Grease - Stages of St. Louis
July 19th - August 18th, 2019
@ Stages of St. Louis
Brooke will be playing the role of Jan in Stages of St. Louis' production of Grease.
The 11th Annual Joe Iconis Christmas Extravaganza
Dec. 14th, 15th, & 16th
@7pm & 11pm (6 shows)
@ Feinstein's 54 Below
"A New York City Twisted Holiday Tradition celebrates its Eleventh
Splendiferous Year! Joe Iconis and his merry band of musical theater punks are proud to bring their insane celebration of all things red and green back to Feinstein’s/54 Below. Written by Joe Iconis, Directed by John Simpkins and Produced by Jennifer Ashley Tepper, this wild yuletide explosion is part rock concert, part theater piece, and part theme park attraction come to life. Featuring brand new holiday songs, old favorites, a huge cast of musical theater all-stars, tiny elves, enormous reindeer, an inebriated Mr. and Mrs. Claus, and more whiskey-fueled shenanigans than you can shake a candy cane at, it promises to be the hap-hap-happiest holiday hoedown ever seen on stage."
Hairspray - North Shore Music Theatre
October 30th - November 11th, 2018
Brooke is heading to North Shore Music Theatre to play Tracy Turnblad in Hairspray!
This is Me Original #MeToo Music Video | #ThisIsNOW
August 13th, 2018
Brooke was a featured singer in the all female video of the Academy Award nominated hit song "This is Me" from The Greatest Showman, inspired by the Me Too movement.
BROADWAY IN BRYANT PARK
July 19th, 2018
& August 16th, 2018
@ Bryant Park, NYC
Brooke will be singing two songs in this summer's Broadway in Bryant Park event. She will be opening the show which will also feature cast members and songs from this season's Broadway hits. Come check out the event for a fun afternoon of Broadway in the park!
Event begins around 12pm.
THE LADIES WHO LUNCH:
AN EVENING TO FUND PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF NYC
Feb. 1st, 9:30pm
@ Feinstein's 54 Below
Claire Manship and Friends are proud to bring their celebration of female empowerment, The Ladies Who Lunch: An Evening for Planned Parenthood of NYC, to Feinstein’s/54 Below! Directed and produced by Claire Manship and the evening’s performers, The Ladies Who Lunch is a night featuring songs that help woman verbalize, vent, and discuss their specific issues, wherein a portion of the proceeds will go to Planned Parenthood of NYC.
MUSEMATCH XI: A MUSICAL THEATER BLIND DATE
Jan. 19th, 11:30pm
@ Feinstein's 54 Below
MuseMatch XI: MuseMatch, A Musical Theater Blind Date is a concert series that has created over 160 new musical theater collaborations. Composers and Singers who don’t know each other are paired on a “blind date,” where they share themselves authentically and openly and that conversation becomes a new song.
Brooke will be teaming up with composer Cheeyang Ng.
Tenth Annual Joe Iconis Christmas Extravaganza
Dec. 15th, 16th, & 17th
@7pm & 11pm (6 shows)
@ Feinstein's 54 Below
"A New York City Twisted Holiday Tradition celebrates its Tenth Splendiferous Year! Joe Iconis and his merry band of musical theater punks are proud to bring their insane celebration of all things red and green back to Feinstein’s/54 Below. Written by Joe Iconis, Directed by John Simpkins and Produced by Jennifer Ashley Tepper, this wild yuletide explosion is part rock concert, part theater piece, and part theme park attraction come to life. Featuring brand new holiday songs, old favorites, a huge cast of musical theater all-stars, tiny elves, enormous reindeer, an inebriated Mr. and Mrs. Claus, and more whiskey-fueled shenanigans than you can shake a candy cane at, it promises to be the hap-hap-happiest holiday hoedown ever seen on stage."
Love in Hate Nation
October 16th @ 2pm & 7pm
& October 17th @ 4pm & 8pm, 2017
@ The Musical Theatre Factory
Brooke will be playing Brenda "Rat" Ratowski in Joe Iconis's new musical "Love in Hate Nation."
