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.
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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