Say Goodnight Gracie: CLOSED (as of January 8)
TONY AWARD NOMINEE
BEST PLAY
WINNER!
OUTER CRITIC CIRCLE AWARD
SAY GOODNIGHT GRACIE
The life, laughter and love of
George Burns and Gracie Allen
Written by 3-time Tony Award Winner
Rupert Holmes
“HILARIOUS!”
- The New Yorker
“You’ll be in heaven!”
- The New York Times
“Mesmerizing!”
- WCBS-TV
“Renowned Broadway actor Joel Rooks pegs Burns in every way!”
- Philadelphia Inquirer
“George Burns came alive again for 90 wonderful, endearing minutes. I STRONGLY RECOMMEND IT!’
- Jeffrey Lyons / WNBC-TV
It’s not often that a show can wrap you in a tender love story, delight you with an uproarious comedy, and glide you through a guided tour of an American century of entertainment, all in one memorable theatrical event. SAY GOODNIGHT GRACIE is first and foremost an unforgettable experience, centering around one man’s devotion to his wife, a woman who was his friend, his sweetheart, and his partner for life, and beyond. A love story one hundred years in the making.
Visit: www.SayGoodnightGracie.net
Beginning October 14, 2011 at St. Luke’s Theatre!
Performance Schedule:
Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 2PM
For tickets visit www.telecharge.com or call (212) 239-6200.
“Harry & Eddie: The Birth of Israel” is MOVING!
HARRY & EDDIE: The Birth of Israel
MOVES TO THE ACTORS TEMPLE THEATRE ON
OCTOBER 12
WITH NEW PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE
MARK WESTON PLAY ABOUT THE CREATION OF ISRAEL
DIRECTED BY BOB SPIOTTO
FEATURES RICK GROSSMAN, DAN HICKS & LYDIA GLADSTONE
Dan Hicks (as Harry S. Truman)
& Rick Grossman (as Eddie Jacobson)
Photo credit: Carol Rosegg
“HARRY & EDDIE: The Birth of Israel”, which opened off-Broadway at St. Luke’s Theatre on September 8th, will move to Actors Temple Theatre, 339 West 47th Street, beginning performances Wednesday, October 12th at 2 PM. The new performance schedule will be Wednesday and Sunday matinees at 2 PM and Saturday nights at 8 PM. (The final performance at St. Luke’s theatre, 308 West 46th Street, will be Wednesday, October 5th at 2 PM)
“HARRY & EDDIE: The Birth of Israel” tells the largely-unknown story of how President Harry S. Truman’s friendship with his former business partner, Eddie Jacobson, leads to the creation of Israel in 1948.
Tickets at $59.50 & $36.30 are available through www.Telecharge.com or by calling (212) 239-6200.
For more information go to harryandeddieandisrael.com.
Harry & Eddie: The Birth of Israel
HARRY & EDDIE: The Birth of Israel tells the largely-unknown story of how President Harry S. Truman’s friendship with his former business partner, Eddie Jacobson, leads to the creation of Israel in 1948.
Eddie Jacobson, a Jewish haberdashery salesman, and Harry Truman initially bonded during World War I where the Missouri men were put in charge of a struggling army canteen. The success of that venture leads to their joining forces after the war to open a haberdashery store in Kansas City, MO. When the depression hit and their store failed, Harry went into politics and Eddie went back on the road as a traveling salesman. In 1948, as the Zionists were struggling to convince President Truman to support the United Nation’s recognition of Israel, Eddie was asked to push their unlikely friendship to the breaking point.
Currently playing at St. Luke’s Theatre Wednesday and Sunday afternoons at 2 p.m.
Tickets can be purchased by visitng www.telecharge.com, by calling 212-239-6200 or by visiting our Box Office at St. Luke’s Theatre.
Warm, sassy diva in ‘One Night With Fanny Brice’ By Jennifer Farrar, Associated Press
NEW YORK — To portray the life of legendary musical theater performer Fanny Brice on stage requires confidence and nerve, as well as talent.
Not to worry — Kimberly Faye Greenberg is up to the task. She’s sassy, lively and animated in the solo show, “One Night With Fanny Brice,” a charming new musical which opened Sunday night off-Broadway at St. Luke’s Theatre.
Written, directed and arranged by Chip Deffaa, the solo show chronologically covers Brice’s immigrant childhood and long career in show business, and her tumultuous love life with faithless con artist Nick Arnstein.
David Gersten & Associates, Carol Rosegg, Associated Press
In this undated publicity image released by David Gersten & Associates, Kimberly Faye Greenberg is shown in the starring role in the new musical, “One Night With Fanny Brice, now performing off-Broadway at St. Luke’s Theatre in New York.
