Laura Benanti Will Make UK Premiere With Solo Show at the Edinburgh Fringe
Performances will run 30 July- 24 August.
By: Stephi Wild May. 01, 2025
Laura Benanti: Nobody Cares is a one-woman comedy show from the mind of Tony Award-winner Laura Benanti. In this show, Benanti blends side-splitting storytelling with original songs. The New York Times Critics Pick, Laura Benanti: Nobody Cares, is a hilarious, heartfelt, and sometimes brutally honest take on getting older, people-pleasing, motherhood, marriage(s) and the absurdity of it all.
Laura Benanti talks about the show in her own words: This show is an utterly transparent, self-deprecating romp through my life as a pathological (and now recovering) people pleaser. During the show I discuss the ups and downs of my early career, my three (yes, THREE) marriages. Childbirth, Raising children, perimenopause, and the journey from wide-eyed ingenue to grown-ass woman. It has been incredibly gratifying to receive so much positive feedback from such a wide variety of audience members... Young women, their mothers and THEIR mothers, Gay men (my favorite kind), and my personal favourite: boyfriends and husbands who were dragged to my show against their will and are now my “biggest fans” While the show features a handful of original songs (written with Todd Almond), it is not a musical. It is a comedy show with music. (There's a difference, I promise!)”
Laura Benanti: Nobody Cares was commissioned by Audible for an off-Broadway weekend premiere and live audio recording in Feb 2024. The sold out show was such a success with critics and audiences alike that it was given a full-length run at the Minetta Lane Theater in Spring 2024. Audible also released a live audio recording of the show.
Laura is known worldwide for her iconic impression of Melania Trump (as seen on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert). This is Laura's first ever show in the UK and one not to be missed.
About Laura Benanti
Tony Award-winner and five-time Tony Award nominee Laura Benanti is a highly celebrated stage and screen actress. Benanti co-starred in the hit film NO HARD FEELINGS with Jennifer Lawrence and Matthew Broderick, guest stars in Max's GILDED AGE, and ELSBETH on CBS and has recurring roles on Hulu's LIFE AND BETH (written by and starring Amy Schumer) and YOUNGER. Benanti earned rave reviews for her portrayal of a grieving widow in Netflix's film WORTH, starring opposite Michael Keaton, Stanley Tucci, and Amy Ryan and reunited with Keaton in the film GOODRICH. She will next be seen in the film EVERYTHING'S GOING TO BE GREAT with Bryan Cranston and Allison Janney, and in the hit television show MAYOR OF KINGSTOWN opposite Jeremy Renner. Ms. Benanti's iconic impression of Melania Trump on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert continues to be a viral sensation. Other TV work includes ZIWE, GOSSIP GIRL, SUPERGIRL, NASHVILLE and INSIDE Amy Schumer (among many others). In the theater, Ms. Benanti took Broadway by storm at the age of 18 starring as Maria in THE SOUND OF MUSIC and has subsequently starred in ten more Broadway shows (musicals, straight plays, comedies, and dramas) including INTO THE WOODS, NINE (opposite Antonio Banderas), GYPSY (for which she won a Tony Award), SHE LOVES ME, MY FAIR LADY, and Steve Martin's METEOR SHOWER opposite Amy Schumer and Keegan-Michael Key. This year, Ms. Benanti debuted her highly celebrated solo comedy show Laura Benanti: NOBODY CARES, which she created, wrote, and starred in. This New York Times critic pick is available for streaming on Audible.
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