of the timeless fairy tale, "Prince Charming" also stars Tony Award winner Andrea Martin as well as Christina Applegate, Billy Connolly and Sean Maguire. Short stars in the title role and Peters plays, of course, a Broadway diva. "Prince Charming" debuts July 13 at 8 PM ET on TNT. Subsequent airings are scheduled for July 13 (10 PM), July 14 (midnight), July 17 (9 PM), July 18 (10:30 PM), July 20 (midnight), July 23 (11 PM) and July 26 (9:30 AM). . . . Recent Tony nominee Melissa Errico, who is currently starring in the Williamstown Theatre Festival's production of The Threepenny Opera, will offer a host of concerts this summer. On July 8, Errico will be backed by a full band at Joe's Pub, the intimate cabaret space at the Public Theater. Errico will offer a 9:30 PM concert, featuring tunes from her recent solo debut CD, "Blue Like That." From Aug. 5-9, Errico will play Feinstein's at the Cinegrill, located within the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood, CA. Errico will perform 8:30 PM shows Aug. 5-9 with additional 10:30 PM shows Aug. 8-9. The actress, who scored a Tony nomination for her work in the short-lived Michel Legrand musical Amour, will then perform a free outdoor concert Aug. 13 (7 PM) at the Madison Square Park in New York City, and she will return to Joe's Pub Aug. 21 at 7:30 PM. Tickets for Errico's Joe's Pub concerts are priced at $20; call (212) 539-8776. Tickets for her Feinstein's at the Cinegrill run are $35; call (323) 769-7269 or (800) 950-7667. . . . Kerry Butler, who is the vocal highlight of this season's runaway hit, Hairspray, has been offered the lead role of Audrey in the aforementioned Broadway production of Little Shop of Horrors. Butler's agent confirmed to me earlier this week that the ever-busy actress-singer is currently in negotiations to star as the ditzy plant-shop worker with a heart of gold. Butler will continue to star in Hairspray through the end of July, when rehearsals for Little Shop's Broadway debut are scheduled to commence. Little Shop begins Broadway previews Aug. 29 with an official opening Oct. 2. . . . Tony Award winner Donna McKechnie will bring her acclaimed concert, My Musical Theatre Life, to Southern New Jersey's Surflight Theatre July 14. McKechnie will offer two performances of the concert, at 2 and 8 PM. My Musical Theatre Life traces McKechnie’s award-winning theatrical career, which includes roles in such Broadway musicals as How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying; Promises, Promises; Company; and A Chorus Line. The one-woman evening was written by playwright Christopher Durang and features direction by Thommie Walsh. The Surflight Theatre is located at Engleside and Beach Avenues in Beach Haven, NJ. Tickets for McKechnie's concert are priced at $25 (adults) and $15 (children 12 and under); call (609) 492-9477. For more information visit www.surflight.org. . . . Tony nominated sisters Liz and Ann Hampton Callaway will reteam for a series of concerts of their acclaimed cabaret act in 2004. The Callaway sisters will perform their award-winning program — titled "Sibling Revelry" — Jan. 31, 2004, at the Cambridge Theatre in Boston, MA. They are also scheduled to bring their show to the Dominican University in River Forest, IL (Feb. 8), the Maine Center for the Arts in Orono, ME (May 1) and the Performing Arts Center at Purchase College in Purchase, IL (May 8). The concert, which was recorded live for DRG Records, features such tunes as "It's Today," "The Sweetest Sounds," "Friendship," "Meadowlark," "My Heart Is So Full of You," "The Nanny Named Fran" as well as "The Huge Medley," which features a host of classic duets reinterpreted by the talented siblings. . . . And, finally, Tony Award winner Heather Headley will make a rare New York City concert appearance July 7 at B.B. King Blues Club & Grill. Presented by MBK/Power 105, the evening is entitled "R&B Live" and will feature the talents of Headley as well as special guests Javier and Leela James. Headley will perform selections from her R&B recording "This Is Who I Am," which was released last year on the RCA label. B.B. King Blues Club & Grill is located in Manhattan at 237 West 42nd Street. Tickets — $20 (advance), $25 (at the door) — are available by calling (212) 997-4144.

REMINDERS

Liz Callaway in Concert:
July 18-19 in 101 Years of Broadway at the Lenape Center in Marlton, NJ
Aug. 29-30 at the Stockbridge Cabaret in Stockbridge, MA
Jan. 31, 2004 in Sibling Revelry in Boston, MA
May 8, 2004 in Sibling Revelry in Purchase, NY

Barbara Cook in Concert:

Sept. 7-8 at the Ravinia Festival in Chicago, IL
Sept. 13 at the Tulsa Opera House in Tulsa, OK
Sept. 20 in Bethlehem, PA; concert with Marilyn Horne
Oct. 3 at Symphony Hall in Boston, MA; concert with Marilyn Horne
Nov. 22 at Carnegie Hall in New York, NY

Patti LuPone in Concert:

July 19 at Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco, CA
Aug. 5 at the Mann Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia, PA ("Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda")
Aug. 22-23 in Passion at the Ravinia Festival in Highland Park, IL
Oct. 25 at Symphony Hall in Boston, MA (“Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda”)
Nov. 7-9 with the Houston Symphony ("Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda")
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

Christiane Noll in Concert

Aug. 28 San Diego, CA with San Diego Symphony
Aug. 29 San Diego, CA with San Diego Symphony
Aug. 30 San Diego, CA with San Diego Symphony
Oct. 11 Chattanooga, TN with Don Pippin
Dec. 31 Des Moines, IA with Des Moines Symphony & Brad Little

Well, that’s all for now. Happy diva-watching!