Erich Steinbock, Managing Director of The Carlyle Hotel, announced today the return of resident leading lady, Elaine Stritch, to the Café Carlyle in an all-new show: "At Home At The Carlyle: Elaine Stritch Singin' Sondheim. . . One Song At A Time." The strictly limited engagement will play the month of January 2010, at the legendary nightspot, with opening night set for Tuesday, January 5 (through January 30).
The iconic musical theater careers of Ms. Stritch and
Stephen Sondheim are inextricably linked, and this new show is the culmination of a personal and professional relationship that has spanned the better part of four decades. In "At Home At The Carlyle:
Elaine Stritch Singin' Sondheim. . . One Song At A Time," Ms. Stritch (with
Rob Bowman, Music Director) will perform the music of Mr. Sondheim, orchestrated by Tony, Oscar, Grammy and Emmy Award-winner
Jonathan Tunick.
"Well, the sign is up out front on Madison: ‘
Elaine Stritch: At Home at the Carlyle' - yet again," Ms. Stritch said. "God help me!"
"At Home At The Carlyle:
Elaine Stritch Singin' Sondheim. . . One Song At A Time" will play Tuesday through Saturday evenings at 8:45 p.m. There is a $125 music charge for all performances. Dinner is required for all shows. There will be dinner seating's at 6:00pm, 6:30pm and 7:00pm. The Café Carlyle is located within The Carlyle Hotel (35 East 76th Street at Madison Avenue). For reservations call (212) 744-1600.
Born in Detroit,
Elaine Stritch studied at the New School in New York City under the direction of Edwin Piscator. Beginning her career in musical comedy on Broadway, she went from standing by for
Ethel Merman in Call Me Madam to her Tony-nominated performance in the revival of
Edward Albee's A Delicate Balance. Her Broadway credits include Angel in the Wings, Pal Joey, On Your Toes, Bus Stop, Goldilocks, Sail Away (which she performed in both New York and London), and most recently in concert at
Carnegie Hall to celebrate Noel Coward's centennial), Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (following
Uta Hagen in the role of Martha), Company and Showboat. In London's West End, she starred in
Neil Simon's The Gingerbread Lady and
Tennessee Williams' Small Craft Warnings. Other stage credits include the concert version of both Follies and Company at Lincoln Center and her appearance in
A.R. Gurney's Love Letters with
Jason Robards. Ms. Stritch made her film debut in the 1957 remake of "A Farewell To Arms." She co-starred in the 1977 Alain Renais film "Providence" and the award-winning BBC television series "Two's Company." Other film credits include "Cocoon: The Return,"
Woody Allen's "September," "Out To Sea" with
Walter Matthau and
Jack Lemmon, "Krippendorf's Tribe" with
Richard Dreyfuss, "An Unexpected Wife" with
Stockard Channing and
Stephen Collins,
Woody Allen's "Small Time Crooks" and "Autumn in New York" with
Richard Gere and
Winona Ryder, "Monster-in-Law" with
Jane Fonda and
Jennifer Lopez, and "Romance and Cigarettes," with
James Gandolfini and
Susan Sarandon. Ms. Stritch's television credits include "The Cosby Show," "3rd Rock from the Sun," "Soul Man," and "30 Rock," for which she has received a 2007 Emmy Award for her guest starring role as Colleen, Jack's (
Alec Baldwin) mother. She was nominated for an Emmy Award for her performance in "An Inconvenient Woman," written by
Dominick Dunne and won an Emmy for her recurring role on "Law & Order." Ms. Stritch won a Tony Award and two Drama Desk Awards for the Broadway production of
Elaine Stritch At Liberty and a 2004 Emmy Award for "Outstanding Individual Performance In A Variety Or Music Program." In 2005, Elaine made her New York cabaret debut with her critically-acclaimed show "
Elaine Stritch: At Home at the Carlyle" and returned the following year with an all new program entitled "
Elaine Stritch: At Home at the Carlyle...Again."
Photo Credit: Walter McBride/Retna Ltd.
