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Virtual Master Class with Stephanie Klapper

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Our latest Virtual Master Class Video features Stephanie Klapper (Casting Director, Stephanie Klapper Casting; Bronx Bombers, A Christmas Story on Broadway, Pride and Prejudice, Dividing the Estate, and more at Primary Stages, “Lazytown”). Stephanie discusses her career in casting, advice for actors auditioning and self-taping, and the realities of theater post-COVID. Read more of Stephanie’s thoughts below and CLICK HERE to view her Master Class video on YouTube! “I have been reflecting a lot about how I want to come out on the other side of this time. I would like to use this time to make some contributions to our community, to my family, and to the world at large. I have been thinking a lot about what it means to be kind, mindful, and more aware. A longtime friend of mine and I were talking early on in our Covid -19 stay at home order days, about the need for the world and our environment needing to rest and recharge. I guess, in a sense, I am trying too, to recharge. I have been participating in more …

Party with Primary!

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Tune into the 65th Annual Drama Desk Awards on Sunday, May 31 at 7:30pm ET. To toast and celebrate our incredible nominees, we’re making: You can order all your ingredients for delivery from Crush Wine & Spirits on East 57th Street! Place all orders by phone Mon-Fri from 11am – 6pm. Plus they’re just around the corner from our home at 59E59 Theaters! Oh, and if you’ve made it this far and would like to attend our Virtual Viewing Party on Zoom, email alex@primarystages.org referencing the blog and you’ll be added to our guest list!

Tearjerkers Film Club: Random Harvest

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Hosted by Charles Busch, Writer and Star of The Confession of Lily Dare Tuesday, May 5 at 5pm ET via Zoom For our Random HarvestTearjerker Film Club discussion, we’ll make Charles’ favorite drink: The Negroni. Let’s put the “Camp” in “Campari”! Here’s a recipe to make your own! Or order DANTE on DEMAND. One of our favorite West Village haunts, Dante has their full Negroni menu available – to go, pick up & delivery! What will it be? Classico? Or if you’re feeling more adventurous, there’s the Choc Negroni, Lavender Negroni, Negroni Bianco, and The Unlikely Negroni (think… TEQUILA, pineapple, banana, sesame, chilli, coconut). Announcing the Tearjerkers Film Club, inspired by Charles Busch’s Top Ten Tearjerkers Series and hosted by members of the company of our recent NYT Critic’s Pick production of Charles Busch’s The Confession of Lily Dare. On select Tuesdays, a member of the company will host a happy hour at 5pm via Zoom to discuss one of Charles Busch’s top ten favorite tearjerker films. Prior to the happy hour, watch the movie on YouTube or Amazon and see Charles’ …

Tearjerkers Film Club: Camille

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Hosted by Howard McGillin, Blackie Lambert in The Confession of Lily Dare Tuesday, April 28 at 5pm ET via Zoom For our CamilleTearjerker Film Club discussion, Howard is making… “a Whiskey-Ginger Highball in honor of Greta Garbo, who famously orders the drink in her talkies debut in the title role in Anna Christie:  ‘Give me a whiskey, ginger ale on the side. And don’t be stingy, baby!’ ”  Here’s a recipe to make your own! Or order large format cocktail batches from The Garret East – delivery or pick-up available! Ready to serve – just pour over ice, 750 ML bottles (that’s six cocktails!), delivered within 15-20 minutes, and 100% of proceeds go directly to the bar staff. 2PM – 8PM every day. Announcing the Tearjerkers Film Club, inspired by Charles Busch’s Top Ten Tearjerkers Series and hosted by members of the company of our recent NYT Critic’s Pick production of Charles Busch’s The Confession of Lily Dare. On select Tuesdays, a member of the company will host a happy hour at 5pm via Zoom to discuss one of Charles Busch’s top ten favorite …

Borg’s Happy Pandemix

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For those of you with Spotify – I have created a Spotify playlist of over 13 hours of toe-tappin’, happy-makin’, smile-enducin’, virus-beatin’ tracks to help you keep up your energy and stay positive!  (I even included some old 1930’s tunes inspired by the LILY DARE Men’s dressing room!) PLAY IT IN SHUFFLE – it is eclectic and all over the map with fun music from the past 80 years. CHRISTOPHER BORG (Louis, The Baron, Dr. Carlton, Maestro Guardi, Priest). Judith of Bethulia (Urdamini the Eunuch), Red Scare of Sunset (Barker – staged reading). Off-Broadway: Penny Pennyworth, The Play About the Naked Guy. New York Neo-Futurists (writer/performer): The Complete & Condensed Stage Directions of Eugene O-Neill Vol. 2, Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind. NY: Doric Wilson’s Street Theatre (Murfino), And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little, Off the King’s Road. Regional: Shakespeare’s R&J (Juliet), Gross Indecency, Raised in Captivity, Bent, Pterodactyls. 2 years at The Shakespeare Theatre Company.

Tearjerkers Film Club: Now, Voyager

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Hosted by Carl Andress, Director of The Confession of Lily Dare Tuesday, April 21 at 5pm ET via Zoom For our Now, Voyager Tearjerker Film Club discussion, Carl is making… “a Bourbon Old Fashioned, as that is one of the cocktails Jerry and Charlotte mention by name and drink in the movie!” Here’s a recipe to make your own! Or order a cocktail for delivery from one of our close friends and West Village restaurant partners, Analogue. Their Quarantine Cocktails are $12.50 each (two drink minimum and $1 popcorn add-on). Check out their instagram for an up-to-date menu. You can also order an ounce or two of whiskey in a mason jar (which can be returned for 25% off your next order!) – a great chance to try a whiskey before committing to a whole bottle. Announcing the Tearjerkers Film Club, inspired by Charles Busch’s Top Ten Tearjerkers Series and hosted by members of the company of our recent NYT Critic’s Pick production of Charles Busch’s The Confession of Lily Dare. On select Tuesdays, a member of the company will host a …