The Laurie Beechman Theatre Announces October Events And Shows

It is with great pleasure that The West Bank Café announces upcoming performances to be presented in The Laurie Beechman Theatre. The West Bank Café is located at 407 West 42nd. St., at Ninth Avenue. For reservations, please call 212.695.6909.

The Laurie Beechman Theatre has a rich tradition of presenting cutting-edge work, which has played a role in shaping American theatre and live performance. Since the 80's, the theatre has staged numerous plays and hosted a myriad of live performance events.

This October, the theatre is proud to announce an exciting and eclectic line-up of performers and performances, all of which will take place in the gorgeous one hundred seat venue.

Please note there is a $15 food and/or beverage minimum at each performance, with the exception of The After Party. All major credit cards are accepted, and a full dinner/bar menu is available.

Featuring performances from:
Len Cariou, Carol Demas, Nancy Giles, Annie Golden, Joe Iconis, Pamela Winslow-Kashani,
Telly Leung, Victoria Mallory, Sarah Rice, Joan Rivers, Lois Sage, Mary Testa & Michael Starobin, Steven Lutvak... and many more

Sondheim Unplugged
Fri, Oct 1 @ 7pm
$20 cover
Following six sold out shows, The Laurie Beechman Theatre will continue their hit series, SONDHEIM UNPLUGGED for a seventh installment. Joining the cast are three special guests, all of whom originated roles in Sondheim musicals: Len Cariou (Sweeney Todd & A Little Night Music), Annie Golden (Assassins), Victoria Mallory (A Little Night Music) and Sarah Rice (Sweeney Todd). Sondheim Unplugged features an array of Broadway and Cabaret's most dynamic performers, celebrating the work of Broadway's most beloved and prolific composer, accompanied by piano only.

The After Party
Every Friday from 10:30pm to 3am
No cover, no minimum
This weekly open-mic schmoozefest for the theatrically inclined has become the hit of midtown, hosted by iron-lunged Brandon Cutrell and featuring Becca Johnson and Ray Fellman at the piano. Come hang and belt out a showtune or two. No cover, no minimum. You never know who might drop by.

Gregory Nalbone
Saturday, Oct 2 @ 8pm
$15 cover
Male model Gregory Nalbone sings about his unique view of the world from a male perspective.

Le Scandal Cabaret
Saturdays, October 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 @ 10:30pm
$25 cover
Le Scandal Cabaret is NYC's longest running burlesque variety show. In its ninth year, Le Scandal features variety acts, circus performers, live music and a bevy of burlesque beauties. NY Magazine called Le Scandal, "the rock star of the NY burlesque scene!" And the show is a NY Times "critics pick." New performers every week! Expect sword swallowers, belly dancers, rope trick cowboys, contortionists, torch singing fan dancers and comedic aerobats, all set to the live music of the Le Scandal Orchestra. For tickets, visit Smarttix: www.smarttix.com or 212 868 4444.

Terri Troiano: How Lucky Can You Get?
Sunday, October 3 @ 1pm
$15 cover
A return performance starring Terri Troiano, with Robert Marks at the piano. Terri performs a selection of tunes ranging from jazz standards to musical theater classics. Once again, she brings her wit and music to the Laurie Beechman Theatre.

Margy Seides
Sunday, October 3 @ 7pm
$30 cover
Psychotherapist by day and singer/comic by night, Margy Seides sits you down on her "cabaret couch" and takes you through almost every obsession and neurosis known to man. Donn Murphy, president of the National Theatre in DC called it ".....a fast moving, sparkling show ranging from the hilarious to the very touching----an innovative blend of music and comedy."

Trevor Southworth: Choking on Evil Thoughts
Sunday, Oct 3 @ 9:30pm
$10 cover
A one man show starring Trevor Southworth, with special guests Becca Southworth, Gabrielle Stravelli and Craig Lowry. Directed by Gavin Esham and Musical Direction by Jeffrey Biering. Reservations a must!

Cynthia Kaplan & Nancy Giles: The New Jack Parr Show
Mondays, October 4 & 25 @ 7pm
$10 cover
The New Jack Paar Show is back! Humorist and CBS Morning Show commentator Nancy Giles and author and comedian Cynthia Kaplan are returning to the West Bank Cafe after a brief (okay, it's been some years) hiatus. This live talk/variety show, modeled, sort of, after the late (what, he died? Crap!) Jack Paar's classic television program will feature Kaplan & Giles' hilarious take on current events, plenty of comedy, probably some songs and special guests--comics, musicians, writers--most of whom will be more famous than Kaplan or Giles, but that's life.

