Murphy, Sieber, Vilanch Perform at Pride Celebration, June 20

By: Jun. 14, 2005
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Donna Murphy, Christopher Sieber, Bruce Vilanch and Orfeh are some of the stars lined up to perform at the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center's annual Garden Party Pride Celebration on June 20th from 6 to 10 PM at Pier 54 on Manhattan's West Side. 

Suede and Jimmy James will also perform, as well as jazz guitarist and his wife, singer Jessica Molaskey (Songs for a New World, Parade).  In addition, Terrence McNally will be honored with the the Vanguard Award; Hairspray's Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman will present the award to him.  Comedian Kate Clinton will emcee the evening, while New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, Delta Burke, Leslie Uggams, Bob Guiney, and the Lavender Light Gay Gospel Choir and the Youth Pride Chorus are scheduled to make appearances. 

Murphy is a Tony Award-winner for Passion and The King and I, and has also appeared on Broadway in Wonderful Town and The Mystery of Edwin Drood.  Sieber received a Tony nomination for his role as Sir Galahad in Spamalot; his other Broadway credits include Chicago, Into the Woods and Thoroughly Modern Millie.  Vilanch is a comedian and comedy-writer who currently stars as Edna Turnblad in Hairspray, while Orfeh has appeared in the Actor's Fund Benefit concerts of Hair and Dreamgirls, as well as on Broadway in Saturday Night Fever and Footloose.  McNally is a four-time Tony winner--for his plays Master Class and Love! Valour! Compassion!, and for his books to the musicals Ragtime and Kiss of the Spider Woman.  His other plays include Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune, Lips Together, Teeth Apart, and Bad Habits, while he has also penned the books of The Full Monty and The Rink.

Hudson River Park's Pier 54 is located on the West Side of Manhattan at 14th Street. Ticket prices begin at $50.

Visit www.gaycenter.org for more information on the Garden Party and other Center events.


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