By Lynda Sturner****LaLa loves summer in Ptown. The snow is over, days are longer and The Lobster Pot and Spiritius Pizza are open. Bring it on! You can feel it in the air. Commercial Street is getting ready. They’re paving the sidewalks, painting the decks and the Cabaret venues have announced their 2019 schedules.
So print this column out or save it online. Keep it handy to plan your long hot evenings, where anything goes in this “best of all possible towns.”
To kick off the Summer Season, Ptown came to life with the Provincetown CabaretFest 2019, from May 29-June 1, so there’s plenty of time to catch these great shows and performers:
Friday, May 31 – at Pilgrim House
Jeff Macauley – Mr. Lucky, the songs of Henry Mancini – 4pm
Michael Garin & Mardie Millit – Swinging through the Sixties – 5:30pm
Sharon McNight – Gone But not Forgotten – 7pm
Saturday, June 1 – at White Wind Inn
Patricia Fitzpatrick – Memories of the Playboy Club – 2pm
Saturday, June 1 – at Pilgrim House
Marieann Meringolo – The Music of Michel Legrand – 4pm
Saturday, June 1 – at Provincetown Art House
Warren Schein – Dream Along With Me, the Perry Como Song Book with Tom LaMark Band- 7pm
Nicolas King – An Evening with Nicolas King with Tom LaMark Band – 9pm
Great news! Randy Rainbow is coming back to Ptown, Saturday, July 27 at Town Hall.
The Art House
Mark Cortale has a whopper of a season. Seth Rudetsky, the man I call Mr. Broadway, is returning with a lineup you can only dream about. Rudetsky, one of the most skilled interviewers around, gets his stars to tell all and sing their most popular songs. You watch them on an intimate stage, which sometimes feels like you’re sitting in your own living room.
Full Summer Runs:
June 21- September 6 Varla Jean Merman
June 27- August 30 Judy Gold
June 29-September 8 Miss Conception
June 30- September 8 The Kinsey Sicks
July 2-September 5 Steve Grand
July 3 – September 5 The First Wives Fight Club with Varla Jean Merman, Jinkx Monsoon and Liza Lotts
Summer Schedule:
June 22-23 Branden & James
July 5-6 – Gavin Creel
July 12-13 Jessie Mueller
August 28-September 1 Christine Pedi
July 3 & July 29 Tori Scott
July 15 Bianca Del Rio
July 21-22 Melissa Errico
Aug 3, 5 & 6 Deven Green
August 4 Debra Messing and Kathy Najimy
August 9 –10 Michael Cerveris
August 9-10 Unitard Badassy
August 11 Bob The Drag Queen
August 11-16 Well-Strung
August 16-17 Liz Callaway
August 25 Faith Prince
August 29-September 1 Marilyn Maye with Billy Stritch
Rick Murray at Crown & Anchor whips up excitement with stars appearing in The Paramount Room and Town Hall this summer. Before the show, it’s dinner, drinks and great plump oysters. Wonderful Bobby Weatherbee is back at the piano Friday & Saturday nights. Sing along, as he plays Broadway and contemporary favorites.
July 1 -2 Lisa Lampanelli
July 13 Margaret Cho
July 22 Lucie Arnaz
July 23 Lillias White
August 13 – 14 Will & Anthony
August 5 – 6 Linda Lavin
August 10 Fran Drescher
August 12 Lorna Luft
August 13 John Lloyd Young
August 27 Linda Eder
Pilgrim House
Full Summer Runs:
June 1 – September 13 Miss Ridgefield – Gender Fluids
June 7 – September 21 Marti Gould Cummings – Farm Boy
June 8 – August 24 IMPROVincetown
June 15 – September 4 Return of Mr. Aloha – Esera Tuaolo
June 15 – September 21 Kristin Becker – Mental Stealth Tour
June 21 – September 7 Lee Squared – The Liberace and Peggy Lee Comeback Tour
Summer Schedule:
July 4 – July 9 Dixie Longate – Dixie’s Tupperware Party
July 10 – 12 Mrs. Kasha Davis – There’s Always Time for A Cocktail!
July 15 – 16 Justin Sayre – There’s A Cream for That” –
July 17 – 19 Daniel Franzese – YASS! You’re Amazing
July 24 – 26 Melissa Crispo
August 5 – 6 Suzanne Vega – A very Special Intimate Solo Acoustical Evening
August 7 – 9 Ada Cox –
The Provincetown Theater
May 28 – June 19 A Different Star Every Week
July 8 – August 29 Sweeney Todd
Peregrine Theater Ensemble
July 6 – August 31 Cabaret
September 26 – 29 The Tennessee Williams Theater Festival
Other Fabulous Events:
Summer 2019 Scream Along With Billy Hough
May 30 – June 2 Women of Color Weekend
May 31 Gay Pride Weekend
June 6 – 2 The Provincetown International Film Festival
July 13 – 21 Bear Week
July 27 – August 3 Provincetown Family Equality Week
August 15 – 19 Provincetown Jazz Festival
August 15 – 24 Carnival Week The Enchanted Forest
August 22 41st Annual Carnival Parade
Zoe Lewis
June 23 Speakeasy with Zoe Lewis and the Bootleggers
August 27 Speakeasy with Zoe Lewis and the Bootleggers
October 17 Speakeasy with Zoe Lewis and the Bootleggers
Ryan Landry is back this summer at the Fisherman Hall with a new show, The Ebonic Woman. Monday night it’s Ryan’s Showgirls at the A House. Stay tuned for dates and times.
LaLa is excited, thrilled and can’t wait for the newest hot spot in town to open in early June. Ptown favorite and star of the Netflix series “Orange is the New Black,” Lea DeLaria and her partner, Frank Christopher, owner of New York City’s Smoke Jazz and Super Club, bought the Pied, a longtime fabulous girls dance club and are transforming it into The Club, A Jazz and Supper Club. Two shows a night, featuring among others DeLaria, Billy Hough, Justin Vivian Bond, Rachel Ray Jones and lots and lots of food, glorious food.
For Venue information, click here.
