The new variety show in an OG way—Barbarino’s Big Nite Out! plays two more dates before returning in 2025: Tuesdays, November 26 and December 10, both at 8:30 PM. BBNO features singers, comedians and specialty acts at Lips, New York’s ULTIMATE Drag Queen show palace and restaurant where mixologist Avant Garbage delivers a wallop of classic Lips performance and panache.
Join Scott Barbarino for his Big Nite Out! as he recreates the magic of those halcyon days and nights he played in—the perfect antidote for these crazy times we now live in. Host Joshua “Chachi” Cruz and The Tropica
bana Trio (Winter Commander, Hannah Jane and Lyn Webber) and music director John Bronston welcome this week’s special guest: Can Yasar, accompanied by special guest pianist Michael McAssey. Can has quickly become the latest buzz in cabaret and for good reason! He’s got a big Broadway voice and an incredible stage presence. Comedian Liz Davies‘ standup routine will be pointedly relevant in these days where we need a few laughs and point outs. Magic Brian. who has mesmerized Barbarino and audiences for decades now will wave his magic wand!
Joshua “Chachi” Cruz is an actor, singer and father who performs weekly at Ellen’s Stardust Diner, crooning nostalgic covers. Pianist John Bronston was music director of The Harder They Come (Public Theatre), among other credits and is the creator and music director of the cabaret series Creating in Color, dedicated to producing concerts of classic musicals with predominantly Black casts.
Can Yasar is a New York-based Turkish actor-writer-musician whose solo shows . include: A Hundred Dollar Bill at the United Solo Festival at Theater Row (Best Autobiographical Show), Smoke Point at The Brick, Master of Time (Best Singer nominee (New York Theatre Festival), among others and his cabaret debut Turkish Rhapsody. Liz Pryce He’s an advocate of queer/immigrant stories and a collaborator/writer at The What Co’s Cross Polunation. Davies began career as an actor, singer, improviser and sketch writer. She made her standup debut in 2021, and has regularly performed at Gotham Comedy Club. Magic Brian has entertained audiences around the world with his award winning, high energy, offbeat, comedy-magic act; you’ll not only wonder how does he do it… but why does he do it?
Winter Commander is a 2019 AMDA graduate who has performed in a number of NYC staged readings and cabarets. She has performed in Busch Gardens Williamsburg production of American Jukebox: Summer Remix is a singing Starduster at Ellen’s Stardust Diner. Hannah Jane is the Mabel Mercer Foundation 2019 Julie Wilson Award winner with has multiple solo shows to her credit as well s being on the board of the Manhattan Association of Cabarets. Lyn Webber is an AMDA and a Starduster. She performed in the Festival of the Lion King, voicing Zawadi as a mainstage vocalist.
Scott Barbarino is the producer of the award-inning internet show PianoBarLive!,as well as New Faces of Broadway, The Follow Spot, Terese Genecco and her Little Big Band, and Cheez Whiz at The Parkside Lounge with Sweetie. Barbarino is a founder and lead singer of Scott Barbarino & The Bev-Naps, a retro-vocal comedy doo-wop group that won two MAC Awards (1999––Vocal Group and 2000––Musical Comedy Group).
“The show tonight at Lip’s was remarkable! Had something for everyone and I smiled the whole time. Talent was Brilliant! Bravo Scott!”
Melissa Driscol
“A fun entertaining evening to escape the newsreel in your head!”
Marta Sanders
“An entertaining & eclectic mix of diverse performmers struttin’ their stuff & selling their wares at Barbarino’s Big Night Out Variety show!”
Leanne Borghesi
Tickets are $20 tickets + $25 food/beverage min. per person;reserve here.
Lips is located at 227 East 56th St. (between 3rd and 2nd Aves), New York, NY
