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Cyrano marks Off-Broadway debut

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I’m thrilled to be making my Off-Broadway debut this month as Le Bret in Cyrano de Bergerac.  

This well-known French classic will be performed in English, featuring Sephardi and Jazz standards for a world premiere adaptation.

The cast includes: David Serero (Cyrano), Mary Albert (Roxane), Andrew Edward Erwin (Christian), Cesar Munoz (De Guiche), Gordon Gray (Ragueneau), Bradley J. Behrmann (Le Bret), Isaac Cruz (Ligniere), Lauren Berkman (Duenna), Cameron Addicott (Valvert), Elena Du Pisanie, Benjamin Culpepper, and Shawn Chang.

Performances:
April 12th at 3pm
April 15th at 7pm (opening night- Followed by a cocktail party accessible with VIP tickets)
April 17th at 8pm
April 19th at 8pm
April 22nd at 7pm (closing night- Followed by a cocktail party accessible with VIP tickets)

Tickets are $26 and $36 (VIP tickets including access to the VIP party).

Performances will take place at:
Center for Jewish History
15 w 16th St
New York NY 10011

Plot: Hercule Savinien Cyrano de Bergerac, a cadet (nobleman serving as a soldier) in the French Army, is a brash, strong-willed man of many talents. In addition to being a remarkable duelist, he is a gifted, joyful poet and musician. However, he has an extremely large nose, which causes him to doubt himself. This doubt prevents him from expressing his love for his distant cousin, the beautiful and intellectual Roxane, as he believes that his ugliness would prevent him the “dream of being loved by even an ugly woman.”

http://www.theatermania.com/off-broadway/shows/cyrano-de-bergerac_323727/cast/

NEW VIDEO: “You Are Enough”

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Guys, I’m thrilled to share this year’s composition for Wellness Through the Arts as part of the Ben Vereen Awards.  Sending so much love and respect to the five winning essayists who had the courage to share their story and inspire this song.  And kudos to the J*Company Youth Theatre who sang the socks off my piece.

If I am able to find a higher quality recording, I will share it.  In the meantime, thanks to Randall for recording it in my absence!

-bjb

Find out more about the Ben Vereen Awards and Wellness Through the Arts here.

Ben Vereen Awards commissions second piece, honors students

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The Ben Vereen Awards has commissioned Bradley J. Behrmann as composer for the 2017 Wellness Through the Arts (WTA) program.  This is the third year of the program and the second commission for Behrmann.  In conjunction with the esteemed musical theatre competition, the WTA (a pet project of Mr. Vereen himself) solicits essays from San Diego area high school students who have faced issues with bullying and obesity.  Five winning essays became the raw material for a new piece of musical theatre.  Members of the J*Company Youth Theatre rehearsed the piece and performed it at the Ben Vereen Awards on May 28, 2017 at the Balboa Theatre in San Diego.

“This year, the five essay winners told us stories of their struggles, and the issues they’re wrestling with challenged their very identity,” said Behrmann.  “Each of them, however, found a home in the arts, and through that, they realized they didn’t need to be defined by outside forces.  The theatre helped them find the strength inside.  As I read their essays, the phrase that kept repeating in my head was ‘You are enough.’ That became the main hook of the song.”

Read about the 2016 Ben Vereen Awards here.

Summer 2017 brings return to San Diego

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New York City is great, but what can compete with a summer in Southern California?  Bradley J. will be returning to San Diego to teach for La Jolla Playhouse as part of the Young Performers Workshop and Young Performers Academy programs as well as for San Diego Junior Theatre June-August 2017.  Private studio time will also be available for lessons or coachings in musical theatre or classical voice for singers of all ages.

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