Ep 431- Helen Schneider Makes Her Return To NY Theatre In "Last Call!"

The exciting new play "LAST CALL" comes to New World Stages and we have one of the stars Helen Schneider to tell us about it and one of the most fascinating careers ever!Helen Schneider has a varied career in music, theater, recording, literature and film. She has released 25 albums spanning the worlds of pop, theater, opera and jazz.  After receiving a gold record and numerous awards, Helen took a break from her musical career to study acting in New York City with Nancy Donahue (HB Studios). She's played numerous roles over the years including Hayah in the controversial theater piece Ghetto at Circle in the Square on Broadway. For her role as Frida Kahlo in Frida: The Story of Frida Kahlo at BAM/Brooklyn Academy of Music and ART/American Repertory Theater in Boston, she was nominated by the drama critics in New York for the Drama Desk Award for Best Actress in a Musical. For her performance in Side by Side by Sondheim at the Coconut Grove Playhouse, she was nominated for the Carbonelle Award. Her award winning one-woman-show A Walk on the Weill Side was featured at the Spoleto Festival and at Alice Tully Hall in Lincoln Center. Plus dozens of musicals, concerts, and more across the globe!Last Call, a new play by Peter Danish (The Tenor, The Blind Date; Amazon’s #1 best-selling book I'll Give You Exactly Five Minutes) and directed by Gil Mehmert (ONCE; The Elephant Man, Of Mice and Men), begins performances at New World Stages, Stage 5 (340 W. 50th Street, New York, NY 10019) on March 12, with opening night set for March 16, it was announced today by producers Frank Blase and Marc Schneider.Last Call will play a limited engagement through May 4.For Tickets: www.LastCallThePlay.com _______________________________________________________________ Check out "The Roundtable with Robert Bannon" here on BPN on the daily, on YouTube, Broadway World, and on social media! Like, comment, share, & subscribe! For more info on Robert- www.RobertBannon.com Follow Him on IG- @RobertMBannon TikTok-@RobertMBannon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices