"On The Stage" with David Bedella & Billy Stritch at Whitefish Performing Arts Center - Atkinson Hall

Join us in Whitefish for a very special night of music "On The Stage" with London/Broadway's David Bedella & New York City's Billy Stritch!

David Bedella recently starred on Broadway in the role of Lance duBois; a role he created in the original West End production of & Juliet, for which he received his third Lawrence Olivier Award. The first two, for his performances in Jerry Springer The Opera and In The Heights. Other theatre credits include: Frank-N-Furter in the 50th Anniversary Production of The Rocky Horror Show in Australia; Roger Debris in The Producers (UK National Tour); Sweeney in Sweeney Todd (Twickenham Theatre); Putting It Together (St James Theatre); Arnold in Torch Song Trilogy and Wilson Misner in Road Show (Menier Chocolate Factory); Billy Flynn in Chicago (West End); Molokov in Chess In Concert (Royal Albert Hall); Hedwig in Hedwig And The Angry Inch, London; Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Show (UK National tour, West End and 2015 Live Broadcast from the Playhouse Theatre) Television: Clyde in Big Mood (Channel 4), Tony Diamond in Sexy Beast (Paramount+), President Bachler in Jack Ryan (Amazon); Senator Moreno in Treasure of the Black Swan(Movistar); and for the BBC – Steve Tilson in Deep State; Luis in By Any Means; Frankie in Inside No. 9; Quentin in Ben Elton’s Blessed; and series regular Dr. Carlos Fashola in Holby City. Film: Leonard in Matthew Vaughn’s Argylle (Apple); Drew Favreau in All The Old Knives (Amazon), Cadmus in Alexander (Warner Bros); Batman Begins (Warner Bros); and Jerry Springer The Opera for (BBC Film). Pianist-singer Billy Stritch has been a presence on the New York and national nightclub scene for nearly four decades. He began his career in Houston where he formed the vocal trio Montgomery, Plant and Stritch. The threesome performed all over New York and Europe from 1983 until they parted ways in 1990. That same year, Billy started his solo performing career. He is perhaps best known for his 25 year position as musical director and pianist for Liza Minelli and has also toured with Tony Bennett, Christine Ebersole, Linda Eder, Melissa Manchester, Linda Lavin and many other top singers. His composition “Does He Love You” won the Grammy award in 1993 and was recorded 30 years later by Reba McEntire and Dolly Parton, garnering another Grammy nomination in 2023. Billy was recently named Outstanding Musical Director for the fifth time by the readers of Broadway World and his 2022 Birthday show at New York’s famed Birdland Jazz Club was named Outstanding Vocal Jazz Engagement of the year. He is the bandleader for “Jim Caruso’s Cast Party” every Monday night at Birdland and the twosome also have a long-running Sunday night residency at Bemelmans Bar at the Carlyle Hotel. Billy has recorded numerous solo albums as well as two with Christine Ebersole and his most recent release “Billy’s Place” (Club44 Records) is available on all the streaming platforms and at his website, billystritch.com. Follow Billy on Instagram @billystritch.