With jazz violist Aaron Weinstein, Musto will perform “I Loves You, Porgy.” Also on the bill: Flotilla DeBarge, Cheryl Freeman (who played the Acid Queen in the Broadway production of the Who’s “Tommy”), Kasha Davis (from “RuPaul’s Drag Race”), Jill Sobule (“I Kissed a Girl”, “Supermodel”), Brini Maxwell (Ben Sander’s drag character), Amber Martin, Ari Kiki, Kenyon Phillips, and Markus Kelle, all singing what Musto described as a “mix of Broadway, disco, and cabaret diva classics”.Ībout the beneficiary, Gays Against Guns, Musto said, “I’ve been involved with them since last year, in the wake of the Orlando shooting. Showbiz” Murray Hill, he’ll be performing “The Lady is a Tramp” - with updated lyrics, “because,” quipped Musto, “neither one of us is a lady.”
She’s been hot lately, with numerous appearances on “Inside Amy Schumer,” the 2017 film “Patti Cake$,” her just-filmed pilot for Amazon, “Love You More,” and a standing ovation for her performance of Janis Joplin’s “Piece of My Heart” on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” back in August. Prominent among them is Bridget Everett, whom Musto mentions he gave early coverage to back in the 1990s. I can’t believe some of the people I get to perform with in this show.” No matter how bad I am, there’s always the other person to help carry it! I’m pinching myself. When you’re singing in a duet you always have your partners as a safety net. “People are always encouraging me to sing,” he crowed. Musto didn’t mind the misunderstanding a bit. Stone's bio-pic about King (“Battle of the Sexes”) had just been released, which partially explains the eclecticism of the trio.Īccording to Musto, he initially suggested the duets concept as a night of numbers performed by other singers, but the club’s bookers understood him to mean something more like those records where Frank Sinatra or Tony Bennett sings with a succession of partners, with Musto anchoring the evening. The very first week, said Musto, Paul McCartney, Emma Stone, and Billie Jean King all arrived as part of the same party. I’m calling it ‘Café Carlyle Meets CBGBs.’”Ĭumming’s connection to the club makes for a high likelihood of celebrity sightings. “It’s a wonderful mix of high-brow and low-brow,” Musto said. The transformed space is being called a “fantasy performance salon”. The new space is essentially a reboot of Eastern Bloc, the gay bar at 505 East 6th Street, co-owned by Benjamin Maisani and Darren Dryden, with the continued involvement of nightlife promoter Danny Nardicio. The first “Michael Musto Duets” show on September 23 was one of the first entertainments to grace the stage of the brand-new Club Cumming. Nightlife maven appears in a dozen duets to support Gays Against Guns
Just sitting down and writing all day is not enough for me.” And in the early ‘80s I fronted a Motown cover band called the Must. In college, I was in Gilbert and Sullivan productions. I was in SING! I won Best Actor that year, which is a credit I never tire of bragging about. “I’ve always loved to sing,” Musto told Gay City News. Titled “Musto Duets Deux”, the proceeds from the night will benefit Gays Against Guns. Joining him onstage will be the likes of Bridget Everett, Murray Hill, Flotilla DeBarge, and a dozen more. Somebody Somewhere is part of an HBO scripted comedy roster that also includes Avenue 5, Barry, Los Espookys, The Righteous Gemstones and The White Lotus, among others.Perhaps lesser known is the fact that he also sings! On Saturday, November 11, he will present his second evening of musical duets with a little help from his friends at Club Cumming, Alan Cumming’s new East Village venue. Murray Hill, Jon Hudson Odom, Heidi Johanningmeier and Jane Brody recur in the series.Įverett exec produces alongside Bos, Thureen, Carolyn Strauss, Jay and Mark Duplass, Patricia Breen and Tyler Romary.
I want it to have a life the characters are interesting and lived in,” Everett said when asked if her character could parallel her own life and move from Kansas to New York.Įverett stars alongside Jeff Hiller, Mary Catherine Garrison, Danny McCarthy and Mike Hagerty. I’d be happy with a season two green light.
If we had 10 seasons and had to take her to New York, then we would. “I don’t think going to New York is what Sam would do. In an interview last week with THR podcast TV’s Top 5, Everett said she, Bos and Thureen had already discussed what a second season might look like and hopes for a long run at HBO.
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