In Champlin's laugh-filled show, she utilizes a hat filled with tons of stories. Audience members pick stories randomly from the hat and Champlin tells the selected ones, complete with accompanying song. Musical direction is by Andrew Gerle. At the last performance, story topics included her stalking of Brian d'Arcy James and how she humiliated herself in front of Hal Prince.
"By the time I got down to the greenroom after my last show, an Ars Nova producer was already down there asking me to come back and finish the stories," Champlin said. "So we decided to call it Finishing the Hat. It won't be boring for those people coming back because, other than one, it will be all new stories in the hat."
All tickets for Finishing the Hat at Ars Nova are $15. Please call 212 868-4444 to purchase tickets.