The sumptuously talented Leanne Borghesi returns to Feinstein’s at the Nikko with her new solo show, LUSH, for one performance only – Wednesday, August 19 at 7 p.m. Directed by Nicolas Minas, LUSH takes audiences on an intoxicating odyssey through lust, love and loss. Leanne mixes an elixir of lounge, Latin, jazz and Broadway, with a special tribute to Shirley Bassey. With Brandon Adams leading a hot four-piece band, LUSH will make you thirst for more.
Leanne Borghesi is a bi-coastal Musical Theatre, Cabaret and Performing Artist, currently residing in New York and San Francisco. A California native and graduate of the Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts (PCPA), Leanne has enjoyed performing coast to coast over the past 20 years. A two year participant and equity guest artist at The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center Cabaret Conference in Connecticut, Leanne debuted her one woman show, BAZAZZ under the direction of Michael Bush alongside power house performers as- Amanda McBroom, Penny Fuller, Marilyn Maye, Lillias White in Accentuate The Positive, A Johnny Mercer Tribute. She starred in the role of Mama in Jonathan Brielle's original musical, 40 Naked Women, A Monkey & Me and completed the 2012 New York workshop alongside a swingin' eight piece band. Leanne attended the International Cabaret Conference at Yale University in 2011 and performed in the UK with fellow colleagues in This Summer I Lived, featuring the original music of UK songwriter David Kent. Creator of infamous Ms. Anita Cocktail and an original founding member of the comedic cabaret trio "B.O.O.B.S" (Busty, Outrageous, Over-the-Top, Broads, Singing), she has played to sold out houses from San Francisco-Los Angeles to NYC at: Feinstein’s at the Nikko, Rrazz Room, MBar Hollywood, Herbst Theater, Marines Memorial, Palace of Fine Arts, Metropolitan Room and The Duplex in New York City.
Borghesi’s previous theatre credits include Smeraldina, The Servant of Two Masters (Sonnet Rep, NYC), Mrs. Lovett, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of FleetStreet (CFRT, NC), Rona Lisa Peretti, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (CenterREP), Dora Bailey, Singin’ in the Rain (Gateway Playhouse, NYC), Jan, Mr. Irresistible (LaMaMa, NYC), Up Your A$$ (PS 122, NYC), Chaperone, The Drowsy Chaperone, Mrs. Medlock, The Secret Garden (TheatreWorks), Nancy, Oliver (PCPA Theaterfest), Mrs. Bassett, Eccentricities of a Nightingale (Aurora Theater), Petrushka, Pearls Over Shanghai (Thrillpeddlers), Meredith Parker, Bat Boy and Acid Queen, Tommy (ROLT, SF). Leanne is the recipient of best actress award from the Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Awards for NCTC’s Productions of Dames at Sea (Mona Kent) and DIVALICIOUS (Solo show).
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Leanne Borghesi is a bi-coastal Musical Theatre, Cabaret and Performing Artist, currently residing in New York and San Francisco. A California native and graduate of the Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts (PCPA), Leanne has enjoyed performing coast to coast over the past 20 years. A two year participant and equity guest artist at The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center Cabaret Conference in Connecticut, Leanne debuted her one woman show, BAZAZZ under the direction of Michael Bush alongside power house performers as- Amanda McBroom, Penny Fuller, Marilyn Maye, Lillias White in Accentuate The Positive, A Johnny Mercer Tribute. She starred in the role of Mama in Jonathan Brielle's original musical, 40 Naked Women, A Monkey & Me and completed the 2012 New York workshop alongside a swingin' eight piece band. Leanne attended the International Cabaret Conference at Yale University in 2011 and performed in the UK with fellow colleagues in This Summer I Lived, featuring the original music of UK songwriter David Kent. Creator of infamous Ms. Anita Cocktail and an original founding member of the comedic cabaret trio "B.O.O.B.S" (Busty, Outrageous, Over-the-Top, Broads, Singing), she has played to sold out houses from San Francisco-Los Angeles to NYC at: Feinstein’s at the Nikko, Rrazz Room, MBar Hollywood, Herbst Theater, Marines Memorial, Palace of Fine Arts, Metropolitan Room and The Duplex in New York City.
Borghesi’s previous theatre credits include Smeraldina, The Servant of Two Masters (Sonnet Rep, NYC), Mrs. Lovett, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of FleetStreet (CFRT, NC), Rona Lisa Peretti, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (CenterREP), Dora Bailey, Singin’ in the Rain (Gateway Playhouse, NYC), Jan, Mr. Irresistible (LaMaMa, NYC), Up Your A$$ (PS 122, NYC), Chaperone, The Drowsy Chaperone, Mrs. Medlock, The Secret Garden (TheatreWorks), Nancy, Oliver (PCPA Theaterfest), Mrs. Bassett, Eccentricities of a Nightingale (Aurora Theater), Petrushka, Pearls Over Shanghai (Thrillpeddlers), Meredith Parker, Bat Boy and Acid Queen, Tommy (ROLT, SF). Leanne is the recipient of best actress award from the Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Awards for NCTC’s Productions of Dames at Sea (Mona Kent) and DIVALICIOUS (Solo show).
