Laurie Beechman News

On Sunday November 1, newcomer Nicole Kafka, a product of New York City and a singer who moonlights at a colorectal surgeon, premieres her second show in two years. 'Vamps, Vixens & Villains,' which Kafka offers up a total of five times in an exclusive two-week engagement running from November 1 to 14 at Don't Tell Mama, is directed by Eric Michael Gillett, with music direction by David Shenton.

David Brian Colbert will be joining the cast of Broadway luminaries such as Marc Kudisch, Emily Skinner, Daniel Reichard, Tony Yazbeck, Jeffry Denman and Sarah Jane McMahon as well as opera star John Easterlin and a host of others in the Sixth Annual Broadway Unplugged Concert at Town Hall.

The Laurie Beechman Theatre, located within The West Bank Café (407 West 42nd St.), is pleased to continue our Friday night soiree, THE AFTER PARTY.

The man critics have called a 'Demented Rat Packer for the Millennium!' returns to the Laurie Beechman Theatre with his all-singing, all-dancing show, Ryan Raftery & Friends: A SOLO ACT on Tuesday, November 17th at 9:30pm.

The ladies are back. After a debut at The Laurie Beechman Theatre in October, Brenda Jean Foley and Audrey-Maeve Hager are back by popular demand and proud to present two more performances of their cabaret Then Comes Marriage, a journey into the joys and aggravations of marriage. The shows take place on November 18th and 19th at 7PM at Don't Tell Mama and feature musical direction by Tracy Stark and direction by Julie Reyburn.

Erica Watson - 'big, bold and beautiful' actor, comedian, director and commentator for the Oxygen Network and BET - returns to her hometown Chicago with the solo show 'Fat Bitch!' This five-night only run is a funny yet thought-provoking look at how society's obsession with weight, race and class have formed the way the world views her shape, and includes her interactions with men, from the boardroom to the bedroom.

1-800-Weirdos and Jeremy X. Halpern are pleased to announce special guest performances by The Nat and Kat Duo, Jessica Delfino, Kiki Flynn, and International Burlesque Star MISS DIRTY MARTINI throughout the run of Elias Stimac's naughty holiday comedy, HOT BABES in TOYLAND.

NYC's Favorite Drag Grinch Returns for 12th Annual Holiday Show JACKIE BEAT: ALCOHOLIDAYS! December 18 - 20 at The Laurie Beechman Theater

GLAAD Media Award-winning drag sensation Coco Peru returns to NYC with the New York Premiere of MISS COCO PERU IS UNDAUNTED! Directed by Michael Schiralli (Jackie Hoffman's Scraping the Bottom, Varla Jean Merman Loves a Foreign Tongue) performances run November 6-15, Friday-Sunday at 8pm at the Laurie Beechman Theatre (inside West Bank Cafe at 407 West 47th Street -- at Ninth Avenue, accessible from the A,C,E,N,R,V,F,1,2,3 trains at 42nd Street). Tickets are $20 with a $15 food/drink minimum per person, available at www.SpinCycleNYC.com or by calling 212-352-3101.

The Laurie Beechman Theatre, located within The West Bank Café (407 West 42nd St.), is pleased to continue our Friday night soiree, THE AFTER PARTY. Now going strong it's third, THE AFTER PARTY is billed as 'a weekly schmoozefest for the theatrically inclined.'

The critically acclaimed open mic series, Big Night Out is bigger and better than ever! Billed as a delicious gathering for the musical community, Big Night Outis a unique and supportive environment for performers and composers of all backgrounds to come together and perform the music that they love.

Award winning actress and Broadway vet Christine Pedi will bring her cabaret show 'Holly Jolly Christmas Folly' will play the Laurie Beechman Theatre every Monday beginning November 30th and running through December 21st, with a final run of the show from December 26th through December 30th. The show features Pedi's Broadway imitations around a holiday-centered theme.

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.

PIPELINE READING SERIES- STRANGE LOOP - Sunday, November 8th Beginning Sunday, November 8th at 7:00pm at ART New York's Bruce Mitchell Room (520 8th Avenue, 3rd floor) The Playwrights Realm will kick off the 'Pipeline Reading Series' - a series of staged readings of new works by emerging artists - with STRANGE LOOP, a new musical by Michael R. Jackson, directed by Maria Goyanes.

The Triad hosted APRIL NIXON IS REBORN on Monday night, November 2nd at 7pm. She will reappear for a second show Sunday, December 13th at 9:30pm - on Lee Summers' JUST A PIANO Concert Series.

Jim Caruso's Cast Party presents composer Scott Alan at Birdland on Monday, December 7 at 7pm. This event will be part of the ongoing Broadway at Birdland concert series, celebrating performers and creators from The Great White Way.

JENNA ESPOSITO - the 2008 and 2009 MAC (Manhattan Association of Clubs) Award Nominee for 'Best Female Vocalist' - will bring poodle skirts and puppy love back into fashion with her second CD 'To Connie, Love Jenna - Jenna Esposito Sings Connie Francis,' the world's first-ever tribute CD to one of the most beloved and best-selling female vocalists of the 20th Century. The disc will be available at iTunes, Amazon.com and CDBaby.com.

Following the great success of her spring engagement, dynamic singer Cindy Marchionda returns by very popular demand to The Laurie Beechman Theater for a four month series of Saturdays that began August 15 and continues Nov. 21st with her sensational show, 'live at the beechman!'

The Triad is pleased to announce APRIL NIXON IS REBORN on Monday night, November 2nd at 7pm and Sunday night December 13th at 9:30pm - on Lee Summers' JUST A PIANO Concert Series.

Trent Armand Kendall returns to The Laurie Beechman Theatre four Mondays in November & December with Picture Incomplete - a new musical. The show has music and lyrics by Michael Polese, book by Trent Armand Kendall, and direction by Greg Ganakas.