David and Michael Feinstein team up for holiday concerts
From Playbill.com
Pianist/vocalist Michael Feinstein will perform a series of holiday concerts with David during December at his regular New York residency, Loews Regency.
Says Michael: "The rough theme is the Gentiles meet the Jews at Christmastime. David is so waspy, and I’m culturally so Jewish, and we’re going to explore the differences between our two backgrounds—and the inherent humor therein. Hopefully."
Tickets are now on sale at the Loews Regency website.
Stingray Sam available for download
From The Smallest Star
Stingray Sam, the space cowboy musical delight narrated by David, premiered on 15 September in LA and simultaneously on the net.
The movie is now available for download at director Cory McAbee's website. You can get it in a number of formats, including HD, or as a deluxe bundle with a Sam DVD, t-shirt, photo book and soundtrack.
You can sample the movie's first chapter for free at Cory's blog. Check it out!
David reunites with Curtains alums in Broadway Close Up
From Playbill.com
David will appear in a John Kander concert in the Merkin Concert Hall's Broadway Close Up series on 26 October. Joining him in a night of tunes from Cabaret, Chicago, and other great Kander & Ebb musicals are Curtains cast members Debra Monk, Karen Ziemba and Jason Danieley, along with Jason's wife Marin Mazzie.
Visit the Merkin website for more information and to book tickets.
David to appear in Cole Porter tribute at the Ravinia Festival
From AV Chicago
David, together with Victoria Clark and conductor Rob Fisher, is set to reprise his performance in Night & Day: a Cole Porter evening in Chicago on Sunday 16 August. It will be staged as part of the Ravinia Festival - go to the Ravinia website to buy tickets.
The concert was previously staged in New York as part of the Lincoln Center's American Songbook series - check out Variety's review.
Also, be sure to check out the forum for a podcast of David talking about the upcoming concert on Showbiz Chicago.
David presents at the 2009 Tony Awards
From the New York Times
David presented Next To Normal's Alice Ripley with her award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical on Sunday 8 June at the 2009 Tony Awards. (Is this becoming something of a tradition? He presented Patti LuPone with the same award last year.)
Host Neil Patrick Harris's introduction of David was pretty funny ("And now, coming out for the second time this month - David Hyde Pierce!"), as was David's reading of the nominees (just watch it!). Alice's speech, meanwhile, was a little scary.
David talks marriage and Prop 8 on The View
From New York Daily News
While appearing on ABC's The View last Thursday 28 May, David talked about the fact he and Brian got married (a fact not widely known outside this website, it seems!) and his anger over Proposition 8.
He spoke of the strangeness of having the state vote on the validity of their marriage: "We got married very quietly last October 24th and thought that was fine, and then suddenly the state of California said, 'No, it's not.' What we thought was sort of a private, personal decision turned out not to be. Now we find out that legally we are still married, and that's a mixed thing too. It's like, 'Oh great, we made the cut.'"
Go to Youtube for a segment of the interview, or US-based folks can watch the episode for free at The View's website.
David speaks at marriage equality rally
From Gay City News
David and partner Brian attended a marriage equality rally held near Times Square on Sunday 17 May. Heading the rally was New York governor David Paterson, whose marriage equality bill recently passed in the state assembly.
David spoke movingly of getting married in California just before Proposition 8 was approved, asking: "If not us, who? If not now, when?"
The rally was also attended by out performers such as Cynthia Nixon (who announced her engagement to Christine Marinoni) and Cheyenne Jackson and featured performances from the cast of Hair.
Visit the forum for footage of David's speech and pictures from the rally.
Accent On Youth opens on Broadway
From Playbill.com
MTC's Accent On Youth, starring David as playwright Stephen Gaye, had its opening night at the Samuel J Friedman Theatre on Wednesday 29 April. Check the above link for a full report and also lots of lovely pics.
So far, reviews have been mixed, with many critics remarking that the 1930s comedy and its May-December romance seems dated to a modern audience. Still, David and Charles Kimbrough, in particular, have gotten some warm reviews, with Charles Isherwood of the New York Times saying "Mr Pierce hits his comic marks with the precision we’ve come to expect from his priceless turn on the long-running, exceptionally literate sitcom Frasier” and Michael Kuchwara of AP writing that David is "an actor who positively brims with likability. He exudes a genuineness that informs whatever role he plays, from a stage-struck detective in Curtains (for which he won a Tony Award) to his current part as a sleek, sophisticated theater dandy."
Keep an eye on the forum - particularly the theatre section - for more AOY news, reviews and pics!
Accent On Youth in previews
From BroadwayWorld.com
If you're lucky enough to be stopping by NYC anytime soon, check out MTC's Accent On Youth, now in previews at the Samuel J Friedman Theatre and starring DHP as a playwright embroiled in a love triangle. The first pics of the onstage action are at the above link, and also in our smashing Accent On Youth gallery.
The MTC revival of Samuel Raphaelson's comedy, directed by Daniel Sullivan, will have its opening night on 29 April.
Also be sure to check out the MTC website, now with delightful AOY videos!
Accent On Youth cast unveiled to the press
From BroadwayWorld.com
The Accent On Youth cast - DHP, Lisa Banes, Rosie Benton, David Furr, Mary Catherine Garrison, Byron Jennings and Charles Kimbrough - officially launched the production on 12 March 2009. See lovely photos by Peter James Zielinski at the above link, and also in our brand new Accent On Youth gallery.
The MTC revival of Samuel Raphaelson's comedy, directed by Daniel Sullivan, will begin previews on 7 April at the Samuel J Friedman Theatre in NYC, with the opening night on 29 April. Not long to go now!
David appears in Prop 8: The Musical
From NY1.com
DHP and Nathan Lane starred in Marc Shaiman's Prop 8: The Musical, a satirical mini-show that puts the case for gay rights in a rather fabulous way, on Monday 23 February.
The performance, at the Gershwin Theatre in NYC, was part of Defying Inequality, a celebrity benefit for equal marriage rights.
You can watch a little clip at the NY1 website. As far as we can tell, David's playing one of the Bible thumpers.
David's de-lovely in American Songbook's tribute to Cole Porter
From Variety.com
DHP and fellow Tony winner Victoria Clark wowed the audience at the Lincoln Centre's Cole Porter concert on 14 January.
Put together by conductor Rob Fisher as part of the American Songbook series, the night saw David sing, play piano and wear a bowtie with aplomb. Variety called him "a top-grade clown." Nice.