Jonathan Whitton (2008 Bistro & MAC Award Winner) returns to the Laurie Beechman Theatre throughout October & November for four encore performances of his acclaimed cabaret evening: SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL.
What comes to pass after you stop running away from your fears and desires, and finally stop to take a good look at yourself? Celebrated NYC cabaret newcomer
Jonathan Whitton follows up his sparkling, award-winning 2007 cabaret debut, with a fresh, ironic, and uplifting song cycle about the personal journey to find equilibrium between career, sex, and self.
Whitton most recently completed runs in the NYC Fringe Hit UNDERWEAR: A SPACE MUSICAL and headlined as Hedwig in the 10th Anniversary Musical Celebration of HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH at the Highline Ballroom.
Musical selections for SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL come from
Elton John,
Mandy Moore,
Rufus Wainwright, & Robbie Williams, as well as current musical theatre writers
John Bucchino,
Mark Campbell (SONGS FROM AN UNMADE BED),
Sam Carner &
Derek Gregor (UNLOCK'D), and Brett Kristofferson, amongst others.
The evening is directed by MAC Hanson Award Winner
Miles Phillips. Bistro & MAC Award Winner
Steven Ray Watkins serves as Musical Director.
Backstage Magazine proclaimed, "Whitton exudes talent and taste," and Cabaret Scenes dubbed him, "a performer to watch and appreciate. He has an agenda and he delivers." Talkin' Broadway's Barbara &
Scott Siegel heralded Whitton, "a musical theater performer with considerable craft and skill at his disposal...
Jonathan Whitton will, indeed go a long, long way in cabaret."
Jonathan Whitton's 2007 NYC cabaret debut PERFECT FINITE played sold-out and acclaimed engagements at The Triad,
The Duplex, & The
Laurie Beechman Theatre. This encore engagement will mark Whitton's return to the solo cabaret stage for the first time since receiving the Manhattan Association of Cabarets & Clubs (MAC) Award and the BackStage Magazine Bistro Award.
His MAC Nominated Album,
Jonathan Whitton: LIVE AT THE
Laurie Beechman, is available at CDBaby and iTunes.
The encore engagement of SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL will run Thursdays, October 2 & 9 and November 13 & 20. All performances are at 7PM. The
Laurie Beechman Theatre is located within the West Bank Café at 407 W. 42nd St. (at 9th Avenue). Tickets are $10 General/$5 MAC Members plus a $15 Food/Drink Minimum. Reservations can be made by calling 212.695.6909.
Jonathan Whitton has played standing room only engagements in numerous major American cities and has sung in such NYC venues as
The Duplex, The Reprise Room at Dillon's, The Triad, Highline Ballroom, The
Laurie Beechman Theatre, and Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall. He won both the 2008 BackStage Bistro and Manhattan Association of Cabarets & Clubs (MAC) Awards for his NYC Cabaret Debut PERFECT FINITE. His MAC Award Nominated first CD -
Jonathan Whitton: LIVE AT THE
Laurie Beechman THEATRE was released in 2007 on Finite Records. As an actor he has appeared in regional productions of THE LAST FIVE YEARS (Jaimie, Regional Premiere), CABARET (2x as Emcee), HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH (Hedwig, Southeastern Premiere), THE SANTALAND DIARIES (Crumpet), GREATER TUNA (Various Roles), PICASSO AT THE LAPIN AGILE (Picasso), & VISITING
Mr. Green (Ross, Regional Premiere). He received an MITF Award Nomination for Outstanding Actor in a Musical in THE STREET (NYC Premiere). Most recently, he starred in the Fringe Hit UNDERWEAR: A SPACE MUSICAL (NYC Premiere) and headlined as Hedwig in the 10th Anniversary Concert Celebration of HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH at NYC's Highline Ballroom.
www.jonwhitton.com
Steven Ray Watkins (Musical Director) has been playing the piano for 39 years, and has been working professionally as a performer and musician for 35 years . As an actor he has appeared in The Last Session, Jesus Christ Superstar, and in the national tours of Big, Singin' in the Rain, and Showboat. As a musician, he has worked as a session player, as a musical director and vocal director in the theater, and most frequently as an arranger and musical director in the New York City Cabaret circuit. He has worked with such names as
Patti LuPone,
John Turturro,
Karen Mason,
Louise Pitre,
Amanda McBroom,
Lennie Watts and
Sharon McNight, among many others, and has received two Bistro Awards and two MAC awards.
Miles Phillips (Director) is a multiple award-winning actor, director, nightclub vocalist and recording artist who has appeared in theaters, concert halls and nightclubs from Honolulu to London. His voice, leading man charm and passionate artistry have established him as one of New York's most celebrated male vocalists. The 2008 MAC Award winner for Outstanding Male Vocalist, Phillips has also been honored with the MAC Hanson Award, named a Nightlife Award finalist for Outstanding Cabaret Male Vocalist in 2004 and 2006 and been nominated for multiple MAC Awards for his work as a director. A product of
The American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco, he's been presented with the Hollywood Drama-Logue Award and Chicago's Jeff Award for his work as an actor and has countless leading New York and regional theatre roles, numerous film and television appearances, a popular solo album "might as well be…" and a score of original and studio cast recordings to his credit. Miles' next New York solo engagement will be in November at Feinstein's.
www.milesphillips.com
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