‘Music City’ brings a slice of Nashville to the – Latest News
‘City’ finds its nation twang
New York goes onward, at all times.
Francine LeFrak, producer of B’method and Hollywood winners, is behind simply opened “Music City” at St. Luke’s West forty sixth Street theater. Set in a Nashville, Tenn., bar. TV good friend Dana Perino found its Upper West Side tryout someplace in whoknowswhere long, long in the past.
Francine: “I fell for the awesome raw talent. This was an injection. I felt I had to support it. So I came out of retirement to do this. The setting is tables and chairs like a dive bar in Nashville.”
She went to Nashville, inhaled it, learn the script, knew the songs, sniffed the inventive course of again, “Knew I had to do this” and its due final evening big-time opening will likely be bigger than my mouth.
Making a Stand
The inventive contingent appears to be creating anew.
Peter J. Ward simply launched Stand By 1. It’s an all biggie studio. With him is a former NBC “Today” show producer, a former Wall Street Journal hotshot — all biggies on the employees together with high author Peter, who has interviewed me previously and formally.
Everyone’s a former VIP specializing in inside info, uncommon interviews, behind-the-scenes stuff and no matter clings to a partridge in a pear tree.
So, if on the lookout for an agent, director, producer or a job, call Peter — not me.
Season of the saucy and sultry
It’s summer time and I don’t have any potato salad for you, however I do have a few tasty treats:
James Joyce had a fetish for knickers that have been on dolls. Carried them round in his pocket.
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Gisele Bündchen, harassed as soon as for modeling fur on the catwalk, says: “I thought PETA was going to hurt me. I’ve apologized. I’m the world’s biggest animal lover. I’ve had dogs and horses and rescues all my life.” PETA can’t recall receiving any apology.
Winona Ryder was disillusioned along with her on-screen kiss with Jennifer Aniston on “Friends.” She says: “All you see is hair. You don’t see lips. I was bummed out because she’s a pretty nice kisser.”
Kevin Kline on as soon as kissing Tom Selleck in “In & Out”: “It was horrible — yet wonderful, exhilarating and thrilling.”
Susan Sarandon: “It was long back with Catherine Deneuve in ‘The Hunger.’ If you’re going to go to bed with a woman and it’s Catherine Deneuve — you definitely don’t need to be drunk.”
Took an complete shared bottle of brandy earlier than Christopher Reeve and Michael Caine summoned enough braveness to kiss one another in 1982’s “Deathtrap.”
Two faculty ladies went to NYC for a little journey. One turned to the different and stated, “I have a secret. Let me be frank with you.” The different jumped up and stated: “Oh, no,” and jumped on their mattress saying: “Let me be Frank and you can be Alice.”
Only in our New York, children, solely in our New York.
