Laurie Beechman Theatre

🎶 One of Broadway’s most ICONIC voices, although… “Honestly, she could just do an evening of stories and the audience would be happy.” - Stephen Mosher, BroadwayWorld Because, trust us, this chick have some WILD stories! 🎭 Andrea McArdle made history as the youngest Tony nominee for Lead Actress for her Broadway debut as Annie. And this Broadway Baby’s career has been one amazing ride… Join her for an UNSCRIPTED evening of songs and stories: ✨ From working in Vegas with Liberace ✨ Stepping into Judy Garland’s ruby slippers ✨ Spending a hospital visit with The Beatles ✨ Partying with Michael Jackson ✨ Touring with Carol Channing ✨ The time she accidentally drugged all the orphans ✨ and ALL THE BACKSTAGE GOSSIP from Beauty and the Beast, Les Miz, Starlight Express, and more! “There’s no mistaking her DEFINITIVE voice! It gives you goosebumps on practically every song she sings!” - Stephen Sorokoff, Times Square Chronicles ❤️ ANDREA MCARDLE 🎭 BROADWAY ON DEMAND Next Show: 📅 Fri, May 15 | 7PM
📍 The Laurie Beechman Theatre at West Bank Cafe 🎟️

✨ ONLY IN NEW YORK. ✨ Step into the historic Laurie Beechman Theatre and sit feet away from living Broadway legends; iconic women whose voices, stories, and careers shaped the American musical… ⭐️ Andrea McArdle - Broadway On Demand Broadway’s original Annie goes set-less and script-less as topics and songs are drawn at random for an “anything can happen” night of hilarious showbiz stories and iconic showtunes. “There is no mistaking her definitive voice! It gives you GOOSE BUMPS on practically every song she sings!” - Times Square Chronicles 
⭐️ Lillias White - Live at The Beechman Lillias will provide! This Tony Award-winning tour de force delivers hits from her rich career - including songs from The Life, Dreamgirls, Once On This Island, Hercules, and more. A night with Lillias is a masterclass in soul, storytelling, and pure joy! “WOWZA! Infectiously cheerful - A wonderful show!” - Theater Pizzaz 
⭐️ Lorna Luft - The Beechman Residency The entertainment legend, daughter of Judy Garland and Sid Luft, opens the family album and invites you into her life with unforgettable stories and standards from her iconic lineage. “Superb from start to finish!” - DigitalJournal 
⭐️ Donna McKechnie - A Musical Memoir The kids might know this Tony-winning triple threat as Madame Morrible, but Donna is taking us back, tracing her career alongside Bennett, Fosse, Hamlisch & Sondheim. And, she might just throw in a head-pop! “A joy and privilege to behold - revel in the experience of being in the room with a real-life, bona fide One and Only!” - BroadwayWorld 🎟️ For full schedule and tix visit TheBeechman.com 🎭 These aren’t just concerts; they’re history, they’re masterclasses. For aspiring theatre kids, this is church. For seasoned theatregoers, a goosebump-inducing trip down memory lane. ✨ This is the kind of NYC night you talk about forever. ✨ Theatre lovers: don’t miss these shows. 👉 Follow @TheBeechman for the latest shows, stars, ticket offers, and more! 🎟️

