The Duplex News

Gina D'Acciaro is... Famous Adjacent, based on the life and career story of Gina D'Acciaro, directed and choreographed by Robert Marra, produced by Rockwell Table & Stage. The show, a hilarious musical cabaret journey through one woman's real life stories and what it's really like to be 6 inches away from stardom, will run one night only, Wednesday June 12th, at Rockwell Table & Stage in Hollywood.

Cabaret patroness Madame Mathieu has selected Diane Phelan (School of Rock, The King and I) and Samantha Gershman (Jekyll and Hyde) as guests of honor at the June edition of Bistro Awards Critics' Pick Madame's Soiree. The show is now in its fourth hit season at The Duplex. The Broadway duo will be joined on the program by a distinguished group of emerging artists from a variety of disciplines.

New York City's premier cabaret highlighting the talents of transgender, nonbinary, and gender non-conforming performers returns to The Duplex to celebrate World Pride on Saturday, June 22nd at 9:30pm. The show is directed by Donnie Cianciotto, with Musical Direction by Anessa Marie and. Cianciotto will also serve as the emcee of the evening.

The New York Musical Festival (NYMF) has announced the first ever NYMF Artist Fellowship, a two-year program that will be awarded annually to an exceptional artist of note who is changing the landscape of musical theater. The fellowship involves the presentation of a reading or concert in the first year of the fellowship and a full production in the second year.

FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents Jesse JP Johnson on June 24 at 9:30pm.

Alex 'Goldie' Golden will be making her New York City composing debut at The Duplex Cabaret Theatre on Monday, June 3rd at 7pm. An up-and-coming composer with a BA in theatre and honors in music direction from Bucknell University, Goldie has worked with various professional companies as an established music director, most recently at Williamstown Theatre Festival.

NYC actor/writer John Burns will premiere his new show John Burns is a Sexy Beast at historic Duplex Cabaret Theatre for three performances in June 2019 in honor of WorldPride & Stonewall 50. Directed by 15-time MAC (Manhattan Association of Cabarets & Clubs) award-winner Lennie Watts, performances will take place on Friday, June 7, Wednesday, June 26, and Saturday, June 29. All performances will begin promptly at 7pm.

In a night off from Playwrights Horizons, James Jackson, Jr. of Michael R. Jackson's 'A Strange Loop' sings us through a musical exercise in the origin of shade, and the lost art of self-love.

BroadwayWorld has learned today the complete cast, design and production team for Guys and Dolls, the first show of its second century, June 10 - 16.

On September 30th 2017 The Metropolitan Room closed its doors, and one of the most talented group of people said goodbye to each other. Many of them have not seen each other since that night.

Williams & Bartholick Theatricals is excited to announce their new cabaret series "Artists for Awareness" taking place at The Duplex. With some of New York City's finest performers, Artists for Awareness is a budding concert series that raises funds for charities including The Arthritis Foundation. Through the catalogs of favorite singers and scores of beloved musicals, they strive to bring attention to important causes through the power of music.

The debut of Taylor Beyer, a finalist in Mama's Next Big Act 2019, will take place on Tuesday, April 23rd at 7 PM at The Duplex Cabaret Theater in NYC. Her production, and the Spoon ran away with the Spoon (affectionately called Spoons for short), is a show created for queer women by queer women. Beyer has thus gathered a team of queer female artists to write, produce, direct, and perform Spoons. The core of the show is conveyed through musical parodies, personal anecdotes and a little (lot of) glitter, of course!

After a raucous New York debut, Leanne Borghesi's MOOD SWINGS is back! Join this 2019 MAC Award Nominee for an Encore Performance, Wednesday Night, May 29th at .The Laurie Beechman Theatre in the heart of New York's Theater District. From sold out houses at The Triad & Feinstein's at the Nikko get seduced into 'Borghesi's Hideaway' for a one of a kind 75-minute spree of sultry jazz, bawdy comedy, and over-the-top bling! Borghesi's robust vocals and comedic chops are accompanied by a sizzlin' 4 piece jazz combo under the musical direction of Brandon Adams & Directed by Nick Minas.

New York City's premier cabaret highlighting the talents of transgender, nonbinary, and gender non-conforming performers returns to The Duplex with the all new show, 'Make 'Em Laugh', for it's 8th performance at The Duplex on Saturday, April 27th at 6:30pm. The show is directed by Donnie Cianciotto, with Musical Direction by Anessa Marie. Cianciotto will also serve as the emcee for the evening.

Casting has been set for Old Jews Telling Jokes at the Colony Theatre in Burbank, it was announced today by producers Philip Roger Roy and Playhouse Productions, Inc. The visiting production at the Colony is set to open on Thursday, April 25, at 8pm, and the engagement will continue through Sunday, June 16.

Comedian Dave Mizzoni presents his half hour comedy show entitled 'Dear Diary.' next Wednesday April 10 at 8pm ET at Union Hall in Brooklyn.

Rev. Mary, who brought down the house with Granny's Blue-Mers at the Duplex, Pianos, Freddy's Bar and Backroom, Otto's, West End Lounge, and her solo act at Don't Tell Mama, has become the go-to group for wild and woolly word play from back-in-the-day, specializing on salacious tunes that found unique lyrics to beat the sensors.

JASON KRAVITS improvises an entire cabaret from scratch (twice!) in his triumphant return to Birdland Theater with OFF the TOP! April 28th and 29th.

Cabaret, concert and recording artist Travis Moser makes his Green Room 42 debut with Just One Look: The Songs of Linda Ronstadt on June 20 at 7pm.

Jesse B. Langston presents Lezzie With A 'Z', the one-woman show that is an homage to Liza Minnelli's 1972 filmed theatrical production Liza With A 'Z' that puts a new twist on classic Broadway tunes to tell an autobiographical story of being gay-married and gay-divorced by age 27.