For Immediate Release
November 12, 2018
Media Contact: Katie Rosin / Kampfire PR
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LIVE FROM MERKIN HALL

IN YOUR FACE - NEW YORK
A real slice of New York City—where art, fun, and politics intersect on stage

Hosted by
RUTH REICHL

Featuring DANNY MEYER, KELLY HALL-TOMPKINS, A.M. HOMES,
ANAND GIRIDHARADAS, KAREN AKERS, HEATHER QUINLAN

ONE NIGHT ONLY
DECEMBER 6, 2018 AT 7:30 PM
MERKIN HALL

TICKETS ON SALE NOW AT KAUFMANMUSICCENTER.ORG/MH

LIVE FROM MERKIN HALL it’s IN YOUR FACE - NEW YORK, hosted by food writer Ruth Reichl, who will have a conversation with Danny Meyer of Union Square Cafe and Shake Shack fame. Featuring special guest Tony-award nominee Karen Akers (Nine and Grand Hotel), Fiddler on the Roof violinist Kelly Hall-Tompkins and Anand Giridharadas, author of Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World. Award winning novelist A.M. Homes offers the next installment of our serialized novella “Author to Come,” and filmmaker Heather Quinlan (If These Knishes Could Talk) will explore the myths and truths of the New York accent, plus another sketch by Sex and the City writers Julie Rottenberg and Elisa Zuritsky. The performance is December 6, 2018 at 7:30 pm at Merkin Hall (129 West 67th Street (btw Broadway and Amsterdam)). Get details & tickets.

New Yorkers loves good food. Ruth Reichl loves good food. New Yorkers love Ruth Reichl. She's one of our very best food writers. Join her and legendary restaurateur Danny Meyer as they talk about food, New York, tacos, tofu and all things edible or almost edible.

IN YOUR FACE - NEW YORK captures the spirit, energy, music, noise and creativity of this capital of the world. A real slice of New York City—where art, fun, and politics meet on stage in a live performance extravaganza featuring the best of New York’s actors, writers, musicians and more. For the 21st century urbanite, it’s a raucous, head-on collision between a Marx brothers romp and the New York Review of Books. IN YOUR FACE - NEW YORK brings together the best of New York’s actors, writers and musicians for supercharged revues featuring live stories, sketches and songs.

IN YOUR FACE - NEW YORK is available to audiences around the world as a video/audio podcast see BETTY and Gopnik take the stage In Your Face - New York, October 24th’s episode:



IN YOUR FACE - NEW YORK UPCOMING SHOWS INCLUDE:

Wed, Mar 13, 7:30 pm
Hosted by MSNBC’s Ari Melber and featuring a cast TBA.

Thu, May 16, 7:30 pm
Host & guests TBA

Tickets are $25-35 and are now available online at https://www.kaufmanmusiccenter.org/mch/series/in-your-face-new-york/ or by calling 212-501-3330. Tickets may also be purchased in-person at the Box Office, Sun-Thu: 12 - 7 pm, Fri: 12 - 5 pm, Closed Sat.

Website: https://inyourfaceny.org/

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Listings Information:
Who: Merkin Hall
What: IN YOUR FACE - NEW YORK
Where: Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center, 129 West 67th Street (between Broadway and Amsterdam), New York, NY 10023
When: December 6 at 7:30 pm
How: 212 501 3330 or https://www.kaufmanmusiccenter.org/mch/event/in-your-face-new-york-21/
Single tickets: $25-$35

It’s big, It’s Loud - It’s Everything New York. A smart, fun and funny show for the 21st century urbanite, In Your Face - New York is a raucous, head-on collision between a Marx Brothers romp and the New York Review of Books.