James Beaman (Director) My journey in show business has been an eclectic one, embracing classical theatre, musicals, the cabaret stage, celebrity impersonation, and more. I’ve also worked for many years as a makeup artist, a Pilates teacher, an acting coach and cabaret director. Versatility, transformation, expansive self expression—these are my passions! Here’s my story.
Dan Pardo is a NYC-based music director, pianist, arranger, and educator, having made his Broadway debut as assistant conductor and keyboardist for Amazing Grace at the Nederlander Theatre. He also music-directed the acclaimed Netflix special, John Mulaney and the Sack Lunch Bunch.
Off-Broadway credits include I Spy a Spy (St. Clements), The Office! A Musical Parody (Jerry Orbach), Found (Atlantic), Rothschild and Sons (York), Soot and Spit (New Ohio) and Skippyjon Jones: Snow What? with TheatreworksUSA at the Lucille Lortel.
Other NYC credits include workshop productions of Come From Away, (currently on Broadway at the Schoenfeld), Stepchild, Mythic (as Persephone Unplugged), On Rosen Street, Marco Polo, Never Grimm, and The Oliver Experiment, along with numerous concerts at the Laurie Beechman Theater, 54 Below, TheDuplex, Metropolitan Room, and The Green Room 42.
Regional favorites include Company (starring Aaron Tveit) at Barrington Stage, How to Succeed at The 5th Avenue, Fun Home at Weston Playhouse, Working at ACT, and A Connecticut Christmas Carol at Goodspeed Musicals, where Dan was on staff for three seasons.
Dan performs regularly with the vocal jazz quintet, Marquee Five, and music-directs BariToned. He is also active in the NYC piano bar scene, playing at Marie's Crisis, The Townhouse, and the historic Stonewall Inn. When he's not working, Dan enjoys playing games, watching movies, and singing sea chanteys with his 30-Button Anglo Concertina. Since 2014, he has been happily married to the talented Chrissy Pardo, and the Cat Daddy of the adorable Gelatoni.
In 2017, American born West End favorite, Lorna Dallas, returned to the cabaret world after a twenty-year hiatus. The reviewers were unanimous and unstinting in their praise. Cabaret Scenes raved it was “truly a once in a lifetime event not to be missed“. Rex Reed of the Observer also chimed in that the night had “the kind of inspired singing that is as rare as a pink unicorn in MGM Technicolor“.
This season, Lorna Dallas returns to Crazy Coqs with a sparkling new show, Stages, devised by her two longtime collaborators, musical director Christopher Denny and director Barry Kleinbort. Read MORE HERE
Nathan Martin has performed extensively in concert and cabaret all over the world. He was a regular performer at London’s Pizza On The Park, playing five solo seasons there, including Facing The Music – the Fred Astaire songbook. He was also seen there in Jeff Harnar’s The 1959 Broadway Songbook, Something Wonderful with Craig Rubano and Heather MacRae and Catch Us If You Can with Lee Lessack.
Other solo engagements include Jermyn Street Theatre, Covent Garden Theatre Museum, Giardini del Baraccano – Bologna, Don’t Tell Mama – NYC and for Holland America, Saga and Spirit Of Adventure cruises.
Musical Director credits include Closer Than Ever – dir. Richard Maltby Jr. (Jermyn Street), Accidents & Emergencies (Lost), Dorothy Fields Forever (Kings Head), Unite For The Future (Old Vic), Helen Lederer’s One Night Stand (national tour), Elegies (Arts), Nine (Teatro San Martino – Bologna), Assassins (New End), After The Fair (Kings Head) and Bastien and Bastienne (BAC) and Starting Here, Starting Now (Waterloo East). He also played piano on The Producers (Drury Lane), Miss Saigon (Drury Lane) and Side By Side By Sondheim (Civic, Chelmsford and The Stables, Wavendon).
Nathan’s Workshops include Rebecca, Marguerite and The Wizard Of Oz. Radio and TV work includes Popstar to Operastar. and performance On BBC RADIO 3 and Loose Ends.
For several years Nathan has worked on the MAC award winning show Simply Barbra starring Steven Brinberg, playing worldwide. He has also been Musical Director for such performers as Kaye Ballard, Brent Barrett, Rebecca Caine, David Campbell, Cantabile, Kim Criswell, Debbie Gravitte, Alison Jiear, Jessica Martin, Marin Mazzie, Liliane Montevecchi, Christine Pedi, Marti Webb, Gary Williams, Julie Wilson and albums include Donna McKechnie – Same Place: Another Time (Jay), Simply Barbra – original London cast (TER), Lindsay Hamilton – It’s Me!, James Gillan’s self titled debut album, Linzi Hateley – True Colours, Gay Soper – Flying Fish and Fallen Angels and his own CD – Anywhere With You, available on LML music.
Nathan is a Certified Master Teacher of Estill Voice Training and a member of The British Voice Association.
He was a vocal coach for the second series of ITV’s Popstar to Operastar and has taught at The Actor’s Centre, Bird College Of Performing Arts, Drama Studio London and given masterclasses at The Bernstein School of Musical Theatre, Bologna and for Laboratorio IALS Musical di Roma.
In October 2011 Nathan spoke on the Musical Theatre voice at La Voce Artistica international voice conference in Ravenna.
He currently teaches at Mountview and has a private practice where his students range from beginners to established professionals, many performing principal roles in plays and musicals both in the UK and internationally.