Somers Point, NJ 5/10 – https://www.tix.com/ticket-sales/gatewaybythebay/7169/event/1372099
Portland, OR 6/17 – https://www.eventbrite.com/e/portland-or-bea-arthur-is-judging-you-chapel-theater-in-milwaukie-tickets-894304979267?aff=oddtdtcreator
Provincetown, MA 8/12 & 8/13 – https://redroom.club/shows/260147
Jason B. Schmidt (B.E.A.) has been lauded as the world’s premier Beatrice Arthur impersonator. Just ask Producer Marsha Posner Williams, or hilarious ventriloquist Jay Johnson or even actress and mogul Tori Spelling. Schmidt’s portrayal of Bea Arthur celebrates the Broadway and television star’s most iconic moments including The Shoestring Revue, Fiddler on the Roof, Mame, Maude, the Golden Girls, and Bea Arthur on Broadway – Just Between Friends and Bea-yond! The man on the moon is… Jason B. Schmidt as Beatrice Arthur.
Schmidt made his debut as a Bea Arthur send-up named Dorothea in 2010’s Thank You for Being a Friend: The Musical, off-Broadway-ish. Following that run, he and the show’s choreographer, Amy Anders Corcoran (Escape to Margaritaville, Freaky Friday), made a pact to create something together. That exciting creation was Beatrice Arthur: Astral Dame (#BeaAstralDame). In this one “woman” show, Bea Arthur comes down from the heavens for one last musical hurrah. Guided by her celestial stage manager, Jimmy Durante, Bea sings us through her dearest memories and throws in a few extra surprise wishes that never quite came to fruition in the mortal world.
Jason’s Bea can be seen in the many tours of The Golden Gays™, the *live-singing* Golden Girls Drag Troupe, which he co-founded and is the Artistic Producer. Check TheGoldenGays.net for more about them.
From corporate events to cabaret shows to birthday parties, to stand-up: the sky’s the limit for where Bea Arthur, Dorothy Zbornak, Maude Findlay, or maybe even Vera Charles could appear. You don’t want to miss any of the excitement, so be sure to follow Jason B. Schmidt on social media and reach out if want B.E.A. to perform.
Email: Booking@TheGoldenGays.net to book B.E.A. or The Golden Gays for a show, a Zoom Bingo, or anything else that is mostly legal. Thank you for being a Friend!
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