Joel Grey and Marvin Hamlisch team up for "From Broadway to Hollywood" on Saturday, presented by Society for the Performing Arts at Jones Hall. Backed by an orchestra, each take turns strutting their greatest hits from musical theater and film. Hamlisch composed such hits as A Chorus Line, The Goodbye Girl and They're Playing Our Song.

Grey is most known for his iconic role in as the M.C. in Cabaret, which earned him a 1966 Tony Award, an Academy Award, a Golden Globe and the British Academy award for the 1972 film version. He's one of eight actors who have won a Tony and an Academy award for the same role. A frequent face on television, Grey has appeared in the ABC series Alias and Crossing Jordan, CBS' Brooklyn Bridge and most recently on the FOX hit series House, ABC series Brothers & Sisters, Private Practice and Grey's Anatomy.

The beloved entertainer has carved a diverse career spanning several decades on stage, television, and film, and shows no signs of slowing down. Grey, an internationally known photographer, has also authored three photography books: Pictures I had to Take, Looking Hard at Unexamined Things and 1.3: Images from My Phone. And you think you're have no spare time?

Grey's newest collection of work opens at Steven Kasher Gallery this May.

Q: Tell me about your time with Marvin Hamlisch, and a bit about the evening.

A: Marvin and I are very old friends. He was the rehearsal pianist for the act Liza Minnelli and I did back in 1972, that's how far we go back. He was brilliant then, and he had not yet written A Chorus Line or anything else. I saw his spark and genius at that piano. It's a great thing to know and love someone for that long.

We each take turns doing what we do. We are cut from the same cloth in the musical and film work, and have such respect for each other. I just love to watch him from the wings. I will be singing some songs from Cabaret, George M, Chicago and the great songs of Irving Berlin, songs I love. I do less and less concertizing these days, so when I do, it's more special.

Q. You keep showing up on all my favorite television shows. Did you plan such a varied career that or did it just evolve?

A. No plans. If you want to be in the theater, an artist must forget about plans. They do not work. You have to be ready for the opportunities as they come, be prepared, know your craft and add something to everything that is presented to you.

Q. In the triple threat continuum where you place yourself?

I am an actor. I never thought I could sing or dance. I actually have very little dance training, that came later in my life, in my teens! I feel most identified as an actor.

Q. I marveled at your youthfulness as the Wonderful Wizard of Oz in the Broadway musical Wicked. What's your secret?

A. If anything, it's curiosity. I wake up every day and wonder what's going to be fun and what I will have to deal with that's brand new.

Q. Your career as a photographer is all about your curiosity. I am really enjoying Images from My Phone. How did you wander into this second art form? Will you be able to catch a little FotoFest while you are here?

A. I have always taken pictures my whole adult life. I took photos of my kids when they were little or whatever movie shoot I was on to send home to my kids. I am very photo oriented. I took a lot and expected to keep them all in shoe boxes. About six years ago some artists friends told me I should do more with my photographs. So that's how it started.

I am on my third book so far. It really keeps me on my toes. As for both careers, it sort of all flows together, they clash for a minute here and there. I have always been a visual person, it comes very naturally to me.

I am thrilled that FotoFest is happening while I am there, what a coincidence. I do hope to pop into a few shows.