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DIVA TALK: This Gypsy Stays Put, "Making It On Broadway," Plus the Songs of Heisler and Goldrich
By Andrew Gans
13 Feb 2004
IN OTHER DIVA NEWS OF THE WEEK Tony Award winner Betty Buckley will return to the Café Carlyle next month. From March 2-27, the award-winning actress/singer will offer her new show — Portraits — at the famed cabaret. Buckley will be backed by Tony Marino, Todd Reynolds and musical director Kenny Werner on piano. Buckley recently triumphed at Feinstein's at the Regency with her show Journey. That evening included such tunes as "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." At the Carlyle, BB will play Tuesday through Saturday evenings at 8:45 PM with late shows on Fridays and Saturdays at 10:45 PM. There is a $65 cover for weekday shows and $75 for weekend performances but no minimum; dinner is served beginning at 6:30 PM. For reservations, call (212) 570-7189; visit www.thecarlyle.com for more information. . . . Tony Award winners Patti LuPone and Kristin Chenoweth will go it solo at Carnegie Hall in 2005. Chenoweth, who is currently starring in the hit new musical Wicked, will join the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra on Jan. 25, 2005, for an evening devoted to the Great American Song. Erich Kunzel will conduct the orchestra, and concertgoers can expect to hear tunes by Rodgers and Hart, Leonard Bernstein, Andrew Lippa, Stephen Foster, Ricky Ian Gordon, Meredith Willson and Jerome Kern. LuPone, who is kicking off the City Center Encores! season in Can-Can, will return for her third solo Carnegie Hall concert on March 14, 2005. The Olivier Award-winning actress-singer is expected to include tunes from her upcoming The Lady with a Torch program, which she will debut at Feinstein's at the Cinegrill and Feinstein's at the Regency in March and April. LuPone and Chenoweth's concerts are part of the "Carnegie Hall Goes Pops" series. Show time for both concerts is 8 PM. Carnegie Hall is located in Manhattan at 57th Street and Seventh Avenue. For more information, log on to www.carnegiehall.org. . . . Principal casting is now complete for the Paper Mill Playhouse's production of Baby. And what a cast it is! Moeisha McGill, who is currently starring Off-Broadway in Who Wrote That?, will play Lizzie, opposite the Danny of Into the Woods' Chad Kimball. McGill has been seen on Broadway in Mamma Mia! and was part of the cast of the ill-fated Florida production of Little Shop of Horrors. Norm Lewis — now starring on Broadway in Chicago — and Once On This Island's La Chanze will star as respectively, Nick and Pam. And, Broadway veterans Michael (Falsettos) Rupert and Carolee (Parade) Carmello will play Alan and Arlene. Lenny Wolpe, who played Dr. Ira Taub in the Paper Mill's recent mounting of The Tale of the Allergist's Wife, will play a fertility specialist. Richard Maltby, Jr. and David Shire’s musical Baby — about three couples whose lives are affected in various ways by the prospect of having (or not having) a baby — will play the Paper Mill March 31-May 9. The 20th anniversary production will be directed by Mark S. Hoebee. Eugene Gwozdz will be the production's musical director. The Maltby/Shire score — one of my favorites — includes such tunes as "At Night She Comes Home to Me," "I Chose Right," "The Story Goes On," "Easier to Love," "Two People in Love," "With You," "I Want It All" and "And What If We Had Loved Like That." "Patterns," which was cut from the Broadway production but preserved on the show's original cast recording, will be heard in the Paper Mill production as will a new song to be performed by the three lead women. The Paper Mill Playhouse is located on Brookside Drive in Millburn, NJ. Tickets, priced $30-$67, are available by calling (973) 376 4343. For more information visit www.papermill.org. . . . Linda Eder, Maureen McGovern and Lainie Kazan will all perform in concert at the North Shore Music Theatre this spring. McGovern, who starred on Broadway in the Sting 3 Penny Opera, will perform April 16; Jekyll & Hyde's Eder will go it solo May 19 and 20; and former Funny Girl Kazan will sing for her supper May 22. Show time for all concerts is 8 PM. Tickets for the concerts are now available by calling the theatre's box office at (978) 232-7200 or by going on-line to www.nsmt.org. The North Shore Music Theatre is located in Beverly, MA at 62 Dunham Road. . . . The feature length documentary, Elaine Stritch at Liberty, will debut on the HBO cable network this spring. A spokesperson for HBO told me that the documentary, which combines footage from Stritch's Tony-winning one woman show with a behind-the-scenes look at the actress, will premiere in May. Specific dates have yet to be announced. Legendary filmmakers D. A. Pennebaker and his partners Chris Hegedus and Nick Doob filmed the documentary about the theatre veteran and her acclaimed one-woman show. Stritch's performance was taped at the Old Vic in London. Filmmaker D. A. Pennebaker said, "We first met Elaine Stritch during the cast recording of Steve Sondheim's Company. Elaine's life as told on stage is brilliant, but following her in her real life is endlessly fascinating. She's funny, brave, quirky, sarcastic, unpredictable and dangerous." Sheila Nevins, executive vice president of original HBO programming, added, "Elaine Stritch is a larger-than-life character who never fails to dazzle a theatre audience. I'm thrilled that HBO will be bringing this electrifying performer to TV viewers."
REMINDERS
Betty Buckley in Concert:
March 2-27 at the Cafe Carlyle in New York, NY
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 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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Composer Zina Goldrich and lyricist Marcy Heisler
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