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The New York Times Presents Largest Arts & Leisure Weekend in Program's Four-Year History
By: BWW News Desk Dec. 07, 2004
Features Talks with Artists, Pop Stars and Movie Celebrities Including
Discounts to Broadway Shows and Museums Around the Country and EuropeThe New York Times fourth annual Arts & Leisure Weekend will be held January 7 - 9, 2005. This year's event will be the largest in the four-year history of the event with more than 1,300 cultural institutions participating throughout the United States and Europe. The
weekend is the newspaper's annual signature event, a national and international celebration of art and culture.Arts & Leisure Weekend was originally established in 2001 to mark The Times's 150th
anniversary and as a way to give back to its readers. Throughout the weekend, The Times partners with hundreds of cultural institutions in the United States and Europe to offer free admission, reduced prices and special events at museums, theaters, performing arts centers, tourist attractions, movie theaters, restaurants, spas and health clubs. This year organizations from 45 cities in the United States and 38 cities in Europe will participate.
Bloomberg; actor Bill Murray; musician Josh Groban; actress/comedian Whoopi Goldberg; actors Patricia Clarkson, Susan Sarandon, Kiefer Sutherland, Hilary Swank and Barry Humphries (a.k.a. Dame Edna); illustrator/author Art Speigelman; crossword puzzle editor Will Shortz; artist Chuck Close; director/choreographer Susan Stroman; historian Doris Kearns Goodwin and journalists Seymour Hersh and Mike Wallace, to name a few. And on Monday, Jan. 10, as a finale to the weekend and to benefit The Actors' Fund Al Hirschfeld Free Health Clinic and MusiCares Foundation, John Mayer will play selected music and be interviewed by chief pop music critic for The Times, Jon Pareles.
Among the Times Talk: Special Edition events that may be of particular interest to those who appreciate the Theatre are:SATURDAY, JANUARY 8TH
8:00-9:15 p.m.
Alan & Marilyn Bergman
"Romantic Songs: The Way We Are"
The Hollywood husband-and-wife musical team on their work with stars
like Barbra Streisand, Tony Bennett and Sting, earning them 16
Academy Award nominations and three separate Oscars, for "The Windmills
of Your Mind" (1968), "The Way We Were" (1975) and the
score of "Yentl" (1984). Joined by Musical Director and Accompanist
Mike Renzi at the piano.
moderated by Stephen Holden
SUNDAY, JANUARY 9TH
10:00-11:15 a.m.
Dame Edna (aka Barry Humphries)
"The Glittering Gigastar"
You know her as the hilarious toast of Broadway; now meet him, the
real character behind the diva - celebrated character actor here and
abroad and Australia's most popular Renaissance man.
Interviewed by Bruce Weber12:00-1:15 p.m.
Whoopi Goldberg
"Tour de Force"
Never a stranger to controversy or acclaim, the star on her work on
stage and film, in television and social action.
interviewed by Patricia Cohen 6:00-7:15 p.m.
Susan Stroman
"Broadway Visionary"
The exuberant and witty director/choreographer with five Tony's to her
name on what it's like to light up the Great White Way with such
productions as "The Producers" and "The Frogs."
interviewed by John Rockwell
MONDAY, JANUARY 10TH
7:00 PM
John Mayer
"A Benefit for Broadway"
at Al Hirschfeld Theatre, 302 West 45th Street
The Grammy-winning musician and the chief pop music critic of The Times
-to benefit The Actors' Fund Al Hirschfeld Free Health Clinic and
MusiCares Foundation.
Interview with Jon Pareles -
plus selected music
To order tickets for Times Talk: Special Edition events, log onto the official Arts & Leisure Weekend Web site, www.nytimes.com/alweekend , where tickets to various cultural
offerings will be availableor by call 1-888-NYT-1870. In addition, the Access Pass to the many events hosted throughout the weekend will be available in event program guides to be published in The New York Times on Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2004, Sunday Jan. 2, 2005 and Wednesday Jan. 5, 2005 and on the Arts & Leisure Weekend Web site. Also, in the program guide, Loews Cineplex will offer a Weekday Escape $5 movie ticket for any movie showing Monday through Thursday for the month of January, at select Loews theaters across the country. The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT), a leading media company with 2003 revenues of $3.2 billion, includes The New York Times, the International Herald Tribune, The Boston Globe, 16 other newspapers, eight network-affiliated television stations, two New York City radio stations and more than 40 Web sites, including NYTimes.com and
Boston.com. For the fourth consecutive year, the Company was ranked No. 1 in the publishing industry in Fortune's 2004 list of America's Most Admired Companies. The Company's core purpose is to enhance society by creating, collecting and distributing high-quality news, information and entertainment.
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