Shoshana Bean News

THE ARTISTS SHOWCASE SERIES is pleased to present a reading of PIECE, a new musical with music and lyrics by SCOTT ALAN and book by TARA SMITH, and directed by Broadway actress SCHELE WILLIAMS (Rent, Aida).

ight Records founder Kurt Deutsch will gather the all-star cast of the recent Actors Fund of American benefit concert of the Galt MacDermont-Gerome Ragni-James Radio musical HAIR for a marathon all-day recording session on Friday, October 1. The recording, to be produced by Deutsch and Joel Moss, will feature the complete score and original orchestrations of the classic '60's musical. Benefit producer and musical director Seth Rudetsky will conduct the recording.

Join us Monday, October 4, 7PM, for Queer Songbook: A New Generation of Broadway Composers. Queer Songbook hosts this special concert benefiting the Center.

Photos from the Hair concert and party on September 20th...

Fresh from his sold-out two show Showcase debut at the Duplex Theater, and on the heels of the news that his song 'Home' performed by Shoshana Bean, was picked by NBC for the official Olympic commercial spot, BroadwayWorld sat down with up and coming composer Scott Alan to discuss his background, influences and more... If you haven't heard of him yet, you will soon.

Scott Alan's songs were showcased on April 11th at the Duplex by a talented cast including Shoshana Bean, Billy Porter, Cheyenne Jackson, Schele Williams, Kate Wetherhead and Courtney Balan. Alan accompanied the cast on piano, with Stephen Oremus stepping in during a solo performed by Billy Porter.

The Artist Showcase Series presented The Broadway Kitchen Sink Volume One: Your Favorites Sing Their Favorites on April 4th and BroadwayWorld.com has the exclusive pictures from the sold-out event!

Read about the Artists Showcase series, created in December 2003 to present readings of new musicals, plays and concerts featuring some of the best performers from Broadway, Television and Film.

Barrett Foa, who understudies Rod/Princeton in Avenue Q already has some quite an intriguing list of roles to his credit. In the following interview, Barrett shares his thoughts on workshops, concerts, and his experience joing the Avenue Q family!

Since all the other cool theatre kids now play at the King Kong Room, it was certainly high time for Andrew Lippa to join in the fun.

Seth Rudetsky gives us the inside scoop on this year's Actors' Fund benefit.