Busch, Cantone, Edelman et. al to Star in Primary Stages Concert Series, 4/25-5/1
By: Jeff Dennhardt Mar. 17, 2010
Several Broadway stars are set for the upcoming Primary Stages Concert series, including Charles Busch, Mario Cantone, Penny Fuller, Julie Halston, Jamie deRoy, Gregg Edelman, and Karen Mason. The performances will take place in April and May over a one week span that will take place at the 59E59 Theatre.
The schedule for the concert series is as follows:
An Evening with Charles Busch and Julie Halston
Sunday, April 25, 7:00pm
Playwright/Actor Charles Busch and his frequent acting partner and outrageous comic muse, Julie Halston, recount their quarter century long friendship and theatrical collaboration in hilarious anecdotes and scenes and monologues from their many shows together.
Tuesday, April 27, 8:00pm
A regular cast member from the "Sex in the City" TV series and films as well as the star of his own Tony-nominated one man show, Laugh Whore at the Cort Theater, Mario Cantone brings his unique and side splitting mix of far out comedy, song, and mimicry to 59E59th Street. A guaranteed hilarious and winningly audacious evening.
Wednesday, April 28, 8:00pm
Penny Fuller returns to her beloved home, Primary Stages at 59E59 with her show: "This Is The Life: The Music Of Charles Strouse", composer of such shows as Bye Bye Birdie, Annie, Golden Boy and Applause.Gregg Edelman & Karen Mason
Thursday, April 29, 8:00pm
Muti-Tony award and Drama Desk nominees Gregg Edelman and Karen Mason join forces for a joyous musical evening devoted to enduring songs from the Great American Songbook by Cole Porter, Kander and Ebb, Cy Coleman, and Harold Arlen, among others.Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers
Friday, April 30, 8:00pm
There's no harmony quite as pure as family harmony and Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers have shared their award winning harmonies from dusty stages to White House performances, from Broadway to Grammy Awards to the top of the country charts - and now to 59E59 Theaters!
Saturday, May 1, 8:00pm
Celebrated cabaret performer Jamie deRoy presents a special edition of her Multi-MAC Award-winning variety show, Jamie de Roy & friends with an evening of songs from Tony Award®-winning Musicals. Joining Jamie on May 1st will be Broadway legend Sheldon Harnick-Tony winner for his incomparable musicals Fiddler on the Roof and Fiorello! with additional guests from Broadway shows. Award-winning director Barry Kleinbort will stage the evening. The colorful cabaret series, which has been thrilling New York City audiences for the past 19 years and serves as the basis for deRoy's award-winning cable television show, spotlights a wide variety of well-known entertainers and newcomers lighting up the cabaret, theater, and comedy worlds.
Tickets for the concerts may be purchased individual at the Primary Stages website at www.primarystages.org or by calling the box office at 212-279-4200.
Primary Stages has given life to more than 100 new plays, many of them world premieres, by writers such as Horton Foote, A.R. Gurney, Willy Holtzman, Julia Jordan, Romulus Linney, Donald Margulies, Melissa Manchester, Terrence McNally, John Henry Redwood, John Patrick Shanley, Mac Wellman, Lee Blessing and Michele Lowe. The company also continues to work with emerging playwrights through commissions and its artist development program, The Dorothy Strelsin New American Writers Group.
Over the years, the company has received considerable critical acclaim and numerous theater and literary awards and nominations, including TONY, Obie, AUDELCO, Outer Critics Circle, Lucille Lortel , Drama League and Drama Desk Awards. The Fourth Wall, All in the Timing, The Old Settler, Missing/Kissing, The Model Apartment, Scotland Road, You Should Be So Lucky, The Stendhal Syndrome, Sabina, Dividing the Estate and In The Continuum are among the many plays brought to national attention by Primary Stages.
In 2004, Primary Stages moved from its 99-seat home of 17 years on West 45th Street to the 198-seat theater at 59E59 Theaters. This new theater has increased Primary Stages profile in New York City while boosting our reputation as one of the premiere theaters for the development of new work. This move has marked a period of unprecedented growth for the company and has created tremendous opportunities for expanding our audience and funding bases, establishing a new cultural venue on the Upper East Side, and securing our future in the New York theatrical landscape.
For more information, visit www.PrimaryStages.org.
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