Laurie Beechman News

ALEC MAPA (Desperate Housewives, Ugly Betty, The View, RuPaul's Drag Race, The Gossip Queens, Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure) returns to New York with his acclaimed new show. ALEC MAPA: BABY DADDY will play for three performance only, February 9 - 11 at The Laurie Beechman Theater at West Bank Café.

SINGERS FORUM today announced the production of SHOWSTOPPERS, directed and hosted by Eric Michael Gillett.

SINGERS FORUM is pleased to announce the production of SHOWSTOPPERS, directed and hosted by Eric Michael Gillett. The event is a benefit for the Singers Forum Actors Equity Scholarship Program, which offers members of Actors Equity Association affordable vocal lessons.

Happy February!! Eager to get a jump start on booking up your calendar for the month? Since no one can be everywhere at once, here are my official BroadwayGirlNYC picks for the month of February.

Michael Martinez is set to present An Evening of Music and Comedy IX at Don't Tell Mama on March 19, 2012.

CrAzYToWn is set to come to New York City. All performances take place at The Broadway Comedy Club, 318 W. 53rd St. (Btw 8th Avenue & 53rd Street), New York, NY.

Denis Lambert to appear in GETTING TALL at The Laurie Beechman Theatre February 6.

Libra Theater Company is set to present Songs You Should Know, a concert of new and rarely performed songs by some of today's most exciting music theater writers.

Starving Artist Studios, a new performing arts training facility in Central Florida, brings Tony-Award winning composer and lyricist Jason Robert Brown to Orlando for a Concert and Master Class.

Denis Lambert to appear in GETTING TALL at The Laurie Beechman Theatre February 6.

Obie Award-winning playwright/performer David Drake makes his long-awaited return to New York with the premiere of MY TAWNY VALENTINE.

Legendary comedian JOAN RIVERS returns to The Laurie Beechman Theatre in Times Square for an additional show on Valentine's Day -- Tuesday, February 14 at 8pm.

Fresh off the heels of her Violent Holiday Extravaganza, Julia Mattison will be joined by her Godspell friends once again for A Sexy Valentines Day Massacre!

KIM SMITH, the acclaimed international performer called 'all decadence and sly appeal' by Back Stage, will bring his critically-acclaimed concert 'Misfit' back to New York for one night only. 'Misfit' premiered in March 2011 at New York's Laurie Beechman Theatre, and performed at Café Sabarsky and Duane Park Supper Club throughout the year. The next performance of 'Misfit' will take place at The Laurie Beechman Theatre (407 West 42nd Street at 9th Avenue) on Sunday, February 12 at 9:30 PM. Tickets are $15, with an additional $15 food and beverage minimum. For reservations, please call (212) 695-6909 or visit www.beechmantheatre.com.

The erstwhile jazz singer has such musical theater heavyweights as Michael Mayer, Tom Kitt and William Finn in her corner.

The Astoria Performing Arts Center (APAC) is set to present an APAC Workshop of Matt Schatz's Love Trapezoid, directed by APAC Artistic Director Tom Wojtunik.

Cabaret newcomer Melissa Heche closes her debut show, The Show Must Go On, at the Laurie Beechman Theatre in an encore performance on Friday, January 20 at 9:30 PM. Utilizing rock, pop and R&B, Melissa's eclectic musical choices pay tribute to the advice we are given throughout our lives and how it affects the choices that we make. Through her stories and songs, Melissa takes her audience on an entertaining, gripping, funny, and stimulating voyage, all the while inspiring her audiences to look back on the people whose opinions have shaped their own lives.

THE ASTORIA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER (APAC) is proud to present an APAC Workshop of Matt Schatz's Love Trapezoid, directed by APAC Artistic Director Tom Wojtunik. Love Trapezoid will play four performances only at the Good Shepherd United Methodist Church (30-44 Crescent St, Astoria, NY 11102. Entrance on 30th Road.) Performances are February 10-11 and February 17-18.

Libra Theater Company will present Songs You Should Know, a concert of new and rarely performed songs by some of today's most prolific music theater writers. Hosted by Jeremy Morse (Drama Desk nominee, Bloodsong of Love) and Jennifer Ashley Tepper (If It Only Even Runs a Minute), Songs You Should Know includes new work from Brad Alexander Sam Carner and Derek Gregor, Joshua H. Cohen and Lavell Blackwell, Bobby Cronin, Adam Gwon, Caleb Hoyer, Joe Iconis, Russ Kaplan and Sara Wordsworth, Pete Mills, and Will Reynolds. The concert will feature performances by Anne Bobby, Alex Brightman, Sarah Corey, Scott Coulter, Matt Dengler, Katrina Rose Dideriksen, J. Austin Eyer, Melanie Field, Blair Goldberg, Jessica Grove, F. Michael Haynie, Jeremy Jordan, MK Lawson, Kevin Michael Murphy, and Jason "SweetTooth" Williams.

Carole Demas, Broadway's original "Sandy" (Grease), and Star of TV's The Magic Garden is celebrating the 40th Birthdays of both GREASE and The Magic Garden at the Laurie Beechman Theatre inside the West Bank Cafe (407 West 42nd Street at Ninth Avenue; 212-695-6909; www.beechmantheatre.com)