Whatever I Feel to return 10/16
Michael Kirk Lane will return Chelsea Table and Stage with an encore performance of his latest show “Whatever I Feel.” He’s been called "one of the most popular performers and people working in cabaret today” (BroadwayWorld Cabaret). The host of 92NY’s Cabaret Conversation will bring his signature style of heart and feel-good fun to this new show that features musical direction by William TN Hall and additional vocals by Andre Jordan and Jon Satrom. The evening is directed by Jake Bazel with Movement by Jeffrey Gugliotti.
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Monday October 16, 2023 at 7pm
BroadwayCon 2023
MKL will be moderating a panel on the intersection of Broadway and Cabaret at BroadwayCon this year! Join him alongside Broadway vets Karen Mason, John-Andrew Morrison, Lee Roy Reams, and T. Oliver Reid on Saturday 7/22 at 3:45pm. Tix avail through BroadwayCon
Faith Prince Workshop Fall 2023
The 92nd Street Y, New York School of Music, has announced that Tony Winner and Broadway legend Faith Prince will teach a master class in the art form of Cabaret this fall. This immersive two-day event, titled “Sing the Authentic You” will be held Friday-Saturday, September 22 and 23, and will be led by Prince, along with award-winning cabaret artists Michael Kirk Lane and Alex Rybeck. It is designed to help attendees establish a profound connection to their own material.
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To register click here
BWW Review of Whatever I Feel
Chris Struck says "Michael Kirk Lane is funny, brilliant, and somehow that translates into something like near-superhuman humility." Read the full review here
Whatever I Feel to Debut at Chelsea Table + Stage in June
Michael Kirk Lane makes his Chelsea Table and Stage debut with his latest show “Whatever I Feel.” He’s been called "one of the most popular performers and people working in cabaret today” (BroadwayWorld Cabaret). The host of 92NY’s Cabaret Conversation will bring his signature style of heart and feel-good fun to this new show that features musical direction by William TN Hall and additional vocals by Andre Jordan and Jon Satrom. The evening is directed by Jake Bazel with Movement by Jeffrey Gugliotti.
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Saturday June 10, 2023 at 9:30 pm
Michael Kirk Lane to Direct/Produce 2023 MAC Awards
Michael Kirk Lane along with Amy Wolk with direct and produce the 2023 Manhattan Association of Cabaret Awards on Tuesday April 4th at Symphony Space. The evening will be music directed by Nate Buccieri and will honor Ken Page and Ricky Ritzel with Lifetime Achievment Awards
MKL Joins Faculty at Siena Heights University
Beginning in January of 2023. Michael Kirk Lane is now an Adjunct Professor of Musical Theatre at Siena Heights University, teaching lyric interpretation, cabaret style performance, and directing the BFA Senior Showcase.
Cabaret Conversations Wins 2022 MAC Award
On 4/12/22 Cabaret Conversations was awarded the 2022 Manhattan Association of Cabaret Award for Virtual Presentation. Honorees that evening will included Chita Rivera and Marta Sanders. Michael Kirk Lane was also the producer of this year's ceremony
Cabaret Conversations Nominated for MAC Award
Cabaret Conversations has been nominated for a 2022 Manhattan Association of Cabaret Award in the Virtual Presentation Category. The awards will be handed out on Tuesday 4/12/22 at Symphony Space. Honorees that evening will include Chita Rivera and Marta Sanders. Michael Kirk Lane is also the producer of this year's ceremony
New Guests Announced for Cabaret Conversations
Welcoming performers, directors, and journalists, these conversations will delve into the history and current state of this unique performance style. Each conversation will also include a Q&A session for the participants. Past guests have included KT Sullivan, Joe Iconis, Karen Mason and Chita Rivera.
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Upcoming guests:
Nov 1: Lillias White
Nov 22: Ben Cameron
Dec 13: Ricky Ritzel
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To register visit:
https://www.92y.org/class/cabaret-conversations
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You can also purchase recordings of all previous sessions: KT Sullivan, Joe Iconis, David Sabella & Sue Matsuki, Karen Mason, Natalie Douglas, Chita River, Sidney Myer, Jinkx Monsoon, Telly Leung, Lennie Watts & Amy Wolk, T Oliver Reid, Susie Mosher, John McDaniel, Lina Koutrakos, Eric Michael Gillett
Duncan The Skunk Coming to Hellosaurus
Michael currently serves as one of the Executive Producers of Duncan the Skunk and The Big Costume Trunk, alongside series creator Jake Bazel. This interactive series premieres in August 2021 on Hellosaurus. In each episode viewers help Duncan tell a new story while creating a musical with the help of his grandma's old costume trunk.
