Beth Leavel, Lindsay Mendez, Andy Mientus and More Will Join Drew Gasparini for Joe's Pub Concert

By Michael Gioia
14 Mar 2012

Andy Mientus
Andy Mientus

Singer-songwriter Drew Gasparini will return to Joe's Pub March 27 for a concert that features material from his new musicals Circles and Make Me Bad.

The 9:30 PM concert will include performances from Tony Award winner Beth Leavel (The Drowsy Chaperone), Catherine Brookman (Hair), Kasie Gasparini, F. Michael Haynie (Carrie), Emma Hunton (Rent, Spring Awakening), Andrew Kober (Hair), Lindsay Mendez (Godspell), Andy Mientus (Carrie), Catherine Porter (Next to Normal), Nadia Quinn (Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson), John Scherer (Lovemusik), Emily Kay Shrader and Kacie Sheik (Hair), among others.

Gasparini is featured on piano with Adam Stoler on guitars, Andy Kuusisto on bass and Ahmed Abdur-Rahman on drums.

The concert is directed by Stephen Agosto, who helmed the NYMF run of Gasparini's Crazy, Just Like Me, and is produced by John Johnson and Katie Riegel.

Gasparini's Crazy, Just Like Me was featured in the National Alliance of Musical Theater showcase in 2009, the San Francisco theatre festival in 2009 and the 2011 New York Musical Theater Festival. Gasparini has also written the music and lyrics for Circles, Inappropriate Stories Told at a Bar, The Up/Down and Above My Pay Grade (book by Louis Sacco).

Joe's Pub is located at 425 Lafayette Street. For more information and tickets, call (212) 967-7555 or visit joespub.com.