Karen Jacobsen
Monday Oct 4 @ 9:30pm
$40 cover
Joined by her three piece band, GPS Girl Karen Jacobsen navigates you through an evening of melodic piano pop songs. Hear material from her four studio releases, from her upcoming album "Take a Little Drive" and brand new songs including the theme to her upcoming TV show, "Travel the World with The GPS Girl". Karen Jacobsen has shared the stage with Norah Jones, Cyndi Lauper, Deborah Cox and Christopher Cross, her songs have been heard on Dawson's Creek, Passions and NBC, and she's sung the Star Spangled Banner to 80,000 at the New York Jets game at Giants Stadium. At this moment Karen's speaking voice is used around the world in GPS units in many millions of cars giving people directions, and on Aussie hair care's "Put Some Roo In Your Do" campaign. Karen Jacobsen, the GPS Girl, can be found in recent news coverage from The New York Times, MyFoxNews.com and AOL News. Take a peek at what Karen has to share at www.karenjacobsen.com.

Kevin Dozier
Tuesdays, October 5, 12, 19 & 26 @ 7pm
$20 cover
Kevin Dozier makes his solo Beechman debut in a show featuring great songs by Maltby and Shire, Jones and Schmidt, Irving Berlin, Jerry Herman, Lerner and Loewe, Stephen Sondheim, Rusty Magee, Noel Coward, Ervin Drake, John Bucchino and others. Musical Direction my Alex Rybeck, with Direction by Lennie Watts.

Selda Sahin
Tuesday, Oct 5 @ 9:30pm
$5 cover
An evening of songs by Selda Sahin and Carl Danielsen from several projects they have been working on over the last couple years.

The Spellbound
Wed, Oct 6 @ 7pm
Thur, Oct 7 @ 9:30pm
$20 cover
It is our pleasure to invite you to experience The Spellbound - an enrapturing evening of mesmerizing music about the alchemy of love, longing, obsession and redemption. Be hypnotized by Christiana Blain and Nick Atkinson singing classic 21st century pop rock as you've never heard before, including music by Depeche Mode, The Eurythmics, David Bowie, Duffy, Pink and Journey. Fall under the spell of the magical Mark Hartman on piano and the bewitching Benjamin Scheuer on guitar.

Telly Leung: Who Loves ‘Ya, Baby?
Thur, Oct 7 @ 7pm
$20 cover
Meet Judy and Stephen Leung - Telly's parents - who immigrated to this country in the 1970's from China, and used TV and vinyl records to learn English and become American. It's a celebration of THEIR music, so get ready to hustle, bus stop, and boogie-woogie your way back in time as Telly goes through his Dad's incredible 70's vinyl collection. Telly Leung is a Broadway veteran of such shows as Rent, Flower Drum Song and Pacific Overtures.

Lois Sage: Again?
Fri, Oct 8 @ 8pm
Sun, Oct 10 @ 7pm
$20 cover
Critically acclaimed singer Lois Sage returns to the Laurie Beechman for two performances only. Ms Sage is delighted to be performing her cabaret show "Again?" with accompanist Robby Stamper. She brings an eclectic mix of comedy and standards to the stage along with the cabaret craftsmanship which prompted The New York Post to describe her as a "truly divine diva."

Equality Cabaret
Sat, Oct 9 @ 4pm
$25 cover
Marriage Equality New York's (MENY's) star-studded cabaret fundraiser.

Adrienne Haan: Berlin, Mon Amour
Saturday, Oct 9 @ 7pm
Mon, Oct 11 @ 7pm
$20 cover
Young European rising star Adrienne Haan won the Nightclub Award for Best Performing Artist in Paris, France in January 2010. Berlin, Mon Amour is a passionate, theatrical chanson voyage through the 20th Century. Dive into the bizarre and decadent world of the Weimar Republic, learn about the women's movement and the liberation of the gays in 1920s Germany, listen to melancholy Klezmer as well as passionate melodies of French chansonniers Jacques Brel and Edith Piaf, performed in German, English, French and Yiddish.

Robert Marks' Spotlight Night Student Showcase
Sunday, Oct 10 @ 4pm
$15 cover
Well-known Broadway vocal coach Robert Marks presents several students in a cabaret performance.

Drink, F@#k, Pray
Sunday, Oct 10 @ 9:30pm
$20 cover
A raucous memoir of Suzanne Peebles' dazzling entrance into the NYC cabaret world, from the touching days of CCM to the sizzlingly hot sidewalks of Ellen's on 51st, join Suzanne with special guests: Athena Reich, Marla Mindelle, Susie Cremin & others as this show supersedes limits of versatility on stage by pushing at least seven of the envelopes and reminding us, with profound focus, how fantastic & sometimes tragic this journey is, of finding our center thru art and love... and sex, of course.