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Download Hellosaurus in the App Store and start your free trial today!
All Editions of Cabaret Conversations Available
As cabaret programming at 92Y continues, now if you missed an edition of Cabaret Conversations you can purchase the recordings. Check out interviews with amazing guests including Chita Rivera, Joe Iconis, Telly Leung, and Jinkx Monsoon.
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All editions available here
Starting 2021 with More Cabaret at 92Y
After its 2020 success with speakers including Chita Rivera and Joe Iconis, among others, the 92Y School of Music announces an all-new roster of cabaret programming for 2021, led by award-winning cabaret historian and performer, Michael Kirk Lane. Perfect for both practitioners and fans of the art form, it includes BroadwayWorld Cabaret Award-nominated interview series, Cabaret Conversations, as well as classes Cabaret History and Great Performances, and the newest, Cabaret Performance: Connecting to Your Lyric.
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Upcoming guests for Cabaret Conversations are:
Jan. 25th: Jinkx Monsoon
Feb 22nd: Telly Leung
March 22nd: Lennie Watts and Amy Wolk
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For more information on any of these programs click here
Merry Almost Christmas with William TN Hall
Michael and longtime Musical Director, William TN Hall will be performing as the incidental music on the stoop of Don't Tell Mama on Sunday 12/6/2020 at 4pm.
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Seating begins at 3:15
Heated outdoor seating
Masks required
2 drink minimum
Food for the table
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email: Joshua@donttellmamanyc.com for reservations
2020 BroadwayWorld Cabaret Awards
Michael was nominated for 7 2020 BroadwayWorld Cabaret Awards
(this years awards include some best of the decade awards):
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Best Debut (Run of Shows)
Best Musical Comedy Cabaret
Best House Manager
Best Regularly Schedule Chat Program
Best Music Video Created in Quarantine
2 Nominations in Best Show Art
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BroadwayWorld Cabaret Interview
Michael sat down with BroadwayWorld Cabaret about upcoming projects and the state of the world.
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New Guests Announced for Cabaret Conversations
Guests for Michael Kirk Lane's interview series at 92Y
"Cabaret Conversations"
have been announced through December 2020:
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Sep 14, 2020: Karen Mason
Join Cabaret Conversations with Broadway, off-Broadway, television and recording artist Karen Mason, who has garnered rave reviews starring as The Queen of Hearts in Wonderland and originating the role of Tanya in Abba’s Mamma Mia, and many more!
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Oct 5, 2020: Natalie Douglas
Kicking off the Fall, we welcome critically acclaimed performer Natalie Douglas, who has been called, “a true force of nature,” and "in a league of her own," by Clive Davis of The Times (UK) in his TWO five-star reviews of two different London appearances. Natalie is a Nightlife, two-time Bistro, twelve-time MAC, and BroadwayWorld Best Cabaret Vocalist Award Winner and recipient of the Donald F. Smith & Margaret Whiting Awards from the Mabel Mercer Foundation. Natalie’s portrait also hangs on the legendary Birdland Jazz Club Wall of Fame.
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Nov 16, 2020: Chita Rivera
A theatrical icon and one of Broadway’s greatest triple-threat talents, Chita Rivera is one of the most nominated performers in Tony Award history having earned 10 nominations, won twice and received the 2018 Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre. She created iconic starring roles in such landmark Broadway musicals as West Side Story, Bye Bye Birdie, Chicago, The Rink, Kiss of the Spider Woman and The Visit. Among her many honors, The Presidential Medal of Freedom presented by President Barack Obama and the coveted Kennedy Center Honor.
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Dec 7, 2020: Sidney Myer
Join the Conversation with the quintessential example of New York Cabaret, Sidney Myer. He has been a Cabaret Booking Manager for almost four decades at iconic clubs like Don’t Tell Mama, Rose’s Turn and Panache. Artists he has presented have gone on to careers on Broadway, Television, Motion Pictures; become the Star Search $100,000 Grand Prize Winner, the highest jackpot winner in Lotto history, receive multiple Emmys, Grammys, Tonys, Oscars and a Pulitzer Prize.
For more information or to register visit:
https://www.92y.org/class/cabaret-conversations
New Guests Announced for Cabaret Conversations
Guests for Michael Kirk Lane's interview series at 92Y
"Cabaret Conversations"
have been announced through Sept 2020:
July 13, 2020: Joe Iconis
Featuring award winning composer, lyricist, and playwright Joe Iconis. His musical, Be More Chill (with Joe Tracz) is currently playing London’s West End, after running at Broadway’s Lyceum Theatre and off-Broadway’s The Pershing Square Signature Center after a world premiere at Two River Theater.
