IT: A Musical Parody – Chelsea Table+Stage; Salaam Medina: Tales of a Halfghan-54 Below; Shana Farr- Laurie Beechman Theatre; Let’s Hear It for the Boys – The Ellington
A musical journey through dreams and reality! THE LAURIE BEECHMAN THEATRE, presents Shana Farr in Dream Reality on OCT. 12, 20 AND NOV. 7 @ 7PM. Multi award-winning performer Shana Farr returns to The Laurie Beechman Theatre with a new, one-woman show that explores dreams and faces reality. Known for her critically acclaimed songbook shows celebrating Julie Andrews; Barbara Cook; Noel Coward and Cole Porter (Bistro Award); Ms. Farr now brings her own story to the stage taking the audience on a musical journey through dreams unexpected, broken, and those yet to come. With songs by Maury Yeston, Jule Styne, Comden & Green, The Sherman Brothers, Amanda McBroom, Carly Simon, Stephen Sondheim, and more, the evening is full of different musical colors and emotions that will touch everyone. We are all different, but we all dream. www.westbankcafe.com
Performing at The Ellington Restaurant on Broadway at 105th Street on October 23, from 6-9; ‘Let’s Hear It For The Boys’, featuring Ty Stephens, Marion Cowings, A.C. Lincoln, Kent Drake with special guests: violinist, musical director Frank Owens, and Danny Mixon’s quartet as well as a few other theatrical surprises. Directed by Mercedes Ellington. www.theEllingtonNY.com
IT: A Musical Parody for 13 performances only, opening Thursday, October 20 and running through a special Halloween performance on Monday, October 31 at Chelsea Table+Stage, featuring a selection of pop and rock favorites. IT: A Musical Parody stars Garrett Clayton (NBC-TV’s Hairspray Live!, “The Fosters”), and is written by John Flynn, directed by Nathan Moore, and features choreography by Mallory Butcher, in addition to musical direction and arrangements by Gregory Nabours. featuring production design by Chadd McMillan and lighting design by Julien V. Elstob. Pablo Rossil and E.K. Dagenfield serve as executive producers for Rockwell Productions. Los Angeles Ovation Award ‘Best Musical’ Winner! CHELSEA TABLE + STAGE 152 West 26th Street NYC www.chelseatableandstage.com
Rona Siddiqui’s Salaam Medina: Tales of a Halfghan in concert at 54 Below. The concert presentation of this zany autobiographical musical comedy in development will occur on Monday, October 24th, at 9:30PM. The 54 Below concert edition will feature Sherz Aletaha (NYTW’s Merrily We Roll Along), Meetu Chilana (Cirque du Soleil), Angel Desai (Company), Joe Joseph (The Band’s Visit, The Kite Runner), Jamen Nanthakumar (Fairycakes, Other World), Jonathan Raviv (The Band’s Visit) and Sharone Sayegh (Come From Away, The Band’s Visit). The evening will be music directed by Rebekah Bruce (Mean Girls, The Lehman Trilogy), directed by Raja Feather Kelly (A Strange Loop, Lempicka) and produced by Jen Sandler and Musical Theatre Factory. www.54Below.com
The Green Room 42 presents MARK WILLIAM (2x Broadway World Award Winner) in “Technicolor Dreams” December 10 @ 7 pm www.thegreenroom42.venuetix.com