The 2018 Tony Nominations were
announce at the New York Public Library for the
Performing Arts by Leslie
Odom, Jr and Katharine
McPhee.
There were very few surprises. The awards will
take place at Radio City Music Hall on June
10th. We then photographed many of the Nominees
the following day at InterContinental Times
Square Hotel, 300 West 44th St. Among those who
appeared were Andrew Garfield, (photo
below), Denzel Washington, Glenda Jackson and Condola
Rashad. It was a pleasant morning.
The 2018 Chita Rivera Awards Nominees
Reception took place at Bond 45, 221 West 46th
St. Many of the Nominees attended, including Brittany
Pollock Carousel (photo below) and Ashley
Park Mean Girls, both nominated for
Outstanding Dancer in a Broadway Show. The
Awards will be presented on May 20 at the NYU
Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, 566
LaGuardia Place.
Sheldon Harnick was
honored with the first Albert Bergeret Living
Legacy of Gilbert&Sullivan Award at the New
York Gilbert & Sullivan Players 2018 Spring
Gala at the Players, 16 Gramercy Park. A dinner
was followed by a performance by members of the
company of G&S songs and selections from Sheldon
Harnick's various Broadway shows. It was a
lovely occasion.
I went to the Angelo
David Salon, 420
Madison Avenue to see a demonstration of The
Flex Brush, the ultimate detangling brush for
wet and dry hair. I met the charming owner of
the salon, Angelo
David Pisacreta, the
famous hair stylist and founder of his elegant
salon, and Jacob Guttman,
CEO of Creative Pro Hair Tools, who introduced
the brush to the guests. We were served
delicious hors d'oeuvres and fine wines. It was
a delightful event.
A revival of Summer and Smoke, by Tennessee
Williams, at Classic Stage Company, is a
co-production of CSC and Transport Group. The
splendid cast, headed by the remarkable Marin
Ireland, is directed by Jack Cumming III. It
is a story that takes place in a small town in
Mississippi at the turn of the century through
1916, A lonely preacher's daughter is obsessed
with her neighbor's son in this gothic drama,
which concludes with an unhappy ending. It
leaves an indelible impression on the audience
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Unexpected Joy, book
and lyrics by Bill
Russell,
music by Janet
Hood,
is a production of the York Theatre Company, at Saint
Peter's. It is a musical about a singer, her daughter,
and granddaughter, plus her lesbian lover. The four sing
very well, and we congratulated the four member cast,
directed by Amy
Anders Corcoran, at
the opening night party at Lexicon, 226 East 54th St.
The Columbus Library, 742 10th Avenue, presented The
Lady Vanishes, by Alfred Hitchcock, USA,
1938, starring Michael Redgrave and Margaret
Lockwood. It is one of my favorite films, because I
am English, and Basil Radford and Naunton
Wayne appear as travelers, who are returning to
England to watch cricket in Manchester, my home town.
They are very funny, in a serious mystery story.
Film Lovers rejoice! The
2018 New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF) begins
for 6 days (May 7 -12) at Village East Cinemas, 181-189
2nd Avenue. 78 shorts, documentaries and feature films
will be screened. I attended a press conference at the
Indian Consulate, 3 East 64th St, where we were welcomed
by the Consul General Sandeep
Chakraborty, and Aroon
Shivdasani, Executive Director & Artistic Director
of IAAC spoke about the festival We saw screen trailers
of all the films, and Aseem
Chhabra, NYIFF Director spoke about the films. Among
them will be a retrospective of Merchant-Ivory films. Many
filmmakers were present and introduced themselves from
the platform. A splendid reception was held afterwards,
where we were able to chat with the filmmakers. It was a
wonderful event.
The New York City Ballet presented Robins 100, a
tribute to the grand choreographer. I attended a All
Bernstein/Robbins program. It began with Fancy
Free, It is one of the finest ballets that Jerome
Robbins created. The dancing by the three sailors Daniel
Ulbricht, Joseph Gordon and Sean Suozzi was
magnificent. The program ended with another classic, West
Side Story Suite, All the lead dancers were
terrific. Chase Finlay, Andrew Veyette, Justin Peck,
Georgina Pazcoquin, Mimi Staker and Indiana
Wooodward were a joy to watch. Leonard Bernstein never
wrote better music. Dybbuk was the middle ballet,
danced beautifully by the entire ensemble, but
outstanding were Tiler Peck and Joaquin De
Luz. Andrew Litton conducted the orchestra.
They played excellently, and the composer would have
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