The Laurie Beechman Theatre has announced that Tony Award-winner DONNA McKECHNIE, one of Broadway's most beloved and esteemed performers, will return to The Laurie Beechman Theatre with her critically-acclaimed solo show, My Musical Comedy Life, which will play the midtown venue on Monday, April 4th at 8pm. Currently co-starring off-Broadway in Love, Loss & What I Wore, Ms. McKechnie returns to The Beechman for one night only.
Tony Award-winner DONNA McKECHNIE will return to The Laurie Beechman Theatre with her critically-acclaimed solo show, My Musical Comedy Life, which will play the midtown venue on Wednesday, November 3rd at 8pm. There is a $35 cover charge, as well as a $15 food/beverage minimum (a full dinner menu is available). The Laurie Beechman Theatre is located within The West Bank Cafe at 407 West 42nd St. (@ 9th Ave)., in the heart of New York's theatre district. For tickets, please contact Smarttix at www.smarttix.com or 212 868 4444.
It is with great pleasure that The West Bank Café announces upcoming performances to be presented in The Laurie Beechman Theatre.
It is with great pleasure that The West Bank Café announces upcoming performances to be presented in The Laurie Beechman Theatre.
The Laurie Beechman Theatre announced that Tony Award-winner DONNA McKECHNIE will return to The Laurie Beechman Theatre with her critically-acclaimed solo show, My Musical Comedy Life, which will play the midtown venue on Wednesday, November 3rd at 8pm. There is a $35 cover charge, as well as a $15 food/beverage minimum (a full dinner menu is available). The Laurie Beechman Theatre is located within The West Bank Cafe at 407 West 42nd St. (@ 9th Ave)., in the heart of New York's theatre district. For tickets, please contact Smarttix at www.smarttix.com or 212 868 4444.
Tony Award-winner Donna McKechnie, one of Broadway's most beloved and esteemed performers, will present the New York premiere of her critically-acclaimed solo show, My Musical Comedy Life (directed by Richard Jay-Alexander), at the Laurie Beechman Theatre for one performance only, Wednesday, July 28th at 8pm. There is a $35 cover charge, as well as a $15 food/beverage minimum (a full dinner menu is available). The Laurie Beechman Theatre is located within The West Bank Cafe at 407 West 42nd St. (@ 9th Ave)., in the heart of New York's theatre district. For tickets, please contact Smarttix at www.smarttix.com or 212 868 4444.
The Laurie Beechman Theatre announce that Tony Award-winner Donna McKechnie, one of Broadway's most beloved and esteemed performers, will present the New York premiere of her critically-acclaimed solo show, My Musical Comedy Life, at the midtown venue for one performance only, Wednesday, July 28th at 8pm.
Viva la Joan! Good news for the city that never sleeps! The fun starts when popular musical comic Joan Jaffe (who never sleeps!) returns to cabaret with her new show, 'Joan Jaffe Sings Funny!' on Sunday, December 6, 2009 at 6pm, Sunday, January 10, 2010 at 7pm, and Thursday, January 14, 2010 at 7:30pm.
Viva la Joan! Good news for the city that never sleeps! The fun starts when popular musical comic Joan Jaffe (who never sleeps!) returns to cabaret with her new show, 'Joan Jaffe Sings Funny!' on Sunday, December 6, 2009 at 6pm, Sunday, January 10, 2010 at 7pm, and Thursday, January 14, 2010 at 7:30pm.
Viva la Joan! Good news for the city that never sleeps! The fun starts when popular musical comic Joan Jaffe (who never sleeps!) returns to cabaret with her new show, 'Joan Jaffe Sings Funny!' on Sunday, December 6, 2009 at 6pm, Sunday, January 10, 2010 at 7pm, and Thursday, January 14, 2010 at 7:30pm.
Eadie Scott will bring her cabaret show 'Wished on the Moon: A Tribute to Dorothy Parker' to Don't Tell Mama on November 4th. Following a successful performance at the Laurie Beechman, Scott will perform her cabaret of Dorothy Parker songs, monologues, and poetry for a special one night event.
Though Julie Wilson was certainly not the first and by all means not the last great singer to have her heart stomped upon by Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht's 'Surabaya Johnny,' there is no one I can name more deserving to claim it as their signature song. (Okay, maybe Lotte Lenya, but you know that's a special case.) Though for many years now the 83-year-old beloved cabaret star has been singing songs less and less and speaking them more and more, there are few who can match her for painting vivid word pictures and bringing complex dramatic subtext to a lyric. With pianist Christopher Denny doing a marvelous job of softly supporting her many pauses and tempo changes, Wilson's crushing performance of Marc Blitzstein's translation, played to a pin-drop silent crowd on opening night of her new show at The Metropolitan Room, is an emotionally striking portrayal of a woman who can explode with anger at the mistreatment she endures from her faithless lover while moments later barely control a sob at the admission that she still loves him. Through the years I've seen Julie Wilson sing 'Surabaya Johnny' many times but her performance that night was the best I've ever seen or heard from anyone. (And as is typical of her modesty, she actually introduced the song by complimenting Donna Murphy's performance of it on Broadway in LoveMusik.) She follows it with a devilishly humored 'Mack the Knife' (also Blitzstein's translation) that builds so slowly and precisely that she goes through the entire song twice in order to hit the climax. I heard no complaints.
The fun starts when popular musical comic Joan Jaffe (who never sleeps!) returns to cabaret with her new show, 'Joan Jaffe Sings Funny!' on Bastille Day at the Triad Theater on Tuesday, July 14 at 7:00.
The fun starts when popular musical comic Joan Jaffe (who never sleeps!) returns to cabaret with her new show, 'Joan Jaffe Sings Funny!' on Bastille Day at the Triad Theater on Tuesday, July 14 at 7:00.
The fun starts when popular musical comic Joan Jaffe (who never sleeps!) returns to cabaret with her new show, 'Joan Jaffe Sings Funny!' on Bastille Day at the Triad Theater on Tuesday, July 14 at 7:00.
Actress/singer/jewelry designer Shana Farr will make her long awaited cabaret debut at The Laurie Beechman Theatre at The West Bank Café in a thrilling new musical show, Pure Imagination? in which the beautiful and talented soprano will interpret imaginative songs by composers ranging from Harold Arlen to Carly Simon, Jule Styne to Francesca Blumenthal, Paul Williams to Rachmaninoff, and others.
The fun starts when popular musical comic Joan Jaffe (who never sleeps!) returns to cabaret with her new show, 'Joan Jaffe Sings Funny!' on Bastille Day at the Triad Theater on Tuesday, July 14 at 7:00.
Actress/singer/jewelry designer Shana Farr will make her long awaited cabaret debut at The Laurie Beechman Theatre at The West Bank Café in a thrilling new musical show, Pure Imagination? in which the beautiful and talented soprano will interpret imaginative songs by composers ranging from Harold Arlen to Carly Simon, Jule Styne to Francesca Blumenthal, Paul Williams to Rachmaninoff, and others.
Andrea Marcovicci ? popularly dubbed 'The Queen of Cabaret' ? celebrated her 60th birthday gala concert this past Saturday, May 16th at 8PM at New York?s The Town Hall. The event coincided with the release of her first-ever 'greatest hits' collection, As Time Goes By: The Best of Andrea Marcovicci on Andreasong, her own label. BroadwayWorld brings you exclusive photos of the after party at Saju Bistro with Andrea and her special guests for the concert.
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