NEED TO KNOW
- RHOSLC’s Britani Bateman will make her cabaret debut at 54 Beneath in New York Metropolis this December, ipromiseyoumedia can solely announce
- The present, titled What About Me: An Night with Britani Bateman, will characteristic Broadway hits, shock friends and nods to her Bravo fame
- Bateman advised ipromiseyoumedia the efficiency marks “a brand new chapter” as she returns to her musical theater roots
Cabaret has confirmed to be a fruitful endeavor for just a few stars of the Actual Housewives franchise. And now Britani Bateman is asking, “What about me?!”
ipromiseyoumedia can solely announce that the Actual Housewives of Salt Lake Metropolis star will take the stage at 54 Beneath in New York Metropolis this winter for her very first cabaret present.
Fittingly titled What About Me: An Night with Britani Bateman, the live performance is ready for Friday, Dec. 5, at 9:30 p.m.
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Just like the present’s moniker implies, Bravo followers can count on loads of hilarious, self-deprecating references to Bateman’s time on RHOSLC. Even the present’s official description is riddled with jokes.
“Ting ting ting — an announcement: Britani Bateman is making her 54 Beneath debut!” it reads.
“Straight from Salt Lake Metropolis, be part of Britani as she takes heart stage in an unforgettable night that marks her daring subsequent chapter: cabaret star. For one evening solely, this “pleasant” excessive physique depend haired actress and vocal powerhouse will commerce the drama of the display screen for the intimacy of New York Metropolis’s most legendary cabaret room.”
However the actuality character may also be displaying off her triple-threat theatrical skills, as she sings and dances by means of a songbook of musical theater hits.
“Count on dazzling vocals, dream roles dropped at life, shock visitor appearances, some extra bulletins (plus perhaps a reveal or two) as Britani exhibits the world precisely why everybody’s asking ‘What about her?’ ”
Again in August, ipromiseyoumedia caught up with Bateman as she rehearsed for the present at New York Metropolis’s Open Jar Studios.
She’s working with Steven Jamail, who will function the cabaret’s music director. He is labored with theatrical greats like Lea Michele and Orfeh, and organized music for Oprah, Rosie, Rachael Ray, HBO, and OWN.
“This cabaret seems like opening a brand new chapter,” Bateman says. “Folks know me from Housewives, however this present lets me step out of that world for an evening and simply be Britani — no snow, no drama, simply enjoyable. It’s somewhat scary, however principally thrilling to lastly present individuals a facet of me they’ve solely gotten glimpses of earlier than.”
“I’m pouring a lot of myself into this present, and I can’t wait for everybody to really feel that vitality proper together with me,” she added.
Bateman, 54, made her debut on RHOSLC as a Pal in season 5. She returned for season 6, which debuted on Sept. 16.
Previous to her activate actuality TV, Bateman racked up loads of stage expertise.
Whereas getting her Bachelor of Nice Arts at Brigham Younger College, Bateman toured with the Younger Ambassadors, enjoying Reno Sweeney in Something Goes. Publish-graduation, she labored as a performer at Walt Disney World and Tokyo Disneyland earlier than reserving the second nationwide tour of Miss Saigon.
Her transfer to the display screen started in 2003, with a job in The R.M. reverse her Miss Saigon costar Will Swenson. She later starred alongside Tori Spelling within the 2012 ABC Household unique film, The Mistle-Tones.
Tickets for What About Me: An Night with Britani Bateman are on sale now.
