The Duplex News

FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents Al Fallick & Clark Baxtresser in 'Movies, Musicals, and Me: An Evening With Me, Halpert Evans' on November 29th at 11:30 pm. Set in a world where all musicals are movie adaptations, Movies, Musicals, and Me is a career retrospective cabaret of Broadway star-- nay, legend-- Halpert Evans (played by Al Fallick). He and his loyal accompanist, Courtney (Clark Baxtresser), perform for you songs from such fictional Broadway smashes as FORREST GUMP: THE MUSICAL, THE TERMINATOR: THE MUSICAL, THE SOCIAL NETWORK: THE MUSICAL, and more. Special Guests include Ashley Park (Mean Girls), Michael Hartney (School Of Rock, UCB), and Cameron Jones (Spamilton, The Lion King). Movie nerds and musical theatre junkies alike will find much to laugh about in this brilliant musical satire.

After a three-year run at NYC's The Duplex, and sold out shows in London, Edinburgh, DC, Los Angeles, Adelaide and Melbourne, Jason Kravits's critically acclaimed solo, completely improvised cabaret OFF THE TOP! debuts at the world-famous Birdland Jazz Club on Monday Dec. 3rd. Winner of a 2017 Bistro Award, OFF the TOP! utilizes audience suggestions (pulled from a fishbowl) to create an entire life story in song, with every bit of it... melodies, lyrics, stories and character... made up on the spot! Music, comedy, improv, and magic all stirred together and poured into a martini glass, to create one exhilaratingly delicious cocktail of fun!

More Than You Know explores Rosemary Clooney's musical choices and career after her return to the stage and recording studio following a mental collapse in 1968. Her journey was often difficult and painful but she persevered to become one of the greatest interpreters of song in the 20th century. No longer "the girl next door" - Rosemary returned as a consummate musician with a warmer tone, a love for swing and an open heart that shared joy, pain and the wisdom of her years and no better artist to showcase her songbook than Teresa Fischer with themes of love, loss, joy, and second chances in this tribute to the 'Girl Singer'. Teresa Fischer has long wanted to sing this songbook and now is the perfect moment as the richness of her own career helps her to understand these songs in a way that the inimitable Rosemary Clooney did and as only Teresa can today.

Lola Maltz returns to The Duplex Cabaret Theatre with her one-woman musical MY MOM IS A SEX THERAPIST. Drawing from her real-life journey growing up as the daughter of a sex therapist, Lola plays multiple characters, including her Mom, a sexually voracious alter ego, and the full cast of a lesbian safe-sex PSA. In a show that Bistro Awards called 'hilarious,' this 'stellar performer' shows how she grew into the daring woman that she is today.

After a sold out run of her premiere show, UnCastable, Amanda Bruton returns to The Duplex this October for two nights with her new show, Still UnCastable, exploring the concept of uncastability in the entertainment industry and in life. Through personal anecdotes, parody, sketch comedy, and song, Bruton comments on Hollywood and society at large in the era of #timesup and sounds the call for women to own their power and embrace their uncastability.

Celebrating their one year anniversary of highlighting transgender and nonbinary performers, Trans Voices Cabaret returns to The Duplex with a brand new show, a documentary film shoot, and a special out-of-town guest on Saturday, November 3rd at 9:30pm. The show is directed by Donnie Cianciotto, with Musical Direction by Anessa Marie.

Celebrating their one year anniversary of highlighting transgender and nonbinary performers, Trans Voices Cabaret returns to The Duplex with a brand new show and a documentary film shoot on Saturday, November 3rd at 9:30pm.

Lincoln Center Theater/LCT3 has announced that it will host a number of special events in conjunction with its production of PLOT POINTS IN OUR SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT, a new play by Miranda Rose Hall, directed by Margot Bordelon, currently in previews at the Claire Tow Theater.   The events, each curated with Ianne Fields Stewart and hosted at the Claire Tow Theater (150 West 65 Street), will include 3 LGBTQ+ Singles Nights on Sunday, October 28th; Sunday, November 4th; and Sunday, November 11th; and 3 Post-Show Conversations on Thursday, November 1st; Thursday, November 8th; and Monday, November 12th. All events held post-show are free to ticket-holders for that evening's performance.

FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, proudly presents the highly-anticipated next installment of everyone's favorite holiday delight. After a three-year absence, John C. Hume, Mila Henry, and all of your favorite friends are back at it again. And this time, they are serving up their take on a perennial holiday classic.  

More Than You Know explores Rosemary Clooney's musical choices and career after her return to the stage and recording studio following a mental collapse in 1968. Her journey was often difficult and painful but she persevered to become one of the greatest interpreters of song in the 20th century. No longer "the girl next door" - Rosemary returned as a consummate musician with a warmer tone, a love for swing and an open heart that shared joy, pain and the wisdom of her years and no better artist to showcase her songbook than Teresa Fischer with themes of love, loss, joy, and second chances in this tribute to the 'Girl Singer'. Teresa Fischer has long wanted to sing this songbook and now is the perfect moment as the richness of her own career helps her to understand these songs in a way that the inimitable Rosemary Clooney did and as only Teresa can today.

1 DAY... 1 STAGE...3 SHOWS!To Benefit Theatre Jacksonville, Today, October 13

TRUDY CARMICHAEL PRESENTS: THE IMPROVISED ONE-WOMAN HERSTORY! will make its worldwide Premiere in The New York International Fringe Festival this October, 2018.

After a sold out run of her premiere show, UnCastable, Amanda Bruton returns to The Duplex this October for two nights with her new show, Still UnCastable, exploring the concept of uncastability in the entertainment industry and in life. Through personal anecdotes, parody, sketch comedy, and song, Bruton comments on Hollywood and society at large in the era of #timesup and sounds the call for women to own their power and embrace their uncastability.

THE DUPLEX, NYC's historic cabaret theater, presents Guilty Pleasures Cabaret in their third annual 'Halloween Freak Show' on Friday October 26th. This sexy song and dance variety show takes on a spooky circus-themed vibe for the Halloween season in NYC's West Village - the heart of the Halloween celebrations. Alongside the fishnet-clad dancers who do everything from contort and tap dance, the show features the gorgeous sword swallowing burlesque star Gin Minsky, brilliant emcee and host Jackson Sturkey, and the supreme musical talents of Annie and Vincent Ester.

The coffeehouse meets the cabaret, as poets and performers attempt to stave off their Seasonal Affective Disorder today, October 12, in 'Poetry/Cabaret: STRANGE' at The Green Room 42. Curated and hosted by Thomas March, author of the newly-released collection Aftermath, the 'Poetry/Cabaret' series unites poets and performers in an evening of wild variations on a theme.

Shoshana Greenberg and Hyeyoung Kim announce two mini-workshop presentations of DAYS OF RAGE on Wednesday, October 17, 2018, at 7pm, and Thursday, October 18, 2018, at 4pm at Town Stages, 221 West Broadway, NYC. The presentations feature Shanice Williams (Dorothy in The Wiz Live) and Alex Joseph Grayson (A Bronx Tale) and will comprise the first act of the show.

After a sold-out run this spring, Brooklyn-based performer, Raquel Cion, makes her return to Pangea with her cabaret, Me & Mr. Jones: My Intimate Relationship with David Bowie. The 90-minute cabaret explores the lifelong "soul love" that Cion has for David Bowie's artistry and David Jones's humanity.   

FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presented Guilty Pleasures Cabaret for the fourth time in "The Best of Guilty Pleasures Cabaret" on Friday Sept. 21, 2018 at 11:30pm.  The show featured female vocal group 'The Sirens', pianist/singer extraordinaire Vincent Ester, charming emcee Rocco (Gregory Levine), and of course the dazzling dancers of GPC.  With a speak-easy feel and a nod to pop tunes, the performers offered audience members spectacle, sex appeal, and variety.

Shoshana Greenberg and Hyeyoung Kim announce two invitation-only mini-workshop presentations of their new musical DAYS OF RAGE on Wednesday, October 17, 2018, at 7pm, and Thursday, October 18, 2018, at 4pm at Town Stages, 221 West Broadway, NYC. The presentation will comprise the first act of the show.

After a sold out run of her premiere show, UnCastable, Amanda Bruton returns to The Duplex this October for two nights with her new show, Still UnCastable, exploring the concept of uncastability in the entertainment industry and in life. Through personal anecdotes, parody, sketch comedy, and song, Bruton comments on Hollywood and society at large in the era of #timesup and sounds the call for women to own their power and embrace their uncastability.