This Friday, June 27, The Samsung Experience Store, located on the third floor of the Time Warner Center, will host an afternoon with A Catered Affair. The event will begin at 3:00 p.m. and will include a meet and greet with cast members, including stars Tom Wopat and Harvey Fierstein, an in-store performance from Mr. Wopat, and a cast CD signing. Borders Books will be on hand with an A Catered Affair cast album station, which will allow customers the opportunity to purchase the CD onsite. (This concert replaces the usual Jazz at Lincoln Center Friday afternoon concerts at the Time Warner Center).
A Catered Affair stars Tony Award-winner
Faith Prince (also nominated for a 2008 Tony for Best Actress in a Musical) as 'Aggie Hurley,' the mother- of-the-bride, Tony Award-nominee
Tom Wopat (2008 Best Actor in a Musical) as 'Tom Hurley,' the father-of-the-bride,
Harvey Fierstein as 'Winston,' the uncle-of-the-bride,
Leslie Kritzer as 'Jane Hurley,' the bride-to-be and
Matt Cavenaugh as 'Ralph Halloran,' the groom-to-be. The featured cast includes
Philip Hoffman,
Katie Klaus,
HEATHER MAC RAE,
Lori Wilner and
Kristine Zbornik. The
John Doyle directed production recently won the 2008 Drama League Award for Best Musical.
Jonathan Tunick, who created the show's orchestrations, was also nominated for a 2008 Tony Award for his work.
The original cast recording of
A Catered Affair is now available on the PS Classics label.
Performances of
A Catered Affair continue on Broadway through Sunday, July 27th.
In conjunction with Wedding Month, various Time Warner Center retailers are also celebrating
A Catered Affair, including
Stuart Weitzman, JW Cooper, Williams Sonoma, Tourneau, Maurice Jewelers, and Swarovski.
A Catered Affair is produced on Broadway by Jujamcyn Theaters,
Jordan Roth, Harvey Entertainment/
Ron Fierstein,
Richie Jackson,
Daryl Roth,
John O'Boyle/
Ricky Stevens/Davis-Tolentino,
Barbra Russell/
Ron Sharpe in association with the Frankel-Baruch-Viertel-Routh Group, Broadway Across America, True Love Productions,
Rick Steiner/Mayerson-Bell-Staton-Osher Group,
Jan Kallish,
Stacey Mindich and
Rhoda Mayerson. The musical is based on the Turner Entertainment motion picture distributed by
Warner Brothers and written by
Gore Vidal, and the original teleplay by
Paddy Chayefsky.
Founded in 2000 by
Tommy Krasker and
Philip Chaffin, and a four-time Grammy nominee (for its cast albums of Assassins, Nine: The Musical,
Grey Gardens and Company), PS Classics has made significant contributions to the heritage of American popular song through its critically acclaimed cast recordings (including the current Broadway productions of
Xanadu and Sunday in the Park With George); solo albums by such Broadway luminaries as
Christine Andreas,
Rebecca Luker,
Victoria Clark,
Jason Danieley &
Marin Mazzie, and
Jessica Molaskey; and recordings drawn from rare sound archives, including Sondheim Sings. PS Classics is distributed exclusively by Image Entertainment.
For more information please visit
www.A CateredAffairOnBroadway.com or
www.psclassics.com.
Photo Credit Walter McBride/Retna Ltd.
