Billie Roe returned to the NYC Cabaret scene some 5 years ago after a long hiatus from having played most of the New York clubs in the 70's and early 80's including The Grand Finale, Reno Sweeney's, Trax, The Copa, and Les Mouches. Ms. Roe holds a BFA in Acting from Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA., and a MFA in Playwrighting from the Actors Studio Drama School, New York as well as being a founding member of the Playwrights Directors Workshop (PDW) at the Actors Studio in New York where she workshops her plays. Billie is the recipient of the 2014 MAC Award for Female Vocalist, the 2014 Bistro Award for Outstanding Tribute Show 1978 NYC UNDERGROUND which she wrote and performed at The Metropolitan Room and The Duplex in New York. This act was named in the 'Top 13 List of 2013' by Edge Magazine. Further, Billie also received the 2012 Bistro Award for Outstanding Theme Show - Dangerous Women: Life In Film Noir which she wrote and performed at Don’t Tell Mama. In that same year Billie won the 2012 MetroStar singing completion at the Metropolitan Room. Named to the list of the 'Top 50 Most Influential People to watch in Cabaret' by NiteLifeExchange, Billie currently serves on the MAC Board of Directors.
The month of December has always been an emotional time of the year, especially for our military families; a period to deeply reflect on family and country.
Based on the promotion of their new duo show, Revolution (a four-show run that ends at the Duplex tonight at 6:30), you might have gotten the impression that Dawn Derow and Kathleen France would be engaging in a zany bit of fluff poking fun at American military politics in a Bob Hope USO Show kinda
The expression “Man About Town”--commonly defined as a socially active, sophisticated man devoted to the pursuit of pleasure by frequenting fashionable nightclubs, theaters, and restaurants--might perfectly describe the persona of Sir Noel Coward.