Tony and Emmy Award-winning singer and actress Elaine Stritch will discuss her storied career in film, television and on Broadway with famed gossip columnist Liz Smith. ELAINE STRITCH IN CONVERSATION WITH LIZ SMITH will be presented on November 11 at 7pm by New York's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary.
After the conversation, Stritch will perform excerpts from
Elaine Stritch: AT HOME AT THE CARLYLE accompanied by musical director
Rob Bowman.
Born in 1926,
Elaine Stritch is probably best known for her performance in her 2002 one-woman show,
Elaine Stritch AT LIBERTY, which garnered the Tony Award for Best Special Theatrical Event. Before that, she received four Tony nominations: 1956 Best Featured Actress in a Play for BUS STOP, 1962 Best Actress in a Musical for SAIL AWAY, 1971 Best Actress in a Musical for COMPANY and 1996 Best Actress in a Play for DELICATE BALANCE.
Stritch's film credits include THE SCARLET HOUR (1956), A FAREWELL TO ARMS (1957), KISS HER GOODBYE (1959), WHO KILLED TEDDY BEAR (1965), PIGEONS (1971), PROVIDENCE (1977), SEPTEMBER (1987), COCOON: THE RETURN (1988), CADILLAC MAN (1990), OUT TO SEA (1997), SMALL TIME CROOKS (2000), AUTUMN IN NEW YORK (2000) and ROMANCE & CIGARETTES (2005).
Regular tickets are $75. Special $125 tickets include VIP seating with cocktail reception with Stritch and Smith. Tickets are available by visiting
www.gaycenter.org. The LGBT Center is located in Manhattan at 208 West 13th Street.
