MONDAY NEWS

Whisky Business, A Single-Malt Scotch Tasting tomorrow! Come to it! Here's what we're auctioning:

The Whisky LOVER Package...value $300
2 tickets to PROM
$100 gift certificate to Amarone Restaurant
Bottle of The Macallan 18 Year

The All Star Package...value $400
Bottle of Highland Park 25 Year
Double Gold Medal Winner -San Francisco Spirits Competition
Bottle of The Macallan Fine Oak 17 Year
The Peerless Spirit
Bottle of Famous Grouse Malt 12 Year
The Most Popular Whisky in Scotland

The Pure Decadence Package...value $550
Bottle of Highland Park 30 Year
Bottle of Highland Park 18 Year
Bottle of Famous Grouse Malt 12 Year
Michael Cluizel Chocolate Nuancier Grandes Teneurs en Cacao Tasting Box


Prom after that...we're the editor's pick baby...

What's that? You can't go to either but you desperately want to support The Shalimar's incredible artistic endeavors? What are you waiting for? Donate now!

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in just one week...
please join us for...

WHISKY BUSINESS
a single-malt Scotch tasting
featuring Martin Daraz, the Highland Park US Brand Ambassador



Tuesday, May 1st
at The Interart
500 W. 52nd Street at 10th Ave.
7pm - Brooklyn Brewery Happy Hour
8pm - Whisky Tasting

Taste the best whisky in the world, enjoy delicious dessert pairings, learn how Scotch is made, and chase it all down with Brooklyn Brewery beer.

Live auction with FANTASTIC WHISKY PRIZES!

Whisky Visitor Ticket
$45 in advance/$55 at the door
taste FOUR whiskies including 25 year old Highland Park

Whisky VIP Ticket
$80 in advance/$90 at the door
taste NINE whiskies including 30 year old Highland Park

BIG DISCOUNT FOR YOU!
Whisky Visitor Ticket for $30 with code BUDDY1
Whisky VIP Ticket for $65 with code BUDDY2

for tickets click here
or call 212-352-3101

all proceeds to benefit The Shalimar
www.shalimarproductions.org

MONDAY NEWS

We saw a lot of AMAZING men in the last couple of weeks, enough to make Joey and I start seriously thinking about making a straight play, something American and classic, just to accomodate all of these stunning men. And whatever Alabama Shakes MFA program is selling, I'm buying. We saw a couple of guys from that school who were absolutely stunning. Their voices are like butter and they have presence and energy and yowza. I'm not usually one to applaud the theater grad school system here, but these guys maybe changed my mind...

Despite seeing fifty or so gorgeous talented wonderful men, we could only choose one for Hippolytus. We are so thrilled to welcome the incredible and talented Joe Curnutte to the cast.



In other news, on Saturday night we participated in...an off-off Broadway dance off. It was part of a fundraiser for Terra Nova, a company I don't know, but they seem like fun people (the leader of the pack did an amazing Jennifer Beals/Flashdance number. He had great legwarmers...). Allison Prouty grabbed me at her show last weekend and asked me if we would like to participate. To which I replied, "Dude. We will mop the floor with the other companies."

Which we would have. If the other companies, well one company in particular, hadn't played dirty. FILTHY.

We were up against Groove Mama, a company that is run by my buddy Kara and another company who I didn't know. We went first and I will say it... Laura Lee, Marissa, Jen, Kim, and Joey rocked hard. They did My Humps from LA FEMME, ammended slightly for girl-on-girl action (we added in a Showgirls reference). They shook their humps and their lumps and the audience went wild. Mando led the cheering. Charles looked flustered and embarassed. They warmed the room for the next performers. I was so proud.

The next group did an acoustic number from their show. They were high energy and fun.

And then Groove Mama came out, looking like the drag queens they are, in low cut dresses, gloves, boas, etc...and they stripped. All the way down to tap pants and pasties. That's right, pasties. And they swung that shit around. They swung it so hard that a certain husband of a certain Groove Mama said he worried they were going to fly right off. And he wasn't talking about the sequined pasties.

They won. Of course they won. They got their tits out. Our intricate well-rehearsed hip hop number with its tongue-in-cheek irony couldn't compare with tits. Hell, Jen even cheered for them. And they used a fan, an idea we will, of course, be stealing.

