Betty Who Joins RESIST. INSIST. PERSIST. Benefit Concert at Rockwell Table & Stage

By: Jun. 22, 2017
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Bradley Bredeweg, Ryan Bernard Tymensky & Kate Pazakis Present a resistance benefit concert and fundraiser called "Resist. Insist. Persist." at Rockwell Table and Stage on Monday July 17th. This is a benefit for ONWARD TOGETHER in partnership with GLAAD.

Scheduled to perform: Pop Music Songstress, Betty Who and Recording Artist/Broadway Star, Carrie Manolakos, Hosted by Milana Vayntrub (This is Us). Additional artists will be announced in the coming weeks. The concert will begin at 8:00PM. There will be an option to buy a ticket for the VIP Meet & Greet with the artists at 7:00 and an exclusive after party. Rockwell Table & Stage is located at 1714 North Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90027. Tickets can be purchased at www.rockwell-la.com. Tickets go on sale Monday morning, June 26th.

Onward Together is dedicated to advancing the vision that earned nearly 66 million votes in the last election. By encouraging people to organize, get involved, and run for office, Onward Together will advance progressive values and work to build a brighter future for generations to come. Onward Together supports several groups, such as Color of Change, formed in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina to strengthen African-Americans' political voice, and Swing Left, which is working to elect Democrats to the House of Representatives.

About GLAAD: GLAAD rewrites the script for LGBTQ acceptance. As a dynamic media force, GLAAD tackles tough issues to shape the narrative and provoke dialogue that leads to cultural change. GLAAD protects all that has been accomplished and creates a world where everyone can live the life they love. For more information, please visit www.glaad.org or connect with GLAAD on Facebook and Twitter.

BETTY WHO- With an eye-catching signature blonde pixie cut, delightful nineties superstar fixation, and singing and songwriting prowess befitting of her stadium ambition, Betty Who commands the dance floor. The Australia-born and Los Angeles-based songstress just released her second studio album, "The Valley" to rave reviews in March 2017 by RCA Records. The album is preceded by the singles "I Love You Always Forever", "Human Touch", "Some Kinda Wonderful", and "Mama Say". Who's 2014 full-length debut, Take Me When You Go [RCA Records], cemented her as a 21st century buzzworthy pop force "replete with skyscraper-size tunes that could rattle the screws in the nosebleeds"-as proclaimed by Vogue. While the lead single "Somebody Loves You" went on to amass over 26 million Spotify streams and counting, she earned glowing acclaim from Harpers Bazaar, Time, Glamour, Elle, New York Magazine, and Spin who dubbed Take Me When You Go the "Best Pop Album of 2014." As a both writer and multi-instrumentalist, she continues to paint pictures with a hypnotic and heartfelt honesty. Drawing on everything from her childhood classical training at Michigan's Interlochen Center of the Arts to a lifelong Joni Mitchell and Carole King obsession, Who brings a poignant and personal perspective to pop music. www.bettywhomusic.com @bettywho

MILANA VAYNTRUB is an actress, director, comedian, and refugee activist from Uzbekistan. She began her career by creating a YouTube web series into a national campaign playing "Lily" in AT&T commercials. Named one of Backstage Magazine's Top Actors on the Verge of Major Career Breakthroughs and Adweek's Top 100 Creatives, she used the success she garnered from appearances on Californication, House of Lies, Silicon Valley, Paul Feig's Other Space, and most recently as "Sloan" on This Is Us, to draw attention to the Syrian refugee crisis. Milana made a short documentary about the refugees arriving in Greece and thus began the #CantDoNothing movement that has inspired many volunteers and generous donations leading to schools and medical centers erected outside refugee camps.

@mintmilana

Carrie Manolakos- The human heart is the most important organ in the body. It is the very engine for life itself. Harnessing that energy, New York-based singer and songwriter Carrie Manolakos let the heart lead on her 2017 independent album, The 44th Chord.

