Bill Russell News

On May 7th and June 4th at 7 PM at the Duplex Cabaret Theatre, Nick Cearley and friends will revisit a colorful decade in 'Born & Bred: The 80's.'

Nick Cearley and Lauren Molina will play their last performance of The Most Overdone Songs Ever on Sunday, April 2nd; in his cabaret debut, Cearley performs alongside Sweeney Todd's Molina at the Duplex Cabaret Theatre

With the addition of two new categories--Best Male and Female Stand-Up Comic--the nominations list for the 2006 MAC Awards is now complete

The 2006 MAC AWARDS will be presented on MONDAY, APRIL 17 AT 7:30 PM at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center at BMCC, 199 Chambers Street. Hosted by Lee Roy Reams, the 20th annual MAC Awards will include appearances by Phoebe Snow, Ben Taylor, Karen Mason, Carol Hall and Rocky Carroll among others.

Nick Cearley, in his cabaret debut, will perform alongside Sweeney Todd's Lauren Molina in The Most Overdone Songs Ever at the Duplex Cabaret Theatre (61 Christopher Street) on the first Sunday of every month from now through June 4th

Bill Russell will appear at the February 6th edition of Monday Nights, New Voices at the Duplex alongside singers such as Rene Strober and Kate Pazakis

Nick Cearley and Lauren Molina will sing The Most Overdone Songs ever at the Duplex from now through June with performances at the first Sunday of every month

Max Von Essen, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Matt Cavenaugh, Kate Baldwin and others performed in Forward: a new song cycle on January 16th

Dreamgirls composer Henry Krieger will show up for an informal discussion after the January 10th performance of the musical at the Prince Music Theatre in Philadelphia

The music of composer Charles Bloom (Insomnia, Heaven Knows) will be presented in a new revue, BEYOND THE MUSIC: THE SONGS OF CHARLES BLOOM, to be performed at Don't Tell Mama (343 West 46th Street) for 2 performances only in December: Sunday, December 18 at 8 p.m. and Monday, December 19 at 6:30 p.m.

On December 5th and 12th in Ventura, CA, Alice Ripley will headline a free reading featuring three new musicals by Bill Russell and Peter Melnick

CONTEST CLOSED! Enter to win a prize pack from Sundance Channel for the premiere of a new six part series, Iconoclasts. Thursdays beginning November 17th

Chad Kimball, Lauren Kennedy, Christiane Noll and other stars will perform numbers from The Bill Russell Songbook in a free October 25th concert

Cabaret star Brandon Cutrell and musical director Ray Fellman will host Ray and Brandon's Birthday Bash at the Duplex Cabaret Theatre on October 9th

On Sunday, August 7th FLOPZ was presented at Joe's Pub, showcasing some of Broadway's best songs...from flop musicals.

Produced by Wayman Wong, The Leading Men Concert took place on Monday, May 30 as a benefit for Broadway Cares/Equity Fight AIDS.

Wayman Wong presents a night of Broadway and cabaret's top male singers

Ars Nova continues the third season of its acclaimed Broadway Spotlight series with Avenue Q's Barrett Foa. Join Foa for an eclectic evening of songs ranging from pop/rock to musical theater - a healthy dose of unpretentious and rockin' music with direction by Christopher Gattelli and musical direction by Tom Kitt. Also with Courtney Balan, Damien Bassman, Roger Butterly, Randy Landau and Jason Robinson. Monday, December 6th at 8 PM at Ars Nova (511 West 54th Street, just west of 10th Ave.).