Laurie Beechman News

Nightlife Award winner Carole J. Bufford, Tony Bennett's favorite singer Allan Harris, musical theater comet Jillian Louis (winning performance citations the last two years in a row at NYMF), cabaret star Frank Dain and Broadway Rising star Michelle Cameron will star in the next edition of Scott Siegel's BROADWAY BALLYHOO! on Wednesday, August 14 at 10:30 p.m. at the Laurie Beechman Theatre.

Casting has been announced for the return of the Orlando Fringe Festival hit musical DISENCHANTED!, playing at The Abbey in downtown Orlando September 19 through October 27.

Casting has been announced for the return of the Orlando Fringe Festival hit musical DISENCHANTED!, playing at The Abbey in downtown Orlando September 19 through October 27.

More talent is on display this coming Wednesday, Aug 7th, for Broadway Ballyhoo at the Laurie Beechman Theatre. This ever-changing musical revue will feature, this week, some of the greatest performers of our contemporary nightclub world. Scott will welcome to the Ballyhoo, the new leader of the Mabel Mercer Foundation and one of cabaret's most award-winning stars, KT SULLIVAN, plus the irrepressible MARK NADLER who has been called, 'arguably the greatest entertainer in the world,' and the multiple-award winning vocalist JULIE REYBURN. All three of the above are Nightlife Award-winning performers. They will be joined by the musical theater and TV Star who famously understudied Hugh Jackman inThe Boy From Oz, KEVIN SPIRTAS, as well as Broadway Rising star NIKKI GUEVARA.

Tonight, August 5th, Missed Connections: An Exploration into the Online Postings of Desperate Romantics will begin an open ended run on the second floor of Vlada Lounge at 9:30pm. Doors open at 9pm. Missed Connections will be performed every first and third Todays each month.

On Sunday 15th September, as part of the St James' Studio Cabaret Weekends, Jonathan Reid Gealt will be in concert showcasing his new album "Here For You - Ballads for Broadway Impact". Produced by ILIADebuts in association with Theatre Bench, the concert will include songs from his new album as well as "Thirteen Stories Down" and exclusives from his new musical "Dust and Shadow".

Kate Rockwell (Bring It On: The Musical, Hair, Rock of Ages, Legally Blonde) performed 'The Life of the Party' from THE WILD PARTY at Broadway Sessions on January 31st, 2013. Click below to watch her sing!

Nikki Bohne (Bring It On, Legally Blonde), Brett Theile (Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark), Max Chernin (RATED RSO: MT-17, NYMF's Next Broadway Sensation), Cait Doyle (Hot Mess in Manhattan), and Cathryn Salamone (All of My Friends are Whores: Pace University Does Drew Fornarola) are the cast of Broadway and Off-Broadway actors who will take part in a one-night-only concert of songs by new musical theatre writer Addison O'Donnell August 17th in New York City.

Group Theatre Too's new production, Yankee Wives, opens August 29th at the Hudson Guild Theater. The company, celebrating its ten-year anniversary, is pleased to announce its third and latest collaboration with playwright David Rimmer (Pulitzer finalist for Album, author of New York).

Scott Siegel's Broadway Ballyhoo jumps into high gear this Wednesday, July 31 at the Laurie Beechman Theatre. In just its second week, this ever-changing musical revue will feature a wildly eclectic, star-studded cast. If you want variety in your variety show, you'll find it this Wednesday night with performances by nightlife legend STEVE ROSS, country comic singer/composer CHRISTINE LAVIN, Broadway star KELLI RABKE (Narrator in the Broadway revival of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat), up & coming musical comedy star Alex Goley (Standby at NYMF), plus a special appearance by four high-flying members of the hit musical STORYVILLE (York Theatre), among them NATASHA YVETTE WILLIAMS (Sophia in The Color Purple, DAMEKA HAYES (2x Audelco Award winner), MICHAEL JAMES LEONARD, and KYLE ROBERT CARTER!

On Monday, August 5th, Missed Connections: An Exploration into the Online Postings of Desperate Romantics will begin an open ended run on the second floor of Vlada Lounge at 9:30pm. Doors open at 9pm. Missed Connections will be performed every first and third Mondays each month.

After acclaimed runs in the UK and Australia, writer/performer Peter Michael Marino returns to NYC with his comic autopsy on his $6 million West End musical fiasco DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN in DESPERATELY SEEKING THE EXIT. Directed by Obie Award winner John Clancy, it will be performed tonight, July 28 at The Triple Crown Underground.

Briana Lynn Wolf has written and directed an original Song Cycle, 'Constructing Chaos', to be performed at the Laurie Beechman Theater (Downstairs at West Bank Cafe, 407 West 42nd Street, New York, New York 10036). The show is tonight, July 28th at 9:30PM.

American Dance Theatre Productions will present ANGEL ON MY SHOULDER from Tuesday, July 30 through Sunday, August 4, at the June Havoc Theatre at the Abingdon Theatre Arts Complex, as part of the Midtown International Theatre Festival. A jazzy, contemporary update of the classic film about a murdered gangster brought back to life by the devil, who is anxious to besmirch the reputation of an incorruptible New York judge, ANGEL ON MY SHOULDER has Music by WARREN HILL, Lyrics by O'MARA LEARY & JAMES BEAUMONT & Book by JAMES BEAUMONT. This AEA Approved Showcase Production will be directed by JOE MARUZZO.

After acclaimed runs in the UK and Australia, writer/performer Peter Michael Marino returns to NYC with his comic autopsy on his $6 million West End musical fiasco DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN in DESPERATELY SEEKING THE EXIT. Directed by Obie Award winner John Clancy, it will be performed Sunday, July 28 at The Triple Crown Underground. Click below to watch a promo for the show!

Briana Lynn Wolf has written and directed an original Song Cycle, 'Constructing Chaos', to be performed at the Laurie Beechman Theater (Downstairs at West Bank Cafe, 407 West 42nd Street, New York, New York 10036). The show is July 28th at 9:30PM.

By overwhelming and unprecedented popular demand, what began as a one-night-only engagement has ballooned into a full-fledged Off-Broadway run! Now, RuPaul's Drag Race favorite Jinkx Monsoon announces a third extension of her New York theater debut in THE VAUDEVILLIANS, a musical comedy co-starring composer and musician Richard Andriessen. Performances will now run through August 29 at The Laurie Beechman Theater (inside West Bank Cafe at 407 West 42nd Street -- at Ninth Avenue, accessible from the A,C,E,N,R,V,F,1,2,3 trains at 42nd Street).

After acclaimed runs in the UK and Australia, writer/performer Peter Michael Marino returns to NYC with his comic autopsy on his $6 million West End musical fiasco DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN in DESPERATELY SEEKING THE EXIT. Directed by Obie Award winner John Clancy, it will be performed Sunday, July 28 at The Triple Crown Underground.

This week's featured composer is the one-and-only Joey Contreras! We are excited to share this video of his song Ready from our CEC concert at NYMF sung by the incredible quartet Lilli Cooper (Wicked), Eric Michael Krop (Godspell), Maddy Trumble (Mary Poppins) and Nic Rouleau (Book of Mormon).

It's gay; it's camp; it's Gay Camp! Following its sold-out run as part of the 2012 New York International Fringe Festival and subsequent Fringe Encore Series, the show's creators are returning with an even more laugh-packed run of the hit play Gay Camp, opening at the Duplex Cabaret Theatre on Saturday, August 17, 2013 at 6:30pm.