Monday 12 March 2012

Alan Cumming: benefit concert appearances








Benefit concert for the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission
Tony Award winner Alan Cumming will perform a special cabaret show at New York's XL nightclub on Saturday, March 17 at 8pm. Proceeds will benefit the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission.

Cumming won the Tony Award for Cabaret. His many stage credits include The Threepenny Opera, Design for Living, and The Seagull, and he will be seen this year in a one-man version of Macbeth.

He currently stars as Eli Gold on CBS' The Good Wife, for which he received an Emmy Award nomination, and his toured the country with his cabaret show, I Bought a Blue Car Today, based on the CD of the same name.
For advance tickets, visit www.xlcabaret.com.

Source: Theater Mania

More info at OutTake Online




Public Sings! production shots – Alan Cumming and more
The Public Theater hosted the Public Sings! benefit on 5 March. The evening featured David Byrne, Alan Cumming, Montego Glover, Gabriel Kahane, Ethan Lipton, Kelli O’Hara, Jesse L. Martin, Benjamin Walker, Jessica Phillips and more at Joe's Pub.

The evening was directed by Daisy Prince with musical direction by Chris Fenwick and celebrated the rich history of musicals produced by The Public Theater, including HAIR; A Chorus Line; Caroline, or Change; and Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson; as well as upcoming musicals such as February House premièring at The Public this May; and the Shakespeare in the Park production of Into the Woods this summer.

Highlights of the evening included Kelli O’Hara singing “What I Did For Love” from the hit musical A Chorus Line; Benjamin Walker singing “Rock Star” from the critically acclaimed Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson; Norm Lewis and Renee Elise Goldsberry reprising their hit “Night Letter” from Two Gentleman of Verona; Montego Glover singing “Easy to be Hard” from HAIR; and Laura Benanti singing “On the Steps of the Palace” from Into the Woods.

The complete PUBLIC SINGS! line-up also included Stanley Bahorek, Joan Almedilla, Mary Kate Morrissey, Rocio Del Mar Valles, and Corey Mach.

For more information, visit www.publictheater.org.

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