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Aug 3, 2020: David Sabella and Sue Matsuki
Join in the conversation with internationally recognized master musical theater and commercial music voice technique teacher and performer, David Sabella, and award-winning cabaret/jazz singer Sue Matsuki, who has performed in virtually every NYC cabaret room! David and Sue are the editor and co-editor of CabaretHotspot.com, and authors of the book So you Want to Sing Cabaret.
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Sep 14, 2020: Karen Mason
Join Cabaret Conversations with Broadway, off-Broadway, television and recording artist Karen Mason, who has garnered rave reviews starring as The Queen of Hearts in Wonderland and originating the role of Tanya in Abba’s Mamma Mia, and many more!
For more information or to register visit:
https://www.92y.org/class/cabaret-conversations
New Online Cabaret Classes at 92Y
Michael Kirk Lane will be hosting two new series through the 92Y School of Music:
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Cabaret Conversations:
Michael Kirk Lane curates a series of conversations about the art form of cabaret in New York City. Welcoming performers, directors, and journalists, these conversations will delve into the history and current state of this unique performance style. Each conversation will also include a Q&A session for the participants. The series will kick-off with world renowned performer, and Artistic Director of the Mabel Mercer Foundation, KT Sullivan.
https://www.92y.org/class/cabaret-conversations
Cabaret History and Great Performances
Michael Kirk Lane will lead this lecture series about the art form of cabaret. Using video and audio recordings of influential performers throughout the decades, the series will explore the history of the art form and where it is headed into the future.
https://www.92y.org/class/cabaret-history-and-great-performances
Feature on BWWCabaret
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Michael sat down with Stephen Mosher, editor of BroadwayWorld Cabaret, for a feature interview and photoshoot. You can read the interview here: https://www.broadwayworld.com/cabaret/article/BWW-Feature-Michael-Kirk-Lane-The-Intersection-Where-Art-Meets-Heart-20200421
Just Because Wins 2020 MAC Award
Michael won the 2020 MAC Award for Musical Comedy Performer Male for Just Because. The Awards were announced via Facebook Live on 3/30/20 The Ceremony can be watched at: https://www.facebook.com/CabaretMAC/videos/257631125635891/
Performance Added of Just Because
After four nearly sold out performances, 2018 BroadwayWorld Cabaret Award Winner for Best Show and Three Time MAC Award nominee Michael Kirk Lane (Hell's Belles), returns to Don't Tell Mama with encore dates of his newest show "Just Because." The show will return Monday 1/27/2020 at 7:00 pm
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In his review of the show Stephen Mosher of BroadwayWorld Cabaret said "Michael Kirk Lane is certainly reason enough to see a show" and called Lane "one of the most popular performers and people working in cabaret today. and Michael Barbieri of Nitelifeexchange has said "You really can't go wrong with Michael Kirk Lane! He's charming; he's childlike; he knows his way around comedic material and yet he can melt your heart with a tender ballad."
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For reservations visit: Don't Tell Mama
Two Christmas Shows
Michael Kirk Lane, the winner of the 2018 BroadwayWorld Cabaret award for Best Show, and a three time Manhattan Association of Cabaret award nominee, returns to his alma mater, Siena Heights University, in Adrian MI, to headline an evening of holiday music. The show, "A Christmas Wish" will take place on Saturday December 7, 2019 at 7:30 pm on the Haller Stage in the University's Spencer Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased in advance at https://e.givesmart.com/events/eZL/
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Lane will also perform a version of the show in NYC at Don't Tell Mama on 12/16/19. Tickets may be purchase via Don't Tell Mama
Just Because Encore Dates
After two nearly sold out performances, 2018 BroadwayWorld Cabaret Award Winner for Best Show and Three Time MAC Award nominee Michael Kirk Lane (Hell's Belles), returns to Don't Tell Mama with encore dates of his newest show "Just Because." The show will return Monday 10/7/19 at 9:30 pm and Wednesday 10/16/19 at 7:00 pm
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Cabaret Scenes magazine called the show "pure entertainment" and said Lane is "showcasing his sweet tenor" and Michael Barbieri of Nitelifeexchange has said "You really can't go wrong with Michael Kirk Lane! He's charming; he's childlike; he knows his way around comedic material and yet he can melt your heart with a tender ballad."
