Walsh, Iconis, Andreas and More Part of Beechman September Lineup

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, between the hours of 12pm and 8pm.

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 September, 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 eighty 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.

Featuring performances from:
Christine Andreas, Cashino, The Chalks, Brandon Cutrell,
John Treacy Egan, Alison Fraser, Joe Iconis, Laurie Krauz, Steven Lutvak, Barbara Walsh and more...

The After Party
Every Friday from 10:30pm to 2am
No cover, no minimum
This w eekly open-mic schmoozefest for the theatrically inclined has become the hit of midtown, hosted by iron-lunged Brandon Cutrell and Alysha Umphress, with Ray Fellman at the keys and Jason Courson behind the bar. Come hang and belt out a showtune or two. No cover, no minimum. You never know who might drop by.

You Tube Fridays
Every Friday, 9pm to 10:30pm
No cover, 2 drink minimum
This informal new screening night kicks off August 8, featuring an array of fun, campy, theatrical clips from the worlds of Broadway, film and television. Come watch Patti LuPone receive her first Tony for Evita (presented by Faye Dunaway!), or perhaps the opening credits from The Muppet Show are more your speed, or Liza Minnelli and her Pet Shop Boys inspired Losing My Mind or the Spring Awakening=2 0music video or Jennifer Holiday belting out - oh, you know ('natch). There's something for everyone in this 90 minute warm up to The After Party. Enter our contest! Suggest a link to a clip and, if we use it, free shots!

Steven Lutvak
Sunday, September 7 @ 7pm
$25 cover
Award-winning composer Stephen Lutvak returns to our stage to share some of his newest compositions, including works from the forthcoming musicals Kind Hearts and Coronets and Campaign of the Century. Of course, some of his most treasured chestnuts are included as well. Steven has won the first Johnny Mercer Foundation Emerging American Songwriter Award, two Jonathan Larson Performing Arts Foundation Grants for his work in the theatre (he is the first and only recipient of two such awards), a New American Works Grant from the NEA, two Bistro Awards and three MAC Awards.

Voice from the Great White Way: Barbara Walsh
Monday, September 8 @ 7pm
$25 cover
Continuing our celebrated Voices From the Great White Way Series, we're thrilled to welcome Broadway's Barbara Walsh for a one night only concert event! Barbara was most recently seen on Broadway in her tour de force performance as Joanne in John Doyle's celebrated revival of Stephen Sondheim and George Furth's Company. Other Broadway credits include Hairspray (Velma Von Tussle), Big (Mrs. Baskin), Blood Brothers (Mrs. Lyons), her Drama Desk winning and Tony nominated performance as Trina in William Finn's Falsettos and Rock 'n Roll, The First 5,00020Years. Barbara will offer a diverse mix of music, featuring musical direction from the incomparable Mary Mitchell Campbell.

Cabaret Cares
Monday, September 8 @ 9:30pm
Monday, September 29 @ 9:30pm
$25 cover
Cabaret Cares is a benefit series that brings together the best of the Broadway and Cabaret communities to raise funds for Broadway Cares and Help Is On the Way Today, and not for profit organization providing funds for children living with HIV. September 8: The Lovely Ladies of Cabaret. September 29: Divas Gone Wild, Divapalooza 11.

Red & Slim Have Issues
Tuesday, September 9 @ 7pm
$10 cover
Two friends explore life, relationships and mental health in this delightful and hilarious evening of songs by Stephen Sondheim, William Finn, John Bucchino, David Yazbeck, Jonathan Larson, Maltby & Shire, Comden & Green, DiPietro & Roberts and more! Featuring Amanda Conlon and Michael Morch who hope we can all find a little happy in the company of crazy.

Boys! Boys! Boys!
Tuesday, September 9 @ 9:30pm
$10 cover
Alex Brightman (Glory Days, Twilight in Manchego), Jason Michael Snow (Saved!, Xanadu) and Jay A. Johnson (A Chorus Line) perform with special guest Carrie Manolakos (currently Sophie in B'way's Mamma Mia!) and Musical Director Will van Dyke. Selections from Darling (book by B. T. Ryback, music and lyrics by Ryan Scott Oliver. Oliver will also produce.

Music Box
Wednesday, September 10 @ 8pm
$10 cover
The Beechman's own sound and light guru, Joey Pier, puts together this wonderfully eclectic evening from20the world of independent music. Expect five or six of New York's most compelling up and coming bands, trios and soloists.

