By Andrew Gans
06 Feb 2004
IN OTHER DIVA NEWS OF THE WEEK: Tony Award winner Barbara Cook is again prepared to take Manhattan by storm, having dazzled audiences with her Tony-nominated Mostly Sondheim concert. Beginning March 19, Lincoln Center Theater will offer 12 performances of Cook's newest show, Barbara Cook's Broadway. The concerts, which will officially open March 28, will run through April 18 and will be performed Friday through Sunday on the set of King Lear at the Vivian Beaumont Theater. Wally Harper will again serve as Cook's musical director and arranger; Jon Burr will perform on bass. Barbara Cook's Broadway will take audiences on a tour of the Golden Years of Broadway. Cook will perform songs from — and reminisce about — this period of Broadway history. Tickets, priced at $60, will be available beginning Feb. 29 at the Lincoln Center Theater box office or by visiting Click here. Show times are March 19 at 8 PM, March 20 and 21 at 2 PM, March 26-28 at 8 PM, April 2 at 8 PM, April 3 and 4 at 2 PM, April 16 at 8 PM and April 17 and 18 at 2 PM. . . . The ninth annual Nothing Like a Dame concert to benefit The Phyllis Newman Women's Health Initiative of the Actors' Fund of America will be held March 1 at the St. James Theatre. Presented by Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, the 8 PM event will feature the talents of Kathy Brier, Zoe Caldwell, Kathleen Chalfant, Kate Clinton, Christine Ebersole, Tovah Feldshuh, Lauren Flanigan, Sutton Foster, Deidre Goodwin, Amanda Green, Julie Halston, Joan Hamburg, Heather Headley, Nancy Lemenager, Idina Menzel, Audra McDonald, Donna Murphy, Bebe Neuwirth, Phyllis Newman, Chita Rivera, Carole Shelley, Anna Vissi and Karen Ziemba. Additionally, attendees can expect to see the women (both human and hand-held) from Avenue Q, the gals of Movin' Out, Hairspray's Dynamites trio, the urchins of Little Shop of Horrors and the Radio of Caroline, Or Change. Gossip columnist Liz Smith will also be on hand for the festivities. Tickets for Nothing Like a Dame 2004 range from $50 to $5,000 and may be purchased by calling (212) 840-0770, ext. 268, or by going on-line to www.broadwaycares.org. . . . Karen Mason, who was most recently on Broadway as Tanya in the hit musical Mamma Mia!, will offer two shows at the Speakeasy this month. On Feb. 12 and 13 Mason will bring her newest cabaret act to the Chicago nightclub. The Feb. 12 evening begins at 9 PM and features a four-course chef-tasting dinner; the second evening, show only, commences at 10:30 PM. The Speakeasy is located at 1401 W. Devon in Chicago, IL. Tickets for Feb. 12 are priced at $65; the Feb. 13 show is $30. Call (777) 338-0600 for reservations or visit www.speakeasysupperclub.com. . . . A host of Broadway favorites will take part in the CooperArts series' one-night-only concert performance of Dream True. As previously announced, on March 8 the acclaimed series will offer the Ricky Ian Gordon-Tina Landau musical, which played Off-Broadway's Vineyard Theatre in 1999. Heading the cast will be Brian d'Arcy James, Jason Danieley, Victoria Clark, Jessica Molaskey, Kelli O'Hara, Jeff McCarthy, Harrison Chad and Clark Thorell. Ted Sperling will be the musical director for the concert — featuring Jonathan Tunick's original orchestrations — which is scheduled for 7:30 PM. The concert will be held at the Great Hall at Cooper Union, located in Manhattan at Seventh Street and Third Avenue. Tickets are priced at $20 (general admission) and $15 (students and seniors, at the door only) and are available by logging on to www.ticketcentral.org.
REMINDERS
Liz Callaway in Concert:
Feb. 13 with Jason Graae in Salt Lake City, UT
Feb. 14 with Jason Graae in Palm Springs, CA
Feb. 26-28 with Jason Graae in West Palm Beach, FL
Feb. 29 with Stephen Schwartz and Friends in Wilton, CT
April 23 with Jason Graae in Sutter Creek, CA
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
Patti LuPone in Concert:
Feb. 12-15 in City Center Encores! Can-Can in New York, NY
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
March 17-21 at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, CT
March 29-April 1 at Feinstein's at the Cinegrill in Hollywood, CA
April 3 at the Chattanooga Convention Center in Chattanooga, TN
April 6-24 at Feinstein's at the Regency in New York, NY
April 5-8 in Candide with the NY Philharmonic in New York, NY
Louise Pitre in Concert:
February 13 at the Capitol Theatre in Windsor, ON
February 28 at the Sanderson Performing Arts in Brantford, ON
February 29 at the Silverthorn C.I. Auditorium in Toronto, ON
November 4 at the Brock Centre for the Arts in St. Catherines, ON
November 5 at the Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts in Oakville, ON
November 6 at the Dr. J.M. Ennis Auditorium in Welland, ON
November 11 at the Heritage Theatre in Brampton, ON
November 12 at the Imperial Oil Centre in Sarnia, ON
November 17 at the Markham Theatre in Markham, ON
November 20 at the Stockey Centre in Parry Sound, ON
November 21 at The Living Arts Centre in Mississauga, ON
Well, that's all for now. Happy diva-watching!
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| (l.-r.) Arlene Dahl, Christine Andreas, Dina Merrill and Joan Rivers at the Carlyle
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| photo by Richard Hillman |
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