Laurie Beechman News

MargOH! Channing is Tipsy returns to the Laurie Beechman Theatre for one night only tonight, September 28, 2012, at 10 p.m. The Laurie Beechman Theatre is located at 407 W. 42nd Street, NYC. Get your tickets HERE.

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. Tonight, September 27th, Broadway Sessions will feature performances by cast members from the Broadway mega-hit Mamma Mia and more.

The SOS show, 'SOS, A Journey Out of the Forgotten Borough... Staten Island...' is returning to theLaurie Beechman Theatre on Monday, October 15th at 7 p.m. Candice Guardin impersonates more than 15 characters, including her family, as she takes you through what 'growing up Ginni' was really like, all while singing with a full band. Recently Guardin headed to the streets of NYC to ask people to impersonate their family members. You won't believe what they say. Watch the video below!

The SOS show, 'SOS, A Journey Out of the Forgotten Borough... Staten Island...' is returning to the Laurie Beechman Theatre on Monday, October 15th at 7 p.m. Candice Guardin impersonates more than 15 characters, including her family, as she takes you through what 'growing up Ginni' was really like, all while singing with a full band.

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. This Thursday, September 27th, Broadway Sessions will feature performances by cast members from the Broadway mega-hit Mamma Mia and more.

Watch Nick Adams perform 'Look Around' from The Will Rogers Follies at Broadway Sessions on August 16th, 2012, in the video below!

A bevy of fabulous Broadway, Off-Broadway and Downtown performers gather together raise funds and awareness at OVER IT! A Benefit For Ovarian Cancer Awareness. Held at the Laurie Beechman Theater, whose namesake lost her battle with ovarian cancer, the evening's proceeds will go to the Phyllis Newman Women's Health Initiative. OVER IT! will take place tonight, September 24th, 2012.

Jonathan Whitton (Bistro & MAC Award Winner, HEDWIG & THE ANGRY INCH) returns to the solo concert stage with an intimate concert series, THE FREE RESIDENCY. All performances are presented by Don't Tell Mama at no cover charge.

George Salazar, having completed a critically acclaimed run in Godspell at the Circle in the Square Theater, will be joining the cast of Missed Connections for their opening night performance at The Laurie Beechman Theatre at 9:30pm on Monday, October 1.

By popular demand, an additional week of performances has been added to the previously announced run of cult sensation DINA MARTINA in DINA MARTINA: AMPLE WATTAGE at The Laurie Beechman Theater. Performances, which begin tonight, Sept. 20, have now been extended thru Sept. 30th.

The Meeting* hosted by Justin Sayre - the acclaimed gay comedy/variety show - will open its fourth season tonight, September 20, 2012 at The Duplex in New York's West Village. Each edition of The Meeting* honors a different gay icon; the September show will pay tribute to Disco chart-topper Sylvester with special guests Bridget Everett, Ben Rimalower and Xavier. Musical Director is Brandon James Gwinn.

Acclaimed NYC jazz-pop vocalist-songwriter Marcus Goldhaber presents the CD Release Concert for Almost Love, his third CD and first of all original standards on Wednesday, October 10th at the Laurie Beechman Theatre, 407 W. 42nd St. (@ 9th Ave.). Showtime is 9:30 p.m.

After an acclaimed run at the 2012 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, writer/performer Peter Michael Marino returns to NYC with his comic autopsy on his $6 million West End musical fiasco Desperately Seeking Susan in DESPERATELY SEEKING THE EXIT. Directed by Obie Award winner John Clancy, performances of this solo tell-all comedy run October 14 & 28 at the Triple Crown.

The first Broadway's "ROAR" Rockers Obliterating Ailing Renal will take place at the Laurie Beechman Theater tonight, September 17th at 9:30 P.M. This is a benefit for actress, Kellie Lynne Leach who is in end-stage renal failure and needs a kidney transplant.

'Molly Pope, Okay? is an intimate evening of favorite songs with the critically-acclaimed cabaret chanteuse at that beloved West Village institution, The Duplex. This downtown diva covers all the bases from Mozart to Madonna, branding all with her signature stamp of neo-retro verve. Playing it fast and loose, she beguiles the audience in an evening that brings to mind the heyday of mid-century New York City cabaret, spiked with a post-modern twist. Named a 'Village Voice Best of NYC 2011' for Best Singer to Turn Life Into a Cabaret, she is joined on piano by Obie winner/Tony Award-nominee Kenny Mellman. Okay?

Following a well-received extended run at the 2012 FRIGID NY festival, the timely comedy Missed Connections: An Exploration into the Online Postings of Desperate Romantics will begin a series of performances at The Laurie Beechman Theatre on October 1.

Mark Giordano is 40! And single. And he wishes he lived during the era of the three martini lunch when it was good to be bad. But, he didn't. Former flames, Reality TV, Che' Gueverra, suburban dads, soccer games, an astute nephew and Christmas aren't safe from the musings of this mad man. The 50-minute solo comedy show, MAD MAN, is served chilled with a retro twist of lemon and, an acerbic shot of funny.

'Molly Pope, Okay? is an intimate evening of favorite songs with the critically-acclaimed cabaret chanteuse at that beloved West Village institution, The Duplex. This downtown diva covers all the bases from Mozart to Madonna, branding all with her signature stamp of neo-retro verve. Playing it fast and loose, she beguiles the audience in an evening that brings to mind the heyday of mid-century New York City cabaret, spiked with a post-modern twist. Named a 'Village Voice Best of NYC 2011' for Best Singer to Turn Life Into a Cabaret, she is joined on piano by Obie winner/Tony Award-nominee Kenny Mellman. Okay?

The Meeting* hosted by Justin Sayre - the acclaimed gay comedy/variety show - will open its fourth season on September 20, 2012 at The Duplex in New York's West Village. Each edition of The Meeting* honors a different gay icon; the September show will pay tribute to Disco chart-topper Sylvester with special guests Bridget Everett, Ben Rimalower and Xavier.

Jackie Beat, the self-professed bastard child of 'Weird' Al Yankovic and buxom Bette Midler, returns to Times Square with JACKIE BEAT'S GREATEST TITS at The Laurie Beechman Theater (inside West Bank Cafe at 407 West 42nd Street -- at Ninth Avenue, accessible from the A,C,E,N,R,V,F,1,2,3 trains at 42nd Street). Performances are tonight, September 13- Sunday, September 16 at 7:30pm. Tickets are $22 plus a $15 food/drink minimum. To purchase tickets call 212-352-3101 or visit www.SpinCycleNYC.com. A full bar and waiter service is available throughout the performance.