Issue for May 2, 2011

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MONDAY, MAY 2
 
Birthdays:  Christine Baranski  [1952], Theodore Bikel [1924], Naomi Campbell [1970], Larry Gatlin [1949], Bruce Glover [1932],  Lesley Gore [1946], Engelbert Humperdinck (Arnold George Dorsey) [1936], Bianca Jagger [1945], Jo Ann Pflug, Brian Tochi [1959], Jenna Von Oy [1977], Jamaal Wilkes [1953].  [Bing Crosby, 1903; Roscoe Lee Browne, 1925; Lorenzo Music, 1937.]
 
12:30 p.m. - Bookstore appearance by actor Rob Lowe, signing STORIES I ONLY TELL MY FRIENDS.  Barnes & Noble, 555 Fifth Avenue at 46th Street.  Contact:  John Smith (555) 555-5555
 
3:00 p.m. - Official Cocktail Reception for 56th Annual Drama Desk Nominees.   Bombay Palace restaurant, 30 West 52nd Street (between 5th and 6th Avenues.)  Contact: John Smith (555) 555-5555
 
6:00 p.m. - WFUV 90.7 FM's Spring Gala 2011, honoring Los Lobos, Tom Brokaw and Pat Summerall. Three Sixty, 10 Desbrosses Street. Contact: John Smith (555) 555-5555
 
6:30 p.m. - Soho Rep Spring Gala 2011, honoring Marian Seldes.  Other celebrities expected:   presenter John Guare;  featuring performances by Blythe Danner, Ted Danson, Peter Dinklage, Amanda Green,  Marin Ireland, Parker Posey, Michael Stuhlbarg, Lili Taylor, Isiah Whitlock Jr. and many others.  HighLine Ballroom, 431 W. 16th Street between 9th and 10th Avenues.   Contact: John Smith (555) 555-5555 <sample@sample.com>
 
6:30 p.m. - TimesTalks discussion, "A Conversation With Kathleen Turner" including talk about her starring role in HIGH on Broadway.  The Times Center, 242 West 41st Street, between 7th and 8th Avenues.  Contact: [press] John Smith (555) 555-5555
 
7:00 p.m. - Film Society of Lincoln Center presents the 38th Annual Chaplin Award to Sidney Poitier.  Presenters include:  Dan Aykroyd, Harry Belafonte, Bill Cosby, Ruby Dee, Morgan Freeman, Danny Glover, Norman Jewison, Quincy Jones, James Earl Jones, Ben Kingsley, Lulu, Mary Louise Parker, Chris Tucker and Quentin Tarantino.  Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center.  Contact: John Smith (555) 555-5555
 
7:00 p.m. - The New York Pops 28th anniversary gala, "Celebrate Hope!"  Honoring Interpublic Group and Celebrating the Legacy of Bob Hope.  Performers include:  Jamie Barton, Tyne Daly, Matt Dengler, Tony DeSare, Christine Ebersole, Gregg Edelman, Maurice Hines, Aaron Lazar, Michele Lee, Kelli O’Hara, Randy Redd, Zak Resnick, Ryan Silverman, Cartier Williams and Tom Wopat with special guest: Angela Lansbury plus The Camp Broadway Kids and West Point Glee Club.  Concert at Carnegie Hall;  dinner dance follows at the Plaza Hotel.  Contact: John Smith (555) 555-5555  <sample@sample.com>
 
8:00 p.m. - Town Hall 90th Anniversary Benefit Celebration and Concert.  Celebrities expected: Jason Robert Brown, Liz Callaway, Tovah Feldshuh, Bucky Pizzarelli, Emily Skinner and many others.  Town Hall, 123 W. 43rd Street.  Contact: John Smith (555) 555-5555
 
8:00 p.m. - In concert;  Kylie Minogue, on her APHRODITE tour, through May 4.  Hammerstein Ballroom, Manhattan Center, 311 W. 34th Street.  Contact: John Smith (555) 555-5555 <sample@sample.com>
 
8:00 p.m. - A cabaret benefit for the Pearl Theatre, starring Mari Mazzi and Jason Danieley with master of ceremonies, Stephen Wallem [Showtime's NURSE JACKIE].  B.B. King’s Blues Club & Grill, 243 W. 42nd Street between 7th and 8th Streets.   Contact:  John Smith (555) 555-5555
 
9:30 p.m. - Solo show opening;  RYAN O'CONNOR EATS HIS FEELINGS, to benefit The Trevor Project.  Other celebrities expected:   Susan Blackwell (title of show), Katie Thompson (Spidermusical) and others.  Laurie Beechman Theatre, West Bank Café, 407 W. 42nd Street at Ninth Avenue.  Contact:  John Smith (555) 555-5555
 
TUESDAY, MAY 3
 
Birthdays:  Alex Cord [1931], Christopher Cross [1951], Greg Gumbel [1946], Pete Seeger [1919], Frankie Valli [1937] Wynonna (Judd) [1964].  [Betty Comden, 1915; James Brown, 1928.]
 
