Broadway star and multiple MAC and Bistro Award-winning cabaret artist Craig Rubano returns to the New York concert stage in the new show Take the Moment at The Laurie Beechman Theatre for three performances, on Friday, March 15 and Saturday, April 13 at 7:00 PM, and Sunday, May 19 at 2:00 PM. Take the Moment is directed by Jeff Harnar and features music director Beth Ertz on piano, with Marc Schmied (3/15) and Jeffrey Carney (4/13 and 5/19) on bass.
The show is a collection of songs that shine a spotlight on the choices we make during the moments that matter. Using the music and lyrics by Cole Porter, Richard Rodgers, Stephen Sondheim, Alan & Marilyn Bergman, Jerry Herman and more, Rubano tells the story of those thresholds of change in his life that have made all the difference, drawing from his experiences as Broadway actor, scholar, pastoral theologian, cabaret artist, minister, and goat owner (!).
Rubano is a Broadway veteran who began his professional theatrical career as a pig when composer Charles Strouse cast him as Wilbur in the New York premiere of Charlotte’s Web: The Musical. He made his Broadway debut as Marius Pontmercy in Les Misérables, performing the role over 700 times. He was an original Broadway cast member of Frank Wildhorn’s Tony and Grammy Award-nominated The Scarlet Pimpernel and Pimpernel II. He also played Algy Moncrieff in the first New York revival of Ernest in Love; Dorian in Dorian Gray; and Zeppo Marx in the Goodspeed Opera House’s revival of Animal Crackers, among many more credits in show business and personally.
The cover charge is $30 ($20 for MAC members; use code: MAC), with an additional $25 food/beverage minimum. LaurieBeechmanTheatre.venuetix.com
The Laurie Beechman Theatre is located downstairs in The West Bank Café, 407 West 42nd Street at Ninth Avenue, NYC.
