Alan Cumming to Perform UNCUT in Fire Island Pines, 7/30

On July 30, 2010 at 9pm, the Fire Island Pines Arts Project will present Alan Cumming in his one-man show, UNCUT. Cumming will perform at the Brandon Fradd Theatre in Whyte Hall. 

Of Cumming's show, which combines music and monologues, the New York Times says, "Taking command of the stage with the ease of a vaudevillian who has been treading the boards for decades, Mr. Cumming entertain(s) with a capital E. With his slightly dandified pied-piper charm, he might be described as a modern-day Noël Coward, or as the successor to Peter Allen...his finger is still squarely on the pulse of the moment - and of the moment to come."

U.S. film audiences were first introduced to Alan Cumming in "Circle of Friends". Cumming went on to appear in varied films, including Bryan Singer's "X2: X-Men United", Robert Rodriguez's Spy Kids trilogy, "Romy and Michele's High School Reunion", "Goldeneye", Stanley Kubrick's "Eyes Wide Shut", "Titus", "Emma" and "Sweet Land", for which he earned an Independent Spirit Award for producing. Alongside friend Jennifer Jason Leigh, he wrote, produced, directed and starred in the acclaimed "The Anniversary Party", which won a National Board of Review Award and two Independent Spirit nominations. His second feature film as actor/director was the 2008 film "Ghost Writer", starring David Boreanaz, Anne Heche and Jane Lynch and he was recently seen in the coming of age independent film, "Dare". He has starred in "Sex and the City," "Frasier," "Third Rock From the Sun," "The L Word," "Reefer Madness" and in Sci-Fi Channel's record-breaking mini-series "Tin Man." He is also the host of PBS' "Masterpiece Mystery." Prominent stage work includes his stunning debut as the Emcee in CABARET, which garnered him Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Awards; THREEPENNY OPERA; DESIGN FOR LIVING; ELLE; THE SEAGULL; BENT; and THE BACCHAE. Cumming also recently released his debut album, "I Bought a Blue Car Today," and wrote a one-man cabaret show to accompany it that he has toured extensively behind (both domestically and abroad) to rave reviews. He will be bringing the show to Feinstein's April 27 - May 1 and again June 22 - 26. Most recently, he appeared in the film "Boogie Woogie," set in the contemporary London art world and released by IFC Films on April 23.  This fall he'll be seen in both "The Tempest" opposite Helen Mirren and "Burlesque" starring Cher and Christina Aguilera.  Cumming is voicing a Smurf for Columbia Pictures'/Sony Pictures Animation's hybrid live-action and animated family comedy, "The Smurfs," out in 2011.

He can also currently be seen on the CBS hit "The Good Wife" as Eli Gold, a sharp-tongued reputation rehabilitator working with Chris Noth's disgraced politician, and will return this Fall for Season 2 as a full-fledged series regular.

Cumming was most recently appointed an Officer of the British Empire (OBE) in the Queen's Birthday Honours list honored for services to film, theater, and the arts, and to activism for equal rights for the gay and lesbian community.

Tickets for the performance will go on sale July 10.  For more information about the Fire Island Pines Arts Project, a non-profit organization devoted to supporting the arts of the Fire Island Pines, visit www.fipap.org.

Photo Credit: Linda Lenzi