🎤 Got a Show? Let’s Chat! 🎶 The Laurie Beechman Theatre is once again the toast of the town — newly reimagined by David Rockwell and the Rockwell Group. This intimate, gorgeous jewel box theatre is located on historic 42nd Street in the iconic West Bank Cafe (home to a dazzling collection of Hirschfelds). Now, let’s chat details… ✨ With one of the largest cabaret stages in Midtown, the Beechman has played host to everything you can possibly do on a stage: solo shows, full-scale Off-Broadway productions, big band jazz, drag extravaganzas, burlesque, stand-up, sketch, improv, cabaret, rock bands—you name it, it’s happened here. 🎭🎤🎷🎸💃🕺 It’s where Joan Rivers did over 200 sets. Where The Who played secret shows. Where Aaron Sorkin developed his early work. Where a young Ariana Grande sang at open mics. And next up? YOU. 🤩 The venue features a Yamaha Baby Grand, full video/projection capabilities, a robust lighting plot, great sound, livestreaming capabilities, and most importantly— a friendly, passionate team ready to help your show shine. ✨ Think you’ve got the next big hit? We want to hear from you! We are looking for self-produced and self-contained acts in any and all genres. Have your people call our people - or, better yet, 📧 Email us at [email protected] Give us a short rundown of your concept (YouTube links welcome!), and let us know your preferred dates and times. 🎟️ Let’s put on a show — at the theatre everyone’s talking about. 📸 @michaelhullphoto #ToastOfTheTown #TheBeechman #CabaretNYC #DragQueen #BurlesqueNYC #OffBroadway #NYCStage #LiveTheatre #ComedyNYC #SingerSongwriter #StandupNYC #MusicalTheatre

Tonight - SOLD OUT Mon, May 18 - JUST RELEASED A FEW MORE TIX

🎭 Check out the cast! 🎭 ✍️ Join Actor Therapy New Works (ATNW) at The Laurie Beechman Theatre for a night in The Writer’s Room! Committed to bringing New Work to the stage, this concert will feature new musical theatre songs written by inspiring emerging writers and composers. Come support and celebrate Broadway’s works in progress! Featuring works by: ✨ Ben Ballmer & Amia Korman ✨ Hayley Brooke & Falon Danita ✨ Ethan Carlson ✨ Teddy Drummond ✨ Hannah E Feldstein ✨ MJ Hughes ✨ Mikey Marmann ✨ Rebecca Murillo ✨ Jack B. Murphy ✨ Jenne Wason & Alan Cancelino ✨ Nick Xitco Actor Therapy New Works (ATNW) develops and produces readings, workshops, and concerts of brand new musicals and plays cultivated by Actor Therapy students and faculty. Stay tuned for what ATNW has up next! 🎹 The Writer’s Room 🗓 Friday, May 22
⏰ 7 PM
🎭 Laurie Beechman Theatre at West Bank Cafe
📍 407 W 42nd St | Hell’s Kitchen 
🎟️ TheBeechman.com 👉 If you aren’t following @TheBeechman you’re really missing out!

🎷✨ We love a jazzy Sunday night at The Beechman ✨🎷
 So, naturally, we are thrilled to welcome The DuPonts back to The Laurie Beechman Theatre…and this time, they’re bringing their BIG BAND with them! The DuPont Big Band IN FULL SWING
🗓 Sunday, May 17 • 7PM 🎭 The Laurie Beechman Theatre at West Bank Cafe 📍 407 W 42nd St | Hell’s Kitchen 🎟️ 🎤💃🕺 Brother-and-sister dream team Michele & Don DuPont take center stage with their Big Band for one unforgettable night of American Songbook magic. Expect velvet vocals, vintage vibes, and that swingin’ style that makes you swoon, sway, and shimmy in your seat. 🎶 Think Cole Porter. Gershwin. Ellington. Berlin.
🎺 Think lush harmonies, Big Band glam, and jazz club intimacy.
🍸 Think glamour, heart, and that timeless charm you wish more nights out had. Protégés of the legendary Hildegarde (yes, THE Incomparable Hildegarde!), The DuPonts have graced Carnegie Hall, supper clubs of yesteryear, and gala stages across Europe. Now they’re swinging back to NYC with elegance, wit, and a whole lotta rhythm. 🎶 Old-school cool never sounded so fresh. 
Don’t miss this dazzling, high-swinging Sunday night at The Beechman. 🎺✨

