Craig Rubano, singer, in "Finishing the Act: Act I Finales From Broadway".
Tonight at 8 30 and Sunday at 7, Craig Rubano, singer, in "Finishing the Act... Again: Act I Finales From Broadway".
And in his exceptionally well-conceived cabaret show, "Finishing the Act: Act I Finales From Broadway," he and his musical director, Alex Rybeck, have found fresh slants.
And in his exceptionally well-conceived cabaret debut, "Finishing the Act: Act I Finales From Broadway," he and his musical director, Alex Rybeck, have found fresh slants.
And in his exceptionally well-conceived cabaret show, "Finishing the Act: Act I Finales from Broadway," which plays irregularly through March 20 at the Laurie Beechman Theater (in the West Bank Cafe), he finds fresh, personal approaches to some of the most daunting first-act closing numbers in Broadway musical history.
The Taliban planned her execution, and vowed to find her again to finish the act.
"And there I was in a Wyoming cabin watching cows for 18 days, and I finished the first act and part of Act 2. And then I started worrying: what actor would have the range to play both the very naturalistic scenes and all these wild burlesque routines?" Mr. Beane thought of Mr. Lane, whom he knew as an actor but not personally, "but then I thought, that'll be the day".
"When I finished the first act, I asked him if he wanted me to go on.
