Tickets for the 11th annual Michael Childers’ production of One Night Only: Rodgers, Hammerstein & Hart, are now on sale. This star-studded musical production will be presented on Wednesday, April 25, 2018 @ 6:30pm, at the McCallum Theatre for the Performing Arts and benefits Jewish Family Service of the Desert (JFS). Since 2008, One Night Only has sold out has sold out quickly every year.

General admission tickets are $175, $95 and $75 and are available through the McCallum Theatre Box Office at 760-340-ARTS or online at www.mccallumtheatre.com. Limited sponsorships and VIP tickets (including premier seating and the after performance dinner with the cast at Acqua Bistro @ The River) are available through JFS at 760-325-4088, extension 118.

In Rodgers, Hammerstein & Hart, Michael pays tribute to the incomparable composer Richard Rodgers and his partners, Oscar Hammerstein and Lorenz Hart, featuring some of their most popular songs from shows such as South Pacific, Oklahoma, Carousel, The King and I and Babes In Arms. Directed by Jason Graae with Music Direction by Christopher Marlowe, the cast features the best of Broadway and Hollywood performers. This year’s cast includes Brent Barrett, Shoshana Bean, David Burnham, Liz Callaway, Ann Hampton Callaway, Patrick Cassidy, Scott Coulter, Kevin Earley, Davis Gaines, Julie Garnye, Jason Graae, Susan Graham, Alix Korey, Bets Malone, Sal Mistretta, Jeffrey Scott Parsons, Faith Prince, Ron Raines, Teri Ralston, James Snyder, Billy Stritch, Constance Towers, Bruce Vilanch, Nita Whitaker. All performers donate their time and their appearances are subject to availability.

“One Night Only managed to be breathless, dazzling, humorous and emotional all at the same time. It’s perhaps the “show of the year” at the McCallum…!” Chris Foster, The Desert Sun

For over 35 years, JFS of the Desert has provided services throughout the Coachella Valley to those in need, regardless of religion, age, income, ethnicity or life style. JFS services and programs are made possible through the financial support of Jewish Federation of the Desert, Desert Healthcare District, the Weingart Foundation, the Auen Foundation, Kaiser Permanente and other gr grants and the generous support of donors. Most of the nearly 3,000 men, women and children served are from low income households. They rely on JFS for low cost mental health counseling, crisis intervention and food support. JFS provides isolated, homebound seniors with care, transportation and enrichment activities. JFS also offers counseling in local elementary schools. JFS is located in Palm Springs. For information visit www.jfsdesert.org or call 760-325-4088.

The post Vilanch, Prince, Gaines, Burnham, Callaway. and More Join Celebration of Rodgers, Hammerstein, & Hart first appeared on We Got Bruce!.

Photo credit: Barry Gordin Photography

The John Drew Theater at Guild Hall event, titled “A Bipolar Evening With Friends: Florence Henderson and Bruce Vilanch,” benefited, in part, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, as Henderson literally passed the hat near the opening of her portion of the show.

Promising to “tell the truth” in this musical revue of her life story, Henderson — best known as the wife and mom on the hit ’70s TV series “The Brady Bunch” — dished about her apparently squeaky clean personal past. She says she was a virgin when she married Ira Bernstein, the father of their four children. She never had an affair with Richard Rodgers, her womanizing mentor who discovered her during an audition for the national tour of “Oklahoma!” She “probably could have,” but didn’t have an affair with Frank Sinatra. And, at 76 — she’s in terrific shape: “I do Pilates three times a week, but what happened to the men my age?” — the twice-married widow of eight years is open to dating again.

When asked at a reception after the show, Henderson said that while no one could top Christine Ebersole in the lead role of “Grey Gardens” (Ebersole comes to Guild Hall for a concert this weekend), the John Drew Theater should “deifnintely do ‘Grey Gardens,’ ” the Tony-winning musical set in East Hampton.

Bruce Vilanch, who connected with Henderson in the ill-fated “Brady Bunch Variety Hour,” which lasted all of nine episodes, opened with a standup routine about his career as a writer for beauty pageants, and for the last 21 years, the Academy Awards broadcast. He recalls introducing Sophia Loren to Jack Black. “She had no idea who he was and started talking in menu Italian. That’s when you know you’re in trouble.”

Despite his joke about Montauk Highway traffic — “I got a house out here in April and I’m still trying to get there on [Route] 27” — Vilanch, who lives in California, doesn’t have a place in the Hamptons. He brought along his mother, Henrietta, for the show.

Henderson, who also lives in California, said the Guild Hall show brought her to the Hamptons for only her second time. “It’s lovely,” she said, “except for the humidity.”

The post After The Show: Bruce And Florence In The Hamps first appeared on We Got Bruce!.

America’s Favorite Mom, Florence Henderson premiered her concert “All The Lives of Me” two years ago and has been touring throughout the country. Part theatrical, part concert, Florence takes the audience on a journey through all her lives: daughter, mother, musical theater star, TV star and product spokesperson. Whether she’s sharing stories about her friend and mentor, Richard Rodgers, her friend and co-star, Robert Reed or her dad, her show lets audiences into the lives of this “very lovely lady”.

