(POSTPONED) Butz & Baldwin will star in GOODBYE GIRL benefit
2/26/2014 4:11pm
PLEASE NOTE: THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED
Recent Broadway co-stars will reunite for one night only this spring when Norbert Leo Butz and e Kate Baldwin headline a benefit concert of the Neil Simon, Marvin Hamlisch & David Zippel musical THE GOODBYE GIRL on Mon April 7. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. at The Gerald R Lynch at John Jay College (524 W 59th St). Based on the beloved Academy Award-winning film, "The Goodbye Girl" chronicles the unlikely romance between Paula (Baldwin), a single mother who has been jilted one too many times by one too many actors, and Elliot (Butz), another actor, who shows up at her door -- out of the blue -- with a lease to sublet her apartment. The benefit concert will be directed by David Zippel with musical direction by Joel Fram and choreography by Lorin Latarro. Additional casting and the complete creative team will be announced soon. Tickets can be purchased at www.actorsfund.org or by calling (212) 221-7300 x133. Press contact: Jeremy Shaffer/The Publicity Office (315-2120)...
For the record, The original B'way production of THE GOODBYE GIRL opened on March 4, 1993 at the Marquis and starred Bernadette Peters and Martin Short. Directed by Michael Kidd with choreography by Graciela Daniele, the show ran for 188 performances...