The 20th Annual Broadway Barks Animal Adoption
Event took
place at the Bernard B, Jacobs Theatre and in
Shubert Alley. Bernadette
Peters and Victor
Garber were
the co-hosts. Among the many actors who took
part, I photographed Ariana
DeBose, Storm Lever, Bebe Neuwirth, Katrina Lenk (photo
of Bebe and Katrina below) and Melissa
Benoist,
and chatted with Renee
Fleming, Marilu Henner and Aaron
De Jesus.
It is always a lovely event.
I attended a photo op for the play Collective
Rage: A Play in 5 Betties by Jen
Silverman at Signature Theatre Center. The
five member cast, directed by Mike
Donahue, is headed by Dana
Delany and Lea
DeLaria (photo of the cast below). It opens
on September 12 at the Lucille Lortel Theatre..
Actress Kim Coles was honored at a dinner
at Tuscany Steakhouse, 117 West 58th St,
for her one woman show. It was a lovely event
and the food was delicious with
various appetizers, a choice of entree. My wife
had lamb chops and I sea bass, followed by a
tray of scrumptious desserts. With fine wine, it
was a glorious dinner
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No Date, No Signature, by Vahid
Jalilvand, Iran, 2017, is an interesting film
about a doctor, who has an accident, when his
car smashes against a motorcycle driven by a
man carrying a wife and two children. The 8-year
old boy later that night arrives dead at a hospital.
We see the problems the doctor has when he feels
responsible. It is a powerful film with splendid
acting. It has already received many international
film awards. It opens at Film Forum from August
1-14.
A revival of Smokey
Joe's Cafe: The Songs of Leiber & Stoller, words
and music by Jerry
Leiber and Mike
Stoller, at Stage 42, has a nine member cast
directed and choreographed by Joshua
Bergasse. All are wonderful singers and dancers.
Among the many highlights of this intermission-less
90-minutes show are songs made popular by Elvis
Presley, and Emma
Degerstedt performing Teach
Me How to Shimmy. The original revue on Broadway
received seven Tony Nominations. They were well
deserved
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