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Issue for December 1, 2009
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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1 WORLD AIDS DAY
Birthdays: Woody Allen [1935], Carol Alt [1960], John Densmore [1945], Dianne Lennon [1939], Bette Midler [1945], Mark Thompson (Mark & Brian) [1955], Malachi Throne [1928], Charlene Tilton [1958], Lee Trevino [1939], Treat Williams [1951]. [Richard Pryor, 1940.]
12:00 noon - Bookstore appearance by Howie Mandel, discussing and signing HERE’S THE DEAL: DON’T TOUCH ME. Barnes & Noble, 555 Fifth Avenue at 46th Street. Contact: John Smith (555) 555-5555
12:30 p.m. - Bookstore appearances at B&N Lincoln Triangle. 12:30, Lance Armstrong, signing COMEBACK 2.0. 7:30, Leslie Caron talks about her charming memoir, THANK HEAVEN. Barnes & Noble, Lincoln Triangle, 1972 Broadway at 66th Street. Contact: the store (555) 555-5555
2:00 p.m. - 2009 Wasserstein Prize presented to Marisa Wegrzyn, for her new play HICKORYDICKORY. The Players, 16 Gramercy Park South. Contact: John Smith (555) 555-5555 <sample@sample.com>
5:00 p.m. - Museum of the Moving Image Salutes Clint Eastwood + special advance screening of his new film, INVICTUS. Celebrities expected: Clint Eastwood, Matt Damon, Morgan Freeman, Hilary Swank, Marcia Gay Harden, Jeff Bewkes, Alan Horn, Robert Lorenz and many others. 5:00 press check in; 6:00 red carpet; 6:30 film starts at the Paris Theatre, 4 West 58th Street at 5th Avenue; Museum of the Moving Image immediately after the film at 583 Park Avenue. Contact: John Smith (555) 555-5555
6:00 p.m. - “Lights for Rights” World AIDS Day event by amfAR, UNAIDS, the World AIDS Campaign, and Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. The floodlights illuminating the Washington Square Arch are extinguished and then restored. As part of the event, the marquee lights of major Broadway theaters will also be dimmed. Celebrities expected: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, amfAR Chairman Kenneth Cole, actress and UNAIDS goodwill ambassador Naomi Watts and others. Washington Square. Contact: John Smith, Senior Director of Communications, (555) 555-5555
6:00 p.m. - Holiday lighting; The Winter Garden ignites 100,000 lights and kicks off their holiday Festival of Light and Sound. Tonight: lighting ceremony with the New York Theatre Ballet’s THE NUTCRACKER. Winter Garden of the World Financial Center, 200 Vesey Street. Contact: John Smith (555) 555-5555
6:30 p.m. - Bard College Conservatory of Music Graduate Vocal Arts Program Inaugural Gala Honoring Maestro James Levine. Dawn Upshaw and students from the Graduate Vocal Arts Program will perform an evening of songs. St. Regis Hotel, Two East 55th Street at Fifth Avenue. Contact: John Smith (555) 555-5555
7:00 p.m. - AID FOR AIDS International My Hero Gala 2009. Honorees include actor Mark Consuelos. Puck Building, 293 Lafayette Street at Houston. Contact: John Smith (555) 555-5555 <sample@sample.com>
7:00 p.m. - "A Jubilant Song", a celebration of The Collegiate Chorale’s remarkable history of exceptional conductors, led by their new music director James Bagwell. 7:00 concert in the Stern Auditorium; 8:45 seated dinner with the artists directly following the performance in the Rohatyn Room. Carnegie Hall, 881 Seventh Avenue at West 57th Street. Contact: The Collegiate Chorale (555) 555-5555
7:15 p.m. - 92nd Street Y’s Reel Pieces film history/screening series continues with Christopher Plummer and director Michael Hoffman and a preview of THE LAST STATION. Dr. Annette Insdorf hosts. 92nd Street Y, 1395 Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street. Contact: [Y] John Smith (555) 555-5555 <sample@sample.com>
9:00 p.m. - Private listening party with Chad and Greg of Munvayne. Paul Booth’s Last Rites Studio and Gallery, 511 W. 33rd Street, Third Floor, between 10th and 11th Avenues. Contact: John Smith <sample@sample.com>
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2
Birthdays: Tracy Austin [1962], Cathy Lee Crosby [1949], Julie Harris [1925], Lucy Liu [1968], Michael McDonald [1952], Monica Seles [1973], Britney Spears [1981]. [Ray Walston, 1914; Adolph Green, 1915.]
