Rick Murray, president and general manager
of The Crown & Anchor in Provincetown, Massachusetts which is an
inn, restaurant and unsurpassed for entertainment and nightlife in
P-town talks with Emmy Winner Charlotte Robinson host of OUTTAKE VOICES™. Over the years The Crown & Anchor has been home to legendary
entertainers and the 2014 Season is over the top with a new series
called "Turn up the Volume" as well as their The Broadway Series with
partial proceeds of all the shows raising funds for the T...
Rick Murray, president and general manager
of The Crown & Anchor in Provincetown, Massachusetts which is an
inn, restaurant and unsurpassed for entertainment and nightlife in
P-town talks with Emmy Winner Charlotte Robinson host of OUTTAKE VOICES™. Over the years The Crown & Anchor has been home to legendary
entertainers and the 2014 Season is over the top with a new series
called "Turn up the Volume" as well as their The Broadway Series with
partial proceeds of all the shows raising funds for the Trevor Project.
This summer The Crown is bringing 19 Tony winners to their venues and
Town Hall including Daniel Nardicio production of Liza Minnelli and Alan
Cumming at the Paramount Theatre accompanied by Billy Stritch on the
piano. Both shows sold out in 24 hours but there are still tickets for
the iconic Carol Channing and Tommy Tune, Broadway Diva Linda Eder and a
performance of The Leading Ladies of Broadway with Andrea McArdle from
"Annie", Donna McKechnie from "A Chorus Line" and Faith Prince from
"Guys and Dolls" accompanied by musical director John McDaniel. We
talked to Rick about The Crown’s fabulous summer entertainment line-up
and his spin on our LGBT issues.
When asked what his personal commitment is to LGBT civil rights Murray
stated, “I was influenced by this one woman named Alice Foley who was
the town nurse here in Provincetown. My partner and I met her back in
the 1980’s when we bought our first property back in 1986. She was very
active with the AIDS Support Group here in Provincetown. During the AIDS
crisis my partner was on the board of AIDS Support Group of
Provincetown when it was PASG way back when and we became very involved
in Helping Our Women going to all their auctions and supporting them as
well. So we’ve been pretty much on the forefront here in P-town
supporting all the gay and lesbian organizations. This year especially
we’re basically partnering with The Trevor Project with James Lecesne
and his co-workers in LA and in New York to raise funds for The Trevor
Project. The events that are associated with that are Leslie Jordan
concerts, Liza Minnelli and Alan Cumming, they’re going to be donating a
great portion of their fee to The Trevor Project in August and the same
with Carol Channing and Tommy Tune event at Town Hall on August 7th;
part of all the proceeds will also go to The Trevor Project. Our goal is
to try and raise anywhere between twenty and thirty thousand dollars
for The Trevor Project throughout all of our shows this summer.”
Also appearing at The Crown & Anchor this summer are Kate Clinton,
Sandra Bernhard, Miss Richfield 198, Dina Martina, Coco Peru, Jessica
Kirson, Grammy award winner Matt Alber and the prolific author of Tales
of the City, Armistead Maupin. In the Central House Piano Bar Tony
Nominee, Sharon McNight, Bobby Wetherbee and the dynamic duo from Key
West, Deborah and Patrick will be performing throughout the summer.
Then there’s the Illusions Drag Revue, Summer Gay Camp, a new exciting
young group of NYC actors who will appear in July & August and a
brand new weekly variety show called Audition.
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