8:30 a.m. - 65th Annual Tony Awards Nominations Announced.  Celebrities expected: Matthew Broderick and Anika Noni Rose.  New York Public Library for the Performing Arts's Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center at Lincoln Center.  The Tony Awards will be presented on June 12.  Contact:  John Smith (555) 555-5555
 
6:00 p.m. - Launch event for Friendfactor, combining the power of Technology with friends to help Gay and Transgender rights.  Celebrities expected: co-host Chelsea Clinton and others.  Lavo New York, 39 E. 58th Street.  Contact: John Smith (555) 555-5555
 
6:15 p.m. - New York City Ballet presents Balanchine Black & White Week, kicking off with a pre-performance discussion on "Balanchine's Journey" and then at 7:30, performance of Square Dance, Agon and Stravinsky Violin Concerto.  David H. Koch Theater, Lincoln Center.  Contact: John Smith (555) 555-5555
 
7:00 p.m. - Book signing by Russell J. Simmons for SUPER RICH, hosted by Hue-Man Bookstore.  Robert Ross Johnson Family Life Center, 172-17 Linden Blvd., Queens.  Contact: John Smith (555) 555-5555  <sample@sample.com>
 
7:30 p.m. - Theater Masters presents their Fifth Annual "Take Ten" evening of nine 10-minute plays from their National MFA Playwrights Competition.  Continues through May 7.  The Wild Project, 195 E. Third Street.  Contact: John Smith (555) 555-5555
 
8:00 p.m. - Play opening;  world premiere of the New York Neo-Futurist production of LOCKER 4173b, written and performed by Joey Rizzolo and Christopher Borg, directed by Justin Tolley.  The Monkey, 37 W. 26th Street between 5th and 6th Avenues, 12th Floor, Chelsea.  Contact: John Smith (555) 555-5555
 
8:00 p.m. - In concert;  Bruce Cockburn, in support of his new album SMALL SOURCE OF COMFORT.  City Winery, 155 Varick Street.  Contact: John Smith (555) 555-5555


WEDNESDAY, MAY 4
 
Birthdays:  Nick Ashford [1943], Jackie Jackson [1951], Stella Parton [1949], Roberta Peters [1930], Randy Travis [1959], George Will [1941], Pia Zadora [1956].  [Four students shot at Kent State, 1970.]
 
*     12:00 noon - Bookstore appearance by Shania Twain, signing her memoir, FROM THIS MOMENT ON.  Barnes & Noble, 555 Fifth Avenue at 46th Street.  Contact:  John Smith (555) 555-5555   <sample@sample.com>
 
*     2:00 p.m. - Today's matinee of "Miss Abigail's Guild to Dating, Mating and Marriage!"  starring Eve Plumb [Jan of the Brady Bunch] features a cameo by Barry Williams, her TV brother Greg.  Downstairs Cabaret Theater at Sofia's, 221 W. 46th Street, next to the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre.  Contact: John Smith (555) 555-5555
 
*     3:00 p.m. - Paul Stanley of the legendary rock band KISS hosts the afterschool "Sound Rules" event with House Research Institute to educate teens about noise-induced hearing loss.  DGA Theatre, 110 W. 57th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues.  Contact: John Smith (555) 555-5555
 
*     6:00 p.m. - New York Indian Film Festival, opening night gala.  6:00 red carpet;  7:00 welcome and screening of Habib Faisal’s “DO DOONI CHAAR starring Rishi Kapoor, Neetu Singh Kapoor;  Post-screening discussion with Director and cast moderated by Aseem Chhabra, Film Festival Director at the Paris Theater, 4 West 58th Street.  9:30 Gala Benefit Dinner at Jumeirah Essex House, 160 Central Park South.  Contact:  Indo-American Arts Council John Smith (555) 555-5555
 
*     6:00 p.m. - TimesTalks with two different subjects tonight:  6:00 Betty White shares stories from her seven-decade career as covered in her new book, IF YOU ASK ME (AND OF COURSE YOU WON'T).  Then at 8:00, R.E.M. Frontman Michael Stipe, featuring some of the short films in the "Collapse Into Now Film Project."  The Times Center, 242 West 41st Street, between 7th and 8th Avenues.  Contact: [press] John Smith (555) 555-5555
 
