Raspy-voiced Broadway legend Carol Channing will be featured at Feinstein's at the Regency (540 Park Avenue at 61st Street) from October 11th through 22nd in a show called The First Eighty Years Are the Hardest.In the show, the Tony Award-winning star will perform a number of songs that have become closely identified with her, such as "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend" and "Hello, Dolly!," among others. She will also relate anecdotes about a career that has spanned over six decades, and share tales of friends and colleagues such as Mary Martin, Ethel Merman, Tallulah Bankhead, Sophie Tucker, Gower Champion, George Burns and others. Channing has previously performed the show in a number of venues, including some in California.Channing received a 1964 Tony Award for her iconic performance in Hello, Dolly!, as well as a 1968 Special Tony Award and a 1995 Lifetime Achievement Tony; she was also nominated for her work The Vamp, Show Girl and Lorelei, a revisal of her earlier hit Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. She was also seen on Broadway in Lend an Ear and Wonderful Town, and starred in two revivals of Hello, Dolly! Her film and TV credits include "Alice in Wonderland," Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, and Thoroughly Modern Millie. "Just Lucky I Guess: A Memoir of Sorts" is her autobiography.
There is a $60 cover and $40 minimum for The First Eighty Years Are the Hardest. For reservations, call (212) 339-4095.
