In honor of WorkShop Theater Company's 15th Anniversary Season, Tony Award winner Bill Irwin, two-time Tony Award nominee André De Shields, Heather MacRae, members of both the Original and Broadway-Bound casts of HAIR, along with New York's finest new vaudeville and burlesque acts and WorkShop Company artists, will perform live to benefit WorkShop Theater on Monday, October 27, 7:00 PM at the Zipper Factory.
Stars of stage and screen will be participating in an evening of songs, scenes and vaudeville in a Very Special Edition of Vaudeville Nouveau, the WorkShop's successful late-night variety show, now it's its second year, which will live up to its subtitle," An Extravaganza of Burlesque Proportions." In addition to the headliners, producer/creators Richard Kent Green and Nelson Lugo will also host Vaudeville Nouveau's own stars, beautiful burlesquer Rubie Fizz, Ravi The Scorpion Mystic and master juggler Sean Blue, along with the singing talents of WorkShop Company Artists Annie Chadwick, Gerrianne Raphael and Joanie Schumacher and WorkShop Theater Company actors performing scenes from new plays of the WorkShop's 2008/2009 15th Anniversary Main Stage Season, in a fast-paced 90 minute show, all in the unique 250-seat Zipper Factory Theater. Pre-Show entertainment will be provided by the "Rare and Ridiculous" Annie Lebeaux. All performers are subject to availability.Videos