The Laurie Beechman Cabaret Theatre will present Marty Thomas of Broadway's Wicked in a one-night-only cabaret event, "Songs I'm NOT Supposed to Sing!," on Monday, July 24, 2006, at 7:00 pm
"'Songs I'm NOT Supposed to Sing!' is a fun-filled evening of terrific music that lightheartedly confronts the issues of stereotyping and conformity that performers with 'unexpectedly fabulous' voices face. Singing pop songs and show tunes, Thomas's exciting show faces this dilemma head-on as he shares his own experience of being told what material he should sing, what clothes he should wear and – in general – how he should live. Through music – specifically those songs and roles he's been told not to sing – he finds his own distinctive voice in defying convention and being true to himself," state press notes.
The musical guests for "Songs I'm NOT Supposed to Sing!" include: accompanist Rick Leonard and singers
Rhett George, Shaun Barker,
Kate Pazakis, and Mollie Weaver.
Thomas is a Grammy-nominated recording artist who was a childhood Broadway star. He made his Broadway debut as Colin in The Secret Garden;
while still performing in the show, he was named the 1992 Junior
Vocalist champion on Ed McMahon's "Star Search," beating out a then
unknown Britney Spears. Thomas made his return to the New York stage in
the Broadway mega-hit Wicked. He was recently featured singing behind Billy Porter on the Sh-K-Boom release At the corner of Broadway + Soul as well as in Porter's autobiographical show at Joe's Pub.
Over
the last three years, Thomas has been performing at a regular Monday
night engagement at the Chelsea nightclub XL, performing his original
music with a live band. He has also performed at Therapy's Wednesday
Nights in Midtown, hosting their Cattle Call show for a year. His
recent, self titled, solo CD release can be seen and heard at www.cdbaby.com/martythomas and more information can be obtained at his website, www.martythomas.com.
The Laurie Beechman Cabaret Theatre is located at 407 West 42nd Street
at 9th Avenue, in the heart of New York's Theatre District, and there
will be a $15 cover for this show. For tickets, please call
212-695-6909 between the hours of 12pm and 8pm or visit
this link (there
are a limited number of seats available).
