Get ready to spread your Holiday Cheer! Live at The Lee! is an exciting new live variety show that showcases some of LA's most exciting established and emerging artists across a variety or forms such a music, comedy, dance, cabaret, magic, drag, burlesque and more! Hosted by Aussie entertainer Nick Hardcastle, featuring special guests including Musical Director Gregory Nabours, Actor Matthew Scott Montgomery, Musical Artist Mitchell Johnson, Aussie Cabaret Star Catherine Alcorn, Comedian Joshua Perlman, Singers Michelle Sharman and Yolanda Thomas AND MORE - you are in for an absolute holiday treat! Live at The Lee - Holiday SpecTACKular! brings us all in to the newly refurbished Lee Strasberg Theatre, to put the stress of the year behind us and come together to celebrate the hap-happiest season of all! Buy a general admission ticket for $25 or upgrade to VIP for $35 and get your keep cup and drink on arrival with cheap refills and reserved seating! Can't make it to the theatre? This event will also be live streamed. You can purchase a live streaming ticket as well for just $5 plus fees. *MORE ARTISTS TO BE ANNOUNCED - SUBJECT TO CHANGE. The Lee Strasberg Theatre 7936 Santa Monica Blvd. West Hollywood CA 90046 *Parking - street parking only. It is limited and you are best advised to car pool or use ride share services. Late-comers may not be admitted. All ticket sales are final.
Cast and Creative team for Live at The Lee! at The Lee Strasberg Theatre
Cast
Nick Hardcastle
Host
Nick has appeared on radio, stage and screen across Australia, the UK and the USA. Stage credits include Alice In Wonderland, Priscilla Queen of the Desert the Musical, Orry, Old Frenemies, Ruben Guthrie, Girl’s Night Out, 52 Pick Up, Cliffhanger, Something Cloudy Something Clear, An Adult Evening of Shel Silverstein, Nursery Crimes, Snow White and many more. TV credits include Pure Genius (CBS), The Emmy winning Socal Connected (KCET Los Angeles), Home and Away, All Saints and Saturday Disney (Network 7), Video Hits (Ten), Watch Your Own Wednesday and The Big Help News (Nickleodeon), Changi, Creature Features, Nick Gets The Knack, Kids in the Garden, Rollercoaster Video Chat and the Young Performers Awards (ABC TV), Flat Chat and Tanya and Floyd (Nine Network), Pizza (SBS). Nick’s film credits include Love and Penguins (Tubi), The Truth About Taro, Boytown, Liquid Bridge and 12 Pound Balls for which he also one best original composition for the song One Champion at the Portland International Comedy Film Festival. Nick is also an accomplished writer, producer and recording artist, having released albums through ABC Music, Shock Records, Universal and Warner records including his self titled pop record that was named one of the top 20 albums of the year of its release by the Sydney Morning Herald.
IG @nickcastlehard
Gregory Nabours
Musical Director
Gregory Nabours is a Los Angeles-based music director and composer whose work has been performed all across the country, including the Kennedy Center, Off-Broadway, and the Las Vegas Strip. Gregory is an Ovation, LA Weekly, Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle, and NAACP Award recipient, as well as the co-creator of the “Unauthorized Musical Parody" series at Rockwell Table and Stage, where he helped to produce over 15 original jukebox musicals based on popular films. Gregory and writing partner Tegan Summer’s original musical, Mozart: Her Story, recently performed to 2 sold out houses at Carnegie Hall, and he currently has a musical adaptation of Edward Scissorhands performing at the Bourbon Room.
IG @NaboursGregory
Chuksingh
Sound/Guitar
A Professional, Versatile Musician from Sydney, Australia (with roots in Aotearoa New Zealand), Chuksingh has been a permanent fixture in sunny L.A for over 10 years! Chuksingh is in high demand as a live and session player.
IG @chuksingh
Yolanda Thomas
Singer
"Yolanda is a 2x L.A Music Award winning songwriter/vocalist from Sydney.
Working with original bands, backing vocals for major artists and Musical Theater.
A regular performer at Celebrity Ultimate Jam Night in Hollywood for top session players, she performed with names like Johnny Depp and with members of: Guns n Roses, INXS and Pink.
As a choreographer and Performance Coach, she is the founder and owner of Groove Zone that runs adult hip hop classes in Sydney and Los Angeles with her YouTube dance videos clocking a combined total of almost 2 million. Students include many Hollywood actors including Samara Weaving, Aisling Bea.
IG @theyolandathomas
Shelly Sharman
Singer
"Shelly’s success as a songwriter has earnt her a number one on the billboard dance charts, collaborating with Afrojack, VASSY and Oliver Rosa on the song called “LOST”. Most recently she co wrote “Dont Wanna be Right” with multi platinum award winning artist Vassy which peaked at no. 4 on the billboard dance charts.
Shelly has also been Britney Spears' backup singer (Circus Tour), and backup singer for Ariana Grande, Kylie Minogue, Jason Alexander ('George' from NBC's Seinfeld), Eric McCormack ('Will' from NBC's Will and Grace), and many others. Throughout her career she has sung everywhere from the LA staples center to the Sydney Olympics, and in front of everyone from the Elton John to Sylvester Stallone. Shelly has played the leading vocalist to major production shows for NYE events for Atlantis Casino Bahamas, The Venetian and the Bellagio in Las Vegas, fronting casts of 60 dancers. Shelly also acts as a casting consultant, show director and pens the audition songs for Universal Parks & Resorts Global Auditions.
IG @shellysharman
Kylee Thurman
Actor - 'Not My Santa'
Kylee Thurman is known for her work on both the stage and screen. She has been a company member of JFI Productions since 2016, and is currently in their show The Willows. She was a part of the new digital musical theater experience CAGES DTLA. You can see her, alongside Daniel Montgomery, in her latest feature film The Jessica Cabin!
IG @kittyky
Daniel Montgomery
Actor - 'Not My Santa'
Daniel Montgomery is an actor/writer/director/sketch comedian. Credits: Barry (recurring), Muppets Now, Insecure, Jane the Virgin, Mom. He stars in his award-winning directorial debut feature The Jessica Cabin, alongside Kylee Thurman, now available wherever you can buy/rent movies.
IG @danielxmontgomery
Garrett Deagon
Singer
Garrett played Rooster for two and a half years on the National and International Tours of Annie. He was the understudy for all three Mamma Mia Zaddies on the Royal Caribbean production, & now tours with his band, UNITY. You can catch him as 'Rim the Reaper' on the new season of The Eric Andre Show on Adult Swim & Hulu.
IG @garrettdeagon
Mitchell Johnson
Singer
Mitchell is originally from Houston, Texas (Land of Beyonce) Some of his favorite credits include hanging with is pal Sebastian in Mickey and the Magical Map and Pumba in Tale of the Lion King at Disneyland. And Captain Rowdy in EXORCISTIC ). Follow him on social media at @mgjohns if you want some fun content that will bring you joy and ask the question “So you agree? You think you’re pretty?”
Matthew Scott Montgomery
Actor
Matthew Scott Montgomery is an award winning stage and screen actor and writer living in West Hollywood last seen at The Lee Strasberg in his cult hit show SPOOK NIGHT. THEATRE: Stage Kiss (The Geffen Playhouse), Del Shores’ YELLOW (Best Actor Winner at the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award, The Coast Playhouse), Dead Boys (writer/star, West Hollywood One City One Pride Excellence in LGBT Theatre Winner, The Blank Theatre, Celebration Theatre). FILM & TELEVISION & WEB: Del Shores’ Southern Baptist Sissies opposite Leslie Jordan, Jane the Virgin (CW), White Famous (Showtime), Sonny With a Chance, So Random!, Shake it Up!, Austin & Ally (Disney Channel), SMOSH (recurring), Unidentified with Demi Lovato (Peacock). You also may have seen him on TikTok in the viral seires “The Real Real Friends of WeHo” or onstage in LA in multiple jukebox musicals at The Bourbon Room and Rockwell Table & Stage including I Know What You Did Last Summer: The Musical, A Walk to Remember: The Musical, The OC Musical, BROLESQUE, XOXO Euphoria Girl, CLUE: The Musical. You can see him next as the lead in the horror feature Howdy, Neighbor! opposite Disney co-stars Debby Ryan and Alyson Stoner, also written by Montgomery. Instagram: @matthew_scott_montgomery TikTok: @matthewscottmontgomery
Amelia Bryan and Alex Bowie Peterson
Musicians - Alex and Amelia's Very Bad, No Good, Horrible Christmas Song
Alex and Amelia are partners in life and in music, a duo like no other. This Christmas they choose to share - Nay! - speak out about what life is really like in the North Pole.
IG @ameliareedbryant @alexbowiepatterson
Joshua Mann
Comedian
Joshua Mann is a writer, producer and comedian. That's right, he is a triple non-threat. Originally from Illinois, he began his career in Chicago, where he learned a great deal from studying at both Second City and The Piven Theatre about where the best pizza is. It’s totally Lou Malnotti’s. He once performed on Broadway, but it was doing stand up, so does it really count? Probably not. He has written and produced live news, comedy clip-shows and screenplays. Currently he is writing a memoir which should be hitting shelves early in 2024.
IG @joshualeemann
Kim Yarbrough
Singer
"Kim captivated audiences worldwide, as a finalist on NBC's ""THE VOICE”.
Her vocal prowess has been described as ""Jennifer Hudson meets Chaka Khan"". Actress Sheryl Lee Ralph has dubbed Kim “Little Aretha”, and the late Della Reese, Kim’s mentor and Godmother was quoted as saying, “You owe it to yourself to see Kim Yarbrough.”
Kim has appeared as an actress in over 65 film & TV projects, most notably voicing “FLO” in the Emmy Award-winning animated series, “Kid Cosmic” and “The Scientist” in the Academy Award-winning blockbuster film, “Spider-man: Into the Spider-Verse”.
Writing her own original R&B, Gospel and Jazz songs are other avenues of success for Kim. Her latest single entitled “Knock” is scheduled for release in Feb of 2024 on the Enthrone Records Label.
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