Broadway Barfly LIVE! With Robert Driemeyer (and guest Vicki Lewis) at Laurie Beechman Theatre

Robert Driemeyer is a New York-based entertainer and producer, and the creator of Broadway Barfly — initially a YouTube channel celebrating Broadway through cocktails, now a live cabaret show and a growing platform for interactive cultural programming. Broadway Barfly LIVE! has been performed at 54 Below, The Green Room 42, and the Laurie Beechman Theatre, and the Broadway Barfly Watch Party has been presented for corporate functions at Rockefeller Center and The Spiral. A performer whose work spans musical theatre, cabaret, and stand-up comedy, Driemeyer has appeared on stages across New York, around the world, and most recently aboard Royal Caribbean's Icon of the Seas. As a producer, his Broadway credits include the 2010 Tony Award-winning revival of La Cage aux Folles and Elling, starring Brendan Fraser. Off Broadway, he was lead producer of the critically acclaimed revival of Tennessee Williams' The Two-Character Play, starring Amanda Plummer and Brad Dourif, and Party Face, starring Hayley Mills and directed by Amanda Bearse. Additional credits include Forbidden Broadway: Alive and Kicking and Shear Madness.

Vicki Lewis is perhaps best known for her role as Beth the secretary on the hit NBC series “Newsradio”. She also starred in the NBC series“Three Sisters” with Diane Cannon. She has had recurring and guest starring roles on “Doll & Em” “Curb Your Enthusiasm” “The Middle” “Bones” “Dirt” “Grey’s Anatomy” “’Til Death” “Surviving Suburbia” ”Sonny With A Chance” “Melissa and Joey” “Caroline In The City” “Norm” “The Five Mrs. Buchanans” “Phenom” “Murphy Brown” “Grace Under Fire” “Seinfeld” and “Home Improvement”. Her Films include: “The Ugly Truth” ”Den Brother” “The Last Day Of Summer” “California Dreamin” (Dave Foley and Lea Thompson) “Godzilla” (1998) “Mousehunt” (Nathan Lane, Lee Evans and Christoper Walken) “Pushing Tin” (John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton Angelina Jolie and Cate Blanchett )“I’ll Do Anything” (Nick Nolte, Albert Brooks) “The Huntress” “Bye Bye Birdie” (Tyne Daly, Jason Alexander) and “Breakfast Of Champions”. (Bruce Willis, Nick Nolte) Her voice can be heard in Pixar’s animated blockbuster “Finding Nemo” as well as “Alpha and Omega” “Wonder Woman” “Justice League – The New Froniter” “Doctor Doolittle: Million Dollar Mutts” ”Scooby Doo” ”Ben 10: Alien Force” “Betsy’s Kindergarten Adventures” “King Of The Hill” “Rugrats” “An Extremely Goofy Movie” “Phineas And Ferb” and she voices Wonder Woman in “Batman – The Brave And The Bold” for Warner Brothers. She starred as Velma Kelly in the Broadway and Las Vegas productions of “Chicago”. She played Gloria Thorpe in the Tony nominated “Damn Yankees” she performed as a soloist in “An Evening With the Pops” at Carnegie Hall (with the late great Skitch Henderson) and in “Pal Joey” (opposite Patti Lupone and Peter Gallagher) for “Encores”. She received the Ovation Award for her performance in the world premiere of Michael John Lachuisa’s “Hotel C’est L’amoure” at The Blank Theatre in Los Angeles, and was nominated for an Ovation award for her performance in ”How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying” (directed by Marcia Milgrim Dodge) for the Reprise Theatre Company. Also for Reprise – “I Love My Wife” “My One and Only” “City of Angels” and “Carol Burnett In Conversation”. Vicki starred in “Funny Girl” “ Into The Woods” “Gypsy” “Anything Goes” and “The Little Mermaid” for CaliforniaMusic Circus. “East of Midnight,” her debut album, which she wrote and produced with Junior Burke, and which was orchestrated by Stephen Taylor, is available on iTunes, along with her hit EP of Christmas songs “Santa’s Little Helper”. www.vickilewis.com

Jesse Warkentin served as musical director and conductor for the international Broadway tour of An American in Paris, traveling to China, Taiwan, and Paris. His U.S. Broadway tour credits include Wicked, An American in Paris, and Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella. Jesse has performed in the Radio City Christmas Spectacular orchestra and has music directed and performed at numerous regional theatres including MTWichita (The Wizard of Oz, Beauty and the Beast, Matilda), Ogunquit Playhouse (Beautiful), NorthShore (Spamalot), Casa Mañana (Beautiful, Jersey Boys), City Springs Theatre (White Christmas, The Wizard of Oz), and Tuacahn (Beautiful). He enjoys working on new theatre projects when home in New York City.