Girly Show
Thursday, September 11 @ 9:30pm
$10 cover
Directors Andrew Keenan-Bolger and Jake Wilson (The Battery's Down) will put up a Girly Show featuring a cast to be announced of ridiculous female talent. Adam Wachter music directs the show, produced by Ryan Scott Oliver.

Lots of Rea lly Great Stuff: New Theatre & Cabaret Songs
Friday, September 12 @ 7pm
$5 cover
30Writers30 presents an evening of new material, featuring current students of the BMI songwriter's workshop.

My Roaring Twenties: How I Learned to Drink Fast
Saturdays, September 13 @ 20 @ 7pm
$12 cover
Phil Geoffrey Bond's new piece about coming of age in 1990's New York City. Expect tales of Joan Rivers, Eli Wallach and Nell Carter, anecdotes about drin king in boy bars, working for Walt Disney and hanging out at Fire Island, and childhood confessionals about Stephen Sondheim, Gloria Steinham and Kathleen Turner. Accompanied by a multi media presentation, My Roaring Twenties is a new way of telling a story. Bond is a six time MAC winner, as well as the recipient of the Bistro and Nightlife Awards.

Brandon Cutrell
Sunday, September 14 @ 7pm
$15 cover
MAC and Bistro Award winning vocalist, and everybody's favorite host of The After Party, returns to our stage with a new show. Expect an eclectic mix from Great American Songbook standards to contemporary pop to new songwriters. Old favorites. New discoveries. From Cole Porter to Johnny Mercer to Billy Joel to Alanis Morissette, there is something for everyone.
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CASHINO
Sunday, September 14 @ 9:30pm
$20 cover
Johnny Niagra and Pepper Cole are at it again, heating up the stage with fabulous Vegas medleys.

Voice from the Great White Way: Christine Andreas
Monday, September 15 @ 7pm
$25 cover
Broadway favorite Christine Andreas makes her Beechman debut in an evening featuring many of the songs she introduced on stage. Andreas starred in Broadway's The Scarlet Pimpernel and On Your Toes, appeared as Laurey in the 1979 Broadway revival of Oklahoma! and Eliza in the 1976 revival of My Fair Lady. Other Broadway appearances include Angel Street and Words and Music.

Bring on the Men
Monday, September 15 @ 9:30pm
$15 cover
Wide Eyed Productions presents Bring On the Men, an all male cabaret of all female musical theatre songs! Sky Seals, Justin Ness, Danny Gardner and Xavier Rice will perform with the lovely Emily Fellner accompanying.

John Koprowski
Tuesdays, September 16 @ 23 @ 7pm

Scot Albertson
Wednesday, September 17 @ 7pm
$20 cover
Spotlighting music from Scot's upcoming 4th CD. Scot is accompanied by the Daryl Kojak Quintet: Daryl Kojak--Musical Director/Pianist, Cameron Brown--Bass, Tony Jefferson-Drums, "Sweet" Sue Terry--Alto Sax and Dave Pietro--Alto and Tenor Saxes. Scot's August 14th, 2008 performance marked his one year anniversary of monthly performances at the Laurie Beechman.

Toby Blackwell
Thursdays, September 18 @ 25 @ 7pm
$15 cover
Toby presents the latest in the BITTER cabaret series. Through comedy, story and song, he examines some of his favorite people: gays, Jesus and Whitney Houston!

Helene Feldman: Constant Craving
Thursday, September 18 @ 9:30
$15 cover
Helene Feldman returns to the cabaret stage with her intriguing new show, Constant Craving. The show is a diverse blend of songs from popular music, jazz, blues, contemporary theatre and the Great American Song Book.

The Chalks: Live & In Person
Friday, September 19 @ 7pm
Friday, October 3 @ 7pm
$10 cover
They have their hearts in Nashville, their tongues in their cheek, and their finger on the pulse of America. Don't miss The Chalks: Live &am p; In Person when they bring their high octane, seriously fun music and comedy back to The Laurie Beechman Theatre. Your gonna have a good time or your money back.

