Cabaret favorites Nicolas King (the longest-running Chip on Broadway in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast) and Seth Sikes (associate director for Broadway’s The Band’s Visit) have joined forces for a limited concert tour entitled The New Belters, which premiered last October at The Green Room 42 in New York City.

Then, in November, King and Sikes brought their exuberant American Songbook repertoire to nightclubs across the United States, including Los Angeles’s Vitello’s; Palm Springs, California’s Oscars; and Las Vegas’s Gatsby’s Supper Club.

King toured the country as Liza Minnelli’s opening act, and has performed on stages all over the world from Carnegie Hall to The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Sikes is “one of New York City’s top draws” (says Playbill), regularly selling out-shows at NYC’s 54 Below with acclaimed musical tributes to Judy Garland, Bernadette Peters, Barbra Streisand, and more.