Shoshana Bean has named the guests for her one-night-only concert at the Beacon Theatre on December 14: singer-songwriters JoJo, Celisse and David Michael Wyatt, and two of her castmates from The Lost Boys, LJ Benet and Benjamin Pajak.
The 7:30 p.m. performance is Bean’s first solo headline date at the Upper West Side house, at 2124 Broadway. It brings her Only Smoke album tour to a close and doubles as a holiday show, taking over from the seasonal concerts she gave at Harlem’s Apollo Theater every year for five years.
Bean is currently playing Lucy Emerson in The Lost Boys, the role that won her a Tony Award. Before that she starred in Alicia Keys’ Hell’s Kitchen, which brought her a Grammy and her second Tony nomination, and in Mr. Saturday Night opposite Billy Crystal, a performance that drew Tony and Grammy nominations in 2022. She made her Broadway debut in the original company of Hairspray, was the first replacement Elphaba in Wicked and later played Jenna in Waitress.
LJ Benet, a Tony nominee, is making his Broadway debut in The Lost Boys; television viewers may know him as Karl Fink on Disney Channel’s Dog With a Blog. Benjamin Pajak, also in the company, won a Theatre World Award for The Music Man and appeared in Mike Flanagan’s film The Life of Chuck.
JoJo brings Broadway credits of her own: she played Satine in Moulin Rouge! The Musical and created the role of Tess McGill in the world-premiere musical of Working Girl, with a score by Cyndi Lauper. Celisse, who spent part of her early career on Broadway before turning to her own music, has toured with Brandi Carlile and Lucius and played guitar on an Alicia Keys track. David Michael Wyatt, a Berklee-trained singer from Texarkana, Texas, is best known for his falsetto on Tobe Nwigwe’s recordings.
The concert is promoted by Creative Partners Productions and Live Nation. Tickets are on sale now through Ticketmaster.