🌈 PRIDE at The Beechman is serving the full spectrum: queens, queers, trans, non-binary brilliance, fierce allies, and the artists making the rainbow shine brighter than ever! 🚨 JUST ADDED: Drag Race icons Jackie Cox & Jan are crashing Beechman Pride like it’s Y2K all over again! After one chaotic “Gaycation” and a near-criminal “Joyride”, these all-live-singing gal pals are rewinding to the era of butterfly clips, boy bands, Britney, Backstreet, and full-on technological panic with JACKIE & JAN’S Y2J! ✨ Think TRL fantasy, rhinestone overload, low-rise jeans, dial-up disasters, and a pop-powered mission to save civilization before the Y2K bug finally finishes what it started. 💿 Jackie & Jan’s Y2J 💿 🗓 Tues, June 23 at 9:30 PM
🎭 Laurie Beechman Theatre at West Bank Cafe 📍 407 W 42nd St | Hell’s Kitchen | NYC 🎟️ 📟 So charge your Razr, burn that mix CD, log off LiveJournal, and get ready for a totally hot, hilariously chaotic, nostalgia-packed drag spectacular that’ll have Pride partying like it’s 1999. 👉 Follow @thebeechman for the latest shows, stars, ticket deals, news, and more!

You know we love a parody at The Beechman…last year alone saw parodies of Heated Rivalry (congrats on your off-Bway transfer!), The Substance, Carrie, Twilight, Muppet Christmas Carol, and more…so, it should come as no surprise when we tell you: Here’s “What You Missed on Glee” 👉 Mr. Schue is getting really into Sabrina Carpenter and assigns her music to the New Directions for the week. He’s, like, getting totally inspired to get back out there on the Lima dating scene, to build up his confidence, but wants Emma the most and he’s like FEROCIOUSLY down bad which Sue thinks is disgusting. 🤢 Something weird is going on with Quinn and she’s making eyes at Finn, like, a lot, and Rachel is super pissed off and making a really big deal about it so she’s like making a meal out of this guy with a wide mouth, Sam. 😳 Blaine and Kurt are having a tough time talking to each other and both want different things and they’re kinda mad but kinda flirty and it’s a little awkward for Kurt. 🥴 Sue is angry for some reason and maybe was OJ Simpson’s accomplice? 😧 And that’s what you missed on GLEE! 🤣

Written and directed by Sarah Gordon-Macey and Grant Sparr, this is an evening that you Gleeks do not want to miss. 🎭 Stay tuned for when we post the cast list! 🗓 Mon, Aug 3 at 7 PM
🎭 Laurie Beechman Theatre at West Bank Cafe 📍 407 W 42nd St | Hell’s Kitchen | NYC 🎟️ 👉 Follow @thebeechman for the latest shows, stars, ticket deals, news, and more!

WHOA! Do we have a hot show for the cool little people in your life! Bring your niece and nephew! Tell the grandparents to take the kids to Silly Billy for the morning! Fun babysitting activity! Basically, this show is a MUST SEE for the whole family! Next Silly Billy Magical Brunch Show: 🔮 Sun, May 17 • 10:30 am 🎭 The Laurie Beechman Theatre at The West Bank Cafe 📍 407 W 42nd St | Hell’s Kitchen | NYC 🎟️ Looking for a great weekend activity in NYC for kids? 🪄 Join us for Silly Billy’s Comedy Magic Brunch Show! A laugh-out-loud, high-energy morning where kids (and the adults) LOL from the first punchline to the final trick! ⭐ “The Clown Prince lives up to his name, performing the magic and rev-‘em-up comedy that have made him a legend.” - The New Yorker ⭐ “Silly Billy has a knack for the sort of mischievous Looney Tunes jokes and asides that get parents as well as kids giggling.” - New York Magazine 👉 Is this show good for young kids?🎭 Yes! The Silly Billy Magic Show is designed especially for kids ages 3–10. It’s silly, friendly, and interactive - perfect as a first theater experience. 👉 Is this a good family show in NYC? 🤣 Absolutely. Parents laugh along with the kids, making it a fun family outing in Manhattan. 👉 How long is the show?⏳ 50 fast-paced minutes (with food!) 👉 What time does it start? ⏰ Doors open at 10:00. Order brunch and then the show starts at 10:30. 👉 What is the price? 🤑 The show is $25 per person + a $25 food minimum per guest over 3. 👉 Does that mean kids 3 and under are FREE? 👍 YES! They don’t need tickets! 👉 Where is the theater? 📍 Steps from Broadway and the Times Square area on 42 St and 9th Ave. Or, if you’re coming in from Jersey we’re a minute walk from Port Authority. 👉 Is the show scary or loud?🎉 No. The show is playful and energetic, but never scary. Kids get to participate on stage or enjoy from the audience. Overall, this show is a super fun, easy morning that will put a smile on everyone’s face!

