Lauren Kennedy Set To Host The 10/26 Edition Of 'Monday Nights New Voices' At The Duplex

Broadway's Lauren Kennedy, most recently seen as Mary in Second Stages production of 'Vanities,' will host the October 26th Monday Nights, New Voices concert at the Duplex Cabaret Theatre.

The evening, which begins at 7 PM, will celebrate the work of award winning composer, Lance Horne. Vocalists will include Andres Quintero, Danielle Porcellini, Anne Fraser Thomas, Stefani Wood, Yaniv Zarif.

Horne will be on hand to relate stories associated with each of the presented songs and to accompany the performers on selections from his songbook.

Lauren Kennedy - Broadway: The Lady of the Lake in Monty Python's Spamalot, Sunset Boulevard with Glenn Close, Side Show as Daisy Hilton, and Les Misérables as Fantine. Also, Cinderella at The New York City Opera. London: Trevor Nunn's revival of South Pacific as Nellie Forbush at The Royal National Theatre. Lauren starred opposite Val Kilmer in The Ten Commandments at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles. Most recently she starred in pre-Broadway productions of Vanitites at The Pasadena Playhouse and Lone Star Love with The Red Clay Ramblers. Other new works and premieres:, Zelda Fitzgerald in Frank Wildhorn's Waiting For The Moon (Lenape, Barrymore Award Nom. for Best Actress), The Rhythm Club (Signature Theatre, Helen Hayes Award Nom. for Best Actress), White Christmas, Breakfast At Tiffany's (St. Louis MUNY), Hot Shoe Shuffle (TUTS), The Trumpet of the Swan (The Kennedy Center), and The Last Five Years (Northlight). National Tour: Sunset Boulevard as Betty Schaefer. Both her new album Here And Now and her debut album Lauren Kennedy: Songs Of Jason Robert Brown have both received rave reviews and are available on PS Classics. She is also an Artistic Advisor at Farmer's Alley Theatre and Hot Summer Night's At The Kennedy.

Lance Horne (Music Director, Orchestrator, Composer/Lyricist) is delighted to be on the keys at the Vaudeville with the exquisite Mr. Cumming. Previously on the West End: La Clique at The Hippodrome with Meow Meow. Elsewhere with Alan: Alan Cumming: I Bought a Blue Car Today at Lincoln Center Songbook Series, Sydney Opera House, and the forthcoming album on YSL/ADA/Warner Brothers, and... jovial Trojan commercials with Alan & Ricki Lake. Also at Sydney OH: Mardi Gras' Late Night Lounge, Justin Bond is Close to You, Meow to the World: Crisis is Born. Elsewhere with Meow Meow: The Dresden Dolls Tour, seasons at Bar Jeder Vernunft: Berlin, Ann Arbor Festival, Sydney Festival, Spiegeltent: Edinburgh Festival, Carnegie's Berlin in Lights
series, David Bowie-curated HighLine Festival, the final Pina Bausch Tanzfestival, upcoming Baryshnikov-curated Ringling Festival. With Justin Bond: Delacorte Theater in Central Park (with Scissor Sister's Jake Shears), weekly runway performance event Skinny Dip at Soho House NYC. With Broadway's Cheyenne Jackson: GLAAD Awards LA hosted by Kathy Griffin. Played with Amanda Palmer, Ana Matronic, Nellie McKay, Gala in Shanghai, opened for Death Cab for Cutie and Dwight Yoakam.Lance received a 2008 Emmy Award for Best Original Song for "Chemistry" (One Life to Live: Prom Night, The Musical, ABC), provided the vocal arrangements for Broadway's Little Women, and contributes opening numbers regularly for The Actors Fund and Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (Gypsy of the Year '04-‘06). Compositions for TV: Lincoln Center Tree Lighting with Sesame Street, ABC; 80th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade for Diana DeGarmo & The Phoenix Boys Choir, 82nd Macy's... for The Clique Girls, NBC. Filmscores: To Paint the Portrait of a Bird (best short, NY-Avignon Festival), Ready? OK! (best feature, FilmOut San Diego, Best of Fest NewFest NYC, Outfest LA, Frameline SF). Webisodes: The Battery's Down. He received the Jonathan Larson Award for composer-lyricists, residencies at O'Neill NMTF, TheaterWorks Palo Alto, Orchard Project, New Harmony Project. Musicals, operas, classical, and dance compositions produced at New York Theater Workshop, The Zipper, Carnegie's Zankel Hall, Toronto's Luminato festival. His band Lance Horne & The One Night Stands' appearances include Blue Moon Seoul, Joe's Pub NYC, and House of Blues on Sunset LA. Recordings available on Ghostlight, ABC, YSL/ADA/Warner Brothers, and New World labels. Currently finishing his Doctorate, he is on faculty at The Juilliard School, teaching precollege where he received his Bachelors and Masters in Music studying with Milton Babbitt. Previous and visiting faculty: EAMA in Paris, HyperIsland Stockholm, NYU, and Interlochen Arts Academy.

The Duplex Cabaret Theatre is located in Manhattan at 61 Christopher Street. There is a $12 music charge and a two-drink minimum; for reservations call (212) 255-5438 or visit http://theduplex.com/test/webcalendar/reservations.php?cal_id=4187

Photo Credit Peter James Zielinski