{"id":1467,"date":"2019-04-07T17:54:14","date_gmt":"2019-04-07T17:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thestandardps.com\/?p=1467"},"modified":"2019-04-10T16:24:21","modified_gmt":"2019-04-10T16:24:21","slug":"one-night-only","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thestandardps.com\/?p=1467","title":{"rendered":"One Night Only"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Broadway Showstoppers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>By Ian Ewing<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this\nyear\u2019s show, One Night Only Broadway Showstoppers, Broadway and Hollywood\nperformers will come together for an evening of all your favorite songs from\nthe greatest musicals. Because of the show\u2019s stellar reputation, many veteran\ncabaret performers can\u2019t wait to be part of it.&nbsp; All performers donate their time and talent for this\none-of-a kind performance. Performer appearance is subject to availability.\nThis year\u2019s performers include: Loni Ackerman, Christine Andreas, Don\nAmendolia, Lucie Arnaz, Brent Barrett, John Barrowman, Jim Brochu, Ann Hampton\nCallaway, Liz Callaway, Scott Coulter, Nita Whitaker and Karen Ziemba to name a\nfew. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One Night\nOnly will be directed by famed Broadway choreographer and director Larry\nFuller, with music direction by Christopher Marlowe and presented by Michael\nChilders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nlegendary and world-renowned photographer, Michael Childers has photographed\nsome of the most iconic stars in Hollywood. &nbsp;From Natalie Wood and Groucho Marx to John Travolta, Grace\nJones and Andy Warhol. Chances are that if the were photographed, Michael was\nbehind the lens. His iconic style is unmistakable. For those who are unaware,\nMichael is also a philanthropist. He has been on the board of several\norganizations including the Palm Springs International Film Festival, the Palm\nSprings Art Museum and Jewish Family Services. But today\nwe are here to talk about one in particular; One Night Only and Barbara Sinatra\nChildren\u2019s Center, the organization this event benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Michael, thank you for taking the time to\ntalk to us. I know you must be very busy with the event quickly approaching so\nlet\u2019s get right to it.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>You\nare world renowned for your photography;&nbsp;\nhave you retired from that and are you more dedicated to your\nphilanthropic work ?<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>My life in\nphotography has been in continual renewal with exciting exhibitions around the\ncountry.&nbsp; I have 3-4 exhibitions\ncoming up next year and two shows at Yale University this summer in June. It\u2019s\nnice to live off the archives of 50 years of work. I donate thousands of\ndollars\u2019 worth of photographs each year to my favorite charities for their\nauctions. It\u2019s one way of keeping my involvement with much needed philanthropy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>What\nwas the impetus for starting One Night Only?<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>One Night Only actually began in 2002 and it\u2019s our 15th\nyear. It continues to amaze me, excite me, and challenge me to do better and\nbetter. I have been so blessed by my golden Rolodex of performers, who\ncontinually give their time and their talent to this show, as well as some\namazing directors and musical directors<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Can\nyou tell us a bit about the charity it benefits, the Barbara Sinatra Children\u2019s\nCenter?<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This\nyear\u2019s show is called <em>Broadway\nShowstoppers<\/em> and will benefit the Barbara Sinatra Children\u2019s Center. I am\nso impressed by their much needed and brilliant work serving hundreds of abused\nchildren from all over the valley. It\u2019s an amazing place to visit as well as to\nsupport. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>How\ndo you select your performers?<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>I\nselect the performers by finding the best possible people I can think of to\nsing the songs that the musical director and I have chosen. We are particularly\nlucky that all of the New York performers want to leave the cold and snow after\na long winter and come out to the desert. This is good bait to get them here.\nWe are so lucky and blessed to have two great sponsors, Aqua Caliente Resort\nCasino Spa as well as JetBlue, who without them, this show would not be\npossible. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>The\nshow usually last close to 2 hours long without an intermission, why was it\nproduced this way?<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For\nmany years this was a two-act show with an intermission, but we tried to keep\nthe pace up and condense the show into 90 minutes of power packed songs that\nthe audience truly loves. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>This\nis the 14<sup>th<\/sup> year of One Night Only and from day one you\u2019ve always\nhad a completely sold out event, why do think that\u2019s so?<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This\nshow is legendary in the desert. I think it sells out every year because we\nhave been able to keep the talent at such a high level. There are so many loyal\nfans of this show and devoted press throughout the valley who help us publicize\nthe event. It has a wonderful life of its own. It\u2019s renowned for its quality of\nA-plus performers who are is seldom seen here. It\u2019s nice that 90% of our performers\nare then hired by other venues such as The Annenberg Theater. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Going\nback to your photography for a moment, you recently had&nbsp; an Andy Warhol-themed show&nbsp;at the\nPalm Springs Art Museum, are there any more shows planned in the near future?<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>I have\ntwo shows at Yale University this summer in June as well as shows coming up at\nSOKA, and the Palos Verdes Art Center. This year is also the 50th anniversary\nof my partner John Schlesinger\u2019s Oscar winning film, <em>Midnight Cowboy<\/em>.&nbsp; It is\nbeing screened at various film festivals and museums this year. I am traveling\naround to speak at some of these including one we just did at the Palm Springs\nCultural Center that was sold out, and in April, there will be a showing at the\nSan Francisco Film Festival where I will be speaking with my Oscar nominated\ndirector friend, Matt Tyrnauer, about the making of <em>Midnight Cowboy<\/em>. Also coming up will be screenings at the New York\nFilm Festival, The Hamptons International Film Festival, The London Film\nFestival, and Chicago Film Festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Finally, what are your plans for April 25<\/strong><sup><strong>th<\/strong><\/sup><strong> , the day after One Night Only?<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nday after the show I am still floating on a cloud of excitement and already\nbeginning to think about what next year\u2019s show will be. There is no rest for\nthe truly wicked and dedicated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>IF YOU GO<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Date: April 24, 2019 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Location: McCallum\nTheatre Palm Desert <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Time: 6:30pm\n\n\nTickets: 760-340-ARTS or\nwww.mccallumtheatre.com\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Broadway Showstoppers By Ian Ewing In this year\u2019s show, One Night Only Broadway Showstoppers, Broadway and Hollywood performers will come together for an evening of all your favorite songs from the greatest musicals. Because of the show\u2019s stellar reputation, many veteran cabaret performers can\u2019t wait to be part of it.&nbsp; All performers donate their time and talent for this one-of-a kind performance. Performer appearance is subject to availability. This year\u2019s performers include: Loni Ackerman, Christine Andreas, Don Amendolia, Lucie Arnaz, Brent Barrett, John Barrowman, Jim Brochu, Ann Hampton Callaway, Liz Callaway, Scott Coulter, Nita Whitaker and Karen Ziemba to name a few. One Night Only will be directed by famed Broadway choreographer and director Larry Fuller, with music direction by Christopher Marlowe and presented by Michael Childers. The legendary and world-renowned photographer, Michael Childers has photographed some of the most iconic stars in Hollywood. &nbsp;From Natalie Wood and Groucho Marx to John Travolta, Grace Jones and Andy Warhol. Chances are that if the were photographed, Michael was behind the lens. His iconic style is unmistakable. For those who are unaware, Michael is also a philanthropist. 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