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Richard Skipper Celebrates! at Laurie Beechman Theatre
Dates: 11/21/2025
at 7:00 PM
📍 Theatre: Laurie Beechman Theatre
407 West 42nd Street
New York, NY 10036
Phone: 212-695-6909
Tickets: $50 - $75 cover (+ fees)
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Songs, Stories, Surprises…And So Much More!
2nd ENCORE PERFORMANCE
Directed by James Beaman | Musical Direction Dan Pardo
After 46 years in show business, award-winning entertainer and host Richard Skipper invites you to join him for a one-night-only celebration of life, legacy, and laughter — shaped entirely by the audience.
In this unscripted and joyfully unpredictable evening, Richard answers real questions submitted by audience members — live and unrehearsed. Blending heartfelt storytelling, classic showbiz tales, songs, and spontaneous moments, the show is a love letter to live performance and the communities that keep it alive.
Whether you’ve followed Richard’s journey for decades or are discovering him for the first time, this is your chance to ask, connect, and celebrate alongside one of cabaret’s most beloved voices.
You Never Know Who Might Show Up and What Might Happen!
Cast and Creative Team for Richard Skipper Celebrates! at Laurie Beechman Theatre
Cast
Richard Skipper
Host/Vocalist
Richard Skipper is an award-winning entertainer, storyteller, and legacy artist whose career spans more than 46 years. Best known for his celebrated tributes to Hello, Dolly! and his longtime friendship with Carol Channing, Richard has performed across the U.S. and the U.K., bringing joy, insight, and spontaneity to every stage he graces. A former impersonator turned truth-teller, Richard now blends memoir, music, and audience connection into one-of-a-kind live experiences. His current work is less about “performing” and more about hosting the room — inviting audiences into something honest, unscripted, and unforgettable. Whether celebrating Broadway history or sharing stories from his own journey, Richard builds a space where legacy meets presence — and where everyone leaves feeling seen. richardskipper.com
Dan Pardo
Music Director/Pianist
Dan Pardo is a NYC-based music director, pianist, arranger, and educator, having made his Broadway debut as assistant conductor and keyboardist for Amazing Grace at the Nederlander Theatre. He also music-directed the acclaimed Netflix special, “John Mulaney and the Sack Lunch Bunch.” Off-Broadway credits include I Spy a Spy (St. Clements), The Office! A Musical Parody (Jerry Orbach), Found (Atlantic), Rothschild and Sons (York), Soot and Spit (New Ohio) and Skippyjon Jones: Snow What? with TheatreworksUSA at the Lucille Lortel. Other NYC credits include workshop productions of Come From Away (currently on Broadway at the Schoenfeld), Stepchild, Mythic (as Persephone Unplugged), On Rosen Street, Marco Polo, Never Grimm, and The Oliver Experiment, along with numerous concerts at the Laurie Beechman Theater, 54 Below, The Duplex, Metropolitan Room, and The Green Room 42.
Creative Team
James Beaman
Director
James Beaman is a classically trained actor who has run the gamut of stage performance, from Shakespeare to musical theatre to the cabaret circuit. He starred as Sir Robin in the first national tour of "Monty Python's Spamalot" and has appeared on the stages of some of the finest regional theaters, from The Kennedy Center, to Goodspeed Musicals, to Shakespeare festivals from Alabama to Missouri. Beaman received his training at Boston University and the Academy for Classical Acting, and studied with some of the finest teachers and coaches in New York, including Tim Phillips, Wynn Handman, and Matthew Corozine. He coaches actors and singers for auditions and solo performance, direct cabaret acts, and has created and taught programs for young actors including the Goodspeed Musicals Audition Intensive, preparing aspiring high schoolers to audition for college theatre programs.
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The Laurie Beechman Theatre is an 80-seat dinner theater in the basement of the West Bank Cafe at 407 West 42nd Street in the Manhattan Plaza apartment complex in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, New York City. The theater is named for Laurie Beechman, who was a Broadway singer/actor and cabaret performer.
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