*     6:30 p.m. - Villa Pacri presents an evening to benefit the Ethopian Children's Fund, hosted by Perine Fernando, Rema Laba, Aymeric Clemente and friends.  Villa Pacri, 35 Gansevoort Street.  Contact: John Smith (555) 555-5555
 
*   7:00 p.m. - Bookstore appearance by Dick Van Dyke, signing MY LUCKY LIFE.  Barnes & Noble Union Square, 33 East 17th Street.   Contact:  John Smith (555) 555-5555
 
*   7:00 p.m. - Fashion event;  Runway To Survival:  A Fundraiser for Cancer Awareness.  Hosted by:  Norman Felsen, Ariel Guerrero and Matthew Miller.  All models are cancer survivors.  Performances by recording artist Jill Stevenson.  American Cancer Society Hope Lodge, 132 W. 32nd Street.  Contact: John Smith (555) 555-5555
 
*     7:30 p.m. - Play opening;  Donmar Warehouse and BAM present the US premiere of Shakespeare's KING LEAR starring Sir Derek Jacobi and directed by Michael Grandage.  BAM Harvey Theater, 651 Fulton Street, Brooklyn.  Contact: John Smith (555) 555-5555
 
*     8:00 p.m. - 92nd Street Y presents a discussion on "Why Women Rule" with Katie Couric and Dan Abrams.  92nd Street Y, 1395 Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street.  Contact:  John Smith (555) 555-5555
 
THURSDAY, MAY 5
 
Birthdays:  Annette Bening [1958], Pat Carroll [1927], Ann B. Davis [1920], Lisa Eilbacher [1957], Lance Henrickson [1940], Michael Murphy [1938], Michael Palin [1943], Roger Rees [1944], John Rhys-Davies [1944], Lucie Salhany [1946], Tom Schanley [1961], Tina Yothers [1973].  [Tammy Wynette, 1942.] [Carnegie Hall opens, 1891.]
 
*     12:30 p.m. - Bookstore appearance by Jesse James [Monster Garage], signing AMERICAN OUTLAW.  Barnes & Noble, 555 Fifth Avenue at 46th Street.  Contact:  John Smith (555) 555-5555
 
*     5:30 p.m. - Comedy for a Cure 2011, benefiting the Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance.  Celebrities expected: Honorary Event Chair Julianne Moore, Headlining Comic Pat Hazell (original writer for NBC’s Seinfeld and a Tonight Show veteran) and Comic Arden Myrin and many others.  5:30 media check in;  6:00 arrivals.  Metropolitan Pavilion, 125 West 18th Street,  Contact: John Smith (555) 555-5555
 
*     7:00 p.m. - Carnegie Hall's 120th Anniversary Gala concert, featuring the New York Philharmonic with  Alan Gilbert, Music Director and Conductor;  with guest performers,  Gil Shaham, Violin;  Yo-Yo Ma, Cello;  Emanuel Ax, Piano and Audra McDonald, Vocalist.  7:00 concert at Carnegie Hall, 881 Seventh Avenue at West 57th Street.  9:00 gala at the Plaza.   Contact:  Carnegie John Smith (555) 555-5555
 
*     7:00 p.m. - Celebration of the closing night of the New York Independent Film Festival and the film A NOVEL ROMANCE starring Steve Guttenberg, Milena Govich, Kelly Bishop, Jeffrey Ross and Doug E. Doug.  Cast, filmmakers and special guest celebrities in attendance.  7:00 media check in;  7:30 red carpet arrivals.  Bar 13, 35 E. 13th Street.  Contact: [press] John Smith (555) 555-5555
 
*     8:00 p.m. - Play opening;  The Public Theater and Signature Theatre Company presen THE INTELLIGENT HOMOSEXUAL'S GUIDE TO CAPITALISM AND SOCIALISM WITH A KEY TO THE SCRIPTURES, by Tony Kushner, directed by Michael Greif.  Public Theater, 425 Lafayette Street.  Contact: John Smith (555) 555-5555
 
*     8:00 p.m. - Play opening;  Rattlestick Playwrights Theater presents the world premiere of CARSON McCULLER'S Talks About Love" a theater piece with music written and performed by Suzanne Vega, with music by Ms. Vega and Duncan Sheik [Spring Awakening], directed by Kay Matschullat.  Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, 224 Waverly Place, off Seventh Avenue between 11th and Perry Streets.  Contact:  John Smith (555) 555-5555
 
