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Bits and Pieces: 10.31.19

Tue, 10/29/2019 - 11:14

‘Fleabag’ Onscreen

Fans of “Fleabag,” the Emmy Award-winning comedy-drama starring Phoebe Waller-Bridge, won’t want to miss Friday’s 7 p.m. National Theatre Live screening at Guild Hall of the play that inspired the series. Written and performed by Ms. Waller-Bridge, the show was filmed when it ran on London’s West End in August, six years after it debuted at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

In his review of the recent production, which Ms. Waller-Bridge has said will be the play’s final theatrical run, Nick Curtis of the Evening Standard concluded, “At heart, this is storytelling in a beautifully pure form: just Waller-Bridge, her rolling eyes and expressive half-sneer, a chair, a couple of voice-overs and some distressing guinea pig sound effects. A triumph.”

Tickets are $18, $16. The cost is $96 with the addition of a private pre-screening dinner hosted by The East Hampton Star at the Maidstone Hotel in East Hampton.

Rock and Comedy

The Sixties Show, a New York band dedicated to the music, gear, and mod clothing of that era, will rock Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor starting at 8 Friday night. The group includes former members of Bob Dylan’s band, the Kinks, and the Saturday Night Live band, among others, and together they re-create the hits, B-sides, and deep album cuts of that decade, accompanied by archival audio and newsreel footage. Tickets are $35 in advance, $45 Friday.

Amarie Castillo, a comedian, producer, and sports personality (“Two Minute Warning,” NPR’s “Only a Game”), will host a new All-Star Comedy Show Saturday at 8 p.m. Presented in partnership with Joseph Vecsey (Optimum’s “The Unmovers,” Netflix’s “Father of the Year”), the show will feature sets by Caitlin Peluffo (“The Late Show With Stephen Colbert”) and Ian Fidance (“Late Night With Seth Meyers,” “The Last O.G.”). Tickets are $30 in advance, $40 the day of the show.

Cuban Salsa Party

The Southampton Cultural Center will present a Cuban Salsa Social Evening with Son Milanes, a five-piece Latin band from New York City, on Saturday at 7 p.m. According to justsalsa.com, salsa is a synthesis of European and African musical influences that was born in Cuba. Cuban salsa developed from Cuban son, which first appeared in Havana around 1920 and introduced African instruments to the Cuban orchestras of that time.

Son Milanes is fronted by two brothers, Nestor and Luis Milanes, and consists of piano, bass, percussion, trombone, and vocals. Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 at the door. Light refreshments will be served.

Broadway Sing-Along

Jobs Pub, a monthly program that transforms the Southampton Arts Center into an East End version of such New York piano bars as Marie’s Crisis Cafe and The Duplex, will feature a Broadway sing-along with a new host-accompanist, Jim Melilla, Friday at 7 p.m.

A composer, writer, and teacher as well as a performer, Mr. Merillat has worked on and Off Broadway with such stars as Jason Robards, José Quintero, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Judith Ivy, and Edward Norton. Tickets are $15, $10 for members, and include wine and other refreshments.


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