Laurie Beechman News

Former Mouseketeer and musical theatre & club favorite Lindsey Alley is thrilled to present the Palm Springs premiere of her all-new show, BLOOD, SWEAT & MOUSEKETEARS, this weekend, January 16th & 17th, at The Copa Room, 44 East Amando Road in Palm Springs.

Tonight, January 15th, Broadway Sessions welcomes Film and Television star Nikki Blonsky, Laurissa Romain, Kelly Brandeburg and more.

Rising theatre star Tim Realbuto will team up with Tony Award winning and Oscar nominated composer Maury Yeston (Nine; Grand Hotel; Titanic) for a concert evening at the Metropolitan Room this February entitled 'Tim Realbuto: Bookseller in the Rain. The Music of Maury Yeston.'

Former Mouseketeer and musical theatre & club favorite Lindsey Alley is thrilled to present the Palm Springs premiere of her all-new show, BLOOD, SWEAT & MOUSEKETEARS, Friday & Saturday, January 16th & 17th, at The Copa Room, 44 East Amando Road in Palm Springs.

NiCori Studios and Productions in association with the Oakeside Bloomfield Cultural Center announces a new installment of the monthly concert series, Music at the Mansion, on Sunday, January 25, at 3pm. Performers include Daryl Glenn, Gas Lamp Players and Marieann Meringolo.

Award-winning Wunderkind star Tim Realbuto has been asked to perform at the official launch party for Talent in Motion magazine. Talent in Motion is a bi-annually published arts and entertainment magazine addressing an industry where the worlds of fashion, film, art, music, theatre and nightlife converge. A constantly evolving publication, Talent in Motion includes articles on emerging artists, with a focus on celebrity events, fashion editorials, advertorials and up-to-date information on health & fitness, food, wine and spirits, and hotel and travel destinations.

The award-winning CAP21 Theatre Company has announced casting for the first production of a new musical, THE ARTIST & THE SCIENTIST, with book and lyrics by Jenny Stafford, music by Brandon Anderson, and story by Jenny Stafford and Brandon Anderson. THE ARTIST & THE SCIENTIST is a love story that takes place in the moment between the Scientist's proposal and the Artist's answer. It explores the creative and scientific forces that make us who we are; and the people who challenge us to open ourselves to something more. THE ARTIST & THE SCIENTIST will play a limited run from February 4 -28, 2015 at the CAP21 Theatre, 18 West 18th Street, 5th Floor, New York. www.cap21.org

BROADWAY SESSIONS is described as an evening of musical performances, games and open mic featuring a new Broadway guest each week. The show is created and hosted by Ben Cameron (Bway Wicked, Aida and Footloose) and features musical director Joshua Stephen Kartes on piano.

Tribute artist Athena Reich stars as Lady Gaga in #ARTBIRTH, an outrageous evening of art and pop. It will be presented February 13 & 27 and March 13 & 27 at Laurie Beechman Theatre.

Danny Bernardy takes on the role of leading male 'Andrew Polinski' in the hit Off-Broadway comedy 'My Big Gay Italian Wedding' opposite creator Anthony J. Wilkinson. Currently being played by Brandon Goins, Bernardy is set to step in for the winter season beginning tonight, January 10th every Saturday at 8pm.

Acclaimed cabaret vocalist Stearns Matthews will present an encore performance of the release show for his debut album, SPARK, on Wednesday, February 11th at 7pm at the Laurie Beechman Theatre.

The Crazy Coqs has announced is February 2015 program at the Brasserie Zedel, Piccadilly, London W1, featuring: Purdy (February 3,4 & 5); Phil Ryan (February 6 & 7); Jeff Harnar & KT Sullivan (February 10-14); Anne Reid & Stefan Bednarczyk (February 17-21); and Liliane Montevecchi (February 24-28).

?Danny Bernardy is set to take on the role of leading male "Andrew Polinski" in the hit Off-Broadway comedy "My Big Gay Italian Wedding" opposite creator Anthony J. Wilkinson. Bernardy will be replacing Brandon Goins who took his final bow Saturday night after almost two years in the role. Goins is currently the longest to play the role since the production was conceived back at the Actors Playhouse back in 2003.

Stable Cable Lab Co. presents the second annual LiveWire: An Evening of New Short Plays at the Laurie Beechman Theatre, 407 West 42nd Street, NYC on Sunday, January 25. Doors will open at 5:30pm for food and drinks and the performance will begin at 7pm.

Rising theatre star Tim Realbuto will team up with Tony Award winning and Oscar nominated composer Maury Yeston (Nine; Grand Hotel; Titanic) for a concert evening at the Metropolitan Room this February entitled 'Tim Realbuto: Bookseller in the Rain. The Music of Maury Yeston.'

54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club presents Katya Stanislavskaya's theatrical song cycle, WOMEN ON LOVE, tonight, Jan. 7, 2015. Featuring a cast pf Broadway, Off-Broadway and cabaret artists Theresa McCarthy (Titanic, Floyd Collins), Sally Wilfert, (Assassins), Amy Justman (Company, A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder), Alyse Alan Louis (Mamma Mia!), Grace McLean (Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812, American Songbook Series), Lianne Marie Dobbs, and Sarah Corey

BroadwayWorld has called Ann Hampton Callaway the current “Queen of Cabaret” and apparently much of the cabaret audience agrees. The votes for the 2014 BroadwayWorld New York Cabaret Awards are official and Callaway is the “Performer of the Year,” having garnered 2,194 votes (the most of any nominee) out of the 66,179 votes cast by approximately 7,500 voters for 148 nominees in 17 categories. Here are your 2014 BWW New York Cabaret Award Winners.

Alan Simon returns to the Laurie Beechman Theatre on January 27th and February 3rd, 2015 at 7pm in A Woman's Touch featuring Rebecca Holt (Broadway revival of How To Succeed...), Kristin Feeney (Goodspeed Opera House) and Kelsey Landon (The Acting Company) in a festive entertainment with humor, heart and hijinks.

If It Only Even Runs A Minute 14 is the fourteenth edition of the Bistro Award-winning series of rare songs, behind-the-scenes tales, and inspiring photos from underappreciated Broadway and off-Broadway musicals.

Last night, I attended the thrilling opening performance of Have Faith. Entering the quaint venue, I was fairly positive that a live performance of the album would be just as electrifying, if not more so, than the recorded tracks, and I'm ecstatic to report that Mary Testa, Michael Starobin, and cellist Alisa Horn absolutely exceeded my expectations and blew me away with their superb performances.