RICHARD SKIPPER CELEBRATES...JERRY HERMAN Set for the Triad, 11/28

Magda Katz is joining forces with Richard Skipper to launch Richard Skipper Presents...A New Monthly Series at the Triad that will be partly a cabaret show, partly a party! And They ALL will benefit The Dr. Carol Channing-Harry Kullijian Foundation For The Arts (www.ChanningArts.org).

The first of this series will be celebrating the music of Jerry Herman. The performance is set for November 28 at 8 PM at the Triad (158 West 72nd Street).

This is the launch of a new series. For now, once a month, Richard will be celebrating a different theme. Hopes to go to weekly in January! A Benefit for Carol Channing's Foundation for the Arts. Anna Bergman, Diane J. Findlay, Peggy Herman, Sue Matsuki, Bob Mattern, Miles Phillips, Lee Roy Reams, Sarah Rice, Jana Robbins, Alex Rybeck, John Patrick Schutz, Richard Skipper,Walter Willison, and a couple of other surprises! Featuring the John Fischer Trio!

RESERVE TODAY AT 845-365-0720

$25 show plus two drink minimum, $50 PREMIUM SEATS plus two drink minimum (includes complementary glass of champagne).

And HOLD THE DATE: December 20th! Richard Skipper Celebrates Christmas! Featuring Miles Phillips, Maureen Taylor, Leslie Orofino...and others!

 Jerry Herman is the multi-Tony-award-winning composer and lyricist of the classic Broadway musicals: Hello, Dolly!, Mame, La Cage Aux Folles, Dear World, Mack & Mabel, The Grand Tour, Milk & Honey and much more..

Best known for her long-running Broadway version of Hello Dolly, actress/singer Carol Channing says that even in the depth of the Depression, her San Francisco public middle school had the arts.

So she really doesn't understand why so many public schools these days, claiming the need for cutbacks because of the national recession, are dumping music, poetry, visual arts and dancing. The Foundation raises money to bring public awareness to this issue.

Richard Skipper has received artistic and critical acclaim over the past 19 years performing as Carol Channing.

2011 has been a breakout year for Richard. When he closed his off-Broadway tribute to Carol Channing in February, it had garnered Richard 25 rave reviews! Richard was the associate producer of the 2010 and 2011 Bistro Awards in association with Sherry Eaker for the second year in a row. Richard can be seen in Dori Berenstein's Carol Channing: LARGER THAN LIFE. The film premiered April 23rd at The Tribeca Film Festival. In February, Richard debuted "To Carol Channing With Love" (now available for booking!) at Blame It On Midnight in Palm Springs. It honored Carol Channing's 90th Birthday and was a benefit for Carol Channing's Foundation For The Arts (www.ChanningArts.org). Carol and Harry were in attendance. Richard has focused mostly on his writing this year. He has a highly successful blog called Richard Skipper PRESENTS, focusing on an entertainment world that seldom exists anymore. Richard continues to teach his workshops on HOW TO MAKE A LIVING AS AN ENTERTAINER.

He has served on several panels on the business end of show business and is often asked to emcee many prestigious events. He is campaigning diligently for Carol Channing to receive a long over due Kennedy Center Honor THIS YEAR in 2011. He also continues to raise money for The Dr. Carol Channing-Harry Kullijian Foundation For The Arts, Established in 2005 with the hopes of bringing the importance of arts education to the general public, provide music instruments for underfunded public schools and scholarships for California State University students. Be on the lookout for exciting things that are happening in the autumn of 2011!

If you cannot attend and would like to make a contribution, please go to www.ChanningArts.org

Photo Credit: Walter McBride/WM Photos

Photo Credit: Walter McBride/WM Photos