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For reservations visit: Don't Tell Mama
Michael Kirk Lane : Just Because
Three time MAC Nominee, and 2018 BroadwayWorld Cabaret Award Winner for Best Show, Michael Kirk Lane had too much time on his hands this summer. So, he reunited with the team behind his previous shows “Now You Know” and “Glass Half Full”, Director Jay Rogers and Musical Director William TN Hall, to see what they could come up with. Why? Just Because!
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For reservations visit: Don't Tell Mama
Glass Half Full Encore Dates
MICHAEL KIRK LANE RETURNS TO Don't Tell Mama with an encore of his show GLASS HALF FULL 9/10/18 and 10/27/18
Come see the show that Cabaret Scenes Magazine called "musical comedy heaven"
Lane will be joined on stage by Laura Pavles and Sean Bernardi as well as musical director William TN Hall.
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Direction is by Jay Rogers
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Tickets are $20 with a 2 drink minimum. To reserve tickets visit https://www.donttellmamanyc.com/shows
Glass Half Full
MICHAEL KIRK LANE RETURNS TO Don't Tell Mama 4/21 and 5/27 with an all new cabaret show.
Two time MAC nominee Michael Kirk Lane returns to Don’t Tell Mama with his new show “Glass Half Full”. The show focuses on how to lift our spirits, find some hope, and get us through all that life may throw at us like taxes, death, horrible Presidents, the usual stuff. With direction by Jay Rogers and Musical Direction by William TN Hall, the team behind Lane’s critically acclaimed show “Now You Know.” You can’t imagine what these three will come up with!
Lane will be joined on stage by Laura Pavles and Sean Bernardi as well as musical director William TN Hall.
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Tickets are $20 with a 2 drink minimum. To reserve tickets visit http://donttellmamanyc.com/shows?month=4&year=2018&next=1
Peaces Documentary
Michael Kirk Lane has joined the producing team for Wet Dog Films' documentary PEACES.
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In 2002, after a serious illness and subsequent visions, Austrian artist Franz Trink created a painting 5m long by 2.2m high depicting man’s struggle for world peace.
Upon its completion, he cut the painting into six slivers and sent them to six prominent religious leaders and political world leaders with peace policy and figures of influence. Some of the recipients include The Dalai Lama, Pope John Paul II, The Archbishop of Canterbury William Rowan, Mahatma Gandhi’s grandson Arun among others.
His belief was that in doing this....the painting would be reassembled when world peace was finally realized.
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Visit the project's Indiegogo at www.igg.me/at/peacesfilm
A Return to Fenton Village Players
MICHAEL KIRK LANE RETURNS TO FENTON VILLAGE PLAYERS WITH A BENEFIT CONCERT “A CHIRSTMAS WISH” DECEMBER 22, 2017, 7:00pm
The show will have music ranging from classics Christmas Carols to modern musical theatre gems, and will touch on the theme of how we all can put our differences aside and join together during the joyous holiday season.
Lane will be joined on stage by two other FVP alums that have gone on to enjoy lives in professional theatre, Elsa Harchick and Colin Hodgkin. The evening is produced for FVP by Sam DiVita, and will be musically directed by Frank Pitts. Original musical direction and arrangements are credited to New York City based composer William TN Hall.
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Tickets are $20. To purchase tickets visit www.fentontheatre.org
The Flying Tent: Season One
Michael is a member of the English voice cast for the new web series featuring classic children's songs, The Flying Tent. The entire first season has been released to youtube
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Michael plays one of the one of the monkeys in the videos "I Am a Fine Musician", "I Love My Rooster", and "Row Row Row Your Boat"
The White Witch of Rosehall
Michael recently appeared in the York Theatre Company's reading of THE WHITE WITCH OF ROSEHALL
Music by Balint Varga
Book and Lyrics by Bryan D. Leys
CAST:
Richard Binder
Patrice Bell
Amy Bodnar
Aja Downing
Kenny M. Green
Greg Kamp
Michael Kirk Lane
Carl-Michael Ogle
Christopher Pitman
Charles Valentino
The White Witch of Rosehall is an adaptation of H.G. de Lisser's haunting novel about a young Englishman who, seeking adventure in Jamaica, finds himself drawn into a conflict between a wealthy widow and the servants who work her sugar plantation. Based on an infamous legend, The White Witch of Rosehall is a tale of voodoo and vengeance in the steamy jungles of 19th century Jamaica. A young Englishman seeks adventure on the plantation of the notorious Annie Palmer, a beautiful temptress who rules through horrid apparitions and dark island magic. Trapped in the midst of a slave revolt, the young man finds more adventure
The Flying Tent
Michael is part of the voice cast for International Children's Television's new web series "The Flying Tent". The show, which will premiere both in the US and in international markets including India and Pakistan, will debut in Spring of 2017.
