Photo Coverage: 'Don't Quit Your Night Job' with Foster, But
By: Peter James Zielinski Mar. 30, 2008
Don't Quit Your Night Job,
the critically acclaimed comedy variety show featuring a revolving cast
of Broadway's brightest performing without a net, welcomed the Spring
at their monthly home - The Zipper Factory (336 West 37th Street,
between 8th and 9th Avenues) - on Thursday, March 27 at 11:30PM.Don't Quit Your Night Job is
where Broadway goes to let its hair down. The late night happening of
improv, music, sketches and stories was created by its stars: industry
mainstays Steve Rosen (The Farnsworth Invention, Spamalot), David Rossmer (Fiddler on the Roof, Titanic), Sarah Saltzberg (The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee) and music director Dan Lipton (The Coast of Utopia).Special guests that evening included Tony Award winners Sutton Foster, Norbert Leo Butz and Andrea Martin. Also performing were Spamalot's Christopher Sieber, "Law and Order, C.I." star Alicia Witt, Howard McGillin of The Phantom of the Opera and "Cheers" star George Wendt, among others.Proceeds benefit Open
Doors is the Theatre Development Fund's theatre arts mentoring program
for high school students, and was started in 1998 by TDF with
playwright Wendy Wasserstein. Its goal is to explore the relevance of theatre in the lives of today's youth. For more information on "Don't Quit Your Night Job," visit www.thezipperfactory.com.
Photos by Peter James Zielinski
David Rossmer and Sarah Saltzberg (right) stumble upon the latest Broadway sensation: Sunday In The Park....
...with George Wendt!
A jubilant Sarah Saltzberg announces she's engaged
Sarah Saltzberg and the Phantom, Howard McGillin
Sarah Saltzberg and Howard McGillin
Jordan Gelber, Sandy Rustin, David Rossmer and Rick Holmes (on-stage) are instructed by Steve Rosen (far-right)
Jordan Gelber as Cinderella... Kabuki-style
Sandy Rustin details a Western Cinderella story
Rick Holmes as a film-noire narrator
Jordan Gelber sweeps his Kabuki broom
Norbert Leo Butz (left) faces a panel of press-reporters, Steve Rosen, Charlie Pollock and Jordan Gelber
Norbert Leo Butz slowly discovers that he is Santa Claus, starring in the musical Cats
Christopher Sieber's dreams of being on "Law & Order" come true thanks to Alicia Witt
Alicia Witt cautiously advises that Christopher Sieber should tone it down just a little...
Alicia Witt and Christopher Sieber
Christopher Sieber (right) encounters Howard McGillin
Howard McGillin, having never appeared on an episode of "Law & Order," seeks his vengeace upon Christopher Sieber
Rick Holmes and Sarah Saltzberg
Andrea Martin and Sutton Foster are stupified when David Rossmer (center) gives them details of their up-coming task...
Andrea Martin poses for the cover of National Geographic
Andrea Martin poses for National Geographic
Andrea Martin lip syncs to Fiddler on the Roof
Andrea Martin lip syncs to Fiddler on the Roof
Sutton Foster poses for the cover of Sports Illustrated
Sutton Foster poses for the cover of Sports Illustrated
Sutton Foster accepts the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Velociraptor
Sutton Foster as a velociraptor
Sutton Foster lip syncs to Annie
Sutton Foster lip syncs to Annie
A rejoicing Sutton Foster and Andrea Martin
Sutton Foster and Andrea Martin
David Rossmer turns into Hyde despite never seeing Jekyll & Hyde
David Rossmer, Charlie Pollock, and Sarah Saltzberg
Steve Rosen and David Rossmer, hosts on NY2
Rick Holmes, Charlie Pollock and Sarah Saltzberg reenact a scene from the musical I Can See
Charlie Pollock not only has his sight back... but discovers he is bisexual!
Rick Holmes, Charlie Pollock and Sarah Saltzberg rejoice "in the light!"
Charlie Pollock (as Brian d'Arcy James) with Sandy Rustin and Jordan Gelber reenact a scene from the play, My Eyebrows
Sarah Saltzberg and Sandy Rustin reluctantly let Charlie Pollock (as Brian d'Arcy James) join Jordan Gelber and Rick Holmes in Eyebrow Land
Sandy Rustin, Jordan Gelber and Rick Holmes reenact a scene from the musical, The Jew and The Demon
Sandy Rustin (right) gives Jordan Gelber an injection of kosher-heroin
The Kosher Heroin Dance
Alexander Gemignani sings "Bring Him Home" (Les Miserables) Musical Mad Libs style!
And then the kicker... Alexander Gemignani sings a lyric so bad, we can't publish it here!
The Broadway Symphony
Christopher Sieber (second from left, front-row) hilariously belts the final notes of "Defying Gravity"
The Broadway Symphony
The cast bows as Sarah Saltzberg is killed by Howard McGillin
Hannah Waddingham (Spamalot)
Alicia Witt ("Law & Order")
Christopher Sieber (Spamalot) and Alicia Witt
Sandy Rustin (I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change)
Derrick Baskin (The Little Mermaid), Randy Aaron, and Asmeret Ghebremichael (Legally Blonde)
Tony Award-winner Norbert Leo Butz
Jordan Gelber (Two Thousand Years) and Alicia Witt
The Cast of Don't Quit Your Night Job - March 27, 2008!
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