Love in Hate Nation is a romance set in a 1960’s juvenile hall for girls. It uses classic “bad girl” movies as the inspiration for a story of young people caught between eras of a changing America and their attempt to break out of the boxes society has created around them.
Broadway in Bryant Park
August 10th, 2017
@ Bryant Park, NYC
Brooke will be singing two songs in this summer's Broadway in Bryant Park event. She will be opening the show which will also feature cast members and songs from this season's Broadway hits: Come From Away, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Bandstand. Come check out the event for a fun afternoon of Broadway in the park!
Event begins around 12pm.
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
July 11th - 22nd, 2017
@ The Cape Playhouse
Brooke will be playing Logainne Schwartzandgrubenierre in "Spelling Bee" directed by Jeffrey Denman at The Cape Playhouse this summer.
To purchase tickets click the link below:
https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/cal/34576/1498881600000
For more info about this production:
The Calico Buffalo
April 26th, 2017
1:00pm @ Ripley Grier
"The Calico Buffalo" family is getting back together to present a reading of the revamped musical by EJ Stapleton.
Brooke is thrilled to get back into the room with her Calico family and continue creating the role of Bittle which she was seen playing in the 2015 New York Music Theatre Festival.
My Big Gay Italian Midlife Crisis
March 11th, 18th & 25th, 2017
5:00pm @ The Theater Center - NYC
Brooke will be rejoining her "Big Gay" family as Connie in the off-Broadway production!
To purchase tickets click the link below:
http://www.ticketmaster.com/My-Big-Gay-Italian-Mid-Life-tickets/artist/2158751
www.biggayitalianmidlifecrisis.com
If It Only Even Runs A Minute - 16th Edition
Jan. 23rd, 2017
9:30pm @ 54 Below
Brooke will be singing "I Can" from Bajour.
If It Only Even Runs A Minute is the Bistro Award-winning concert series celebrating rare songs, behind-the-scenes tales, and inspiring photos from underappreciated musicals. Created and hosted by Feinstein’s/54 Below Director of Programming Jennifer Ashley Tepper and Book of Mormon’s Kevin Michael Murphy, with musical direction by Joshua Zecher-Ross, each concert includes performances and stories from original cast members and writers of selected featured shows, as well as new interpretations.
To purchase tickets click the link below:
The 9th Annual Joe Iconis Christmas Extravaganza
Dec. 9th & 10th, 2016
7pm & 11pm (both nights) @ 54 Below
Brooke will be playing the role of Edith in The 9th Annual Joe Iconis Christmas Extravaganza. Joe Iconis and his merry band of musical theater punks are proud to bring their insane celebration of all things red and green back to Feinstein’s/54 Below!
To purchase tickets click the link below:
https://54below.com/events/9th-annual-joe-iconis-christmas-extravaganza/
Come rock out with the Iconis Family and get into the holiday spirit!
My Big Gay Italian Midlife Crisis
June 25th, 2016
5:00pm @ The Theater Center
Brooke will be making her Off-Broadway debut in "My Big Gay Italian Midlife Crisis!" She will be taking on the role of Connie/Waitress. Come join us on this interactive fiasco comedy of errors!
www.biggayitalianmidlifecrisis.com
To purchase tickets click the link below:
http://www.ticketmaster.com/My-Big-Gay-Italian-Mid-Life-tickets/artist/2158751#artist_table_focus
Joe Iconis & Family
May 9th, 2016
9:30pm @ 54 Below
Musical theater writer and rabble rouser Joe Iconis brings his unique mash-up of showtune cabaret and rock and roll jamboree back to Feinstein’s/54 Below. Join Joe and his merry band of musical theater punks as they roar their way through a set of Joe’s incendiary songs.
