Hoffman, McNally, Vogel and More Take Part in 92nd St. Y Events

The 92nd Street Y has lined up a starry season of appearances, lectures, concerts�and readings for the first half of�2006, with actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, playwrights Terrence McNally, Paula Vogel, Jules Feiffer and Andr� Gregory, and performers Julia Murney, Stephen Pasquale and Mary Testa among those taking part in the events.

On January 11th, Hoffman will appear with film historian/critic Annette Insdorf at a screening of Capote.� The actor, who has garnered raves for his work as Truman Capote, has also appeared on Broadway in Long Day's Journey Into Night and True West; he earned Tony nominations for both.

Pulitzer Prize-winners McNally (Master Class, Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, The Full Monty) and Vogel (How I Learned to Drive, The Baltimore Waltz) will discuss their work on February 20th, while playwrights Roger Rosenblatt (Bibliomania, Free Speech in America)�and Jules Feiffer (Little Murders, Oh, Calcutta!) will also do so on March 16th.�

On April 3rd, Robert Scanlan will direct a reading of three Samuel Beckett plays to honor the great Irish playwright's centennial, while a number of dramatic readings will also be offered in the spring.� Larry Pine (The Women of Lockerbie, The Seagull) will be featured in Tolstoy's The Kreutzer Sonata�on March 6th, Kathryn Walker will�helm�The Oddysey on March 13th, and�Elysa Marden will direct The Sugar Mile by Glyn Maxwell on May 15th.� On May 24th,�Andr� Gregory (Alice in Wonderland, the films My Dinner with Andre and Vanya on 42nd Street) will direct his play�Bone Songs.

Heart and Soul: Frank Loesser's Hollywood, featuring Murney, Pasquale, Testa, as well as Capathia Jenkins, Clarke Thorell and David Yazbek, will be presented from January 21st through 23rd as part of the Lyrics & Lyricists series, while Jeff Harnar, Valerie Lemon, Craig Rubano, KT Sullivan, and Lumiri Tubo will be featured in With Mabel Mercer: The Words Came First, a tribute to the cabaret legend that will run from February 25th through 27th.� Harnick: Collector's Items (April 8-10) and Hooray for Hollywood: Johnny Mercer at the Movies (May 6-8) will also be presented as part of the Lyrics and Lyricists series.