Jason Wynn: Not (More Of) The Same Old @#$%*
Saturdays, September 20 & 27 @ 9:30pm
Sunday, September 21 @ 7pm
$15 cover
Jason's Back!! 2007 MAC winner Jason Wynn brings the highly anticipated sequel to his smash hit Not The Same Old @$% to The Laurie Beechman this September! This show is "anything but ordinary" - packed with pop, rock, originals and (oh okay) a showtune or two. The songlist represents a wide variety of songwriters, including: Jason Wynn, David Yazbek, Ike Turner, John Cameron Mitchell, Elton John, Alicia Keys, Jason Mraz, Paula Cole and so many more!Directed by 2008 MAC Award winner Miles Phillips, the show features a bitchin' band and a collection of some of New York's best singers joining in the fun!  Jason's previous shows sold out - so make your reservations now for what is sure to be one HOT @#$%ing show!

Voices from the Great White Way: John Treacy Egan
Monday, September 22 @ 7pm
$25 cover
Direct from the Lunt Fontanne Theatre where he portrays Chef Louis eight times a week in Disney's The Little Mermaid, John Treacy Egan makes his Beechman debut in a special, one night only concert event. Other Broadway credits include Jekyll & Hyde and The Producers, where, from 2002 - 2004, he went from playing Franz Liebkind to Roger De Bris to Max Bialystock.

Comme Tu Veux (As You Want...)
Monday, September 22 @ 9:30pm
Tuesday, September 23 @ 9:30pm
$15 cover
Between the two of them, they've wowed audiences on Broadway, Off Broadway, and literally across the globe! Powerhouse vocalists Ritter Hanz and Kevin Smith Kirkwood are joining forces to serve up a feast of musical influences. With tunes made famous by Amy Winehouse, Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, Sylvester and more, the evening is sure to sizzle.

Phil & Tonic
Wednesday, September 24 @ 7pm
$20 cover
Making his Beechman Theatre debut, we're thrilled to welcome the amazing voice of Philip Hernandez (Broadway's Les Miserables, The Capeman, Kiss Of The Spider Woman), accompanied by Jeremy Wall, Grammy nominated composer and former pianist of the legendary jazz band Spyo Gyra. Philip brings his new show "Phil and Tonic" to our stage celebrating music, life and love. http://www.philiphernandez.com

Laurie Krauz: Tapestry Rewoven
Friday, September 26 @ 7pm
$20 cover
An encore presentation of the highly acclaimed sneak preview performance of Tapestry Rewoven - a jazz re-imagining of the Carole King classic, Tapestry.  Featuring Laurie Krauz, vocals; Daryl Kojak, piano; Sean Conly, bass; Gene Lewin, drums; "Sweet" Sue Terry, sax; Jamie Fox guitar and backup vocals by the amazing Emily Bindiger, Margaret Dorn and Kathryn Raio. They promise to blow the roof off the joint!

Fight On: A USC Showcase to Benefit the School of Theatre
Sunday, September 28 @ 6pm
$20 cover
An evening of new musical theater to benefit the University of20Southern California's School of Theater. Writers (including Kirsten Guenther and Laurence O'Keefe, Jeffrey Thomson and Jordan Mann and Rebekah Melocik) and performers are all alumni of USC.

Joe Iconis
Sunday, September 28 @ 9:30pm
$5 cover
Joe Iconis is the proud recipient of a Kleban Award and a Jonathan Larson Award, and is the Composer-in-Residence at Ars Nova. His notorious garage band musical The Black Suits, (book co-written by Robert Maddock, directed by John Simpkins) will have its world premiere this summer at the Public Theater as part of SPF. His family rock musical The Plant That Ate the Dirty Socks, (for TheaterWorksUSA)  opened in July at the Lucille Lortel Theater. Joe is a member of the band The Big Galoots and is the sole songwriter for notorious Skazz Cat Records recording artists The Kissin' Kazoo Sisters. Look for an evening of mayhem featuring Iconis at the piano and a talented group of singing co-horts.

Voice from the Great White Way: Alison Fraser
Monday, September 29 @ 7pm
$25 cover
The star of Broadway's Romance/Romance, The Secret Garden, Falsettos and currently appearing eight times a week in Gypsy, Ms. Fraser returns to her West Bank Cafe  roots with a special, one night only engagement.

Turner Wilson and Felipe Gonzalez: Generation XY
Tuesday, September 30 @ 7pm
Sunday, October 5 @ 7pm
Born in the 1980's… at the tail end of Gen X and the beginning of Generation Y… watch these two fellas identify with both and struggle to find their place in either.  From The Beatles to Ace of Base, music tells the story of the life and times of Generation XY.

Photo Credit Mark Rupp

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