5:00 p.m. - AVENUE Antiques & Art at the Armory, private preview to benefit the American Cancer Society’s Hope Lodge NYC. Show open to the public 12/3-6. Park Avenue Armory, 643 Park Avenue at 67th Street. Contact: John Smith of Smith PR, (555) 555-5555 <sample@sample.com>
5:30 p.m. - Celebrity Signing. Renowned supermodel and actress MONICA OLSEN, star of the hit new comic series “The Unknowns,” makes an exclusive appearance at the legendary St. Mark’s Comics in New York City. 5:30 media check in; 6:00 event begins. St. Mark’s Comics, 11 St. Mark's Place. Contact: John Smith (555) 555-5555
6:30 p.m. - UNICEF's New York City Snowflake Ball. Celebrities expected: honoree Antonio “LA” Reid, MC Al Roker and others. Cipriani on 42nd Street, 110 East 42nd Street between Park and Madison. Afterparty at Juliet Supperclub, 539 West 21st Street, between 10th and 11th Avenues. Contact: John Smith (555) 555-5555
6:30 p.m. - The Glaucoma Foundation’s 23rd Annual Black & White Ball. Celebrities expected: honoree, playwright John Patrick Shanley and many others. Pierre Hotel, 2 East 61st Street [at Fifth Avenue]. Contact: John Smith (555) 555-5555 <sample@sample.com>
* 6:45 p.m. - Rockefeller Center 77th Annual Tree Lighting. Celebrities expected: co-hosts Jane Krakowski ("30 Rock") and Zachary Levi ("Chuck"); special guests, Radio City Rockettes, Michael Buble, Aretha Franklin, Alicia Keys, Barry Manilow, The Roots, Shakira, Taylor Schilling (NBC'S "MERCY"), James Tupper (NBC'S "MERCY"), Brian Williams ("NBC NIGHTLY NEWS"). Rockefeller Center, Rockefeller Plaza, From West 48th Street to West 51st Street between 5th and 6th Avenues. Contact: [Rockefeller Center PR] John Smith (555) 555-5555
* 7:30 p.m. - The Concert to End Polio, Rotary International presents violin virtuoso Itzhak Perlman and the world-renowned New York Philharmonic in a benefit performance to eradicate the disabling childhood disease. Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center. Contact: John Smith (555) 555-5555
8:00 p.m. - 92nd Street Y presents a talk with Howie Mandel and his show biz success in the face of his psychological issues, with Dr. Gail Saltz. 92nd Street Y, 1395 Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street. Contact: [Y] John Smith (555) 555-5555 <sample@sample.com>
8:00 p.m. - Lincoln Center “New Visions” presents the Donmar Warehouse production of “Four Quartets.” Tony Award winning actor Stephen Dillane performs T.S. Elliot’s “Four Quartets” followed by the Miro Quartet’s interpretation of Beethoven’s String Quartet in A Minor, Op. 132 which originally inspired the timeless texts. Baryshnikov Arts Center, 450 W. 37th Street. Contact: John Smith, Lincoln Center Press Office (555) 555-5555
8:00 p.m. - In concert; Imogen Heap. The Fillmore at Irving Plaza, 17 Irving Place and East 15th Street. Contact: John Smith, RCA Music Group Publicity (555) 555-5555
8:00 p.m. - Play opening; Theatre for a New Audience presents the NYC premiere of ORPHEUS X, a contemporary take on the ancient epic, music and text by Rinde Eckert, directed by Robert Woodruff, with Rinde Eckert, Susan Hanson and John Kelly. The Duke on 42nd Street, 229 W. 42nd Street. Contact: John Smith (555) 555-5555
8:00 p.m. - Play opening; Playwrights Horizons presents THIS, world premiere of a witty un-romantic comedy, written by Melissa James Gibson, directed by Daniel Aukin. Playwrights Horizons/Mainstage, 416 W. 42nd Street. Contact: John Smith (555) 555-5555 <sample@sample.com>
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3
Birthdays: Brian Bonsall [1981], Anna Chlumsky [1980], Brendan Fraser [1968], Jean-Luc Godard [1930], Darryl Hannah [1960], Jaye P. Morgan, Michael Musto [1955], Ozzy [John Michael] Osbourne [1948], Andy Williams [1930], Katarina Witt [1955].
