Jon-Michael Reese and Natalie Walker to Perform at The Green Room 42 in February
“Mother, May We?” will be presented on Friday, February 2 at 7:00 PM.
By: Chloe Rabinowitz Jan. 19, 2024
THE GREEN ROOM 42 will present acclaimed stage performers Jon-Michael Reese (A Strange Loop, White Girl in Danger, The Book of Mormon) and Natalie Walker (White Girl in Danger, Alice by Heart) in their show “Mother, May We?” on Friday, February 2 at 7:00 PM. The duo has been delinquent in their filial responsibilities of late, and now, joined by their guide Matt Aument at the piano, they will now attempt to settle these debts to their mothers by paying them in homage. Join these two gorgeous manic-depressives as they visit the women who made them spiritually if not structurally; the mamas who never bore them but could never BORE them; the parents at whom they are constantly shouting “I LEARNED IT BY WATCHING YOU!,” albeit through a dirty laptop screen open to YouTube at 3:00 AM. They leave it to you to decide whether the education was a success.
Jon-Michael Reese was born in Dallas, TX, but spent most of elementary school in suburban Seattle, WA and graduated high school in Wilmington, DE. He credits all three homes for his varied interests, finding piano in Texas, theatre in Seattle, and singing in Delaware. He studied at Carnegie Mellon's School of Drama, a program that emphasizes versatility, where he found his love for storytelling in its endless variety. Fortunately, he's been able to continue this variety into his career, playing young lover Matt in The Fantasticks, a villainous diva-fied Thomas Edison in Nikola Tesla Drops the Beat, a gender-fluid Cordelia in King Lear, a black playwright dealing with apathy in the Black Lives Matter era in This Bitter Earth, to artist/activist James Baldwin in Jimmy and Lorraine, to name a few. Jon-Michael is based in Brooklyn, where he has since picked up the acoustic guitar.
Natalie Walker is a performer and writer. Her stage credits include White Girl in Danger (Second Stage), Alice by Heart (MCC), Dogfight in concert (Second Stage), Cabaret (Secret), and Last of the Red Hot Lovers (Hangar). Her screen credits include “Search Party,” “BoJack Horseman,” “The Other Two,” and “The Hamlet Factory.” Her writing has featured in Bookforum and New York Magazine. Former Norma Desmond of mildly amusing online videos, now largely avoiding both social media and murder.
Jon-Michael Reese and Natalie Walker will perform “Mother, May We?” on Friday, February 2 at 7:00 PM at The Green Room 42 (570 Tenth Avenue at 42nd Street, on the 4th Floor of Yotel). The cover charge ranges from $20-$50. A livestream option is available for $20. For tickets, please visit www.TheGreenRoom42.com.
THE GREEN ROOM 42 – founded in 2017, and located in the heart of the theatre district in Yotel Times Square – is Broadway's newest and most spacious cabaret club. Hailed by the New York Times as “Broadway's Off-Night Hotspot" and praised by Time Out New York for “Best Cabaret Show 2023” (Mamie Parris in Surrender: An Andrew Lloyd Webber Thrill Ride), our curated nightlife experience features your favorite Broadway stars in live performance, and a delicious menu of food and drink. The Green Room 42 opens the doors of hospitality to the nightclub stage while providing value and accessibility to the New York theatre community. Past shows have featured artists such as Josh Groban, Tina Fey, Katharine McPhee, Sara Bareilles, Kathleen Turner, Candace Bushnell, Alice Ripley, Eva Noblezada, Reeve Carney, Lillias White, Frances Ruffelle, Judy Kuhn, Melissa Errico, Sally Mayes, Frankie Grande, Lady Bunny, Mink Stole, Ginger Minj, David Phelps, and over 5,000 others. The Green Room 42 has become a cornerstone of the Broadway community, redefining the cabaret industry, and all it's missing is YOU. Sit back, have a drink, and relax, because we've got your evening all planned in Broadway's off-night hotspot.
