Starlet Bethany on her way to perform in New York in off Broadway show A RISING starlet is set to make her New York debut by becoming the first member of her theatre studio to perform off-Broadway in a new show. Bethany McDonald, from Eccleston Park, is a graduate from Liverpool-based performing arts school, Rare Studio. She then went on to train at Bird College of Dance and London School of Musical Theatre, graduating with a Distinction and a Diploma in Professional Musical Theatre. At her first professional audition, Bethany landed the starring role of Annette in Saturday Night Fever on board the Royal Caribbean’s Liberty of the Seas.