downtownNYC!

British recording artist, TV and film star Petula Clark, seen on Broadway in Blood Brothers and on tour in Sunset Boulevard, is perhaps best remembered as America?s number one female vocalist during the ?60?s Brit musical invasion, who topped the charts with her million seller “Downtown,” written by Tony Hatch. She is joined by neighborhood stars and cast members of every show and theatre company in the downtown area, leading the company in singing “Downtown” to kick off a press conference for downtownNYC!, a new coalition of arts and businesses determined to make the world aware that they?re still there and ready for business, despite losses suffered in the World Trade Center attack.

Website downtownNYC.info will provide info on shows, discount programs, restaurants, galleries and businesses to provide the ultimate link to everything going on downtown!

Among those expected are Harvey Keitel, Eric Bogosian, Spalding Gray, Molly Ringwald and Joey Macintyre from tick, tick ? Boom!, cast members from Bat Boy, La MaMa’s Bed of Light, Blue Man Group, De La Guarda, Cherry Lane?s Havana Is Waiting, Mono, Aquila?s Much Ado About Nothing, Naked Boys Singing, Rattlestick?s Neil?s Garden, Our Lady of Copper, Back It Up?s Pink Elephants, Six Goumbas and a Wannabe, Summer of ?42, MCC?s The Glory of Living; Soho Playhouse?s Underneath The Lintel, Repertorio Espanol?s Volvio Una Noche and Theater for the New City?s Wise Guise.

Theater companies include Acting Shakespeare Company, CAP21 Theatre, Castillo Theatre Company, Classic Stage Company, Collision Theory, Drama Department, Flea Theatre, HERE Arts Center, Hourglass Group, Irondale Ensemble, Jean Cocteau Rep, MaYi, Manhattan Ensemble Theater, New Georges, No Pants Theatre, Pearl Theatre, Public Theatre, Salt Theatre, Surf Reality, Target Margin Theater, Theatre for a New Audience, Vineyard Theatre, Westbeth Theatre.