I’m getting very excited about “Cutrell and Co-Horts”, Brandon Cutrell, the venerable cabaret performer and co-host of the popular “After Party” musical theatre party, will be showcasing the talent of some of New York’s most promising newcoming musical theatre artists on May 7th at the Laurie Beachman Theatre. Now you can book your tickets to the show right on my website! Tickets are $20. There is a $1.50 handling fee (it shows up as tax for some reason but it’s the handling fee) and your tickets will be available for you at the theatre box office. $15 Food and/or Beverage Minimum. Doors open 1/2 hour prior to show.
Brandon Cutrell
MAC AWARD and BISTRO AWARD winner Brandon Cutrell made his entrance on the New York cabaret stage in 2001’s It’s an Art: The Music of Stephen Schwartz (with Stephen Schwartz). Other New York credits: Broadway By The Year (Town Hall, directed by Emily Skinner), The 2nd Annual Broadway Unplugged (Town Hall), Pippin (with Ben Vereen and Rosie O’Donnell), Liz Swados’ Waiting For Lefty and David Friedman’s King Island Christmas. Nationally, Brandon has performed with Theatre of the Stars, Goodspeed Musicals, the Human Race Theatre, and the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra. Brandon’s solo cabaret debut, entitled, was honored by TheaterMania as the best debut show of 2002 and by the Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs (MAC), which honored Brandon in 2003 with the MAC Award for Best Male Debut. Brandon’s show, No Reservations, enjoyed a four month run in New York and received the praise of Stephen Holden in The New York Times. No Reservations also earned Brandon his second MAC Award, the 2005 MAC Award for Outstanding Male Vocalist, and the 2005 Back Stage Bistro Award for Outstanding Male Vocalist. For nearly two years, Brandon was the original Host of Mostly Sondheim. Brandon made his debut in the Algonquin’s Oak Room when he was named a finalist in the Algonquin’s Young Artist Competition. In June of 2006, Brandon made his solo debut at Feinstein’s, New York’s legendary nightclub on Park Avenue. Every Monday night during the summer, Brandon and his musical director, Ray Fellman, can be found at the Ice Palace on Fire Island as the Hosts of Brandon and Ray’s Broadway At The Beach.
The son of a United Methodist preacher, Brandon was born and raised in Indiana. It was in the church where Brandon at the age of three made his solo debut. In addition to sacred choral music and hymns, Brandon was very influenced musically by his mother’s record collection, which included gospel singer Sandi Patty, Johnny Mathis, The Carpenters, Barry Manilow and Anne Murray. Brandon’s life was forever changed when in 1994 he was introduced to the wonder of the Nancy LaMott.
The Laurie Beechman Theater
Downstairs at the West Bank Cafe is the Laurie Beechman Theater, a performance and private event space that has hosted hundreds of readings, radio broadcasts, plays, musicals, and concerts since it opened in 1982.