It wasn't such a harsh loss. I got to bury my face in Kara's boobs. Which was...ahem...nice. And I was reminded of something I have always believed. You can get anything if you get naked. Really. Nudity will always be rewarded in some form, even be it just for having the balls to show the skin. Later an audience member who had cheered for us told us that we shouldn't trust the masses. But I think the masses are the only thing we can trust. It's the only thing I believe in anymore. A group of people cheering for the most gaudy, the most garish, the most terrible, the most wonderful. When the crowd speaks, you listen. And on Saturday night the crowd was saying WE LOVE TITS.

Next time we'll be butt ass naked, let me tell you.

MONDAY NEWS

Clearly you should come to our prom. And our Whisky Tasting. We like when people drink and dance!

PARTY PARTY PARTY!

THE SHALIMAR has two amazing events coming up!

Save the Date for...

WHISKY BUSINESS
a single-malt Scotch tasting
featuring Martin Daraz, the Highland Park US Brand Ambassador




Tuesday, May 1st
at The Interart
500 W. 52nd Street at 10th Ave.
7pm - Brooklyn Brewery Happy Hour
8pm - Whisky Tasting

Taste the best whisky in the world, enjoy delicious dessert pairings, learn how Scotch is made, and chase it all down with Brooklyn Brewery beer.

Live auction with FANTASTIC WHISKY PRIZES!

Whisky Visitor Ticket
$45 in advance/$55 at the door
taste FOUR whiskies including 25 year old Highland Park

Whisky VIP Ticket
$80 in advance/$90 at the door
taste NINE whiskies including 30 year old Highland Park

for tickets click here
or call 212-352-3101

all proceeds to benefit The Shalimar
www.shalimarproductions.org

and coming up May 12th...

FLASH AND TRASH
Beer Prom at the Ukrainian Center



tickets available here

MONDAY NEWS

Just when you think the casting process is over...

The Shalimar is holding replacement auditions for its upcoming production of LA FEMME EST MORTE, a modern-day Phaedra adaptation, directed by Shoshona Currier. Classic and contemporary text are mashed up together in this satire of America's celebrity obsessionin the midst of war.

Seeking:

Hippolytus. Male. Age 18-25. Confident, arrogant yet innocent, celebrity royalty. Seeking very physical actor (boxing and dancing required) who can handle classical text.

Dates:
Rehearsals in June/July in NYC
Performances in August in Edinburgh
Performances in September TBA

Small stipend and travel included.

Please send headshots/resumes to staffing@shalimarproductions.org or mail to:

The Shalimar
15 Broadway Terrace, #2D
New York, NY 10040

Electronic submissions are preferred as auditions will be held very soon.

www.shalimarproductions.org

MONDAY NEWS

a day late. even a couple of weeks late. but here's what I got...

Our Edinburgh venue is CONFIRMED! LA FEMME EST MORTE or Why I Should Not F!%# My Son will be playing the King Dome at the Pleasance at 4pm every day! Mark your calendars!

stirring had a fabulous closing weekend. More on that and new pictures soon.

We finished casting the ladies of the chorus. We're so excited to have Laura Lee and Marissa on board! Also we saw so many amazing women for those roles. It's always helpful to see new actors and we saw a whole bunch, many of whom we will be grabbing for the Minstrel Show.

Speaking of The Minstrel Show, it has been rescheduled for the fall. Look for it before Christmas!

We have major parties coming up! Our first whisky tasting will be on Tuesday May 1st, featuring NINE whiskys and the Highland Park Whisky Brand Ambassador.

And mark your calendars for The PROM on May 12th to be held at the Ukranian National Home on St. Marks. More info coming real soon.

Husband and I went to Dressed to Kilt last night, the pseudo fabulous Scottish party and fashion show. We went with the amazing David Eustace (no one wears a kilt like that man) who photographed us for the Glasgow Herald in 2005, as well as Brian the manager of Public, Charlotte a comedian from Glasgow, Amanda who works for the BBC and the ladies who run Colours Modeling Agency in Glasgow. The event itself was a little boring. Lots of Tartan, not enough food. I was drunk within 12 minutes. The after party at the Pink Elephant was drunken debauchery. None of this really seems like news, you're thinking. Except that I got to meet someone fun and fabulous who now Joey and I are stalking on myspace. I want her to be my friend! Stay tuned for more details...