Utopia, Cutains, Shelton at Barnes & Noble this Week

Barnes & Noble at Lincoln Center has great new performance art events coming-up tonight, tomorrow and Thursday!

Tonight, June 12, at 5:30PM Barnes & Noble salutes this year's Tony Award winning best play, The Coast of Utopia with a conversation with the show's composer Mark Bennett, and cast members Felicty LaFortune, David Pittu and Martha Plimpton. Please join us for a discussion about this epic theatrical event.

Tomorrow June 13, Any Wednesday at Barnes and Noble introduces jazz flutist/vocalist Chip Shelton.  He and his band will perform highlights from his new album "Have Flute, Will Travel."

Thursday, June 14 at 5PM, Tony Award winning Best Actor in a Musical David Hyde Pierce and the cast of Curtains will perform several numbers from the show, and sign the new cast recording.

Any Wednesday celebrates the best in jazz, cabaret and theater performers in the spacious third floor events space at the Lincoln Square Barnes & Noble at 66th and Broadway in New York City. Each performance begins at 6PM, lasts approximately a half-hour and is followed by a signing/meet-and-greet session with the artists. As always, the events remain free and open to all.

Upcoming Any Wednesday performers include: Vincent Wolfe (June 20), Daryl Sherman (June 27), Jim Van Slyke (July 11), Sue Matsuki (July 18), New Voices: Brandon Cutrell, Lillie Kae and Jane Stuart (July 25), The Cast and Creators of High Fidelity (August 1), Steve Ross (August 29), Cynthia Crane (October 24).

If you have any questions, comments or require further information, please contact Bart Greenberg at AnyWednesdayBN@aol.com or 212-595-9340.

Photo of David Hyde Pierce by Walter McBride/Retna Ltd.