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The Laurie Beechman Theatre has announced its June performance schedule, which will include, as previously announced, the ongoing FringeBENEFITS series, which highlights hits from the New York International Fringe Festival.
Also as previously reported, Alison Arngrim will return to the venue with her show Confessions of a Prairie Bitch (June 17 & 18), and Linda Simpson will offer a sexy and campy gay twist on Hans Christian Andersen in The Emperor’s New Codpiece (beginning June 10).
Other offerings at the venue will include A Toast to Tennessee (June 1 & 8), a collage of scenes and quotations from the works of Tennessee Williams; First Glance Theatre’s revue about support groups, Off the Wagon: A Comical Cabaret of Addictive Proportions (June 1); You Like Me (June 9), a new performance piece comprised of verbatim awards acceptance speeches; and Unsung Alan Menken (June 19).
The Beechman will also pay tribute to the Tony Awards with a special celebration on June 12, featuring both the broadcast of the awards ceremony and entertainment. Additionally, Eric Michael Gillett will offer three performances of his show Cast of Thousands (June 10, 22, 29), and Doreen Montalvo, Ilene Kristen, Kimberly Dunbar and Jene Hernandez will perform Ladies Night Three (June 13), a benefit for Help in On the Way Today, a charity for children effected by HIV/AIDS.
In addition, the venue will host performances by Ellen Joy Hoffman, Roberta Klein, Francesca Garrard, Julie Rogelstad, Becca Southworth, Lou Villano, Teri Troiano, Joan Rivers, Evy Scheff, Mary Foster Conklin & Mark Winkler, Michael Zahler, Dina Martina, John Eric Booth, Susan Wortmann-Jutt, Teri Ralston, Eric Comstock & Barbara Fasano, and Emily Bergl.
In addition, the venue will be home to ongoing Loose Screws, Le Scandal Cabaret, and Sondheim Unplugged.
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