The sumptuously talented Leanne Borghesi returns to Feinstein’s at the Nikko with her new solo show, LUSH, for one performance only – Wednesday, August 19 at 7 p.m. Directed by Nicolas Minas, LUSH takes audiences on an intoxicating odyssey through lust, love and loss. Leanne mixes an elixir of lounge, Latin, jazz and Broadway, with a special tribute to Shirley Bassey. With Brandon Adams leading a hot four-piece band, LUSH will make you thirst for more.
Leanne Borghesi is a bi-coastal Musical Theatre, Cabaret and Performing Artist, currently residing in New York and San Francisco. A California native and graduate of the Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts (PCPA), Leanne has enjoyed performing coast to coast over the past 20 years. A two year participant and equity guest artist at The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center Cabaret Conference in Connecticut, Leanne debuted her one woman show, BAZAZZ under the direction of Michael Bush alongside power house performers as- Amanda McBroom, Penny Fuller, Marilyn Maye, Lillias White in Accentuate The Positive, A Johnny Mercer Tribute. She starred in the role of Mama in Jonathan Brielle's original musical, 40 Naked Women, A Monkey & Me and completed the 2012 New York workshop alongside a swingin' eight piece band. Leanne attended the International Cabaret Conference at Yale University in 2011 and performed in the UK with fellow colleagues in This Summer I Lived, featuring the original music of UK songwriter David Kent. Creator of infamous Ms. Anita Cocktail and an original founding member of the comedic cabaret trio "B.O.O.B.S" (Busty, Outrageous, Over-the-Top, Broads, Singing), she has played to sold out houses from San Francisco-Los Angeles to NYC at: Feinstein’s at the Nikko, Rrazz Room, MBar Hollywood, Herbst Theater, Marines Memorial, Palace of Fine Arts, Metropolitan Room and The Duplex in New York City.
Borghesi’s previous theatre credits include Smeraldina, The Servant of Two Masters (Sonnet Rep, NYC), Mrs. Lovett, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of FleetStreet (CFRT, NC), Rona Lisa Peretti, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (CenterREP), Dora Bailey, Singin’ in the Rain (Gateway Playhouse, NYC), Jan, Mr. Irresistible (LaMaMa, NYC), Up Your A$$ (PS 122, NYC), Chaperone, The Drowsy Chaperone, Mrs. Medlock, The Secret Garden (TheatreWorks), Nancy, Oliver (PCPA Theaterfest), Mrs. Bassett, Eccentricities of a Nightingale (Aurora Theater), Petrushka, Pearls Over Shanghai (Thrillpeddlers), Meredith Parker, Bat Boy and Acid Queen, Tommy (ROLT, SF). Leanne is the recipient of best actress award from the Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Awards for NCTC’s Productions of Dames at Sea (Mona Kent) and DIVALICIOUS (Solo show).
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Leanne Borghesi is a bi-coastal Musical Theatre, Cabaret and Performing Artist, currently residing in New York and San Francisco. A California native and graduate of the Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts (PCPA), Leanne has enjoyed performing coast to coast over the past 20 years. A two year participant and equity guest artist at The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center Cabaret Conference in Connecticut, Leanne debuted her one woman show, BAZAZZ under the direction of Michael Bush alongside power house performers as- Amanda McBroom, Penny Fuller, Marilyn Maye, Lillias White in Accentuate The Positive, A Johnny Mercer Tribute. She starred in the role of Mama in Jonathan Brielle's original musical, 40 Naked Women, A Monkey & Me and completed the 2012 New York workshop alongside a swingin' eight piece band. Leanne attended the International Cabaret Conference at Yale University in 2011 and performed in the UK with fellow colleagues in This Summer I Lived, featuring the original music of UK songwriter David Kent. Creator of infamous Ms. Anita Cocktail and an original founding member of the comedic cabaret trio "B.O.O.B.S" (Busty, Outrageous, Over-the-Top, Broads, Singing), she has played to sold out houses from San Francisco-Los Angeles to NYC at: Feinstein’s at the Nikko, Rrazz Room, MBar Hollywood, Herbst Theater, Marines Memorial, Palace of Fine Arts, Metropolitan Room and The Duplex in New York City.
Borghesi’s previous theatre credits include Smeraldina, The Servant of Two Masters (Sonnet Rep, NYC), Mrs. Lovett, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of FleetStreet (CFRT, NC), Rona Lisa Peretti, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (CenterREP), Dora Bailey, Singin’ in the Rain (Gateway Playhouse, NYC), Jan, Mr. Irresistible (LaMaMa, NYC), Up Your A$$ (PS 122, NYC), Chaperone, The Drowsy Chaperone, Mrs. Medlock, The Secret Garden (TheatreWorks), Nancy, Oliver (PCPA Theaterfest), Mrs. Bassett, Eccentricities of a Nightingale (Aurora Theater), Petrushka, Pearls Over Shanghai (Thrillpeddlers), Meredith Parker, Bat Boy and Acid Queen, Tommy (ROLT, SF). Leanne is the recipient of best actress award from the Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Awards for NCTC’s Productions of Dames at Sea (Mona Kent) and DIVALICIOUS (Solo show).
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