Mary Testa & Michael Starobin: Classically Speaking
Mondays, October 11 & 16 @ 9:30pm
$25 cover
EXTENDED! Broadway favorite (Guys and Dolls, Xandu, 42nd St., Marie Christine, On the Town, Chicago, A Funny... Forum, The Rink, Barnum) Mary Testa and Tony Award-winning orchestrator Michael Starobin (Sunday in the Park with George, Next to Normal), join forces to present Classically Speaking, covering music from all genres which they consider classic.

Brandon Cutrell & Co-Horts
Tue, Oct 12 @ 9:30pm
Thur, Oct 14 @ 9:30pm
$20 cover
The After Party's own 2009 Nightlife Award winner, Brandon Cutrell takes to the Beechman stage with his new show, Brandon Cutrell & Co-Horts. A cabaret showcase, Brandon emcees the show, which features five different people at each performance. Do not miss this opportunity to meet some of New York's brightest and youngest stars-to-be.

Carol Demas
Wed, Oct 13 @ 7pm
Wed, Oct 27 @ 7pm
$25 cover
From television's The Magic Garden and Grease's original Sandy, Broadway vet Carole Demas makes two rare cabaret appearances this summer at the Beechman. Directed by Charles Repole, with Musical Direction by Ian Herman.

J. Michael Reeds: West
Thur, Oct 14 @ 7pm
Sun, Oct 16 @ 4pm
$20 cover
An evening of rollicking Country and Rock music. Cute guys and lots of laughs. All served up with good food and good drink. Ya'll come on now!

Torch: A Cycle of Love Songs
Fri, Oct 15 @ 8pm
Thur, Oct 21 @ 7pm
$20 cover
A cycle of love songs by composer/lyricist Derek Fox, featuring three generations of women and one man burnt by love and singing the blues. Starring 2010 MAC Award Winner for Best Jazz Vocalist Mary Foster Conklin, French-Canadian sensation Genevieve Leclerc, Forest Van Dyke & Joanna Hernandez. Musical Direction by Kris Nolte, with costuming my Don Sayres.

Maria Plantilla: Where in the World is My Prince?
Sun, Oct 17 @ 1pm
$15
Join Maria Plantilla in this hilarious show as she looks for love in all the wrong places while searching for that elusive happily ever after. Songs by Jerry Herman, Goldrich & Hieisler, Stephen Sondheim and more. Directed by Nightlife Award winner Collette Black with musical direction by Norma Jeanne Curley.

Phyllis Conley: The Diva Returns for Act IV
Sunday, October 17 @ 4pm
$10 cover
An entertaining hour of songs, comedy and stories from Ms. Conley.

Steven Lutvak
Sun, Oct 17 @ 7:30pm
$25 cover
A Beechman favorite, prolific and much-lauded composer Steven Lutvak (recipient of the both the Fred Ebb and Ed Kleban Awards), returns to our stage in an evening of music both new and familiar. For tickets, contact Smarttix: 212 484 4444 or www.smarttix.com.

Cabaret Cares
Mon, Oct 18 @ 7pm
$25 cover
A cabaret benefit series that brings together the best of the Broadway and Cabaret communities to raise funds for Help Is On the Way Today, an organization that benefits youth grappling with HIV/AIDS.

Katie Schorr: Did I Do That?
Tue, Oct 19 @ 9:30pm
$10 cover
An uncomfortably honest, funny, odd story of a girl's quest to save the world and lose her virginity, somewhere between the Dominican Republic and Windsor, Canada. Written and performed by Katie Schorr, with back up band, Los Tigres, which consists of Joe Iconis, Lance Rubin and Brent Stranathan. Directed by Stephen Brackett.

Pamela Winslow-Kashani: Change Happens
Wed, Oct 20 @ 7pm
$20 cover
Change Happens tells the "Cinderella" story of Broadway veteran Pamela Winslow Kashani (who originated the role of Rapunzel in Into the Woods): getting to Broadway, weathering the ups and downs of Hollywood, making a quantum leap into motherhood and then engaging on a universal quest for spiritual truth to try and make sense of what it is to be human. Her autobiography is just an example of a life - please insert yours. While she doesn't expect an evening's entertainment to solve the world's greatest mysteries, she does hope to offer a glimmer: a little extra light to shine on your path or a clearer reason to continue walking on it.

Joan Rivers
Wed, Oct 20 @ 9pm
Thur, Oct 21 @ 9pm
Tue, Oct 26 @ 9pm
Tickets, $35: www.spincyclenyc.com or 212 352 3101
Legendary comedian and Celebrity Apprentice winner Joan Rivers brings her live stand-up act to Times Square's Laurie Beechman Theatre. Rivers presents an evening of her newest and most outrageous riffs on The Celebrity Apprentice, Hollywood, pop culture, celebrities, reality TV and award show fashion. A full dinner menu and bar are available, and pianist Lance Cruce plays from the time doors open until Joan takes the stage. Tickets are $35 with net proceeds going to Rivers' favorite charities: God's Love We Deliver and Guide Dogs for the Blind.
Vikki Edwards: Home
Fri, Oct 22 @ 8pm
Sun, Oct 24 @ 1pm
$12 cover
Settle in and get ready for a blockbuster cabaret event from our saucy minx, Victoria Edwards. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll want to bring 20 or 30 of your closest friends. So come on down and hear Victoria Edwards in Home.

