Montego Glover and Joshua Henry to Join The New York Pops at Feinstein's/54 Below

On September 19, 2016, The New York Pops will return to Feinstein's/54 Below in Manhattan, NY, for a cabaret performance starring Tony nominees Montego Glover and Joshua Henry. The night will be an intimate evening of dining and entertainment led by Music Director Steven Reineke as two of Broadway's most talented stars perform some of their favorite tunes.

"The New York Pops annual cabaret evening is one of our most intimate and exciting events each year," said Music Director Steven Reineke. "The event raises money for our vital music education programs, which reach thousands of New York City children each year. Montego and Joshua have both performed with the full orchestra at Carnegie Hall, and they are both absolutely stunning talents and extraordinarily kind people. I am so looking forward to hearing them up-close and personal with pared down arrangements, and I promise that everyone is going to have a great time."

All proceeds will support The New York Pops' PopsEd music programs, which reach over 4,000 New York City students each year.

The New York Pops is the largest independent pops orchestra in the United States, and the only professional symphonic orchestra in New York City specializing in popular music. Under the leadership of dynamic Music Director and Conductor Steven Reineke, The New York Pops continues to re-imagine orchestral pops music. The orchestra performs an annual subscription series and birthday gala at Carnegie Hall. The New York Pops is dedicated to lifelong learning, and collaborates with public schools, community organizations, children's hospitals and senior centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City. PopsEd allows thousands of New Yorkers of all ages and backgrounds to participate in fully customizable music programs that blend traditional education with pure fun. Visit www.newyorkpops.org for more information. Follow The New York Pops on Facebook (facebook.com/newyorkpops), Instagram (@thenewyorkpops), and Twitter (@newyorkpops).

Steven Reineke is the Music Director and Conductor of The New York Pops at Carnegie Hall, Principal Pops Conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Principal Pops Conductor of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, and Principal Pops Conductor Designate of the Houston Symphony, beginning in the 2017-2018 season. Mr. Reineke is a frequent guest conductor with The Philadelphia Orchestra and has been on the podium with the Boston Pops, The Cleveland Orchestra and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at Ravinia. His extensive North American conducting appearances include San Francisco, Houston, Seattle, Edmonton and Pittsburgh.

Montego Glover just completed starring to critical acclaim in The Royale at Lincoln Center Theater after starring on Broadway in the award winning revival of LES MISERABLES as Fantine. Glover is a Tony Award Nominee, two-time Drama Desk Award Winner, Outer Critics Circle Award Winner, and Drama League Award Nominee for originating the role of Felicia Farrell in the Tony-winning Best Musical Memphis. Other Broadway: It Shoulda Been You, The Color Purple. Other theatre: IRNE Award (Aida), Helen Hayes Nomination (Once on This Island), Craig Noel Award Nomination (The Royale). TV/Film: Alone, Black Box, The Following, Hostages, Smash, The Good Wife, White Collar, Golden Boy, Law & Order, Made In Jersey. Ms. Glover has served as a member of the Artists' Committee for the Kennedy Center Honors and is a PopsEd Ambassador to the New York Pops. She is a proud member of AEA and SAG-AFTRA. @montegoglover

Joshua Henry is currently starring as Noble Sissle in Scott Rudin's new Broadway musical Shuffle Along opposite Audra McDonald. Shuffle Along is directed by George C. Wolfe and choreographed by Savion Glover. Joshua just filmed a lead role in the action thriller The Lake opposite J.K. Simmons and Sullivan Stapleton which will be released in January 2017. He received critical acclaim for his Tony nominated turn opposite Sutton Foster in the musical Violet on Broadway, which garnered him Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Drama League Award nominations for his thrilling, show-stopping performance. He was previously nominated for a Tony Award for his starring role in Susan Stroman's The Scottsboro Boys. Joshua's other Broadway credits include leading roles in Diane Paulus' revival of The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess and Green Day's American Idiot. This past season, Joshua sang with Sutton Foster in concert with The New York Pops at Carnegie Hall and the Houston Symphony Orchestra. He is scheduled to return to the Houston Symphony in February 2017 in an original show called A Salute to Stevie Wonder. In March of 2017 he'll be starring at Carnegie Hall in the show Life is A Cabaret: The Songs of Kander and Ebb. He also recently starred as Jim Conley at Avery Fisher Hall in Jason Robert Brown's Parade.

Performances take place at Feinstein's/54 Below, 254 West 54th Street (between Broadway and 8th Avenue), New York, NY 10019. Single tickets range from $275-$500. Ticket packages begin at $2,500. To purchase, please visit www.newyorkpops.org or call 212-765-7677. The concert is set for Monday, September 19, 2016. 5:30PM Champagne Reception; 6:30PM Dinner and Performance.

Photo Credit: Genevieve Rafter-Keddy