Musical numbers includes songs from her stage roles: “Fanny”, “South Pacific” and others and
includes a no-holds barred Q&A segment.

It’s the long-term friendship between Florence and funnyman Bruce Vilanch that sparked this concert evening. In addition to Bruce writing special material for Florence’s one woman show, Bruce wrote many of the Brady Bunch Variety Hour TV shows which debuted a few years after the sitcom was cancelled. It was the first of many Brady re- incarnations over the years.

Says Bruce: “I wrote the Brady Bunch variety hour, which was writing for a wholesome mom and wholesome dad. He (Reed) was a closet leather queen living with his mother! If I’d known that 30 years later people were going to be interested in this (expletive) I would have paid closer attention, It was 1977 and we were all chemically altered.” So why does Bruce think that 30 years later, there is still so much interest in The Brady’s, the variety shows and Florence’s concerts? “I think “The Brady Bunch Movie” had a lot to do with it. When they brought back the movie, Nickelodeon discovered there were these variety hours that had never been aired.

Both artists are very recognizable. Florence as Mrs. Brady and the Wesson Oil and Polident spokesperson. Everyone knows Bruce from Hollywood Squares with Whoopi Goldberg. He has written classic Oscar Award shows, including the Jack Palance / Billy Crystal bit. He recently wrote his 10 th Oscar Awards for Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin.

In addition, he has written the TV Land awards, People Choice Awards and many others as well as concert acts for Diana Ross and Michael Feinstein. He has also written most of Bette Midlers touring concert shows and one woman Broadway shows. He starred on Broadway in “Hairspray” and in Comedy Clubs across the nation.

An Evening with Friends is at 8 PM at Guild Hall. Tickets are $65 and $45, as well as a special VIP $85 ticket which includes include a Post-Performance Meet & Greet Reception with Florence and Bruce. www.guildhall.org for more information

The post Reminder Tonight: Florence Henderson Teams Up With Bruce Vilanch For AN EVENING WITH FRIENDS 7/24 first appeared on We Got Bruce!.

America’s Favorite Mom, Florence Henderson premiered her concert “All The Lives of Me” two years ago and has been touring throughout the country. Part theatrical, part concert, Florence takes the audience on a journey through all her lives: daughter, mother, musical theater star, TV star and product spokesperson. Whether she’s sharing stories about her friend and mentor, Richard Rodgers, her friend and co-star, Robert Reed or her dad, her show lets audiences into the lives of this “very lovely lady”.

Musical numbers includes songs from her stage roles: “Fanny”, “South Pacific” and others and includes a no-holds barred Q&A segment.

It’s the long-term friendship between Florence and funnyman Bruce Vilanch that sparked this concert evening. In addition to Bruce writing special material for Florence’s one woman show, Bruce wrote many of the Brady Bunch Variety Hour TV shows which debuted a few years after the sitcom was cancelled. It was the first of many Brady re- incarnations over the years.

Says Bruce: “I wrote the Brady Bunch variety hour, which was writing for a wholesome mom and wholesome dad. He (Reed) was a closet leather queen living with his mother! If I’d known that 30 years later people were going to be interested in this (expletive) I would have paid closer attention, It was 1977 and we were all chemically altered.” So why does Bruce think that 30 years later, there is still so much interest in The Brady’s, the variety shows and Florence’s concerts? “I think “The Brady Bunch Movie” had a lot to do with it. When they brought back the movie, Nickelodeon discovered there were these variety hours that had never been aired.

Both artists are very recognizable. Florence as Mrs. Brady and the Wesson Oil and Polident spokesperson. Everyone knows Bruce from Hollywood Squares with Whoopi Goldberg. He has written classic Oscar Award shows, including the Jack Palance / Billy Crystal bit. He recently wrote his 10 th Oscar Awards for Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin.

In addition, he has written the TV Land awards, People Choice Awards and many others as well as concert acts for Diana Ross and Michael Feinstein. He has also written most of Bette Midlers touring concert shows and one woman Broadway shows. He starred on Broadway in “Hairspray” and in Comedy Clubs across the nation.

An Evening with Friends is at 8 PM at Guild Hall. Tickets are $65 and $45, as well as a special VIP $85 ticket which includes include a Post-Performance Meet & Greet Reception with Florence and Bruce. www.guildhall.org for more information

Related articles by Zemanta

• An Evening of Comedy starring Bruce Vilanch with Scott Nevins at the Bourbon St. Pub, 724 Duval St. Key West FL 33040 (bootlegbetty.com)
• Feast Of Fun: Ask Bruce Anything On July 20th (bootlegbetty.com)

The post Florence Henderson Teams Up With Bruce Vilanch For AN EVENING WITH FRIENDS 7/24 first appeared on We Got Bruce!.