5:30 p.m. - Film premiere; EVERYBODY’S FINE to benefit Tribeca Film Institute. Celebrities expected: from the film, Robert De Niro, Drew Barrymore, Kate Beckinsale, Sam Rockwell, director/writer Kirk Jones; plus Tribeca Film Institute co-chair Jane Rosenthal, Craig hatkoff, Miramax president Daniel Battsek, Jeffrey Wright, Chrity Turlington and many others. 5:30 press call time; 6:15 arrivals; 7:00 screening. AMC Lincoln Square, 68th Street at Broadway. Contact: John Smith (555) 555-5555
7:00 p.m. - Film premiere; SERIOUS MOONLIGHT, written by Adrienne Shelly, directed by Cheryl Hines. Event benefits the Adrienne Shelly Foundation. 7:00 screening at Cinema 123, 1001 3rd Avenue at 60th Street; 9:00 reception at Rouge Tomate, 10 East 60th Street. Contact: John Smith (555) 555-5555 <sample@sample.com>
7:00 p.m. - Play opening; Mint Theater Company presents SO HELP ME GOD, written by Maurine Dallas Watkins [Chicago], directed by Mint artistic director Jonathan Bank, featuring Kristen Johnson and Anna Chlumsky. Lucille Lortel Theatre, 121 Christopher Street, just off Hudson Street. Contact: John Smith of Smith & Assoc. (555) 555-5555
8:00 p.m. - 92nd Street Y presents a talk with Jim Cramer [Mad Money, TheStreet.com] and his views on today’s Wall Street news. 92nd Street Y, 1395 Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street. Contact: [Y] John Smith (555) 555-5555 <sample@sample.com>
8:00 p.m. - Play opening; Entertainment Events Productions presents the Off-Broadway premiere of SISTER’S CHRISTMAS CATECHISM, starring “Sister” Maripat Donovan. The Downstairs Theatre at Sofia’s, 227 W. 46th Street, next to the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. Contact: John Smith (555) 555-5555 <sample@sample.com>
8:00 p.m. - Play opening; Dario D’Ambrosi, radical founder of “Teatro Patologico” will stage a novel version of “Romeo & Juliet” for the short attention span crowd. La MaMa E.T.C., 74A East Fourth Street. Contact: John Smith (555) 555-5555
8:00 p.m. - Play opening; A.M.L. Entertainment presents a new re-imagining of Shakespeare’s A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM set in present day New York City, directed by Jacqueline Honeybourne. Milagro Theatre, in the Clemente Soto Velez Education and Cultural Center, 107 Suffolk Street. Contact: John Smith of Smith Press & Publicity (555) 555-5555
8:00 p.m. - Play opening; Working Man’s Clothes Productions presents the world premiere of SHE LIKES GIRLS, written by Chisa Hutchingson, directed by Jared Culverhouse, about a black teen facing harsher than usual realities about living outside the norm. Ohio Theatre, 66 Wooster Street. Contact: John Smith (555) 555-5555
12:00 midnight - In concert; “summer of love” survivor Steve Kimrock and his latest innovation, Crazy Engine, his new band with Melvin Seals and more. Sullivan Hall, 214 Sullivan Street. Contact: John Smith Music Publicity (555) 555-5555
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4
Birthdays: Max Baer Jr. [original Jethro from “The Beverly Hillbillies”], Tyra Banks [1973], Jeff Bridges [1949], Deanna Durbin [1921], Wink Martindale [1934], Marisa Tomei [1964], Patricia Weddig [1951].
7:00 p.m. - Neo-vaudeville troupe The Flaming Idiots return in new show, “Chestnuts Roasting On The Flaming Idiots.” New Victory Theater, 209 W. 42nd Street, just west of Broadway. Contact: John Smith (555) 555-5555 <sample@sample.com>
8:00 p.m. - In concert; Peter and Paul, in a tribute to Mary Travers and 50 years of music and friendship. The Theatre at The Capital One Bank Theatre At Westbury, 960 Brush Hollow Road, Westbury. Contact: John Smith (555) 555-5555
8:00 p.m. - Play opening; Queens Theatre in the Park presents ROSA LOSES HER FACE, a Chinese-American generation gap comedy written by Kitty Chen, directed by Nancy Robillard. Queens Theatre in the Park, Flushing Meadows Corona Park. Contact: John Smith (555) 555-5555
* 8:00 p.m. - In concert; LA-based electro hip-hop duo, LMFAO on their Party Rock Tour. The Wiltern, 3790 Wilshire Blvd. at Western, Los Angeles. Contact: [tour] John Smith (555) 555-5555 <sample@sample.com>
10:00 p.m. - Stage Theater Company presents a cabaret restaging of OH, THOSE BEAUTIFUL WEIMAR GIRLS conceived and directed by ildiko Nemeth. The Club at La MaMa E.T.C., 74A East Fourth Street. Contact: John Smith (555) 555-5555
12:00 midnight - In concert; “summer of love” survivor Steve Kimrock and his latest innovation, Crazy Engine, his new band with Melvin Seals and more. B.B. King’s Blues Club & Grill, 243 W. 42nd Street between 7th and 8th Streets. Contact: John Smith (555) 555-5555 <sample@sample.com>
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5
Birthdays: Morgan Brittany [1951], Jose Carreras [1947], Margaret Cho [1968], Joan Didion [1934], Little Richard [1932], Jim Messina [of Loggins & Messina, 1947], Calvin Trillin [1935].