Brice, a popular comedienne and singer for decades during the first half of the 20th century, is probably best-known to modern audiences through Barbra Streisand’s iconic portrayal in the popular 1964 Broadway musical “Funny Girl” and the 1968 film of the same name, for which Streisand won an Academy Award.
Greenberg is close in appearance to Brice, with a similarly warm stage presence, mobile face, natural comedic talent and expressive way of singing. She artfully creates her own persona of Brice, a more down-to-earth, realistic depiction of a woman who was a determined, insecure, but irrepressible and unstoppable force of nature.
In her trip from burlesque to vaudeville to Broadway and international stages, Brice created a lot of her own characters, whom Greenberg also portrays with flair, including the beloved radio personality known as Baby Snooks.
Deffaa’s script has Brice lovingly, and often wryly, discuss her family and childhood, sketching portraits of her gambling charmer of a father and her hardworking, no-nonsense mother, including brief imitations of them. She recalls milestones of her career, from joyfully collecting change thrown onstage during her first performances to her many successful years as a headlining performer. Greenberg also nicely impersonates some of the important people in Brice’s life, from famed impresario Florenz Ziegfeld to Arnstein to celebrities like her friends Gypsy Rose Lee and W.C. Fields.
Some 40 songs are partially or fully sung, interspersed with colorful stories of Brice’s rise to fame. Greenberg has a richly colored voice, well-suited to her comedic numbers, like the double helping of Roses, “Rose of Washington Square” and “Second Hand Rose.”
She’s equally affecting on serious ballads, such as “My Man,” which Deffaa has intercut with the story of Brice’s unfortunate relationship with Arnstein, and a dramatic, “After You’ve Gone.”
Deffaa has distilled Brice’s busy life and career into a well-paced two-hour show, complete with live accompaniment by musical director Richard Danley on piano and Jonathan Russell on violin.
Greenberg is still performing in the long-running “Danny and Sylvia, the Danny Kaye Musical,” in the same off-Broadway theater. For a warm look back at a colorful period in show business, spending this “One Night With Fanny Brice” is well worth the time.
Kimberly Faye Greenberg stars in “One Night With Fanny Brice” : CLOSED
Kimberly Faye Greenberg stars as the original funny girl, Fanny Brice, in a new musical, written by ASCAP Award -winner Chip Deffaa. Musical numbers include “Bill Bailey”, “I Am Always Chasing Rainbows”, “Second Hand Rose”, “My Man”, and ”You Made Me Love You”.
Kimberly is also currently playing Sylvia in Danny & Sylvia: The Danny Kaye Musical. The NY Times reviewer wrote “Sylvia is nimbly potrayed by Kimberly Faye Greenberg as loving, yet with a ruthless edge. Greenberg sings beautifully, conveying (Sylvia) Fine’s love for the most undisciplined Kaye along with her astute, apparently shark-like business aptitude.”
“One Night with Fanny Brice delivers what it promises… This may be as close as devotees will ever get to (Fanny Brice) … An interesting look back.”
- Sun Gazette Newspapers
“One Night with Fanny Brice brings Fanny’s historical contemporaries to life : Flo Ziegfeld, Eddie Cantor, Gypsy Rose Lee, Billy Rose, W.C. Fields, Al Jolson and all the lowlifes associated with Nicky Arnstein” – The Washington (DC) Examiner
SHOW SCHEDULE:
Wed. at 2 pm, Sat. at 2 pm, Sun. at 2 pm.
To purchase tickets go to www.telecharge.com or call: 212-239-6200
Deitrich & Chevalier: CLOSED.
*Schedule subject to change. Check telecharge.com or call for current schedule: 212-239-6200
CLOSED: My Big Gay Italian Wedding!
Show schedule: Thursday – Saturday at 8 PM
To purchase tickets go to www.telecharge.com or call: 212-239-6200
A Brush With Georgia O’Keeffe begins previews June 14
Coming Soon to St. Luke’s Theatre at 308 W. 46th St.:
A BRUSH WITH GEORGIA O’KEEFFE by Natalie Mosco
Directed by Robert Kalfin
With David Lloyd Walters, Virginia Roncetti, and Natalie Mosco as Georgia O’Keeffe
Set Design: Kevin Judge, Lighting Design: Paul Hudson, Costume Design: Gail Cooper Hecht, Composer and Sound Design: Margaret Pine, Projections Design: Marilys Ernst, Stage Manager: David Rosenberg,
Publicity: Scotti Rhodes Publicity
General Management: Jessimeg Productions
Produced by: Earl Productions LLC and Briana Seferian in association with Edmund Gaynes and Julia Beardsley
FOR TICKETS CALL: 212-239-6200 or visit: www.telecharge.com
Welcome Home, Marian Anderson closed May 25th
