MY FRIEND, THE CAT, RETURNS
The Storefront is pleased to announce a return engagement of "My Friend,
The Cat," Phil Geoffrey Bond's tale of the blessings we receive from
the four-legged friends who grace our lives. Two special performances
will take place on Fridays, May 11th and 25th at 8:00 pm at THE WEST
BANK CAFE/LAURIE BEECHMAN THEATER (407 West 42nd Street, NYC - 212-695-6909
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http://www.westbankcafe.com/theater/schedule
). A hybrid between cabaret and traditional theatre, the piece includes
music by composers as diverse as Laura Nyro, Charlie Chaplin, John
Bucchino and even Andrew Lloyd Webber featuring celebrated vocalists
Lisa Asher, Brandon Cutrell, Julie Reyburn and Alysha Umphress.
When Phil Geoffrey Bond's beloved cat, Chesterson,
became ill early in the Spring of 2006, he took his grief to the
page. Over the course of the feline's several-week illness, Bond
wrote not only of his cat's struggle against disease, but more so
of their entire history together. From chasing cockroaches in their
first apartment, "a crappy East Village monstrosity with sloping
floors," where, during hot summers, Bond would place the feline
in the refrigerator to cool off, to wintertime road trips where
he learned that cats can indeed drive a station wagon, Bond's story
unfolds year by year.
Phil Geoffrey Bond is the author of The Citadel (Sundance
Theatre Lab, Expanded Arts), Sheridan Square and My Queer Youth
(The Duplex Cabaret Theatre), Uncommen Threads and The Death of
Innocence (Playwrights Horizons workshops, 1994 & 95), among others.
He is the recipient of five MAC (Manhattan Association of Clubs
and Cabarets) awards, the Backstage Bistro Award for Directing,
as well as the prestigious Nightlife Award for his critically-acclaimed
series, New Mondays, which debuts music from composers both aspiring
and legendary. His directing credits include Avenue Q Swings, Women
on the Stage and New Mondays in Concert (all at The Lucille Lortel
Theatre), as well as many cabaret performances and concerts at venues
ranging from Feinstein's at the Regency to BB King. He is a 1997
graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, holding dual degrees
in Acting and Dramatic Writing. In 1993, he was awarded the Presidential
Medallion from President Clinton in recognition of his outstanding
work as a playwright.
There is an $18 cover charge and a $15 food/beverage
minimum.
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