Two-Time Fred Ebb Award Finalists And Writers Of SEEING STARS The Breithaupt Brothers Return To Joe's Pub

"The Breithaupt Brothers are writing for every generation, with a truly timeless sound." - Kelli O'Hara

On Thursday, October 26, 7 PM, two-time Fred Ebb Award finalists Don and Jeff Breithaupt (aka The Breithaupt Brothers), whose Seeing Stars -- an original musical comedy written with book writer Shelley McPherson -- delighted sold-out audiences at the New York Musical Festival and whose recent recording, Just Passing Through, prompted CBC Radio to call their songs "worthy of the Great American Songbook," bring their songbook back to Joe's Pub for an all-star revue. The show will feature a cast of acclaimed cabaret, musical theater, and jazz singers fronted by a sparkling house band. Singing a selection of new Breithaupt Brothers songs and favorites, as well as a clutch of songs from Seeing Stars, will be rising cabaret star Marissa Mulder, the Manhattan Transfer's Janis Siegel, jazz trio Duchess, Broadway's Jeremy Kushnier, singer-songwriter Jamie Leonhart, cabaret spitfire Shelley McPherson, The Sweet Remains' Greg Naughton, and actors Michael Halling, Christian Campbell, Joan Hess, Chris Bolan, and Todd Gearhart.

Seeing Stars was first presented as a concert reading featuring Kelli O'Hara and Jesse Tyler Ferguson at Joe's Pub at The Public Theater. From there, the show received a developmental workshop at New York's York Theatre and was jury-selected as a "Next Link" show for a production at the New York Musical Festival. In addition, Seeing Stars, praised by The New Yorker for its "tuneful theatrical fare," was a finalist for developmental workshops at NAMT and the O'Neill National Musical Theater Conference. In fall 2014, the Breithaupt Brothers' second CD, Just Passing Through: The Breithaupt Brothers Songbook Vol. II, featuring 15 of Canada's defining voices (including Ron Sexsmith and Paul Shaffer), was released to universal acclaim According to WBGO's Michael Bourne: "They say they don't write 'em like they used to. Well, these guys do. The Breithaupt Brothers write 'em like they used to."

Among the performers who have interpreted Breithaupt Brothers songs in recent years are Kelli O'Hara, Norm Lewis, LaChanze, Jan Maxwell, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, James Naughton, Brent Carver, Catherine Russell, Janis Siegel, and many, many more. The Breithaupts' songs have been featured on Showtime's The L Word, and Don was honored with a 2009 Emmy Award for outstanding theme song for the television show, 6teen. The Canadian brothers live in Los Angeles (Don) and New York City (Jeff). They split the songwriting duties a la the Gershwins; one writes music (Don); one writes lyrics (Jeff).