Laurie Beechman News

RED CARD RECORDS has announced the debut of the music video for “Y.O.U.” – the second single from J. BRECKENRIDGE, the singer/songwriter and recording artist persona of noted stage and screen performer Josh Breckenridge – today, Tuesday, March 16.

Dreamcatcher Repertory Theatre is offering a virtual song performance workshop this spring for adults and teens. The class will be held Saturday afternoons from 12:30-2:30 for seven weeks starting April 10 and ending May 22. The cost is $245.

RED CARD RECORDS has announced the worldwide release of the 2nd single from J. BRECKENRIDGE, the singer/songwriter & recording artist persona of noted stage and screen performer Josh Breckenridge.  The song “Y.O.U.” will be available on all digital and streaming platforms on Friday, March 5, with a special music video to drop on Tuesday, March 16.

Today's top stories: Nick Jonas sings 'Drink With Me' from Les Miserables on Saturday Night Live, Brian Stokes Mitchell sings 'Stars' in concert with Seth Rudetsky, Andre De Shields performs as Frederick Douglass, and more!

Ben Cameron’s Broadway Sessions will return on February 28th at 6:30 pm EST, for a special special virtual concert experience celebrating Black History Month. The 5th annual concert will be filmed onstage at The Laurie Beechman Theatre.

If you love looking back at Ella, Lady Day, Sassy and The Queen then consider how much you will love looking forward with Norm, Natalie, Latrice and La Tanya. This time history pays it forward.

Ben Cameron’s Broadway Sessions will return on February 28th at 6:30 pm EST, for a special special virtual concert experience celebrating Black History Month. The 5th annual concert will be filmed onstage at The Laurie Beechman Theatre.

The everyone else part of ME, MYSELF, AND EVERYONE ELSE all comes from one amazing woman and breathtaking whirlwind of talent. This is Christina Bianco.

The history of show business is loaded with couples who work as well offstage as they do on. These twosomes have brought their offstage magic to the stages of the cabaret and concert world.

A chat with cabaret's chicest female vocalist reveals a lot of history behind her 2019 debut, and the promise of great times to come.

The entertainment industry has been hit hard by the health crisis, and many venues and arts organizations are in danger of closing.

Gianni Valenti, Jim Caruso and Tom D'Angora go into overtime trying to save Birdland from closure.

Thirty-three years later, these are the shows that Stephen Mosher remembers most vividly, from his first time in a Manhattan nightclub to the last night, on March 12th, 20202

Meet No Reverse Records: a full service record label specializing in production, artist management, PR, and placement. No Reverse Records, initially a pie-in-the-sky dream based on an anecdote of co-producer Ashley Kate Adams’s faulty vehicle that could not move backwards, has been a source of high energy production throughout the pandemic.

This year, the BroadwayWorld Cabaret awards were thrilled to be able to celebrate streaming events from all across the globe thanks to the innovation of the Cabaret community during the pandemic - and we look forward to celebrating the return of NYC Cabaret with you all in 2021.

After its 2020 success with speakers including Chita Rivera and Joe Iconis, among others, the 92Y School of Music announces an all-new roster of cabaret programming for 2021, led by award-winning cabaret historian and performer, Michael Kirk Lane. Perfect for both practitioners and fans of the art form, it includes BroadwayWorld Cabaret Award-nominated interview series, Cabaret Conversations, as well as classes Cabaret History and Great Performances, and the newest, Cabaret Performance: Connecting to Your Lyric.  

Featuring new performers with every show, the weekly, award-winning Piano Bar Live! (PBL!) streams this Tuesday, January 5th at 7:15 pm ET, with host Scott Barbarino-starting off the New Year with plenty of reasons to celebrate: Corinna Sowers Adler​, ​Nicholas Adler​, ​​Amanda Brasher, Mark Hartman, Clay Johnson, Ryah Johnson, Brandi Massey, Kevin Ray and JD Smurthwaite, plus Mystery Guests and MORE!

Award-nominated Sowers Adler seeks to serve scholarships in 2021 and she is raising the funds the best way she knows how - singing for her supper... and that of her students.

Ring in 2021 on Saturday, January 9 with some amazing Broadway and American Standards sung by six time TONY Award nominee for Excellence in Theatre Education, singer/actress Corinna Sowers Adler in Let Me Sing & I'm Happy featuring Jimmy Horan on piano live from the Oakeside Bloomfield Cultural Center.

Voting ends THIS WEEK for the 2020 BroadwayWorld Cabaret Awards - which are back bigger than ever, celebrating the best in local theatre of the past decade! Check out the local nominees, cast your vote, and support live theatre entertainment in Cabaret!