The following is from Montclair Public Library:
Montclair Public Library and its Foundation are hosting Alan Cumming at the Main Library on Saturday, October 15 at 2 p.m. As part of the Open Book/Open Mind series, Cumming will have a conversation about his book You Gotta Get Bigger Dreams with Montclair native Frank Hentschker.
From his Tony-award winning performance in Cabaret, to Hamlet on the London stage, to his role in The Good Wife, Cumming is a genuine triple-threat as an acclaimed stage, television, and film star. He will discuss his career and his new book, full of personal photos, real-life stories of louche late-night parties, backstage anecdotes, and memories of loves and friends.
Hentschker will lead the conversation. He is Executive Director and Program Director for CUNY Graduate Center’s Martin E. Segal Theatre, where he founded the PRELUDE Festival and the PEN World Voices Playwrights Series.
There are a limited number of seats by reservation. Remaining seats are first come, first served. Books will be available for purchase from Watchung Booksellers.
The 2016 Open Book/Open Mind series is sponsored by Susan and Thomas Dunn.
To register, visit montclairlibrary.org/openbook or call 973-744-0500 ext 2235.
Following his library visit, he will be performing Alan Cumming Sings Sappy Songs at the Mayo Performing Arts Center in Morristown at 8 p.m. In this cabaret show, Cumming creates an emotional firestorm, ranging from songs of Noel Coward and Rufus Wainwright to Sondheim, Annie Lennox, and perhaps even Miley Cyrus. For more information, visit mayoarts.org.
About Montclair Public Library
Founded in 1893, the Montclair Public Library serves the citizens of Montclair, New Jersey through two facilities: the Main Library at 50 S. Fullerton Avenue and the Bellevue Branch at 185 Bellevue Avenue. The mission of the Montclair Public Library is to change lives every day through words, ideas, and community connections. The library’s vision is to be the place where community happens—the center of the Montclair community.
About Alan Cumming
Alan Cumming is an award-winning actor, artist, writer, activist, photographer, and raconteur. He has won an Olivier award for his work on the London stage, and a Tony for his work on Broadway; he appeared in all seven seasons of CBS’ The Good Wife for which he received multiple Emmy and Golden Globe nominations. He is currently touring a cabaret show Alan Cumming Sings Sappy Songs and recently released an album of the same name. He is the author of novel Tommy’s Tale and the #1 New York Times best-selling memoir Not My Father’s Son.
About Frank Hentschker
Frank Hentschker (Executive Director, The Segal Center) who holds a Ph.D. in theatre from the now legendary Institute for Applied Theatre Studies in Giessen, Germany, came to the Graduate Center in 2001 as program director for the Graduate Center’s Martin E. Segal Theatre Center and was appointed to the central doctoral faculty in theatre in 2009. Among the vital events and series he founded at the Segal Center are the World Theatre Performance series, the annual fall PRELUDE Festival, and the PEN World Voices Playwrights Series. Before coming to The Graduate Center, Hentschker founded and directed DISCURS, the largest European student theater festival existing today; he acted as Hamlet in Heiner Müller’s Hamletmaschine, directed by the playwright, performed in the Robert Wilson play The Forest (music by David Byrne) and worked as an assistant for Robert Wilson for many years. Frank currently teaches Theatre History at Columbia University.
