The Duplex News

Tamara Anderson, of The Media Theatre's 'Hairspray', is an actress with a mission. Onstage, her role as Motormouth Maybelle assists in bringing integration to Baltimore and offstage she is the creator of a theatre piece, 'The Voices Project', that serves as a platform for dropout prevention to shine a light on the dire need for sustainable programs for individuals who self select to leave or are pushed out of school.

New York based actor/therapist, Jude Treder-Wolff, will be taking her solo show, CrAzYToWn: MY FIRST PSYCHOPATH to The San Francisco Fringe Festival tonight, Sept 8th - 16th.

Matt Patrick Walsh's 90-minute cabaret 'How's This Sound!?' comes to the Duplex tonight, September 7th, at 9:30 PM. 'How's This Sound!?' includes original musical theatre by Matt Patrick Walsh with featured lyricists performed by a very talented cast of actors.

The Meeting* hosted by Justin Sayre - the acclaimed gay comedy/variety show, will open their fourth season on September 20, 2012 at The Duplex in New York's West Village.

New York based actor/therapist, Jude Treder-Wolff, will be taking her solo show, CrAzYToWn: MY FIRST PSYCHOPATH, to The Chicago Fringe Festival today, Aug 31st - Sept 2nd & The San Francisco Fringe Festival Sept 8th - 16th.

Ben Rimalower: PATTI ISSUES plays Thursdays at 9:30 PM at the Duplex, tonight, August 30th, September 6th, September 13th, September 27th and October 4th.

New York based actor/therapist, Jude Treder-Wolff, will be taking her solo show, CrAzYToWn: MY FIRST PSYCHOPATH, to The Chicago Fringe Festival Aug 31st - Sept 2nd & The San Francisco Fringe Festival Sept 8th - 16th.

Direct from the 2012 Edinburgh Festival Fringe and London's Leicester Square Theatre, Mickey & Judy, created by and starring Canadian actor/vocalist Michael Hughes, makes its New York City debut at The Duplex Cabaret Theatre, September 10th, 15th, and 20th.

New Georges (Susan Bernfield, Producing Artistic Director; Sarah Cameron Sunde, Deputy Artistic Director; Jaynie Saunders Tiller, Managing Director) in association with Irondale Center (85 Oxford Street between Lafayette Avenue and Fulton Street, Brooklyn) will present the World Premiere of Kara Lee Corthron's ALICEGRACEANON, October 18-November 9.

This week at Joe's Pub, August 27 through September 2, look out for Sasha Allen, Ryan Raftery, Jared Evan, Veronica Klaus, Tori Scott, Annie and the Beekeepers, The Snow / C. Gibbs, Kate Douglas and the Imaginary Menagerie, Julia Haltigan / Rusty Belle and Saul Williams. More details below!

Charity Hope Valentine, with a shoulder bag and a heart tattooed on her left arm, works as a dancer-for-hire in a Times Square Dance Hall but longs for love.

Matt Patrick Walsh's 90-minute cabaret 'How's This Sound!?' comes to the Duplex on Friday, September 7th, at 9:30 PM. 'How's This Sound!?' includes original musical theatre by Matt Patrick Walsh with featured lyricists performed by a very talented cast of actors.

Tonight, August 20, 2012, The Duplex will serve up the delightful musical soiree We're Having A Dinner Party: A Jubilee of Delicious Music, as seen earlier this summer at the Laurie Beechman Theatre.

Broadway Sings for PKD, a concert benefiting the Polycystic Kidney Disease Foundation, will be offered tonight, August 20th at The Duplex in Manhattan. The evening will feature musical theatre classics and 1950s bubblegum pop.

On Monday, August 20, 2012, The Duplex will serve up the delightful musical soiree We're Having A Dinner Party: A Jubilee of Delicious Music, as seen earlier this summer at the Laurie Beechman Theatre.

Profiles Theatre announces the Midwest premiere of Sweet and Sad by Richard Nelson, opening the company's 2012-2013 season. Sweet and Sad, directed by Joe Jahraus and featuring Co-Artistic Director Darrell W. Cox, runs tonight, August 17, 2012 - October 7, 2012 with the press opening on Friday, August 24 at 8:00 pm. Performances are held at Profiles newest venue, The Main Stage, 4139 N. Broadway.

So many cabaret shows, so little time . . . to write reviews that is. During his almost two years as a cabaret reviewer, BroadwayWorld.com critic Stephen Hanks managed to do a pretty good job of writing critiques during a show's run or soon after the run ended. But this summer he just couldn't keep up. Finally, here are observations on 10 performances over the past two months.

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

Marshall Pailet is a writer, composer, and director currently developing a new musical for the stage and screen with DreamWorks Theatricals/Animation.