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A SWINGIN’ CHRISTMAS!
October, 2017
Brian will be performing an original holiday cabaret with Shana Bousard called “A Swingin’ Christmas!” for 3 performances in December at Phoenix Theatre. With Joe Bousard on piano and Scott Hay on drums.
More information, including showtimes and tickets available at the Phoenix Theatre website.
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LA CAGE AUX FOLLES
March, 2017
Brian will be playing Georges in “La Cage aux Folles” at the Cortland Repertory Theatre starting in late June.
More information, including showtimes and tickets available at the Cortland Repertory Theatre website.
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SOME VELVET MORNING
January, 2017
Brian will be in the new two-person Neil LaBute play "Some Velvet Morning" running in March at the Tempe Center for the Arts.
More information, including showtimes and tickets available at the Tempe Center for the Arts website.
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SANTA'S HELPERS
November, 2015
Brian will be making his cabaret debut with a variety of holiday music in "Santa's Helpers" presented at Theatre Works in December.
More information, including showtimes and tickets available at the Theatre Works website.
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CHICAGO
August, 2015
After a long break from performing, Brian will be returning to the stage as Amos in "Chicago" at Phoenix Theatre.
More information, including showtimes and tickets available at the Phoenix Theatre website.
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SOMETHING CLOUDY, SOMETHING CLEAR
September, 2011
Brian will be appearing in the play SOMETHING CLOUDY, SOMETHING CLEAR, at the Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival. The production runs September 22-25th.
More information, including showtimes and tickets available at the festival website.
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3 SHOWS AT THE MERRY-GO-ROUND PLAYHOUSE
May, 2011
Brian has been cast in back to back productions at the Merry-Go-Round Playhouse in the Fingerlakes. He will be performing from June through August in productions of ANYTHING GOES (Elisha Whitney), HAIRSPRAY (Wilbur Turnblad), and 42ND STREET (Bert Barry).
More information, including showtimes and tickets available at Merry-Go-Round's website.
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GOLF: THE MUSICAL EXTENDED!
January, 2010
After being revived to positive reviews, Off-Broadway's GOLF: THE MUSICAL has been extended through March 2011 at the Midtown Theater. "Tom Gamblin, Lyn Philistine, Brian Runbeck and Christopher Sutton are a vocally and comedically gifted foursome of golfers," writes Jennifer Farrar of The Associated Press/ABC News.
Sarah Lucie of Show Business Weekly writes, "Brian Runbeck is endlessly entertaining throughout, taking little moments like an old man¹s cough and turning them into comedic masterpieces."
Read more of the positive feedback by visiting the press page or visit the show's website for more information.
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GOLF: THE MUSICAL
November, 2010
Following a week-long engagement in Florida, Brian is performing in GOLF: THE MUSICAL Off-Broadway at the Midtown Theater through January 16, 2011.
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BRIAN RECEIVES 2010 SALT AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR
April 2010
Brian won the Syracuse Area Live Theatre (SALT) Award as Best Actor for his performance as Oscar Wilde in GROSS INDECENCY: THE THREE TRIALS OF OSCAR WILDE at the Cortland Repertory Theatre.
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TOURING WITH HARMONY JAPAN
December 2009
Brian returned from a 10-week tour of Japan with Harmony Japan’s seventh annual DISNEY ON CLASSIC concert accompanied by the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra.
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2009 ARIZONI AWARD FOR BEST PRINCIPAL ACTOR
April 2009
Brian won the AriZoni Award for Best Principal Actor in a Play for his performance as
Frank Foster in HOW THE OTHER HALF LOVES at Phoenix Theatre. |