Steve Brinberg Brings SIMPLY BARBRA'S BROADWAY to Don't Tell Mama Next Week

Barbra Streisand plays an intimate club in NYC......in the guise of world renowned impressionist Steven Brinberg as SIMPLY BARBRA'S BROADWAY this coming Monday, September 18th at 7:00 pm at Don't Tell Mama, 343 West 46th Street, New York, NY 10036 (212 757-0788). Christopher Denny is the Musical Director with special guest Jake Weinstein. Steven recreates Miss Streisand's greatest hits and Broadway songs... and brief voices of artists ranging from Cher to Bea Arthur....Seen in 40 US cities and 9 countries, the constantly updated SIMPLY BARBRA shows are the next best thing to seeing the legendary singer/actress/director in person.. and you can actually meet this one afterwards!

Jake Weinstein is a composer, dancer, actor, and creator in NYC. As music director, Jake recently collaborated with Sarah Naughton, writing original music for a cabaret production of Trapped in the Closet at Feinstein's/54 Below, which plays again on December 2nd. Jake recently performed in Vienna, Austria where his solo piano composition of Ode to the Singing Butler won 1st place at the Golden Key Composition Competition. His original video This is Mitzi Hamilton went viral on YouTube. Acting credits include Off-Broadway: Peter inPeter in the Wolf (BAM), George Gershwin in Gershwin: Got Rhythm? (Kaye Playhouse), National Tour: A Chorus Line, Regional: Chasing The Song (La Jolla Playhouse), A Chorus Line (PCLO, Riverside). Jake studied classical music and composition at the New England Conservatory, and received a B.A. from NYU Gallatin School of Individualized Study in Collaborative Musical Theatre Performance, Composition, and Producing. jakeweinstein.com @jakeweinstein1

Steven Brinberg was born and raised in New York City, attended NYU and while there appeared Off Broadway in Ivanov at the Jewish Rep and at the Lambs theatre in The Wind Up Toys. He created his first SIMPLY BARBRA show in 1993 at the famous Don't Tell Mama cabaret where it ran a record-breaking 4 years, winning him two MAC awards and a BISTRO award. The constantly updated show was subsequently seen in 40 US cities and 9 countries including tours of Australia, The Far East, Spain, Mexico and several runs in London's West End at theatres The Charing Cross, SoHo Revue Bar and Leicester Square Theatres and The Edinburgh Festival. His London debut at the Jermyn Street Theatre broke all box office records and was extended repeatedly.

Steven toured for over 12 years with the late Marvin Hamlisch (Barbra Streisand's musical director and composer of THE WAY WE WERE and A CHORUS LINE). Their symphony concerts together included appearances at the Kennedy Center and several with Broadway legend Barbara Cook. Terrence McNally wrote the narration for Steven-as-Barbra for a concert at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall which was also seen in Seattle. At Carnegie Hall he made an appearance with the NYC Gay Men's chorus. At Broadway's New Amsterdam Theatre, Steven was part of the all-star FUNNY GIRL concert featuring Kristin Chenoweth, Idina Menzel, Sutton Foster and Whoopi Goldberg and at the Hudson theatre in a concert of Marvin Hamslich's SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS opposite Jeremy Jordan, Adam Jacobs and Marc Kudisch. At the Westbeth Theatre Center and Manhattan Theatre Club, he was featured in Ken Page's musical NIGHT LIFE starring LiLlias White.

Special events include performances for Liza Minnelli, Patricia Neal, Lauren Bacall, Joan Rivers, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Donna Karan. Steven was chosen for the latter event by Miss Streisand's management. He was also chosen by Stephen Sondheim to sing at his birthday concert at the Library of Congress in Washington DC.

Film credits include CAMP, HEAVENLY PEACE, BOYS LIFE and the upcoming THIRSTY. Television appearances include Rosie O'Donnell, CBS "Blue Bloods,' Sally Jessy Raphael, Good Morning Australia and a Jerry Springer show where no one was fighting! His two CDS available are SIMPLY BARBRA LIVE IN LONDON and SIMPLY BARBRA DUETS.

San Diego and Florida engagements are in the next few weeks as well as special return to Don't Tell Mama on Monday, November 6th at 7:00 pm. For more information visit www.simplybarbra.com.

Tickets are: $28 with a 2 drink minimum. Cash only. Seating begins at 6:30 pm For Reservations:. http://www.donttellmamanyc.com/shows/simply-barbra-s-broadway-9-18/group-registration.

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