Laurie Beechman News

It's the place to be on Tony night. Every June, theatre fans throughout the city gather at The Laurie Beechman Theatre, in the heart of New York's theatre district, in honor or our own Superbowl Sunday, The Tony Awards. Come view the ceremony on our big screen along with your fellow theatre enthusiasts. Will it be Sutton or Patina? Pacino or Mantello? Mormons or Nuns?

The award-winning 'Veritas' by Stan Richardson will be presented on Thursday, June 16th at 7:00 pm at The Laurie Beechman Theater (located inside West Bank Café) at 407 West 42nd Street (@ Ninth Ave) as part of the New York International Festival presents THE FringeBENEFITS SERIES

Splash's Musical Mondays is proud to present a Memorial Day edition of 'Curtain Call' with the 'new-old-school-diva' Molly Pope!

59E59 Theaters (Elysabeth Kleinhans, Artistic Director; Peter Tear, Executive Producer) welcomes the New York premiere of THE PLAY ABOUT MY DAD, written by Boo Killebrew and directed by Sunday Lee Evans, which is part of Americas Off Broadway.

Summer & Eve, the acclaimed folk-musical comedy band, will return to the Laurie Beechman Theatre with two performances on Friday, May 27th at 7:00PM, and Friday, June 3rd at 9:30PM.

Sex, Dating, Friendship, and all the blurry lines in between - THE BOYS UPSTAIRS is a New York story that invites you upstairs to the fabulous living room of three best friends in Hells Kitchen who handle relationships, careers, and the city with style, scandal, and specialty cocktails!

After premiering in February on the eve of the Academy Awards, the show that BroadwayRadio described as 'BEYOND HILARIOUS' and 'ABSOLUTELY HYSTERICAL' returns just in time for Tony weekend.

Award-Winning vocalist ERIC MICHAEL GILLETT will bring CAST OF THOUSANDS: Gillett Sings Carnelia to the Laurie Beechman Theatre, Friday, June 10, Wednesdays, June 22 & 29 & Mondays, July 11 & 18, all at 7pm.

Sondheim Unplugged announces that Broadway Veteran GEORGE LEE ANDREWS, who created the role of Frid in A Little Night Music, has joined the company of our Monday, May 23 performance. Mr. Andrews is in the Guinness Book of World Records as 'the longest-running actor in the same Broadway show,' on behalf of his 23-year run in The Phantom of the Opera.

Theater for the New City presents American premiere of rollicking farce, 'Winter Wedding' by Hanoch Levin, translated by Laurel Hessing and David Willinger, directed by David Willinger.

Sondheim Unplugged announces that Broadway Veteran GEORGE LEE ANDREWS, who created the role of Frid in A Little Night Music, has joined the company of our Monday, May 23 performance. Mr. Andrews is in the Guinness Book of World Records as 'the longest-running actor in the same Broadway show,' on behalf of his 23-year run in The Phantom of the Opera.

Enter a shadowy world of mystery and intrigue as Southern Rep presents its 25th annual gala, SCANDAL AT THE WINDSOR COURT HOTEL: A BOUDREAUX FLAMBEAUX MURDER MYSTERY. Ricky Graham leads a stellar cast of local luminaries as the intrepid detective Flambeaux in this immersive and interactive New Orleans-style whodunit.

Hipsters Rejoice!! Carvajal & Markey join WILLIAMSBURG! THE MUSICAL for FringeBENEFITS One-Night-Only Concert Thursday, May 26 at The Laurie Beechman Theatre

Cole Escola, acclaimed for his inspired musical performances in Joe's Pub's recurring smash Our Hit Parade and Casserole Live, the live performance component of his hit television series, Jeffery & Cole Casserole, returns to Joe's Pub following eagerly anticipated solo debut there in January. With Cole's broad showmanship and sweetheart charm, his act hearkens back to a time when the great ladies of stage and screen dazzled the crowds in smoky rooms all over town. An exciting bill of standards, showtunes, Motown and original material brought to life by Cole's decidedly fresh perspective and raw energy under the direction of Ben Rimalower (Leslie Kritzer is Patti LuPone at Les Mouches) and featuring a band led by Bistro Award-winner Ray Fellman. Cole Escola premieres at Joe's Pub (425 Lafayette Street) on FRIDAY, MAY 20th at 11:30 PM and FRIDAY, MAY 27th at 11:30 PM.

Negin Farsad, Amy Albert and Beth McGregor present the brand new weekly standup show, Comedy School Dropout.

Tony Award-winner Debbie Shapiro Gravitte, Sally Wilfert, and Jack Noseworthy will sing lesser-known songs of Academy and Grammy Award-winning composer Alan Menken June 19 at The Laurie Beechman Theatre in Unsung Menken.

59E59 Theaters (Elysabeth Kleinhans, Artistic Director; Peter Tear, Executive Producer) welcomes the New York premiere of THE PLAY ABOUT MY DAD, written by Boo Killebrew and directed by Sunday Lee Evans, which is part of Americas Off Broadway.

Splash's Musical Mondays is proud to present a Memorial Day edition of 'Curtain Call' with the 'new-old-school-diva' Molly Pope!

Following thirteen sold out shows, The Laurie Beechman Theatre will continue their hit series, SONDHEIM UNPLUGGED, for a fourteenth installment, Monday, May 23 at 7pm. Included in the cast are an array of Broadway and cabaret alums, including Eric Michael Gillett (The Frogs, Kiss Me, Kate, Sweet Smell of Success), Jana Robbins (Mazeppa in the 1989 revival of Gypsy), and Lucia Spina (B'way's Legally Blonde, South Pacific). We're also pleased to welcome three very special guests, each of whom created roles in Sondheim musicals: Crista Moore (Louise in the 1989 Broadway revival of Gypsy), Teri Ralson (Company's original Jenny and Mrs. Nordstrom in the original A Little Night Music) and Sarah Rice(Sweeney Todd's original Johanna). Recently, Sondheim Unplugged received the 2011 Bistro Award for Outstanding Cabaret Series, and was nominated for the 2011 MAC Award.