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#1

The Public Sings

Posted: 1/27/06 at 12:45pm

I'm really looking forward to this. It happens Monday night. Who else is going?

Performers include (so far -- more are expected):

ZACH BRAFF
BETTY BUCKLEY
CHUCK COOPER
LEA DELARIA
SAVION GLOVER
EARTHA KITT
MARC KUDICH
ADRIANE LENOX
NORM LEWIS
IDINA MENZEL
DONNA MURPHY
NATIONAL DANCE INSTITUTE
MIKE NICHOLS
CYNTHIA NIXON
ROSIE PEREZ
BILLY PORTER
NATALIE PORTMAN
DAPHNE RUBIN-VEGA
BEN STILLER
MERYL STREEP
ELAINE STRITCH
MARY TESTA
LILLIAS WHITE
JEFFREY WRIGHT

They will be performing numbers from Hair, A Chorus Line, Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk, Caroline, or Change, and many other shows that began life at the Public.

http://www.publictheater.org/view.php?mode=eventdisplay&eventid=401
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie [http://margochanning.broadwayworld.com/] "The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney
#2

re: The Public Sings

Posted: 1/27/06 at 1:00pm

I'll be there...mid Mezz Row A 210, 212. Very excited to see all these amazing performers on the same stage!
#3

re: The Public Sings

Posted: 1/27/06 at 1:06pm

I'm so excited! Amazing people + the wild party + caroline, or change + you know, all the other great stuff the public has done + meryl Streep!!!! It's gonna be crazy! I'll be there in the 35 dollar cheap-o seats.
#4

re: The Public Sings

Posted: 1/27/06 at 1:13pm

Cheyenne Jackson is also performing.

I'm going!
#5

re: The Public Sings

Posted: 1/27/06 at 1:13pm

I wish I could get the $35 cheap seats! I desperately want to attend, but all of the remaining tickets are beyond my budget. If anyone has a lower priced ticket to sell, I would be ecstatic.
#6

re: The Public Sings

Posted: 1/27/06 at 1:14pm

BETTY BUCKLEY!

Zach Braff?

EARTHA KITT!

Damn PA!

Have fun y'all!
The smallest stream is a valent river. It will drown me if it can.
#7

re: The Public Sings

Posted: 1/27/06 at 1:27pm

Other shows that started at The Public:

Two Gentlemen of Verona (Tony -- Best Musical)
Elaine Stritch At Liberty (Tony -- Best Special Event)
The Wild Party (LaChuisa -- Tony nominee)
The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Tony -- Best Musical)
Runaways (Swados; Tony nominated)
Alice at the Palace (Swados)
See What I Wanna See (LaChiusa)
The Human Comedy (Galt McDermott)
I'm Getting My Act Together and Taking it on the Road (Gretchen Cryer)
Saturn Returns (Guettel)
Radiant Baby


"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie [http://margochanning.broadwayworld.com/] "The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney

Updated On: 1/27/06 at 01:27 PM

#8

re: The Public Sings

Posted: 1/27/06 at 1:29pm

Isn't Tonya Pinkins supposed to be performing too? I hope she sings "Lot's Wife"
#9

re: The Public Sings

Posted: 1/27/06 at 1:30pm

I didn't read your last sentence.

All those glorious songs!

Alright, I'm transferring!
The smallest stream is a valent river. It will drown me if it can.
#10

re: The Public Sings

Posted: 1/27/06 at 1:40pm

I'm going - there's an ad in the NY Times today that says

"All singing. All dancing. NO SPEECHES" across the top.

And that... well I have to admit that excited me.
Now what would you say if today I started over? Without a thing but this taped together four leaf clover And I'll pretend like everything is already alright And I'll run toward the sun till the castle's out of sight
#11

re: The Public Sings

Posted: 1/27/06 at 1:46pm

I'll be there, in the cheap seats.
#12

re: The Public Sings

Posted: 1/27/06 at 1:51pm

Romance in Hard Times was at the Public also. I'm hoping there's some William Finn!!
#13

re: The Public Sings

Posted: 1/27/06 at 1:53pm

Re: Romance in Hard Times...

I'm hoping that Lillias White sings "That's Enough for Me".
#14

re: The Public Sings

Posted: 1/27/06 at 1:58pm

Pinkins was listed in the original line-up, but her name has disappeared in recent weeks. Perhaps, she has a conflict.
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie [http://margochanning.broadwayworld.com/] "The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney
#15

re: The Public Sings

Posted: 1/27/06 at 2:00pm

I'll be there in the cheap seats, as well.
#16

re: The Public Sings

Posted: 1/27/06 at 2:03pm

I'm going too. I'm really excited.
"Nothing's lost forever. In this world, there is a kind of painful progress. Longing for what we've left behind, and dreaming ahead."
#17

re: The Public Sings

Posted: 1/27/06 at 2:36pm

Add me to the $20 cheap seats. I'm w/ Liotte in the dead last row, centerish I think...PJ, MEF, will you be nearby? PJ we'll look for you...MEF...love to meet you too though I don't know what you look like...
"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
#18

re: The Public Sings

Posted: 1/27/06 at 2:40pm

Was Little Fish a Public show?

Man, I'd kill to see Lea sing "Sign" live.
The smallest stream is a valent river. It will drown me if it can.
#19

re: The Public Sings

Posted: 1/27/06 at 2:41pm

Little Fish played at Second Stage
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie [http://margochanning.broadwayworld.com/] "The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney
#20

re: The Public Sings

Posted: 1/27/06 at 2:41pm

Little Fish was done by Second Stage, not the Public.

Lea will most likely do her signature tune, "I Can Cook Too" from On The Town.

WRQ-I'll keep my eye out for you and Liotte.
#21

re: The Public Sings

Posted: 1/27/06 at 2:43pm

im guessing all the people are singing for free, right? but the public likely paid for their hotel rooms and plane tickets. i wonder what hotel they put everyone in. that would interesting, a hotel full of stars all at once.
#22

re: The Public Sings

Posted: 1/27/06 at 2:50pm

Well, all but a couple of those people live in New York -- I think only Braff and Stiller (who I think is actually bicoastal and has an apartment here) -- so they wouldn't need a hotel or a plane ticket. Some may arrive by limo, but I would bet that most of them, being New Yorkers, will take the subway or maybe a cab (I see Tony winners on the subway all the time; and some simply walk to the theatre from their apartments in Hell's Kitchen).

"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie [http://margochanning.broadwayworld.com/] "The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney

Updated On: 1/27/06 at 02:50 PM

#23

re: The Public Sings

Posted: 1/27/06 at 2:53pm

Yeah, I could only pick out three people from the list above that DON'T live in New York: Betty Buckley (Texas), Zach Braff (California) and Lea DeLaria (London).
#24

re: The Public Sings

Posted: 1/27/06 at 2:57pm

Lea's based in London, now? I was wondering why every time I've run into Jesse Tyler Ferguson in the last year (we're neighbors and frequent some of the same bars), Lea was nowhere in sight. They were attached at the hip for YEARS.
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie [http://margochanning.broadwayworld.com/] "The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney
#25

re: The Public Sings

Posted: 1/27/06 at 3:00pm

And they were in LF together.

Wait. Was Zach Braff ever in a musical?
Or am I just retarded (on this account)?

And if he can sing, I will be upset to miss it.

Plus, Betty is there!
I bet we know where Rath will not be...
The smallest stream is a valent river. It will drown me if it can.

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