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HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE 2024 CALENDAR AT
THE GREEN ROOM 42
Friday, January 26 at 7:00 PM
Follwing countless sellout performances, Reeve Carney returns to play another solo concert after starring in Hadestown on Broadway. He is best known for his portrayal of Dorian Gray on Showtime's “Penny Dreadful,” Riff Raff in Fox's Rocky Horror Picture Show Reimagining, as well as originating the role of Peter Parker in Julie Taymor/U2's Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark. Featuring selections from his 5-time Independent Music Award-winning album, Youth Is Wasted, as well a few surprises from the Broadway canon and the Great American Songbook, Reeve delivers a one-man-show cabaret that feels more like an invitation-only after-party than a traditional concert performance.
Saturday, February 10 at 9:30 PM; Sunday, February 11 and Monday, February 12 at 7:00 PM
Ginger Minj and GIDGET GALORE
“The Broads Way”
Directly from their sold-out run in Provincetown, join Ginger Minj (“RuPaul's Drag Race,” Hocus Pocus 2, Netflix's Dumplin') and her drag sister, Gidget Galore (OutTV's “Sew Fierce”) in a trip down the Great White Way as they bring you on a musical journey of some of Broadway's biggest shows. This show was called “The best drag show to hit Provincetown in decades” this past summer by Provincetown Magazine.
Thursday, February 8 at 7:00 PM
“Surrender: An Andrew Lloyd Webber Thrill Ride”
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND
Mamie Parris, star of Broadway's Cats, School of Rock and more, brings you for the Andrew Lloyd Webber evening you didn't know you needed – or maybe it's the Andrew Lloyd Webber evening you've been waiting for. Now is your chance to think back on those playlists you belted along with in high school, surrender to the music of the night, and let the memory live again. Mamie Parris, who starred as Grizabella in the Broadway revival of Cats for 14 acclaimed months, wraps her impressive vocal cords around such fan favorites as “Rainbow High,” “Tell Me on a Sunday,” and “As If We Never Said Goodbye.” She also includes her own number from School of Rock, “Give Up Your Dreams,” and more surprising choices ranging from “Chanson d'Enfance” to “Starlight Express.” Conceived and directed by Ben Rimalower (“Countess and Friends,” “Leslie Kritzer Is Patti LuPone at Les Mouches”) with musical direction and arrangements by Brian J. Nash (Natalie Joy Johnson, LuAnn de Lesseps), “Surrender: An Andrew Lloyd Webber Thrill Ride” promises something for everyone and more than just a little touch of star quality.
Friday, February 16 and Saturday, February 17 at 7:00 PM
An Evening with
An intimate, revelatory, and heartfelt cabaret show starring living legend and cult film icon Mink Stole (Pink Flamingos, Hairspray, But I'm a Cheerleader) alongside San Francisco drag impresario, filmmaker Peaches Christ (All About Evil, Hulu's “Drag Me to Dinner”). Mink and Peaches have been close friends for over two decades and they would like you to join them for an evening of storytelling, film clips, and live song in a wildly entertaining and uncensored exposé that is as hilarious as it is revealing. If you're a fan of John Waters' films, Divine, drag history, or cult movies, you don't want to miss this one-of-a-kind event.
Sunday, March 10 at 7:00 PM
“Sunday Night Music Club”
For 19.5 years (including 108 pandemic livestreams), pianist and singer Brian J. Nash performed every Sunday night in New York City, and now he's bringing some of his favorite moments from those (literally) thousands of hours to the stage with a full band in a brand-new solo show. From broken-down or ridiculous arrangements of pop tunes, his legendary Nash-ups, or one-man musicals, Brian brings his trademark athletic piano-playing to everything from Sondheim to Tori Amos to ‘80s pop. Odds of improv: high.
Thursdays, March 28, June 6, September 26 and December 5 at 7:00 PM
“LEOLA'S LADY LAND LOUNGE”
Written & performed by Will Nolan
Your favorite BroadwayWorld Award-winning senior citizen-redneck-lesbian welcomes NYC's greatest talent to Leola's Lady Land Lounge, the monthly live talk show. Singers, dancers, actors and artists of all kinds join Leola inside the rainbow-cladded walls of her Lady Land Lounge. It's one part variety show, one part chat show, and oodles of laughs. Plus, there's gonna be snacks and prizes. And sometimes prizes that are snacks!
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