Summer is here and I couldn’t be happier about it, especially the announcement that Broadway legend Patti LuPone – on the heels of her buzzed about triumph in Ari Aster’s new A24 film Beau Is Afraid – will be making her Fire Island debut August 26 at the Ice Palace as the crown jewel in nightlife impresario Daniel Nardicio’s glittering Cherry Grove lineup. Patti caused quite a stir last fall when she announced she was leaving Actors Equity and didn’t foresee any more stage work, at least not in Broadway musicals.
As a lifelong LuPonista, I’m here to tell you she’s made similar claims before – as far back as 1997 by my recollection – but parting with the union got even my attention. She’s booked at Carnegie Hall for next April, but this Fire Island gig may be the only chance for New Yorkers to see her live before then. And another thing: Fire Island! A diva is nothing without her adoring gays. I’ve seen Patti on the road in the provinces and I’ve seen her in the city at the AIDS benefits, etc. These events – with her people – are the place to see her. I go in with Judy Garland level expectations and I’m never disappointed.
Well, when God closes a door, She opens a window; one diva departs Broadway as another makes her debut. Once Upon a One More Time (Marquis Theatre, opens June 22), the “new musical powered by the hits of Britney Spears,” is here at last.
Even more long-awaited, Alex Timbers’ acclaimed 2013 Public Theater production of the David Byrne/Fat Boy Slim musical about Imelda and Ferdinand Marcos, Here Lies Love (Broadway Theatre, previews June 17), finally moves uptown. They’ve gone to great expense reconfiguring the main level of the venue for this interactive disco musical, but I, for once, will prefer a mezzanine seat, so I can sit still and watch this fabulous piece in comfort!
This is me from 1984 flying through time in a DeLorean to tell you to see Back to the Future: The Musical (Winter Garden Theatre, previews June 30) on Broadway for the first time – or is it?
New York’s venerable Upper East Side cabaret institution, the CAFE CARLYLE, is back firing all cylinders with some very intriguing bookings including:
The Oscar winner reveals whether she inherited her father’s virtuosic pipes.
Kick off Pride with the Smash star and Broadway favorite.
The artistic heart of Downtown, JOE’S PUB, is always a good bet.
The comedian and singer taking the world by storm offers more opportunities for you to join the movement.
Justin Sayre and the International Order of Sodomites pay tribute to Judy Garland, raising funds for the Ali Forney Center.
The brilliant Broadway musical actor, known for his uncanny Whitney Houston shows, looks inward.
The RuPaul’s Drag Race queen you love to hate will make you love to love her even more.
It’s not Michael Feinstein’s anymore, but 54 BELOW is as cosmopolitan as ever with a lineup including:
“Broadway’s Night-off Hot Spot,” THE GREEN ROOM 42, is where it’s AT this season with a little bit of something for the show queen in everyone:
The queer 90s mecca, Chelsea, is back, baby – and nowhere more than at the airy, swanky CHELSEA TABLE + STAGE.
For those of us hanging out on Fire Island just waiting for that Patti LuPone show, there’s a lot of great things to see in the meantime. Daniel Nardicio’s fierce ICE PALACE lineup includes:
With Tamika Lawrence, Blaine Krauss, Natalie Joy Johnson
With Jackie Beat, Sherry Vine, Drew Droege, Sam Pancake
With Taylor Iman Jones, Corey Mach, Lauren Patten
Plus, at CHERRY’S, you can’t go wrong attending Broadway on the Bay (Sundays at 7pm)
with Marti Cummings & Tammy Spanx.
And in the Pines, you mustn’t miss the Queen to read them all, the star of every summer, the truly great Pixie Aventura, at the PAVILION (Mondays at 10pm).
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