*     8:00 p.m. - Play opening;  Wednesday Repertory Company [WedRepCo] presents PAY AS YOU EXIT, an evening of nine original short plays.  Roy Arias Payan Theatre, 300 W. 43rd Street at 8th Avenue, 5th Floor.  Contact: John Smith (555) 555-5555  <sample@sample.com>
 
*     8:00 p.m. - Play opening;  The Shelter presents NIGHT WINDOWS, three nocturnal tales of life-changing choices based on the painting by Edward Hopper.  WorkShop Theater Company's Main Stage, 312 W. 36th Street.  Contact:  John Smith (555) 555-5555
 
*     8:00 p.m. - Play opening;  Theater for the New City presents the American premiere of rollicking farce, WINTER WEDDING by late Israeli playwright Hanoch Levin, translated by Laurel Hessing and David Willinger, directed by David Willinger.  Theater For The New City, 155 First Avenue between 9th and 10th Streets.   Contact: John Smith (555) 555-5555
 
*     8:00 p.m. - In concert;  Rise Against, with Bad Religion and Four Year Strong.  Terminal 5, 610 W. 56th Street.  Contact:  John Smith (555) 555-5555  <sample@sample.com>
 
*     8:00 p.m. - In concert;  Rammstein.  Izod Center [formerly Continental Airlines Arena], The Meadowlands, East Rutherford, New Jersey.  Contact: John Smith (555) 555-5555
 
FRIDAY, MAY 6
 
Birthdays:  George Clooney [1961], Roma Downey [1964], Singer Jimmie Dale Gilmore [1945], Willie Mays [1931], Michael O'Hare [1952], Julianne Phillips [1960],  Bob Seger [1945], Lori Singer [1962], Mare Winningham [1959].  [Rudolph Valentino, 1895.] [Hindenburg crash, 1937.]
 
*     11:00 a.m. - Whirl-A-Style hair products launch in Duane Reade Stores with the "Fashion-on-the-Go" service.  Celebrities expected: Marina Sirtis [Star Trek: The Next Generation], Angelina Pivarnick [Jersey Shore], Maria Kanellis [Celebrity Apprentice], Jesse Sulidis and Gwen Giola [The Bachelor/The Bachelor Pad].  Various locations.  Contact: John Smith (555) 555-5555
 
*     12:30 p.m. - Bookstore appearance by Betty White, signing her memoir, IF YOU ASK ME (AND OF COURSE YOU WON'T).  Barnes & Noble, 555 Fifth Avenue at 46th Street.  Contact:  John Smith (555) 555-5555
 
*     7:30 p.m. - Play opening;  Amas Musical Theatre's Rosetta LeNoire Musical Theatre Academy presents musical comedy classic DAMN YANKEES, featuring the Amas Teen Academy.  LABA Theatre at the 14th Street Y, 344 East 14th Street.  Contact: John Smith (555) 555-5555
 
*     8:30 p.m. - Play opening;  Americas Off Broadway series presents CITY LOVE SONG, written and performed by Jack Finnegan, directed by Tralen Doler, about Finnegan's 13 weeks of travel by railroad and city sidewalks through 24 American cities.  The 59E59 Theaters, 59 East 59th Street between Park and Madison Avenues.  Contact:  John Smith (555) 555-5555
 
 
 
FOR FUTURE PLANNING
 
*     5/5 - Film premiere;  Samuel Goldwyn Pictures presents THERE BE DRAGONS.  Contact: John Smith (555) 555-5555
 
5/10 - 25th Annual MAC Awards presented by the Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs.  Contact:  John Smith (555) 555-5555
 
5/15 - 11th annual Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards.  Contact: John Smith (555) 555-5555  <sample@sample.com>
 
5/16 - Creative Alternatives of New York [CANY] 2001 Annual Gala, "Broadway At The Boathouse… Ovation".  Contact:  John Smith (555) 555-5555
 
5/16 - The Village Voice presents the 56th Annual Obie Awards.  Contact: John Smith (555) 555-5555  <sample@sample.com>
 
5/16 - The 2011 Theatre Museum Awards.  Contact:  John Smith (555) 555-5555
 
5/20 - 77th Annual Drama League Awards Luncheon.  Contact: John Smith (555) 555-5555
 
5/22 - Woodie King Jr.'s New Federal Theatre 40th Anniversary Gala.  Contact: John Smith (555) 555-5555
 
5/23 - 70th Annual Peabody Awards.  Contact: John Smith (555) 555-5555
 
5/23 - 56th Annual Drama  Desk Awards.  Contact:  John Smith (555) 555-5555

5/26 - 61st Annual Outer Circle Critics Awards.  Contact: John Smith (555) 555-5555
 
 
 
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