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Michael is pictured with master puppeteer Jim Kroupa, who for some of the videos is the puppeteer for the character Michael voices.
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check ICT's facebook for more information
Ginger Minj's "Mary Did You Know"
Michael will once again ring in the Holiday season with RuPaul's Drag Race contestant and fan favorite Ginger Minj. Ginger, along with Michael and Janine Klein, will spill some "T" and let you in on all the Holiday gossip.
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Tickets are available at spincyclenyc.com
Cabaret Scenes Feautre Interview
Michael sat down with Rob Lester, for an interview about Now You Know.
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"Now You Know is far from your typical cabaret show. It’s a hybrid—virtually a one-act play with two co-stars that becomes a three-handkerchief weeper when we hear what he went through"
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Check our the full article on Cabaret Scenes website
Now You Know to Return 3/1/16
"Now You Know" tells the triumphant story of what happens after life bends you over, makes you her bitch and forces you to grow a pair! With direction by Jay Rogers and Musical Direction by William TN Hall, the show also features Jon Satrom and Laura Pavles.
Cabaret Scenes says: "A cabaret show that will likely make you feel shocked, sympathetic, enlightened, sad, stunned, outraged, warned, worried, inspired…AND amused"
Tuesday March 1, 2016
9:30 PM
$15 cover and $20 minimum per person
www.beechmantheatre.com
Ginger Minj and Friends
On Novemebr 1st Michael took over the role of Lester in the Off-Broadway Musical Hell's Belles.
Lester is the devilish emcee of a revue show in Hell. Come see Michael and the Ladies of Hell at the Elektra Theatre
For Tickets visit www.hellsbellesthemusical.com
Hell's Belles Update
Michael is currently understudying the role of Lester in Hell's Belles
A fallen pop star lands in Hell and joins some of history’s most notorious ladies in a new musical comedy. See Salome shimmy, Lady Godiva let her hair down, Janis Joplin belt some wicked blues, and an epic showdown between Bette Davis and Joan Crawford. These are some of the hell-raising belles in the fast-paced, razor-sharp musical satire, Hell's Belles.
For Tickets visit www.hellsbellesthemusical.com
Hell's Belles
Now You Know Set to Return
Did you miss the original run of
MICHAEL KIRK LANE: NOW YOU KNOW?
The show has set return dates at The Laurie Beechman Theatre.
Two time MAC nominee Michael Kirk Lane, returns with his show "Now You Know." "Now You Know" tells the triumphant story of what happens after life bends you over, makes you her bitch and forces you to grow a pair! With direction by Jay Rogers and Musical Direction by William TN Hall, the show also features Jon Satrom and Laura Pavles.
TWO PERFORMANCES
Sun 10/25/15 7pm
Mon 10/26/15 7pm
at The Laurie Beechman Theatre
$15 cover and $20 minimum per person
www.beechmantheatre.com
Now You Know Highlight Reel
Check out this brief video of highlights form the April 2015 run of
Michael Kirk Lane: Now You Know
Confidential Musical Theatre Project NYC Debut
Michael appeared in the New York Debut of
Confidential Musical Theatre Project
on 6/20/15.
The show and cast are not announced. There is no rehearsal, and the cast meets literally minutes prior to the performance. This thrilling concept is taking the North American by storm.
The New York Debut was Stephen Sondheim's Passion, with Michael playing the role of Colonel Ricci.
First Review of Now You Know
"Michael Kirk Lane is a force to be experienced. This delightful performer takes his audience on a journey of determination and resolve. He’s a funny guy with a heart of gold and a spirit filled with passion. He is supported on the stage by two more wonderful entertainers. Jon Satrom and Laura Pavies electrify as well and transform this unfortunate incident in his life into a joy encrusted acceptance of lifes trivals. Musical Director, William TN Hall has done a terrific job on keys with Jamie Mohamdien on bass. How could this show go wrong under the direction of one of New York’s best. Jay Rogers makes magic, be it on stage or off. This is a show to see."
-Russ Weatherford, Theatre Pizzaz
Michael Kirk Lane: Now You Know
Two time MAC nominee Michael Kirk Lane, returns with his all new show "Now You Know." "Now You Know" tells the triumphant story of what happens after life bends you over, makes you her bitch and forces you to grow a pair! With direction by Jay Rogers and Musical Direction by William TN Hall, the show also features Jon Satrom and Laura Pavles
TWO PERFORMANCES
Tues 4/7/15 7pm
Thurs 4/16/15 7pm
at The Laurie Beechman Theatre
$15 cover and $20 minimum per person
