Announcing The Active Theater Inaugural Gala, featuring performances from Tony Award-Winner David Hyde Pierce (Broadway's Curtains, Spamalot, Emmy Award-winner for TV's Frasier) Tony Award-Winner Chuck Cooper (Broadway's The Life, Caroline or Change, Finian's Rainbow) and Tony Award-Nominee Dee Hoty (Broadway's Bye, Bye Birdie, Mamma Mia, Will Rogers Follies), Sunday, October 18th at 7:00PM at Del Posto restaurant - 85 10th Avenue (corner of 10th Avenue & 16th Street). Billed as a benefit event for The Active Theater Company, the evening will also feature food, wine and entertainment from a lively jazz group (Tony Monte- piano, Bucky Pizzarelli - guitar and Steve La Spina - bass), plus a special silent auction. Advance tickets, priced at $100, are available now, ($125 at the door), and may be purchased by visiting the company website, www.theactivetheater.com. Taking place at the acclaimed NYC eatery DEL POSTO, operated by Mario Batali, and Joe & Lidia Bastianich, the menu will include hors d'oeurves, wine and dessert (www.delposto.com).
The event's chair will be Gareth Lake, plus silent auction items that include: custom made shirts, hand sewn ties and a free wardrobe consultation (retail value $800) from Viktoria Horvath of the Tom James Company; an afternoon at Marie Claire magazine - including lunch for 4 at Hearst Tower, a signed copy of "Project Runway" judge and Fashion Director Nina Garcia's new book "The Style Strategy" - and a visit to the Marie Claire fashion closet; a pair of Phoenix James shoes; 2 tickets & cast recordings for Broadway's Wicked, Burn The Floor and Next to Normal; chef tasting dinner for 6 at The Mott restaurant in Soho; autographed copy of Paul Taylor's autobiography "Private Domain" - and the award-winning DVD; plus a $200 gift card from Chelsea's Cookshop restaurant; a one-month all-access VIP membership, complimentary personal training session, and a 50 minute signature spa treatment to Equinox; an Eastern Mountain Sports Climbing Schools training course, among other available auction items. DEL POSTO will proudly be serving Morellino di Scansano 2007 from La Mozza (Mario Batali and the Bastianich's vineyard) red wine, plus Bastianich Friulano 2007 white wine, and Flor Prosecco.
The 2009-2010 season for The Active Theater Company includes: TWO ROOMS, by Lee Blessing (December 3-12, 2009), ROMANCE, ROMANCE, book & lyrics by Barry Harman, music by Keith Hermann (February 18-March 7), MAGNETIC NORTH, by William Donnelly (May 6-16, 2010). Previous productions for the company have included BODY LANGUAGE, by Jennie Contuzzi and TOUCH, by Toni Press-Coffman.
THE ACTIVE THEATER COMPANY - (Nathaniel Shaw/Artistic Director; Joseph Benesh/General Manager) - A group of artists dedicated to the work, both new and old, that moves you. Works that move you to think and rethink, to laugh, to love, to cry, to question. Moves you to anger, moves you to action, and moves you to feel more than you are comfortable feeling. More information at www.theactivetheater.com.
DEL POSTO - the ultimate expression of what an Italian restaurant should be. Joe Bastianich, Lidia Bastianich and Mario Batali represent a convergence of different styles and experiences. The restaurant concept generated at Del Posto can best be described as trans-generational: an expression of the evolution of cuisines, menus, service and ambiance that have characterized the history of the Italian dining experience in this country. Del Posto creates the highest quality dining experience in what is one of the greatest indoor spaces in New York City. Without projecting stilted formality, Del Posto creates an ambiance filled with warmth buoyancy and lightheartedness of the Italian spirit. www.delposto.com
Photo credit: Andrew Start/The Active Theater Company
