By Andrew Gans
26 Sep 2003

IN OTHER DIVA NEWS OF THE WEEK Two-time Tony Award winner Bernadette Peters — currently starring in the hit revival of Gypsy — will chat about her newest stage role this weekend. Peters will guest on NY1's "On Stage" theatre program, where she will be interviewed by co-host Paul Lombardi. "On Stage" is broadcast Saturday and Sundays from 9:30-10 AM and again from 7:30-8 PM. The weekly television show also airs Mondays from 9:30-10 PM and later that night from 12:30-1 AM. . . . Tony Award winner Betty Buckley will perform in concert Oct. 12 to benefit the Peter Pan Children's Fund. Entitled Betty Buckley Live at Longshore, the evening at The Inn at Longshore in Westport, CT begins at 5 PM with dinner followed by the 8 PM concert. Not only a benefit for the charitable organization, the one-night-only event will also kick off the 100th anniversary celebration of Peter Pan. Tickets for the Oct. 12 evening are priced at $175 and $250 and may be purchased by calling (888) 601-7800. The Inn at Longshore is located in Connecticut on South Comp Road. . . . The Broadway Inspirational Voices will celebrate their tenth anniversary in style on Sunday, Oct. 19. The 10th Anniversary Concert of the gospel ensemble — featuring actors from Broadway and Off-Broadway shows — will be held at Manhattan's Town Hall and will boast special guest star Patti LaBelle. Star Jones — of "The View" fame — will host the gospel evening, which will benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. The Broadway Inspirational Voices was founded by its current director, Michael McElroy, who recently drew raves for his performance in the revival of Big River at the American Airlines Theatre. The choir features more than 40 members from a host of theatrical productions. The ensemble's second album will be released later this year on Sh-K-Boom Records. Tickets to the 8 PM concert are priced at $35 (balcony seating), $65 (general seating/orchestra), $125 (VIP orchestra) and $250 (patron seat). Town Hall is located at 123 West 43rd Street; call (212) 840-0770 or visit www.broadwaycares.org for tickets. . . . Susan Egan, who just returned to the Broadway company of Cabaret, will offer five solo concerts next month at the Orange County Performing Arts Center. Egan kicks off the Center's Cabaret Series Oct. 28, playing through Nov. 1. All concerts will be held at the Founders Hall; show time is 7:30 PM. Concertgoers can expect to hear tunes from Egan's Broadway outings as well as songs from her debut solo recording, "So Far." The Orange County Performing Arts Center is located on Town Center Drive in Costa Mesa, CA. Tickets for Egan's concerts are priced at $46 and are available by calling (714) 740-7878. For more information, visit www.ocpac.org. . . . The DVD/video of "The Rising Place" — the feature debut from writer/director Tom Rice — will be available Oct. 28. The film — starring Jennifer Holliday, Frances Sternhagen, Laurel Holloman, Elise Neal, Mark Webber, Liam Aiken, Billy Campbell, Gary Cole, Alice Drummond, Frances Fisher, Mason Gamble, Beth Grant, Tess Harper, S. Epatha Merkerson and Scott Openshaw — is set in the South in the 1940's and features a soundtrack with five new songs from Holliday, David Foster and Lisa Thompson. The DVD will boast several extra features, including an alternate ending, five deleted scenes, humorous outtakes and a Jennifer Holliday music video. Amazon.com is currently accepting pre-orders for the DVD/video of "The Rising Sun."

REMINDERS

Betty Buckley in Concert:

Oct. 18 at the Rialto Center for the Performing Arts in Atlanta, GA
Oct. 28-Nov. 8 at Feinstein's at the Regency in New York, NY
Nov. 22 at the Dominican University in River Forest, IL

Liz Callaway in Concert:

Oct. 11 with the Binghamton Philharmonic Pops in Binghamton, NY
Oct. 20 at the 14th Annual New York Cabaret Convention in New York, NY
Jan. 31, 2004 in Sibling Revelry in Boston, MA
Feb. 8, 2004 in Sibling Revelry in Riverfront, IL
May 1, 2004 in Sibling Revelry in Orono, ME
May 8, 2004 in Sibling Revelry in Purchase, NY

Barbara Cook in Concert:

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:

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

Karen Mason in Concert:

Oct. 4 with the Chicagoland Pops Orchestra at the Rosemont Theatre in Rosemont, IL
Oct. 18 at the Emelin Theater in NY
Nov. 15 at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, NJ

Christiane Noll in Concert

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!

Stephanie D'Abruzzo and Lucy T. Slut.

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