"THE FUTURE OF MUSICAL THEATER!" -The New York Times
To purchase tickets click the link below:
THE CALICO BUFFALO
Seen as Bittle in The Calico Buffalo at the New York Musical Theatre Fesitval, July 2015
Winner: Best of Fest Audience Award
Promo event at Urbo: Click here for video of Brooke Shapiro & Zachary Infante singing "Two Stars"
"The most utterly charming element of EJ Stapleton and Peter Stopschinski’s “The Calico Buffalo,” inspired by Mr. Stapleton’s children’s tale of the same name, is the friendship between a pair of outcasts: a wide-eyed buffalo calf named Bora-Boh (a terrific Zachary Infante) and an exuberant toad named Bittle (Brooke Shapiro, likewise)." -Laura Collins-Hughes, nytimes.com
NY Cast recording of "Two Stars" below:
KEVIN GRAY TRIBUTE CD
Kevin Gray's Tribute CD was released, April 2015
Brooke's voice is featured on two tracks on Broadway's Tribute CD: Forever Always... You can hear her as the voice of Madame Thenardier in "One Day More" and in the ensemble of singers in "He Lives In You."
Check out the Kevin Gray Foundation website to learn more about this incredible man. There you'll find links to donate/buy the CD:
Purchase the Kevin Gray Tribute CD
HAIRSPRAY- Florida Studio Theatre
Seen as Tracy Turnblad in Florida Studio Theatre's production of Hairspray, Nov. 12th- Jan. 24th, 2015.
"Smiles can be catching. And Brooke Shapiro has an infectious smile that makes you quickly fall for her outsider character Tracy Turnblad...Shapiro also rarely stops moving and her dancing matches that joyous look on her face...Shapiro is the heart of Richard Stafford’s colorful production." - Jay Handelman, Sarasota Herald-Tribune
"Brooke Shapiro dominates the proceedings as Tracy. Although many teenage girls fantasize about playing the role, few can dance, dance, and dance some more for 2-1/2 hours and still be able to belt most of score. Ms. Shapiro does all this and more. I have seen at least one Tracy in a professional production who was nowhere near as good as this." - William S. Oser, talkinbroadway.com
Check out the fun cast video Brooke co-directed to Bruno Mars' "Uptown Funk":
SHORTS TIME WITH SHAPIRO
Brooke created an alter ego named, "Shapiro". Shapiro is a girl from Kentucky who never goes anywhere without her plaid shorts. Along with producers, Jason Moody and Morgan Marcell, the insta-sketch comedy series, "Shorts Time With Shapiro," came to life!
facebook: Shorts Time With Shapiro
Click here to watch Celine Dion, "It's All Coming Back to Me Now," Twinkie Parody
Click here to watch Shorts Time theme song music video
GREASE - North Shore Music Theatre
Seen as Jan in Grease at North Shore Music Theatre in Beverly, MA. Aug. 12th - 24th, 2014
"Two more comic performers are Brooke Shapiro as the constantly eating, Jan and Michael Mendez who plays her boyfriend, Roger. Their duet,"Mooning" stops the show, leaving the audience in stitches." - Tony Annicone, Theatre Mirror
"Brooke Shapiro as Pink Lady Jan, who loves to eat finds her match in T-Bird mooner, Roger (Michael Mendez). They add sparks of humor and harmony together, especially in their duet, “Mooning.” - Sheila Barth, Independent Newspapers
"Roger (Michael Mendez) and Jan (Brooke Shapiro), garner laughs with their rendition of "Mooning." - Sean Leonard, Daily Item
HELLO, DOLLY! - Goodspeed Musicals
Seen as Ermengarde in Hello, Dolly! at Goodspeed Musicals in East Haddam, CT. June 28th - Sept. 14th 2013
"Brooke Shapiro steals scenes as the ever-crying Ermengarde." - Zander Opper, talkinbroadyway.com
"The cast is led by the Klea Blackhurst as Dolly, Tony nominee Tony Sheldon (Priscilla, Queen of the Desert) as Horace, Ashley Brown (Mary Poppins) as Irene Malloy, Spencer Moses as Cornelius, Jeremy Morse as Barnaby, Catherine Blades as Minnie, Brooke Shapiro as Ermengarde, and tall Charles MacEacherin as Ambrose. One word can describe everyone’s work: Joy! I have never seen a more joyful production." - Joe Regan Jr, Theatre Pizzazz
Click link to see cast video to "Man, I Feel Like A Woman."