Kevin McMullan: Twist of Fate
Sat, Oct 23 @ 4pm
Thur, Oct 28 @ 9:30pm
$20 cover
Cabaret veteran Kevin McMullan returns this season with a spectacular new show! Twist of Fate is a whimsical, funny, moving and magical evening's exploration of fortune, fate, love, life, death, the afterlife and reincarnation - all presented through storytelling and gorgeous music ranging from Broadway and the great American songbook to contemporary and alternative rock classics from the likes of Styx, k.d. lang and Olivia Newton-John. Multiple award-winners Miles Phillips (Director) and Mark Janas (Music Director) oversee an ambitious whirlwind of a show that unveils McMullan at the center of a six-piece gypsy jazz band and a dazzling assortment of Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves! Make your reservations now!

Bronwyn Rucker: Bronwyn's Speakeasy
Sunday, Oct 24 @ 7pm
$20 cover
A celebration of NYC's theatre-cabaret history through the lives of women singers of the 20s and 30s. Written and performed by Bronwyn Rucker with Jerry Scott, piano and Saadi Zain, bass. Directed by Jay Rogers. Special material and appearance by broadcasting legend Joe Franklin.

Living For Today: A Concert to Benefit the Gilana Shira Alpert Fund
Sunday, Oct 24 @ 9:30pm
$10 cover
Join us for the third annual Living For Today concert series, featuring Broadway stars in an amazing night of music. This year's concert will include an exciting, new twist: the line-up will consist exclusively of songs that end the first act of your favorite musicals. With a live band, over 20 performers, and all proceeds going to a great fund, this is an evening not to be missed!

Songs You've Never Heard & Shows You've Never Heard Of
Monday, Oct 25 @ 9:30pm
$15 cover
Today's brightest and edgiest musical theatre writers debut their latest works in an exhilarating night featuring your favorite Broadway performers, special guests, and an unforgettable array of new work that defines the next generation of musical theatre.

Jennifer Winegardner: Halloween Hullabaloo
Thur, Oct 28 @ 7pm
Fri, Oct 29 @ 7pm
$15 cover
A hilarious evening of ghosts, goblins & good times: a campy revue of original skits & songs about everyone's favorite holiday - Halloween! Written by Jennifer Winegardner, Directed by Thomas Sabella-Mills, Musical Direction by Sarah Brett England.
www.halloweenhullabaloomusical.com

Stearns Matthews: This Will Be...
Saturday, Oct 30 @ 4pm
Saturday, Nov 6 @ 4pm
$15 cover
Hailed as "slick as a road in a hailstorm and just as determined," by David Finkle of The Village Voice, 2008 MetroStar Talent Challenge Runner-Up and 2009 MAC Award Nominee Stearns Matthews presents his newest show, including songs by Burt Bacharach, Joe Raposo, Cy Coleman, Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash, as well as songs made famous by Natalie Cole, Cass Elliot and Reba McEntire, and maybe even some Sesame Street. The evening features direction and musical direction by multiple award winners Lennie Watts and Steven Ray Watkins.

Edie Beale Live at Reno Sweeney
Sunday, Oct 31 @ 5pm
$15 cover
"Little Edie" Beale, of Grey Gardens fame, performed a cabaret act at Reno Sweeney in New York City over the New Years' week of 1978. Gerald Duval, Edie's producer during the time of her appearance at Reno Sweeney has re-created the essence of those magical nights using dialogue, songs and text from the historic event resulting in a not-to-be-missed, intimate evening of theatre. Enjoy, experience and witness what happened when Edie Beale was LIVE at Reno Sweeney. www.ganymedearts.org.

Joe Iconis's Rock & Roll HauntEd Halloween Special 2
Sunday, Oct 31 @ 9pm
$10 cover
After murdering you last Halloween, Joe Iconis and his terrifying coven of musical theater monsters are back... with a vengeance! A horrifying rock concert featuring songs by Mr. Iconis, a bunch of Halloween covers, and even a showtune or two from classic "scary" musicals. A wild night of songs, candy, and whiskey. Costumes and bad behavior are encouraged. In addition to some old favorites, Iconis will premiere some brand new songs for this, the latest stop on his "Death To The Bloodless" Tour 2010.

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