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BIO

Lance Cruce is a Pianist/Singer, Composer/Lyricist, Actor, and Dancer. Since, 2002, he has serverd as the Pianist for" Joan Rivers Live!" currently playing at " The Laurie Beechman Theatre". His theatre credits include "Corn", the musical with the Ridiculous Theater Company, "One Must Do What One Do", "Ravaged by Romance", "Up,Up, and More Up!", "The Jack of Tarts, a Bitter-Sweet Musical", all at La MaMa, E.T.C., " Ranch Hands Are People Too",at the Hot! Festival, Dixon Place. " Martha and George" starring Karen Finley at P.S. 122, and since 2003 Lance performed and toured the U.S with Ms. Finley in " Make Love".

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[Off-Broadway, 1997]
Musical Director

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Deborah Karpel to Bring THE MIDWOOD MIRACLE To Bruno Walter Auditorium, 2/12

From a founder of the long running improvisational comedy group 'Shock of The Funny' to musical theatre, opera and performing in a Klezmer band, singer-songwriter, actress, playwright and opera aficionado Deborah Karpel, stages her autobiographical one woman show 'The Midwood Miracle' at the Bruno Walter Auditorium on February 12th and The Puffin Foundation on April 18th.
Photo Flash: Fire Island Pines Art Project Stages INTO THE WOODS, Now Thru 8/31

Fire Island Pines Art Project (FIPAP) hosts a Laboy Day Weekend presentation of Tony Award-winning musical INTO THE WOODS, featuring music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine, at Fradd Theatre, Whyte Hall, which runs until tomorrow, August 31. Buy tickets ($70) at fipap.org.
Chris Tanner's FOOTBALL HEAD Opens Tonight at LaMaMa

Chris Tanner returns to The Club at La MaMa this June for the world premiere of Football Head: tales of shame and humiliation.
Chris Tanner's FOOTBALL HEAD to Open 6/20 at LaMaMa

Chris Tanner returns to The Club at La MaMa this June for the world premiere of Football Head: tales of shame and humiliation.
Chris Tanner's FOOTBALL HEAD Comes to La Mama, 6/20-29

La MaMa will present Chris Tanner's 'Football Head: tales of shame and humiliation', running June 20-29, 2014. Tanner returns to The Club at La MaMa this June for the world premiere of his show.
Dixon Place Opens New Stage Theatre's COSMICOMICS Tonight

Dixon Place in association with The New Stage Theatre Company presents Cosmicomics, an original multimedia theatre piece based on the novel of the same title by Italo Calvino.
Dixon Place to Open New Stage Theatre's COSMICOMICS, 3/28

Dixon Place in association with The New Stage Theatre Company presents Cosmicomics, an original multimedia theatre piece based on the novel of the same title by Italo Calvino.
David Drake's TAWNY, TELL ME TRUE! Begins Tonight at the Laurie Beechman

Obie Award-winning playwright/performer David Drake, who most recently headlined an all-star ensemble benefit of his landmark show The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS last spring, returns to the New York stage with TAWNY, TELL ME TRUE. Written by and starring Drake, this drag tragicomedy with music will be directed by Robert La Fosse (Tony Award nominee for Jerome Robbins' Broadway) featuring musical direction by Lance Cruce (Joan River's longtime pianist, Karen Finley's Make Love), original music by Trevor Kuprel, and video by Ned Stresen Reuter. Performances begin October 19th at The Laurie Beechman Theatre.
Photo Flash: La MaMa's THE ETIQUETTE OF DEATH World Premiere

La MaMa presents the World Premiere of The Etiquette of Death, a Chris Tanner Production co-directed by Everett Quinton and Julie Atlas Muz, and choreographed by Julie Atlas Muz, with contributions by a slew of New York's finest downtown artists. The Etiquette of Death, the final show of La MaMa's 50th Anniversary season, runs now through July 1, 2012 in a limited engagement at the Ellen Stewart Theatre, located at 66 East 4th Street between 2nd Avenue & the Bowery in New York City. The show opens tonight, June 16. Check out photos from the production below!
THE ETIQUETTE OF DEATH Previews at La MaMa Tonight, 6/14

La MaMa presents the World Premiere of The Etiquette of Death, a Chris Tanner Production co-directed by Everett Quinton and Julie Atlas Muz, and choreographed by Julie Atlas Muz, with contributions by a slew of New York's finest downtown artists. The Etiquette of Death, the final show of La MaMa's 50th Anniversary season, runs from tonight, June 14 through July 1, 2012 in a limited engagement at the Ellen Stewart Theatre, located at 66 East 4th Street between 2nd Avenue & the Bowery in New York City. Previews begin tonight, June 14 for a June 16 opening.
THE ETIQUETTE OF DEATH Begins Previews 6/14 at La MaMa

La MaMa will present the World Premiere of The Etiquette of Death, a Chris Tanner Production co-directed by Everett Quinton and Julie Atlas Muz, and choreographed by Julie Atlas Muz, with contributions by a slew of New York downtown artists.
THE ETIQUETTE OF DEATH Previews 6/14 at La MaMa

La MaMa will present the World Premiere of The Etiquette of Death, a Chris Tanner Production co-directed by Everett Quinton and Julie Atlas Muz, and choreographed by Julie Atlas Muz, with contributions by a slew of New York's finest downtown artists.
Robert LaFosse to Direct David Drake In MY TAWNY VALENTINE At Beechman

Obie Award-winning playwright/performer David Drake makes his long-awaited return to New York with the premiere of MY TAWNY VALENTINE.
Robert LaFosse Directs David Drake In MY TAWNY VALENTINE At Beechman

Obie Award-winning playwright/performer David Drake makes his long-awaited return to New York with the premiere of MY TAWNY VALENTINE.
Performances Added for David Drake's MY TAWNY VALENTINE, 2/17-3/2

Obie Award-winning playwright/performer David Drake (The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me) makes his long-awaited return to New York with the premiere of MY TAWNY VALENTINE. Written by and starring Drake, this drag tragicomedy with music is directed by Robert La Fosse (Tony Award nominee for Jerome Robbins' Broadway) featuring musical direction by Lance Cruce (Joan River's longtime pianist, Karen Finley's Make Love), original music by Trevor Kuprel, and video by Ned Stresen Reuter. Performances begin February 17th at The Laurie Beechman Theatre.
Robert LaFosse to Direct David Drake In MY TAWNY VALENTINE At Beechman

Obie Award-winning playwright/performer David Drake makes his long-awaited return to New York with the premiere of MY TAWNY VALENTINE.
David Drake Premieres MY TAWNY VALENTINE At Laurie Beechman

David Drake (The Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me) makes his long-awaited return to New York with the premiere of MY TAWNY VALENTINE. Written by and starring Drake, this drag tragicomedy with music is directed by David Briggs (film: Karen Black Like Me) featuring musical direction by Lance Cruce (Joan River's longtime pianist, Karen Finley's Make Love).
The Laurie Beechman Theatre Announces November Events

The West Bank Café has announced upcoming performances to be presented in The Laurie Beechman Theatre.
Karen Finley revisits 9/11-Liza Minnelli Tribute MAKE LOVE 9/3-17

Internationally acclaimed performance artist KAREN FINLEY honors the 10th Anniversary of the attack on the World Trade Center with an encore engagement of her critically acclaimed piece MAKE LOVE.
The Laurie Beechman Theatre Presents Joan Rivers, Joe Iconis, et al. in August

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.

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