**EVENING EVENT** CONVERSATION WITH RICHARD SKIPPER, JULIE HALSTON, AND MELISSA ERRICO

To accommodate those who haven’t been able to meet for lunch, we will have a 5:30pm Happy Half-Hour, dinner at 6, followed by our program, wrapping up at 8pm. $52 admission includes a three-course lunch payable at the door by cash or check only

RICHARD SKIPPER is a celebrated entertainer, writer, and speaker, best known for his portrayal of Broadway legend Carol Channing, his dynamic cabaret performances, and his contributions to the preservation and celebration of entertainment history. Skipper has built a reputation as a multi-talented entertainer with a passion for Broadway, cabaret, and classic Hollywood entertainment. Richard Skipper Celebrates is a vibrant, unscripted journey through the world of entertainment, where artists, audiences, and stories come together in a unique blend of conversation and song. This dynamic show shines a spotlight on legendary entertainers, rising stars, and industry icons, offering audiences intimate insights, engaging dialogue, and live music in a warm, celebratory atmosphere. Read MORE at RichardSkipper.com

JULIE HALSTON: Broadway: Our Town, Tootsie, You Can't Take it With You (Richard Seff Award) Gypsy, Hairspray, Anything Goes, The Twentieth Century and others; Founding member of Charles Busch's legendary theatre company; Four Drama Desk Nominations; 2021 recipient of the Isabelle Stevenson TONY AWARD. Television credits include Gossip Girl ( Sharon recurring), Law and Order SVU ( Cassie Muir), Divorce ( Sharon) The Good Fight ( Rita). She is most known however, as Bitsy Von Muffling on Sex and The City and And Just Like That. Recent Films: The Sixth Reel, Simchas and Sorrows and Chosen Family with Heather Graham. Her Comedy Appearances at Birdland are SRO events for which she has won numerous awards.

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MELISSA ERICCO Actress, recording artist and writer Melissa Errico has been called, at her Carnegie Hall debut in 2022, “a unique force in the life of the New York theater-- there’s no one quite like her!” A Tony-nominated actress for her mentor Michel Legrand’s “Amour” on Broadway - and star of such Broadway musicals as “My Fair Lady”, “High Society”, “White Christmas”, “Les Misérables” & more— she has come into her distinct own in recent years with concerts and cabarets touring the world that spin together vital and witty talk with the sublime singing that had Opera News dub her “The Maria Callas of the American musical theater.” Stephen Sondheim and Legrand, among others, have been the subjects of her solo concerts – her 2019 album “Sondheim Sublime” was called, by the Wall Street Journal, “The finest solo Sondheim album ever recorded”.  She is touring her new album, the acclaimed “Sondheim in the City” —culminating in her London solo concert hall debut at Cadogan Hall on July 12, 2025. She has also recently appeared as Mrs. Patrick Campbell in the play “Dear Liar” at the Irish Rep and premiered the role of Eleanor of Aquitaine last fall in an unforgettable concert at the Metropolitan Museum’s Cloisters, singing a new David Shire/ Adam Gopnik musical penned for her. In addition, she writes regularly about the comic twists and turns in the life of a performer for The New York Times, in a series dubbed by the newspaper “Scenes From An Acting Life.” From Paris, where she appeared last summer with her frequent concert mate Isabelle Georges at the Bal Blomet, to London, where she is a regular at Crazy Coqs cabaret – from the Elysée Palace to the stages of the Grand Rex, Montreal Jazz Festival and Carnegie Hall – she brings her inimitable mind, spirit, voice and soul to audiences around the world.