Ars Nova Extends At Least It's Pink through April 1

Ars Nova announced today that At Least It's Pink, a "trashy little show" about chardonnay and the morning after, will extend three weeks through Sunday, April 1. Downtown singer/songwriters Bridget Everett and Obie Award-winner Kenny Mellman (Kiki and Herb) team up with Emmy Award-winner Michael Patrick King ("Sex and the City") in the show.

Written by Bridget Everett, Michael Patrick King and Kenny Mellman with original music by Mellman and Everett and directed by King, the production began previews on Tuesday, January 16 and officially opened on Thursday, January 25 at Ars Nova (511 West 54th Street). 

Everett's previous performing credits include Neal Medlyn Plus Kenny Mellman Equals R. Kelly, the video for "New York, New York," the new single from Moby and Debbie Harry, The Murray Hill Show at Mo Pitkins, and host of Ars Nova's Automatic Vaudeville, as well as performances with the Isotoners, Jim Andralis and Larry Krone.  She has performed at Ars Nova, Joe's Pub and the Philadelphia Fringe Festival. 
 
Mellman's work with Justin Bond in Kiki and Herb has earned him an Obie, a Bessie, a GLAAD Media Award, an HX Award and a Helen Hayes Award nomination.  Their off-Broadway show, Kiki and Herb, Coup de Theatre, was directed by Scott Elliot at the Cherry Lane Theater, and they recently completed their Broadway debut in Kiki and Herb Alive on Broadway, directed by themselves.  Kiki and Herb have performed at Carnegie Hall, Royal Festival Hall London, the Sydney Opera House, the Bonn Bienalle, the Bowery Ballroom and Knitting Factory, among many other venues.  He has performed his solo show, Kenny Mellman Is Grace Jones, in New York, Portland and London, and his show with Neal Medlyn, Kenny Mellman Plus Neal Medlyn Equals R Kelly, in New York and Portland, as part of the TBA Festival at the Portland Institute of Contemporary Art. Kiki and Herb will be touring the United States and the UK in 2007.
 
King is best known as writer/director/executive producer of the Golden Globe and Emmy-winning HBO series "Sex and the City."  For his work on that show, he has received the Emmy Award for best director as well as numerous nominations from the Writer's Guild and the Director's Guild.  King started his career in NYC as a playwright and standup comic.  His short plays have been produced in New York, Los Angeles and at the HBO Aspen Comedy Festival.   He was the artistic director of arcade...  a performance space, which he founded in LA, dedicated to launching new and exciting work.  Most recently he was the co-creator, writer, director and Executive Producer of the Emmy nominated HBO series "The Comeback," starring Lisa Kudrow.  He is currently developing a new musical with composer/lyricist Nancy Shayne and writing the Sex and The City movie. 

The performance schedule varies: The playing schedule is Thursdays at 7 PM, Fridays at 8 PM, Saturday at 8 PM; and Sundays at 5 PM.  Beginning March 18, Sunday shows will switch to 7 PM.  Tickets are $25 for performances January 25 to March 11. Tickets for the three-week extension will be $32.50. To purchase, call SmartTix at 212-868-4444 or go to www.SmartTix.com.  Ars Nova is located at 511 West 54th Street.

Photo of Bridgett Everett by Ben Strothmann