👏 TONIGHT - ENCORE PERFORMANCE 👏 🎶 After a SWINGIN’ sold out, standing-room-only performance, we knew we needed to do it again! 🎙️ MARTIN BONVENTRE: SWINGIN’ IN A NEW DIMENSION
📀 EP Release Celebration
🗓️ Thurs, May 14 • 7PM
 🎭 The Laurie Beechman Theatre at the West Bank Cafe 📍 407 W 42nd St | Hell’s Kitchen | NYC 🎟️ Get ready to swing, sway, and smile the night away! Old-school showman Martin Bonventre, with his baritone voice, smooth moves, and open-hearted charm, celebrates the release of his brand-new EP Swingin’ in a New Dimension. This all-new solo show blends a wide variety of music from the Great American Songbook to golden-age musical theatre to Tom Jones and Neil Diamond. Expect a killer band, impeccable arrangements by Jackie Presti, a few dance breaks, a few good stories, and a whole lotta swing. 🎵 Featuring:
🎹 Jason Yeager on Piano
🥁 Tony Tedesco on Drums
🎸 Boots Maleson on Bass
🎺 Greg Ruvolo on Trumpet
🎷 Geoff Burke on Sax & Flute “As Sinatra learned from Bing Crosby and took crooning into a new dimension, Martin Bonventre has learned from the whole history of swingin’ singers — from Crosby to Marvin Gaye — and he makes music all his own.” — David Hajdu, author of Love for Sale: Pop Music in America 🎟️ A few tix still available! See you tonight! 📸 @andrewlevinenyc

🌈 This Pride at The Beechman, the They/Thems are… ✨ DOING IT 4 THEMSELVES ✨ Featuring a lethal combination of personality, talent, and gender dysphoria, four of Broadway’s rising stars unite in a queer cabaret that’s all about THEM! With:
🤩 Nick Drake (Back to the Future, & Juliet) 🤩 Christian Kidd (Pretty Woman, Cabaret) 🤩 Marty Lauter (Stop! That! Train!, Cabaret) 🤩 David Merino (Moulin Rouge, Cabaret) And featuring 🤩 Drea Thatcher Get your tix today for a beyond-the-binary bash to kick off your Pride week! 🥂 Cheers Queers! 🗓 Mon, June 22 at 9:30 PM
🎭 Laurie Beechman Theatre at West Bank Cafe 📍 407 W 42nd St | Hell’s Kitchen | NYC 🎟️ 👉 Follow @thebeechman for the latest shows, stars, ticket deals, news, and more!

✨ Legends In Residency at The Laurie Beechman Theatre ✨ 🤩 ANDREA McARDLE 🗓️ Next Peformance: Fri, May 15 • 7PM Join us for legendary stories and songs from Annie, Beauty and The Beast, Starlight Express, Jerry’s Girls, Cabaret, Les Miserables, and many many more! You’ll get stories of roller skating through Times Square, getting pulled out of highschool to do a Vegas residency with Liberace, partying with Michael Jackson, Sinatra, Streisand, getting advice from Carol Channing, making peace with “Tomorrow”, being allowed to belt the crap out of Belle, working with Lea Michele… “Honestly, she could just do an evening of stories and the audience would be happy.” - Stephen Mosher, BroadwayWorld Join us for night of pure musical theater bliss! 🎭 The Laurie Beechman Theatre at West Bank Cafe 📍 407 w 42nd st at 9th Ave 🔥 Hell’s Kitchen | NYC 🎟️ Tickets on sale now at TheBeechman.com 👉 Follow @thebeechman for the latest shows, stars, tickets deals, and more!