LAUREN STANFORD TO PORTRAY HELEN MORGAN IN "MORE THAN YOU KNOW" BEGINNING OCTOBER 26th. "Late nights in prohibition-era NYC you could find singer Helen Morgan iconically perched on the piano at her club, relying too much on brandy and 'torching' until even the most hardened gangster wept into his beer." 2013 MetroStar Winner Lauren Stanford will bring Helen Morgan, to life in "More Than You Know." Directed by Eric Michael Gillett with Music Direction by Mike Pettry, the show contains many songs the chanteuse made famous, including Jerome Kern's "Bill" and "Why Was I Born." Stanford wrote the piece, described as a dramatic recreation of Helen Morgan's 1932 cabaret act. During the 2013 MetroStar competition Stanford was praised for being a "marvelous storyteller" and for "flashes of zany humor and insight that gave special dimension to her highly polished interpretations of a variety of songs." Since the competition she has appeared in the MAC Award winning Amanda McBroom Project and headlined The Metropolitan Room in her solo cabaret debut called "I'm a Stranger Here Myself."