"MY FRIEND THE CAT" HAS FINAL PERFORMANCE JUNE 22nd
The final performance of "My Friend, The Cat," Phil Geoffrey Bond's
tale of the blessings we receive from the four-legged friends who
grace our lives will take place Friday, June 22nd 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
). The piece traces the ten year relationship between a gay man and
his cat, and the history they share together.
My Friend, The Cat opened in February and has been
playing sporadically since then. The show relates the pair's adventures,
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 roadtrips where you learn that cats can indeed drive
a station wagon, Bond's story unfolds year by year.
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 (guess
which musical) featuring celebrated vocalists Lisa Asher, Brandon
Cutrell, Julie Reyburn and Alysha Umphress. Musical Direction is
by Ray Fellman.
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.
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