SILLY BILLY’S BEECHMAN BRUNCH SHOW

Silly Billy has been named “New York’s Best Children’s Entertainer” by five New York parenting websites as well as being profiled in The New Yorker magazine, by Susan Orlean. He has performed at the White House, Lincoln Center, and many TV appearances.

Silly Billy has been named New York Magician of the Year as well as receiving a Performing Fellowship from the Academy of Magical Arts, in Hollywood, California, the highest honor a magician can receive. He has written two best-selling books on entertaining children with magic and comedy as well as 175+ journal articles. He also travels around the world teaching other magicians how to entertain children in his unique style.

The Laurie Beechman Theatre, which opened in 1978 beneath the legendary West Bank Café, has long been a launchpad for theatrical talent. Originally the “Downstairs Theatre Bar” with Lewis Black as Artistic Director, it produced over 1,500 one-act plays in its first 14 years, featuring early works by Aaron Sorkin and breakout performances from Tony Shalhoub, Mary Testa, Holly Hunter, Nathan Lane, and Mark Linn-Baker. It was also the birthplace of the Tony Award-winning Side Man starring Edie Falco, and where Stephen Sondheim famously debuted “Finishing the Hat” for Bernadette Peters and Mandy Patinkin during rehearsals for Sunday in the Park with George.

Renamed after beloved Broadway star Laurie Beechman, the theatre has since become a premier destination for cabaret, drag, comedy, and live performance. Its intimate stage has hosted icons from Joan Rivers—who performed more than 200 sets there and told her final joke on its stage—to Jinkx Monsoon, André De Shields, Matt Doyle, Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer, and even The Who. Now under the leadership of Broadway producers Tom and Michael D’Angora, the venue has been reimagined with a bold, all-blue disco-inspired redesign by Tony Award-winning designer David Rockwell and the Rockwell Group, blending late 1970s Times Square grit with uptown polish.

Silly Billy’s Beechman Brunch Show plays The Laurie Beechman Theatre on Saturday, November 29, Saturday, December 13, Saturday, December 27, Sunday, December 28, Monday, December 29, and Tuesday, December 30th. The house opens at 10am for food and drinks with the performance beginning at 10:30am.  Tickets can be purchased at www.TheBeechman.com.  Please note there is a $25 food/beverage minimum per guest.  The Laurie Beechman Theatre is located inside the West Bank Cafe at 407 W 42nd St on the corner of 9th Ave.

Tickets can be purchased at www.TheBeechman.com.