Following a sold-out run a few months ago, Tony Award winner Alan Cummingbrings his rockin' cabaret show back to the Geffen Playhouse for eight shows only from Sunday, December 13 to Friday, December 18.
Garnering rave reviews across the globe, Alan Cumming: I Bought a Blue Car Today is a fast-paced jaunt that intersperses witty banter, cheeky stories and show-stopping songs. Joined on stage by musical director Lance Horne and his fantastic musicians, Cumming belts material from Frank Sinatra to Kander & Ebb with his signature charm.
This time around, Cumming and his team are including something a little extra to help ring in the holidays. Once again, the evening will be played in the intimate 135-seat Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater, where Cumming's personal stories take on the tone of a delicious secret told at a private dinner party - assuming your dinner guestshappen to be Tony Award winning performers backed up by a four-piece band.
The title, I Bought a Blue Car Today, comes from the sentence that Cumming needed to write on his naturalization test to become a US citizen, which becomes the launch pad for one of the Scotsman's hilarious stories about his time in the US. Cumming's solo debut album, which shares the same name as his cabaret show, features select songs from the show including material from Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Chess and Falsettos as well as original material written by Cumming and Horne. With I Bought a Blue Car Today, Alan Cumming shows that life is indeed a cabaret. Tickets, which range from $65 - $85, are on sale to the public now through the Geffen box office.
Alan Cumming: I BOUGHT A BLUE CAR TODAY
Performed by Alan Cumming Musical Direction by Lance Horne Runs: December 13 - December 18 Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater at the Geffen Playhouse Performance Schedule Sunday2:00pm; 7:00pm Monday 8:00pm Tuesday - Thursday8:00pm Friday7:00pm; 9:00pm
Alan Cumming Returns to the Geffen Playhouse 2-2-2 Ticket Info •$65 for the Sunday matinee performance •$75 for Sunday through Thursday evening performances •$85 for both Friday evening performances Tickets are on sale now at the Geffen Playhouse box office
MORE ABOUT Alan Cumming
Alan Cumming trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and quickly found fame in his homeland for both his television work and stand-up comedy. The theater gave him his biggest break when he appeared in Manfred Karge's Conquest of the South Pole in Edinburgh.
The play transferred to the Royal Court in London's West End and Cumming was nominated for the Most Promising Newcomer Olivier Award. A star of stage and screen, U.S. film audiences were first introduced to Cumming in Circle of Friends, and he went on to appear in many varied films including Bryan Singer's X2:X Men United, Robert Rodriguez's Spy Kids trilogy, Romyand Michele's High School Reunion, Goldeneye, Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut, Titus, Emma and Sweet Land(for which he received an Independent Spirit Award for producing).
