Tracy Mitchell News

Bay Street Theater & Sag Harbor Center for the Arts hosted a star-studded celebration of Oscar, Tony and Emmy Award-winning designer and director Tony Walton.

Bay Street Theater & Sag Harbor Center for the Arts  has announced the return of Isaac Mizrahi and his band, live and in-person at the theater, on Saturday, October 9, at 8 p.m. The concert will be followed by a screening of the award-winning 1995 documentary Unzipped on Sunday, October 10, at 4 p.m.

The fun continues with several more events, including a ladies outing at The Madoo Conservancy, as well as A Memorable Evening in Memphis Modern to be held at Trustee member Eric Segal and his wife Joyce’s home in Southampton on Thursday, August 19, at 7 p.m.

Bay Street Theater & Sag Harbor Center for the Arts is pleased to announce a partnership with Kelly Ripa & Mark Consuelos' Milojo Productions to present its online virtual sing-along, Sip & Sing, available for live streaming on iHeartRadioBroadway.com and the iHeartRadio Broadway YouTube Channel beginning Friday, April 23.

Bay Street Theater and Friends of Bay Street announced today that critically acclaimed architecture firm Roger Ferris + Partners will design the Theater's first purpose-built home, which will house multiple spaces for the development of new work, dedicated education facilities, and public spaces.

Bay Street Theater and Friends of Bay Street announced today that architecture firm Roger Ferris + Partners will design the Theater’s first purpose-built home, which will house multiple spaces for the development of new work, dedicated education facilities and public spaces.

Friends of Bay Street, the group formed to build Bay Street Theater a new home, have hired Stephen Hamilton as the new Director of External Affairs. He comes to this position with many years as a successful arts administrator, as well as being one of the original co-founders of Bay Street Theater itself. Most recently, he served as the Acting Executive Director of the Sag Harbor Cinema.

Bay Street Theater & Sag Harbor Center for the Arts has announced its Virtual Holiday Silent Auction will open to the public beginning Sunday, November 22, through Tuesday, December 1, or GivingTuesday, a day dedicated to a global generosity movement.

Bay Street Theater & Sag Harbor Center for the Arts is pleased to announce that Dan Gasby has been elected to the Board of Trustees, effective October 22, 2020.

The Bay Street Theater announced today that it is creating its first purpose-built home that will feature multiple theaters and spaces for the development of new work, dedicated education facilities, and outdoor performance and public spaces.

Bay Street Theater & Sag Harbor Center for the Arts has announced the presentation of a $6,000 check to JBJ Soul Kitchen Food Bank in Wainscott, raised as a portion of the donations received during the one-night-only Starry Night Gala Telethon, which aired virtually at baystreet.org.

Bay Street Theater & Sag Harbor Center for the Arts is pleased to announce that Richard Kind will host this year's 29th Annual Summer Gala, A Starry Night, which will be streamed online on baystreet.org and other live stream platforms on Wednesday, July 22, at 8 p.m., with a red carpet preshow beginning at 7:30 p.m.

Bay Street Theater has just released the following statement in regards to future programming:

On the third anniversary of the fire that nearly destroyed the historic cinema, Sag Harbor Cinema and Bay Street Theater team up to usher in the Holidays and celebrate the unique and festive spirit that is the Village of Sag Harbor. Bay Street throws open its doors for hot cider, mulled wine, and a visit from Santa at 6 pm, followed at 7 pm by a free screening of Giuseppe Tornatore's Academy Award winning film Cinema Paradiso.   At the conclusion of the screening, Hollywood screenwriter and local resident Bill Collage will discuss the film with SHC's Artistic Director Giulia D'Agnolo Vallan.

Bay Street Theater & Sag Harbor Center for the Arts would like to express condolences to the family and friends of Laurel Griggs, who was a 13- year old student and Broadway actress who recently passed away from a massive asthma attack. Her sudden death stunned her Broadway and Bay Street family as castmates remembered her as an a?oeold soula?? and a?oealways happy,a?? while her Bay Street fellow campers were shocked and saddened as word finally got around.  Broadway dimmed its light in honor of the promising teen actor, and she was remembered at a service at Chelsea's Arte Café, which was attended by friends and entertainment figures.

Bay Street Theater & Sag Harbor Cinema are joining forces for a special event to benefit both organizations: a film screening, Q&A and book signing to celebrate the publication of Julie Andrews' second memoir, Home Work: A Memoir of my Hollywood Years, co-written with her daughter, Sag Harbor resident and Bay Street co-founder, Emma Walton Hamilton. The event on November 10 begins with a 3 pm film screening of Blake Edwards's That's Life! (1986), in which both Andrews and Walton Hamilton appear. Following the screening, there will be a conversation and Q&A with Andrews and Walton Hamilton, moderated by Sag Harbor Cinema's Artistic Director, Giulia D'Agnolo Vallan. All tickets include a pre-signed copy of Home Work. A limited number of VIP seats will be available for book personalization immediately following the event.

Bay Street Theater is pleased to announce that 3-play subscriptions for the 2020 Summer Mainstage Season are now on sale to buy or renew. Each subscription includes one ticket to each of the 3 Mainstage productions, and a special greatly reduced price for a 4th show during the summer season. Subscriptions are available for Tuesday through Sunday evenings as well as matiness and start at just $141 and go up depending upon day of the week. Subscription pricing is the least expensive way of seeing the Mainstage summer shows, except for students who can attend for free on Sunday matinees, and those under age 20 who can attend for $20, and those under age 30 who can pay just $30.

Bay Street Theater and Guild Hall, in association with Jamie Cesa and Bel Chiasso Entertainment present a free concert staged reading of The Romeo & Juliet Project, a new musical, featuring the music of Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo, with book by Bradley Bredeweg. This FREE community event will be held in Mashashimuet Park in Sag Harbor, NY on August 16 and 17 at 7 pm and is the latest installment of Bay Street's ongoing Under the Stars Community Outreach Program. The performance is directed by Scott Schwartz, Bay Street Theater's Artistic Director.

The National Endowment for the Arts Acting Chairman Mary Anne Carter has approved more than $80 million in grants as part of the Arts Endowment's second major funding announcement for fiscal year 2019.  Included in this announcement is an Art Works grant of $10,000 to Bay Street Theater for the Literature Live! production in 2019 for regional schools. Art Works is the Arts Endowment's principal grantmaking program. The agency received 1,592 Art Works applications for this round of grantmaking and will award 977 grants in this category.

He may have made his big mark with his arrival on Broadway in 2012 as Jesus in the revival of Jesus Christ Superstar, but last night Paul Alexander Nolan's solo debut cabaret show at Feinstein's/54 Below will now make him a superstar in nightclubs and solo concerts. With a voice that thrills, and is capable of affectively singing all genres of music from Freddy Mercury, Billy Joel, McCartney/Lennon, Sondheim, Leonard Bernstein and even J. Fred Coots 1930's 'For All We Know ', and Eden Ahbez's Nature Boy, Paul Alexander Nolan had a sensational entrance into the world of Cabaret. He's a remarkable actor, musician (guitar) and singer who possesses a voice that can go anywhere over the musical spectrum in any octave and rhythm.