Photo Coverage: Esquire Downtown Benefit for The Public Theater
By: Linda Lenzi Nov. 04, 2005
Ethan Hawke, Cynthia Nixon, Rosie Perez, Billy Porter and Anika Noni Rose performed at a November 3rd benefit performance for the Public
Theater at Esquire Downtown (at Astor Place, 445 Lafayette Street). The
benefit was to help fund new shows at
the New York theatre institution.
A collaboration between the Public's Late Nite Committee and Esquire House, the latter "assembled 13 top designers who have each styled a section of two penthouse suites in the new Sculpture for Living building at Astor Place. The Public Theater is one of ten New York City charities Esquire has chosen. . . . For this one-night-only event, the Late Nite Committee is creating an evening of 'site specific' scenes and musical numbers — performed in the spaces, throughout the party," according to press notes. Featured in the benefit were Rose's rendition of "The Lowdown Down" from Michael John LaChiusa's The Wild Party, Nixon's performance of a scene from Tony Kushner's A Bright Room Called Day and Hawke's performance of a scene from Eric Bogosian's Talk Radio.
For more information, visit www.publictheater.org.
A collaboration between the Public's Late Nite Committee and Esquire House, the latter "assembled 13 top designers who have each styled a section of two penthouse suites in the new Sculpture for Living building at Astor Place. The Public Theater is one of ten New York City charities Esquire has chosen. . . . For this one-night-only event, the Late Nite Committee is creating an evening of 'site specific' scenes and musical numbers — performed in the spaces, throughout the party," according to press notes. Featured in the benefit were Rose's rendition of "The Lowdown Down" from Michael John LaChiusa's The Wild Party, Nixon's performance of a scene from Tony Kushner's A Bright Room Called Day and Hawke's performance of a scene from Eric Bogosian's Talk Radio.
Gail Papp (the widow of Joseph Papp)
Michael John LaChiusa
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