Photo Coverage:How Lucky Can You Get? 2 Joe's Pub Sell Outs

By: May. 16, 2006
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Good news for two up and coming writers who sold out two shows Sunday night at Joe's Pub.

"Become", an evening of songs by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul was lucky enough to have some of the best young singer-actors perform their songs to an enthusiastic crowd.

Collaborating since their freshman year, Pasek and Paul are Musical Theatre majors at the University of Michigan. In the spring of 2005, the team premiered a revue of their work entitled Edges. Originally billed as a one-night event at the University of Michigan, the material was enthusiastically received, spurring many nationwide performances (with more planned). Currently, Pasek and Paul are collaborating with Lonely Sky Theatre Company in New York City to a produce a workshop and a full-length production, slated for the summer of 2006.

The evening featured Tony Award-nominee Gavin Creel (La Cage aux Folles, Thoroughly Modern Millie), 7-time MAC Award-winner Karen Mason (Mamma Mia!) and Kenita R. Miller (The Color Purple), Celia Keenan-Bolger (Tony Award-Nominee for …Spelling Bee), Todd Buonopane (…Spelling Bee), Cheyenne Jackson (United 93, All Shook Up), Chelsea Krombach (Wicked Nat'l Tour), Steven Pasquale (FX's "Rescue Me," Man of No Importance), and Billy Porter (At the Corner of Broadway and Soul) and Jersey Boys' Daniel Reichard, as well as Whitney Bashor, Nick Blaemire, Anderson Davis, and Rebecca Soler, being featured in the concert. The musical director for "Become" was Jonah Speidel.

We hear that because of their success, we might see them again later this summer in another concert - congratulations! For more information, visit www.pasekandpaul.com.


Photo Coverage:How Lucky Can You Get? 2 Joe's Pub Sell Outs
Billy Porter performs "Stand Tall"

Photo Coverage:How Lucky Can You Get? 2 Joe's Pub Sell Outs
Billy Porter

Photo Coverage:How Lucky Can You Get? 2 Joe's Pub Sell Outs
Chelsea Krombach performs "I've Gotta Run"

Photo Coverage:How Lucky Can You Get? 2 Joe's Pub Sell Outs
Cheyenne Jackson sings "Dispensable"

Photo Coverage:How Lucky Can You Get? 2 Joe's Pub Sell Outs
Cheyenne Jackson

Photo Coverage:How Lucky Can You Get? 2 Joe's Pub Sell Outs
Gavin Creel sings "Boy with Dreams"

Photo Coverage:How Lucky Can You Get? 2 Joe's Pub Sell Outs
Gavin Creel

Photo Coverage:How Lucky Can You Get? 2 Joe's Pub Sell Outs
Celia Keenan-Bolger sings "Lying There"

Photo Coverage:How Lucky Can You Get? 2 Joe's Pub Sell Outs
Daniel Reichard "calls" his mom to wish her a happy Mother's Day before performing "I Once Knew"

Photo Coverage:How Lucky Can You Get? 2 Joe's Pub Sell Outs
Karen Mason sings "Wylie"

Photo Coverage:How Lucky Can You Get? 2 Joe's Pub Sell Outs
Steven Pasquale performs "Part of a Painting"

Photo Coverage:How Lucky Can You Get? 2 Joe's Pub Sell Outs
Steven Pasquale

Photo Coverage:How Lucky Can You Get? 2 Joe's Pub Sell Outs
Todd Buonopane sings "In Short"

Photo Coverage:How Lucky Can You Get? 2 Joe's Pub Sell Outs
Whitney Bashor

Photo Coverage:How Lucky Can You Get? 2 Joe's Pub Sell Outs
Sara Chase

Photo Coverage:How Lucky Can You Get? 2 Joe's Pub Sell Outs
Sara Chase

Photo Coverage:How Lucky Can You Get? 2 Joe's Pub Sell Outs
The men of the evening--Justin Paul and Benj Pasek

Photo Coverage:How Lucky Can You Get? 2 Joe's Pub Sell Outs
Justin Paul and Benj Pasek

Photo Coverage:How Lucky Can You Get? 2 Joe's Pub Sell Outs
Kenita Miller with back-up vocals from Nick Blaemire, Chelsea Kromback and Whitney Bashor

Photo Coverage:How Lucky Can You Get? 2 Joe's Pub Sell Outs
Bobby Lopez (Avenue Q), Benj Pasek, Justin Paul and Jeff Marx (Avenue Q)

Photo Coverage:How Lucky Can You Get? 2 Joe's Pub Sell Outs
Justin Paul, Jeff Marx and Benj Pasek backstage before the second show

Photo Coverage:How Lucky Can You Get? 2 Joe's Pub Sell Outs
Benj Pasek and Daniel Reichard

Photo Coverage:How Lucky Can You Get? 2 Joe's Pub Sell Outs
Benj Pasek, Justin Paul and Jeffrey Seller

Photo Coverage:How Lucky Can You Get? 2 Joe's Pub Sell Outs
Steven Pasquale, Billy Porter, Jamie McGonnigal and Laura Benanti

Photo Coverage:How Lucky Can You Get? 2 Joe's Pub Sell Outs
Justin Paul and Gavin Creel

Photo Coverage:How Lucky Can You Get? 2 Joe's Pub Sell Outs
Justin Paul, Billy Porter and Benj Pasek

Photo Coverage:How Lucky Can You Get? 2 Joe's Pub Sell Outs
Jonah Spediel, Jamie McGonnigal, Cheyenne Jackson, Justin Paul, Karen Mason hang on to Benj Pasek backstage

Photo Coverage:How Lucky Can You Get? 2 Joe's Pub Sell Outs
Michelle Ricci, Cheyenne Jackson, Gavin Creel, Whitney Bashor and director Mike Mosallam

Photo Coverage:How Lucky Can You Get? 2 Joe's Pub Sell Outs
Cheyenne Jackson, Justin Paul, Gavin Creel, Benj Pasek and Karen Mason



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