Julie Benko Plays Don't Tell Mama, 5/24

Julie Benko reprises her cabaret act Wandering Star: Tales of the Road at New York City's legendary Don't Tell Mama (343 West 46th Street, Manhattan) on Friday, May 24th at 7:30 PM.

Ms. Benko, who began touring nationally at the age of 19 with the rock-musical phenomenon Spring Awakening and soon after joined the touring company of Les Miserables, recounts her triumphs, failures, and misadventures on the road through personal anecdotes and songs from diverse musical styles ranging from jazz, pop, folk, and Broadway standards.

Ms. Benko comes to Don't Tell Mama directly from her Joe's Pub engagement in February. She has toured nationally with Les Miserables (Cosette) and Spring Awakening (Ensemble and understudy to all female roles). Regionally, she has been seen as Olive in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz. Previous cabaret performances across the country include From Rogers to Heart directed by Sutton Foster at Joe's Pub, Season for Dreaming at Town in Washington D.C. and various BC/EFA benefit concerts. She has appeared on television singing on America's Got Talent, Fox News Boston, and Telemundo. She can be heard singing Say It Somehow on Ian Patrick Gibb's CD Fill in the Words, currently available on iTunes. She holds a BFA in Drama from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.

Reserve ahead of time ONLINE at http://www.donttellmamanyc.com/shows?task=view_event&event_id=282 or via phone at212.757.0788

For more about Julie, go to www.juliebenko.com.