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OEDIPUS! A NEW MUSICAL COMEDY to Return to 54 Below with Janine LaManna
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 5, 2026

Janine LaManna leads the cast of OEDIPUS! A NEW MUSICAL COMEDY at 54 Below, the award-winning musical adaptation that reimagines the Greek tragedy as a rom-com set in Appalachian coal country.

Norm Lewis, Will Roland and More to Perform at 54 Below in June
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 29, 2026

Next month, 54 BELOW, Broadway’s Supper Club & Private Event Destination, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond, including Grammy and Emmy winner Will Roland, Tony winner Norm Lewis and more. 

Review: OEDIPUS! A NEW MUSICAL COMEDY at 54 Below Re-Imagines the Classic Tale
by Gregory Fletcher - Dec 23, 2025

Relocated to the backwoods of West Virginia, this musical re-imagines the classic Greek tale. Try counting all the Broadway references hidden in the dialogue--there's a lot, amusingly so. OEDIPUS returns to 54 Below on Father's Day in June!

54 CELEBRATES HANUKKAH: A FESTIVAL OF WRITERS and More Set for 54 Below Next Week
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 12, 2025

Next week, 54 BELOW will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond, including 54 Celebrates Hanukkah, Jantzen Theatrical’s Christmas in New York and more. 

54 Below to Present OEDIPUS! A NEW MUSICAL COMEDY During Studio 54's OEDIPUS Broadway Run
by Gillian Blum - Nov 29, 2025

54 Below, Broadway’s Supper Club, will present Janine LaManna and Jeff Gorti in the award-winning Oedipus! A New Musical Comedy on Sunday, December 21 at 9:30 p.m.

Christine Ebersole, JOE ICONIS CHRISTMAS EXTRAVAGANZA, Matthew Morrison, Norm Lewis & More Headline December At 54 Below
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 26, 2025

54 Below, Broadway’s supper club and private event destination, will present a full month of concerts in December featuring Christine Ebersole with Billy Stritch, the 15th Annual Joe Iconis Christmas Extravaganza, Darius de Haas, Norm Lewis, Matthew Morrison, Charles Busch, Joy Woods, and more.

Review: LITTLEBOY/LITTLEMAN world premiere at Geffen Playhouse
by Shari Barrett - Oct 10, 2025

From start to finish, Hernandez and Vargas are to be commended for their tour-de-force performances, often taking on other roles in the brothers’ lives, be it their ancestors, employers, or the cop who changes the course of both their lives forever.

Steeleye Span Comes to Parr Hall in May
by Stephi Wild - Dec 19, 2023

British folk rock stalwarts Steeleye Span will be performing at Parr Hall in 2024 to mark an incredible 55 years together.

Out Of The Box Theatre Company Presents A Live Production Of THE EXONERATED
by Stephi Wild - Sep 25, 2021

Out of the Box Theatre Company will open its 2021-22 season with an Actors' Equity Association-approved showcase production of the timely and relevant contemporary classic The Exonerated by Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen, October 7-10.

CRISTINA FONTANELLI'S CHRISTMAS IN ITALY Available to Stream Online
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 22, 2020

Over the past 17 years, tens of thousands of fans have experienced Cristina Fontanelli’s Christmas in Italy, a musical journey through popular Italian songs, arias, Christmas classics and dance, in New York City. This year, Fontanelli is sharing this joyous concert — far and wide — to fill even more hearts with the spirit and reason of the season.

FREDERICK DOUGLASS NOW and RODNEY KING Return to Bootleg Theater
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 23, 2017

Award-winning actor, writer and director Roger Guenveur Smith announced today that he will be performing two of his critically acclaimed and award-winning one-man shows FREDERICK DOUGLASS NOW and RODNEY KING in March at Bootleg Theater in Los Angeles. 

A NIGHT TO REMEMBER: PRESLEY, PERKINS, LEWIS AND CASH Set for Ridgefield Playhouse, 5/14
by Tyler Peterson - Apr 28, 2016

Get ready for a night of rockabilly, country, gospel and pure 1950's rock and roll with 'A Night to Remember: Presley, Perkins, Lewis and Cash' on Saturday, May 14 at 8 p.m.

