The Public Sings
The Public Sings
#0The Public Sings
Posted: 12/15/05 at 6:29pm
i would give my left nut (well... maybe not) to see this!!!
is anyone going!?
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MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#1re: The Public Sings
Posted: 12/15/05 at 6:41pm
Just got my ticket. Couldn't miss that line up. I think there might still be a few $100 tickets left (I decided to splurge for ones even more expensive), but everything cheaper is soldout. Here's more info:
"Some boldfaced names have lined up for The Public Sings, a splashy benefit concert of highlights from musicals produced by The Public Theater.
Zach Braff, Betty Buckley, Lea DeLaria, Savion Glover, Eartha Kitt, Donna McKechnie, Idina Menzel, Donna Murphy, Rosie Perez, Natalie Portman, Tonya Pinkins, Billy Porter, Meryl Streep, Mary Testa, and Lillias White will all take part in the event, which James Lapine will direct.
The one-night-only event — Jan. 30, 2006 — at City Center in midtown Manhattan will benefit the not-for-profit Public, a downtown institution for 50 years.
The concert will offer songs from Hair; A Chorus Line; Runaways; Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk; Caroline, or Change; and many others.
Tickets range $20-$750 and go one sale Dec. 2. Special "Benefit Tickets" range $1000-$5000 and include premium seating, pre- and post-performance events and more. For information, call (212) 539-8633."
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MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#3re: The Public Sings
Posted: 12/15/05 at 6:51pmIt sounds like an evvening of showstoppers -- McKechnie will probably do "Music and the Mirror," Pinkins -- "Lot's Wife," Delaria -- "I Can Cook Too," Kitt -- something from The Wild Party, Lillias White -- maybe "Aquarius?"
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie
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#4re: The Public Sings
Posted: 12/15/05 at 10:01pm
I cheaped out and got a $25 gallery seat.
I assume that Eartha will do one of her two big numbers from The Wild Party: "Moving Uptown" or "When It Ends". I've got my fingers crossed that Lillias White will do "That's Enough for Me" from Romance in Hard Times---of course, if she does, I'll be blubbering like a baby. I assume Betty Buckley will do something from Drood.
Updated On: 12/15/05 at 10:01 PM
NYadgal
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/18/04
#5re: The Public Sings
Posted: 12/15/05 at 10:02pm
I hate to miss it, but I have a concert of my own that night.
I can't wait to hear all about it.... it sounds AMAZING!
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wickedrentq
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/6/04
#6re: The Public Sings
Posted: 12/15/05 at 10:10pm
Yup I got tix in the last row of the whole theater for $20. Will definitely be worth it though...I viewed the seating chart, I'm sure I'll still see fine and won't be that high up right? At least nothing can compare to the last row of Carnegie Hall for Lea Salonga's concert, must not be THAT high up...
Soo excited for this!
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#7re: The Public Sings
Posted: 12/15/05 at 10:13pmWRQ-As a veteran of gallery seating at City Center (I've sat in the last row PLENTY of times), I recommend bringing binoculars.
wickedrentq
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/6/04
#8re: The Public Sings
Posted: 12/15/05 at 10:54pm
Oh well still worth it.
The last row of carnegie hall was 6 flights up...so I'm still...hoping...it's not that high...oh well.
"If there was a Mount Rushmore for Broadway scores, "West Side Story" would be front and center. It snaps, it crackles it pops! It surges with a roar, its energy and sheer life undiminished by the years" - NYPost reviewer Elisabeth Vincentelli
#9re: The Public Sings
Posted: 12/15/05 at 11:12pmman I wish it wasn't so expensive to get to NYC because that is the coolest line up ever! Ahh...
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#10re: The Public Sings
Posted: 12/15/05 at 11:30pmWOW! It's on my 30th birthday! I would LOVE to go.
Pretty pretty please don't you ever ever feel like you're less than f**ckin' perfect!
Cruel_Sandwich
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/30/05
Marquise
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/1/04
#12re: The Public Sings
Posted: 12/15/05 at 11:50pm
damn! damn! damn!
first kismet at encores!
and now this?!!!
my ass is going to have to move back to nyc.
i'm missing all these great events!
:: throws himself on his bed in heaving sobs ::
Updated On: 12/15/05 at 11:50 PM
#13re: The Public Sings
Posted: 12/17/05 at 12:27am
So come to NY and visit for both events. There are plenty of people who would put you up.
We have season's tickets for Encores and I just got my tockets for Public Sings.
PJ
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#14re: The Public Sings
Posted: 12/17/05 at 12:55amI got my ticket when they first went on sale. I couldn't miss that lineup.
#16re: The Public Sings
Posted: 12/17/05 at 2:26pmI wish I could go. And it's on my birthday. Anyone want to pitch-in for a birthday gift?
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