Carrie has devoted her whole life to music. Post-college, she took Broadway by storm, starring in Mamma Mia as the lead Sophie before assuming the role of Elphaba on the second national tour of Wicked. She lent her voice to Lizzie for the Original Cast Recording of the rock opera based on Lizzie Borden. Along the way, she turned the likes of Alec Baldwin, Josh Groban, and Trey Anastasio into fans, joining the latter for Phish's epic New Year's Eve 2013 gig at Madison Square Garden singing 'Tweezer Reprise.' Academy Award nominee Hugh Jackman sought her out to join him during his 2016 performance at the Metropolitan Opera. She performed the part of Éponine as he reprised the role of Jean Valjean from Les Misérables.Carrie also joined Emmy Award winner Peter Dinklage for a Game of Thrones spoof penned by Coldplay's Chris Martin. She also delivered a powerful rendition of Aerosmith's "Dream On" during a PBS special entitled Rocktopia.

That voice continues to enchant, engage, and entrance listeners everywhere. Following the release party for her 2012 EP Echo, a video of Carrie covering Radiohead's "Creep" at New York haunt (le) poisson rouge went viral. Not only did it quickly notch over 3 million YouTube views, but she also earned praise from Entertainment Weekly who proclaimed it among the "Top 12 Best Radiohead Covers of All Time," The New York Times, The New Yorker, Huffington Post, The Daily Beast, MTV, and Gawker writing, "will make your ears org*sm." Fans chose her to be a part of Elle's "30 Under 30" as she sold out venues across the country. carriemanolakos.com @carriemanolakos

BRADLEY BREDEWEG and his producing partner, Peter Paige collectively known as Blazing Elm Entertainment are the Creators, Executive Producers and Showrunners of the critically-acclaimed Walt Disney Company/Freeform series, THE FOSTERS alongside Executive Producing partners Jennifer Lopez and JoAnna Johnson. Bredeweg is the co-writer of TUT starring Sir Ben Kingsley for Muse Entertainment, which premiered on Paramount/Viacom's SpikeTV in Summer 2015 as well as a new animated series for DREAMWORKS. In the theatre world, Bredeweg produced the critically acclaimed revival of SIDE SHOW on Broadway, directed by Academy Award winner Bill Condon. Bradley also produced the massively successful hit Green Day's AMERICAN IDIOT on London's West End. Bradley is also one of the major investors in the multi-Tony Award winning Broadway Box Office smash hit, DEAR EVAN HANSEN at the Music Box Theatre. This summer Bradley Bredeweg will launch his new musical HEADLESS, an epic modern rock opera retelling of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow at the Wallis Annenberg in Beverly Hills alongside his musical theatre partner, Brad Hooks. Follow Bradley Bredeweg on Twitter at @BradleyBredeweg and Instagram at @BradleyBredeweg

RYAN BERNARD TYMENSKY is the creator and owner of RBT Productions as well as a casting associate for one of the largest bi-coastal casting offices in the nation, Telsey + Company. He is currently casting multiple major television, film, and Broadway projects. When he isn't casting, Ryan is most likely hitting CNN.com's refresh button, phoning his local representatives, marching in a pantsuit, or trying to educate the masses on social media. Originally from Michigan, Ryan spent 5 years in the The Big Apple before becoming one of LA's many NYC transplants. @rbtymensky

Kate Pazakis is the Executive Producer/Artistic Director of Rockwell Table & Stage and the Head of Youth Talent at Across The Board Talent Agency in Los Angeles. She produced American Idiot on the West End in London and The Fuse Project with producing partner Bradley Bredeweg. She is the creator/co-writer/owner of The UMPO (Unauthorized Musical Parody Of) Series featuring, UMPO: Bridesmaids, UMPO Jurrasic Park, UMPO: Mean Gurlz, UMPO Hocus Pocus, UMPO: Troop Beverly Hills; UMPO: The Big Lebowski; UMPO The Devil Wears Prada; UMPO: Home Alone; and UMP: Clueless. She has also produced UMPO Cruel Intentions; UMPO Scream; Romeo & Juliet: Love is a Battlefield, Rocky Horror; Roar!; Standing Room Only; Broadway Bar; Broadway Spotlight Series; and Mostly Sondheim, which ran every Friday night for almost a decade at The Duplex in NYC. Most importantly, she is mother to Michael and wife to Joe.



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