Tonya Pinkins and Brad Simmons: Bring On the Men

Her searing, monumental performance as the titular maid in the people's opera Caroline, or Change earned Tonya Pinkins a place in musical-theater history, but it was no one-off, as those who saw her in Jelly's Last Jam, Play On! or The Wild Party can attest. When she's onstage, attention must be paid. Tonight she joins singer-pianist Brad Simmons to celebrate the male sex.