Lily Tomlin goes back to her past to raise money for Dixon Place's future
Dixon Place
161A Chrystie St. between Rivington & Delancey Sts.
Monday, November 23, $175, 8:00
212-219-0736
www.dixonplace.org
To celebrate the grand reopening of the new Dixon Place on Chrystie St., legendary comedian Lily Tomlin will perform in a special benefit hosted by her friend, comedian Reno. After more than six years and $5.7 million, the experimental theater, founded in 1986 by Ellie Covan, is ready to show off its nearly completed state-of-the-art facility, having moved from its previous tiny space on the Bowery (as well as such earlier locations as Covan’s own Alphabet City apartment). Tomlin, the veteran of such television shows and films as LAUGH-IN, NASHVILLE, and ALL OF ME and the cocreator of the Broadway hit THE SEARCH FOR SIGNS OF INTELLIGENT LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE, is one of very few performers to have one at least one Grammy, Emmy, and Tony. (She was nominated for an Oscar as Best Supporting Actress for her role in NASHVILLE but lost to Lee Grant in SHAMPOO.) Having just turned seventy, Tomlin will be reprising some of her iconic characters at Dixon Place, including Ernestine the telephone operator and five-year-old Edith Ann, among other comic bits and remembrances. The show will be followed by a dessert reception with Reno and Tomlin.