* 2:00 p.m. - New York City Ballet and The School of American Ballet present The Nutcracker Family Benefit, performance George Balanchine’s “The Nutcracker” and holiday party. David H. Koch Theater, Lincoln Center, 63rd Street and Columbus Avenue. John Smith, publicity coordinator (555) 555-5555
* 2:00 p.m. - BAMcinématek series on the films of Liv Ullman presents screenings of “Cries and Whispers (Viskningar och rop)”. The first showing is followed by Q&A with Liv Ullmann, moderated by film critic Melissa Anderson. Brooklyn Academy of Music, BAM Rose Cinemas, The Peter Jay Sharp main building, 30 Lafayette Avenue at Ashland Place, Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Contact: John Smith (555) 555-5555
* 6:00 p.m. - Stephen Siller Children's Foundation Gala, named for a firefighter fallen on 9/11, benefiting the “forgotten” children of this world. Honoree Chair: Rudy Giuliani; Honorary Hero: John Turturro. Cipriani Wall Street, 55 Wall Street. Contact: John Smith (555) 555-5555 <sample@sample.com>
* 7:30 p.m. - 24th Israel Film Festival, opening night film A MATTER OF SIZE and awards ceremony honoring Ellott Gould, Donald Krim [President / Founder Kino International] and director/producer Paul Schrader. SVA Theatre, 333 W. 23rd Street. Contact: John Smith (555) 555-5555 <sample@sample.com>
* 7:30 p.m. - Solo show; singer and songwriter, Cantor Shira Ginsburg will present the New York premier of “Bubby’s Kitchen” to benefit East End Temple, where she serves as the congregation’s cantor. Continues tomorrow. The Museum of Jewish Heritage, Edmond J. Safra Hall, 36 Battery Place. Contact: John Smith (555) 555-5555
* 8:00 p.m. - Play opening; The Gallery Players presents MRS. BOB CRATCHIT’S WILD CHRISTMAS BINGE, NYC premiere of a wacky spin on the heartwarming holiday standard by Christopher Durang, starring original Scrooge Douglas Rees. The Gallery Players, 199 14th Street, between 4th and 5th Avenues, Park Slope, Brooklyn. Contact: John Smith (555) 555-5555
STORY OPPORTUNITIES
Toi Troutman, from the famed Troutman Family [of The Zapp Band, Roger and Zapp], whose special aired on TV1 this past week, is available for further discussion, features, photos and possible stories. For interviews with Toi or the surviving Troutman brothers and information, contact: Smith Publicity <sample@sample.com>
FYI - HOLIDAY SCHEDULE
Friday, 12/11 - First Night of Hanukkah
Thursday, 12/24 - Christmas Eve, no calendar
Friday, 12/25 - Christmas Day, no calendar
Thursday, 12/31 - New Year’s Eve, no calendar
Friday, New Year’s Day, no calendar
FOR FUTURE PLANNING
12/7 - Celebrity Charades: Jackpot benefit for LAByrinth. Contact: John Smith (555) 555-5555
12/7 - Gypsy of the Year Competition. Contact: John Smith (555) 555-5555
12/9 - Film premiere; Universal feature IT’S COMPLICATED. Contact: [press] <sample@sample.com>; [print] <sample@sample.com>; [photo] <sample@sample.com>
12/13 - New York Stage and Film Honors Julianna Margulies and Marc Platt. Contact: John Smith (555) 555-5555 <sample@sample.com>
12/14 - Film premiere; Sony/Columbia presents DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE MORGANS? Contact: <sample@sample.com>
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