BWW Interview: Actress AMY TOLSKY Talks About BABY OH BABY at the Whitefire
by Don Grigware - Mar 18, 2016

AMY TOLSKY is a popular character actress currently working in theatre, film and television. Her credits include Regional Theatre: South Coast Repertory. L.A.Theatre: Mud Blue Sky (The Road), The Importance of Being Earnest (Theatre Banshee); Table Manners, Nicholas Nickleby (Theatre 40); I Love Lucy Live Onstage; City of Angels; Theatre@Boston Court; Antaeus; The Odyssey; PRT.  Film:"Please Stand By"; "Fishes 'n Loaves:Heaven Sent"; "The Tiger Hunter", "Eat With Me".  Television: "Crowded"; "Shameless"; "Code Black"; "Married"; "Castle"; "2 Broke Girls"; "Parks and Recreation"; "Big Bang Theory"; "Jeeves and Wooster". Internet: "You've Probably Dated My Mom".   

BWW Reviews: Playhouse on Park's HIGGINS IN HARLEM Takes Shaw Uptown
by Jacques Lamarre - Mar 8, 2014

Yoouuuuu can taaaake the A-Train, yooooou can take it all the way to Haaarlem.

Playhouse on Park Presents HIGGINS IN HARLEM, Now thru 3/23
by BWW News Desk - Mar 5, 2014

Higgins in Harlem, a modern reimagining of George Bernard Shaw's social commentary masterpiece, Pygmalion, which was the basis for the musical My Fair Lady, makes its world-premiere at Playhouse on Park. This comedic and endearing classic is reset in Harlem in 1938, during the Harlem Renaissance, a time when the affluent Black society of Sugar Hill found itself at odds with the uneducated Blacks of Harlem struggling through the Great Depression. With the energy of the Jazz Age and an entirely African American cast, Higgins in Harlem promises to be a fresh and entertaining twist on a classic.

Playhouse on Park to Present HIGGINS IN HARLEM, 3/5-23
by Tyler Peterson - Feb 14, 2014

Higgins in Harlem, a modern reimagining of George Bernard Shaw's social commentary masterpiece, Pygmalion, which was the basis for the musical My Fair Lady, makes its world-premiere at Playhouse on Park. This comedic and endearing classic is reset in Harlem in 1938, during the Harlem Renaissance, a time when the affluent Black society of Sugar Hill found itself at odds with the uneducated Blacks of Harlem struggling through the Great Depression. With the energy of the Jazz Age and an entirely African American cast, Higgins in Harlem promises to be a fresh and entertaining twist on a classic.

Photo Flash: COUGAR THE MUSICAL Celebrates One Year Off-Broadway!
by Nicole Rosky - Aug 7, 2013

This August, the surprise hit of the season, Donna Moore's Cougar The Musical, celebrated its one year anniversary Off-Broadway. Directed and choreographed by Tony Nominated Lynne Taylor Corbett, Cougar The Musical, began performances on August 10 and opened on August 26, 2012. Check out photos from the celebration below!

New Orleans to Host WRESTLEMANIA XXX, 4/6
by Caryn Robbins - Feb 18, 2013

Mayor Mitch Landrieu, the Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation, the New Orleans Convention and Visitors Bureau, the New Orleans Saints, the Mercedes-Benz Superdome and WWE are proud to announce that New Orleans will host WrestleMania XXX on Sunday, April 6, 2014.

Photo Flash: COUGAR THE MUSICAL's 'Cougartini' Added to B. Smith's Broadway Drink Menu
by BWW News Desk - Sep 14, 2012

B. Smith's Restaurant welcomes Cougar the Musical to the neighborhood by adding the show's signature cocktail, "The Cougartini" to its Broadway Cocktail Menu. It was unveiled to the public on Wednesday, September 12 at B. Smith's at 320 West 46th Street. Check out photos of the cast at the event below!

B. Smith's Unveils COUGAR THE MUSICAL's 'Cougartini'
by Nicole Rosky - Sep 12, 2012

B. Smith's Restaurant welcomes Cougar the Musical to the neighborhood by adding the shows signature cocktail, "The Cougartini" to its Broadway Cocktail Menu. It will be unveiled to the public onWednesday, September 12 at 6PM at B. Smiths at 320 West 46th Street