July 22, 2005
First
of all, don't even think about coming to Cast Party
this coming Monday, July 25! Birdland
is hosting a private affair that night, and we're not invited!
They've been so marvelous to us this past year so we don't even mind!
We love the Land of Bird! Happily, the Party will return the following
Monday, August 1 and we want to see you there!
We sure saw lots of you this past week! The Christine Ebersole/Billy
Stritch concert was teeming with talented show-folk like Doug
Wright and Scott Frankel (right, with
Christine, thanks to Aubrey Reuben). They are the librettist
and composer of Grey Gardens: A New Musical,
which will be at Playrights Horizon starring Christine
and Mary Louise Wilson next season. The following jam-packed
Cast Party celebrated Jill Switzer's new book “The
Diva Next Door,” which brought out tons of fans
all the way from Palm Beach, including Rob Russell, the
manager/divo-in-his-own-right at The Royal Room in The Colony
Hotel (with Jill's daughter Lindsay, below).
The Gal-With-A-Million-Voices, Louise DuArt, gave us
a taste of why she is killing 'em on the road in concert with Harvey
Korman and Tim Conway. Barbara Walters,
Joan Rivers, Kate Hepburn, Marge
Simpson…she did 'em all and we were screaming. The
Fabulous Pink Flamingos made their Cast Party debut and we can't
wait to see them again. Sisters Ruby and Ava
Lockner (ages 6 and 4) sang, and Bob Dolfin
(age 80) tapped his way across the indoor/outdoor. Dare I say that it
was one of the most diverse nights ever! Check out the nice review The
Sensational Siegels gave us in their column, Two
Of Clubs!
Since
you won't be coming to Birdland this Monday, why don't
you schlep to East Hampton on Saturday night (tomorrow!)
and see Cast Party On The Road?! A swell group of artistes,
(Karen Mason, Hilary Kole, Jonny
Peterson, and Johnny Rodgers) will join me at
the John Drew Theater of Guild
Hall to show Hamptonites how we get it done! Rumor has it
that the extraordinary writing/performing duo Amanda Green
and Tom Kitt will be in the audience. Will they join
us onstage to preview some fresh ditties? Join us and find out! There's
a special ticket offer, too! In order to participate, you must call the
box office directly at 631.324.4050 and say you "saw
the promotion in Dan's Paper" and would like to participate
in the two for one offer. Yeah…that's half-price by my calculations!
I'm so happy to tell you that the August Broadway Concerts at
Birdland include Monday
Off - The Vocal Group (August 15), Sally
Mayes (August 22) and Linda
Lavin (August 29)! More details to come,
but much gratitude to TheaterMania.com
for co-presenting these amazing shows with me! Make your reservations
now! And wait till you hear about our Fall/Winter Season!
We'll be announcing the particulars in the next few weeks.
Once again, this week's Cast Party Radio Show celebrates
The
New Season at Birdland, with songs
from all of our upcoming guest performers. Maureen McGovern,
Jeff Daniels, Larry O'Keefe, Victoria
Shaw, Stephanie D'Abruzzo, Toxic Audio,
Christine Andreas, Malcolm Gets, Max
von Essen and Christine
Ebersole will all be representin' their Birdland
concerts.
Tune into BroadwayWorld.com
radio on Tuesday and Friday nights
at 8pm. Or, you can make life even easier by clicking
on the site for an "on demand" experience
you'll love! In the words of Liza Minnelli, "Cast
Party IS New York!"
Cast Party Radio Show is produced by Brian
Wilson at SoHa
Media.
"The Party simply
glows with New York nightlife ambiance. It feels like a throwback to another
era but it has this era's top-notch entertainers dropping in to schmooze,
sing, eat, and drink. Caruso consistently provides a
flow of exciting singers, and he's definitely hip, cool and classy all
by himself."
-THEATERMANIA
When:
Every
Monday at
BIRDLAND
315 West
44th Street (between 8th & 9th)
212.581.3080
Woo hoo!
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