Currently spending his time between New York and Florida, Beau was born to a theatrical family in Brooklyn. He studied drama at the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute and at HB Studios. He studied theater singing with Julia Sperratore and Helen Gallagher. Beau later taught drama at the Lincoln Center Square for the Arts. It was at this time Beau began working with the Theater Development Fund and helped found New York's famed HALF PRICE TICKET BOOTH. Early in his career, Beau was screen tested and contracted for Warner Brothers. He co-hosted, an early cable variety series on Manhattan's Teleprompter channel. At this time he directed the Johnny Specca musical, SEX IS..? at the Lincoln Center Library Theater. Beau has performed Off-Broadway in FAT FELL DOWN, The Comic Strip Theater's LITTLE LULU AND THE INVISIBLE INK and WILL THE REAL ZOOPERMAN PLEASE STAND UP. Around the country he has delighted audiences with his performances in ANYTHING GOES, THE APPLE TREE, GUYS & DOLLS, and HELLZAPOPPIN! He sang for New York audiences at such cabarets as The Duplex and Upstairs at the Downstairs. He has had numerous television appearances but is most proud to have been a winning contestant on the game shows JACKPOT and THE $20,000 PYRAMID.
Kool & The Gang, the popular R&B, soul, funk, disco and jazz band will perform at the Miramar Cultural Center for one night only-Friday, May 8, 2009 at 8:00 p.
Written by Joe DiPietro (I Love You, You're Perfect,) The Last Romance is a touching new love story that uses music & opera to weave its magic as it shows audiences it is never too late to fall in love.
DUMB SHOW is a searing account of tabloid journalisim, the value of fame and the overstepping of personal boundaries in the world of celebrity-worship and gossip mongers.
Fresh from its Off-Broadway debut last season, 'At Home At the Zoo,' delves deeper into his acclaimed play The Zoo Story by adding a first-act, Homelife.
New Theatre presents its final production of the 2008-2009 Season, Mauritius, making its Southeastern Premiere, by Pulitzer Prize nominated Theresa Rebeck, running April 16 - May 17, 2009.
Most recently Swindley has premiered three new musicals, STEP INTO MY PARLOR (Tulsa, OK), SUMMER OF '66 (Myrtle Beach, SC), and SWINGSTEP (Toronto, Canada).
Known most notably for his Off Broadway musical sensation, I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change, and the comedy about family relations, Over the River and Through the Woods, DiPietro is one of America's most prolific playwrights with new productions of his work popping up all over the country.
As one of the nation's senior regional arts awards, the Carbonell Awards has seen a lot of changes since its debut in 1976 with ceremonies that featured stars such as Carol Channing, Chita Rivera, Burt Reynolds, Robert Goulet and Florence Henderson, presented in hotel ballrooms, night clubs, regiona