A busy weekend at the Southampton Arts Center will kick off tomorrow at 7 p.m. with “Celebrity Autobiography,” a show created by Eugene Pack, an Emmy nominee, and developed with Dayle Reyfel.
Tomorrow’s cast includes Christie Brinkley, Richard Kind, Susan Lucci, John Slattery, Talia Balsam, Tate Donovan, Alan Zweibel, and Mr. Pack and Ms. Reyfel, with others to be announced. The premise is simple: The show features stars acting out hilarious passages from other stars’ memoirs.
When the show first opened in New York City, it won the Drama Desk Award for unique theatrical experience. It has since been performed throughout the United States, on London’s West End, in Edinburgh, and in Australia’s Sydney Opera House.
In a New York Times review, Charles Isherwood wrote, “The show is a bracing tonic for anyone weary of our fame-addled culture. It gives you a chance to indulge in a little celebrity schadenfreude without having to endure the shame of grabbing that issue of In Touch Weekly off the rack at the grocery store.”
Tickets are $125 for general admission, $150 for premium seating.
As part of Hamptons JazzFest, the Akiko Tsuruga Quintet will bring “Music of the Organ Giants” to the arts center on Saturday at 7 p.m. After graduating from Japan’s Osaka College of Music, Ms. Tsuruga, an organist and composer, was invited to perform with renowned jazz musicians visiting from the United States.
After moving to New York, she played and eventually recorded with such jazz
icons as Frank Wess, Jimmy Cobb, and Grady Tate. Meeting the organist Lonnie Smith, who became a mentor, had the greatest impact, she has said, on her musical development and career.
Tickets are $30, $25 for members.
In partnership with Southampton Village Ocean Rescue and Surfrider, the arts center will screen “Ground Swell: The Other Side of Fear,” a feature-length documentary, on Sunday evening.
Narrated by Josh Brolin, the film takes a deep dive into the 2021-2022 big-wave season through the eyes of Nic Von Rupp, Kai Lenny, Matt Bromley, Torrey Meister, Bianca Valenti, and Vini Dos Santos. Locations include Nazare in Portugal, Jaws and Pipeline in Hawaii, and Mavericks in Northern California.
The evening will begin at 5:30 with music from Dan Bailey. A big-wave surfers’ panel with Will Skudin and Kurt Rist, moderated by Luke O’Connor, is set for 7:30, and will be followed by the screening at 8:15.
Tickets are $20, $10 for members of the center.
