Lane Bradbury, Original 'Dainty June' in GYPSY Continues Run of Debut Cabaret Show at Don't Tell Mama, 9/24

In 1959, theater, film, and TV star Lane Bradbury created the role of "Dainty June" in the original Broadway production of the iconic show GYPSY starring Ethel Merman. Now, almost 60 years later, Bradbury is making her debut at the legendary cabaret Don't Tell Mama with LET ME ENTERTAIN YOU, AGAIN. Bradbury's musical trip down memory lane is a personal tour of how she transitioned from being an Atlanta Debutante to a performer on "The Great White Way" during the Golden Age of Broadway Musicals.

Written by Doug DeVita, directed by Bradbury's daughter Elkin Antoniou, and with Musical Direction by Joe Goodrich, Lane Bradbury's LET ME ENTERTAIN YOU, AGAIN hits the Don't Tell Mama stage for a third performance on Sunday, September 24 at 7 pm. Don't Tell Mama is located at 343 West 46th St (between 8th & 9th Aves). Cover: $20 (MAC: $15), 2-Drink Minimum, Cash Only. For reservations, call: 212-757-0788 (after 4:00 PM) or go to http://www.donttellmamanyc.com/shows/main/lane-bradbury-6-29

Lane Bradbury opened her current run at Don't Tell Mama on June 7 on June 29. After the June 7 opening, the show was named a "Pick of the Week" by Cabaret Scenes Magazine, BistroAwards.com, and NightlifeExchange.com, and it garnered rave reviews:

"The onetime 'June' in Gypsy has remained "Dainty." Bradbury retains a buoyantly youthful, sprite-like quality that is winning and dear. She has an engaging smile, elegant gestures, and an agile voice, rooted in an assured Broadway-belt that suggests she learned a thing or two working with the booming Ethel Merman all those years ago . . ." -Mark Dundas Wood, BistroAwards.com

"Lane Bradbury returns to The New York stage to give us a glimpse of her life during the halcyon days of the Broadway Theater in the late 1950s and early '60s. The diminutive blond with the husky voice is part seductress, part realist, part survivor, and part fairy spirit, as she enchants with her stories and songs." -Bart Greenberg, NiteLifeExchange.com

"[Lane Bradbury] is delightful, vulnerable, charming, complicated, accessible, yet ethereal . . . I highly recommend this comeback show by a uniquely charismatic lady who is living, walking history." -Rob Lester, NitelifeExchange.com

"Let Lane Bradbury entertain you again as she continues to light up the stage with an energy and enthusiasm!" --Adam Rothenberg, callmeadam.com

"Very endearing on stage, Bradbury's voice is still a strong Broadway contralto . . . Her musical director Joe Goodrich supplied her with sensational arrangements . . ."
--TheaterPizazz.com

"The enduringly charming Lane Bradbury still commands the stage, entertains us, and makes us smile. In the words of Stephen Sondheim, 'You'll have a real good time, yes sir!'" --Bob Ost, Theater Resources Unlimited

BIO: Lane Bradbury was born and raised near Atlanta, Georgia, began to study ballet at age five and joined the Atlanta Ballet at age 12. She moved to NYC to pursue a dancing career was accepted at the Actor's Studio as the youngest ever member. She made her Broadway debut in 1958 in J.B. after director Elia Kazan discovered her at the Actor's Studio, and she followed that the next year appearing in Gypsy. In 1961, she was cast in The Night of the Iguana, originating respectively the roles of June & Charlotte Goodall. Bradbury's film credits include Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, Hawaii, The Barony, and Consenting Adults, and she has had guest starring roles in many TV "Movies of Week" including: Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring, Dial Hot Line, A Real American Hero, and To Dance With the White Dog. Bradbury has also appeared in more than 40 TV series including such classics as Gunsmoke, In the Heat of the Night, Kung Fu, The Rockford Files, The Partridge Family, Walking Tall, Serpico, The Waltons, Police Story, McCloud, The Mod Squad, and The Streets of San Francisco. She now serves as the artistic director of Valkyrie Theatre of Dance Drama & Film in Los Angeles, a non-profit organization that utilizes the arts to bring hope, healing, and identity to "at risk" children and teenagers.

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