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David hosts John Kander tribute

Here are some great shots of David attending the Vineyard Theatre’s John Kander tribute last night. He was host of the evening, which included performances from Chita Rivera, most of the Curtains cast and loads more. Click ‘Read the rest of this entry’ for more!

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More Temperamentals photos

Here’s some more pics of David and Brian at the Temperamentals premiere. According to this review of the show, David and Brian will be on the panel at TalkOut Monday on 5 April. The first TalkOut Monday featuring Paul Rudnick and Larry Kramer is up on the Temperamentals website in video form, so hopefully we’ll get footage of David and Brian too! (Thanks to nilespatient and josmonster from the forum!)

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David sees A Behanding In Spokane

Here’s some pics of David on his way to see the new Martin McDonagh play, A Behanding In Spokane, starring Christopher Walken and Sam Rockwell. Sounds like an awesome show!

Watch David in the Shakespeare Sessions

Those Footlights boys are really spoiling us. Not only are they uploading a ton of Powers That Be episodes to their Youtube channel, but they also added this rarity – the Shakespeare Sessions. David plays Benedick to Cynthia Nixon’s Beatrice in this gorge scene from Much Ado About Nothing, coached by John Barton of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Enjoy!

Interview with a pre-Tonys David

The LA Times has a 2007 interview with David where he talks about his Tony nomination for Curtains and his second stint as Sideshow Cecil on The Simpsons.

Click HERE to watch it on Quicktime or Windows Media Player.

Watch David in The Powers That Be

Thanks to Footlights Media, there’s a great ep of The Powers That Be available for viewing on Youtube – the season one finale ‘Charlerella.’ Click ‘Read the rest of this entry’ for parts two and three and don’t forget to get back to us with your comments!

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Five reasons to look forward to La Bete

London culture blog Spoonfed is excited about La Bete! They even link to Ken Levine’s ‘Three Valentines’ blog post.

1. Joanna Lumley
Patsy! Er … Joanna sees Prince Conti become Princess in Matthew Warchus’s version, duly whipping her theatre boy to get what she wants. With Lumley and David Hyde Pierce on board for this 17th century comedy, it’s difficult to see how La Bete will disappoint.
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David at The Temperamentals premiere

Here’s David at the premiere of off-Broadway play The Temperamentals last night. It got great reviews – can’t wait for David’s TalkOut Monday!

Sondheim birthday concert to be televised by PBS

PBS will be filming the David-hosted Sondheim birthday concert for its Great Performances series, to air sometime in the fall.

This is great news as the concerts, due to take place on 15-16 March at the New York Philharmonic, are long sold out!

Besides David on hosting duties, the concert will feature performances from Michael Cerveris, Victoria Clark, Jason Danieley, Patti LuPone, Marin Mazzie and Bernadette Peters.

See Playbill.com for more details.