Brian Charles Rooney and Bart Shatto Join The Cast Of SESSION GIRLS At Feinstein's/54 Below

New casting information has been announced about upcoming Feinstein's/54 Below new musical concert, SESSION GIRLS!

FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents Brian Charles Rooney (The Threepenny Opera - Broadway; Bedbugs!) and Bart Shatto (War Paint - Broadway; Les Misérables - Broadway) in Session Girls on March 6, 2018, 9:30PM. A raucous and heartfelt evening of original tunes about three working women in the music industry, Session Girls gives us the inside scoop on classical cellist Mariana, betrothed to fellow cellist Rouald Finckel; bawdy backup vocalist Cocoa; and music-producer-in-training Joli Nye, and their trials and tribulations as they navigate the music world, their love lives, and the untenable travail of a big studio merger, helmed by beloved-and sometimes reviled!-music mogul, Terrence Rand.

Session Girls is brimming with original witty, charming and memorable tunes like "Painfully Self-Aware", "Miss Manners Got It Wrong", "You're Never A Shoe-In", "If You Wanna Make Dough On A Show", "I'm A Producer (And You're Not)", "I Dreamt Of You", "We Should All Just Be Excellent", "Johnny Doesn't Live Here Any More", the award-winning "Nothing To Brag About", and more-the night will be a foot-stomping, booth-romping blast!

Session Girls is created by award-winning writer, composer, lyricist and three-time Emmy® Award nominee Mia Moravis, a Van Dean/Stephanie Rosenberg producing partner of Broadway's Anastasia The Musical. Grammy® and Tony® Award-winning Broadway Records President Van Dean will co-produce. Grammy® and Tony® Award nominated and Emmy® Award-winning Michael J. Moritz, Jr. is Music Director. Ms. Moravis will direct and co-produce. Robin Carus is Casting Director and has this to say about Session Girls: "Session Girls celebrates creative women and their successes... it is a beautiful and relevant story for today." Who will play the "Session Girls"? That's a surprise!

Brian Charles Rooney as music mogul Terrence Rand, and Bart Shatto as cellist Rouald Finckel in "SESSION GIRLS" play Feinstein's/54 Below (254 West 54th Street) on March 6, 2018, 9:30PM. There is a $40 cover charge and $25 food and beverage minimum. Tickets and information are available at www.54Below.com. Tickets on the day of performance after 4:00 are only available by calling (646) 476-3551

Mr. Rooney is an American actor and male soprano, and has also performed high tenor roles in theatrical productions in the United States, Canada, and Europe. He made his Broadway debut in The Roundabout Theatre Company's 2006 revival of Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht's The Threepenny Opera in the role of Lucy Brown. In 2007, Mr. Rooney was awarded the Lys Symonette Award for Outstanding Dramatic Excellence by the Kurt Weill Foundation. As a tenor, he played Tony on a European tour of West Side Story. He has been featured in musical and non-musical theatrical productions in San Francisco, Miami, San Diego, Los Angeles, and Dallas. He has performed as featured soloist with the Seattle and Oregon Symphony Orchestras. As a pop-rock singer/songwriter, he recently began performing original material in concert venues in New York, including Feinstein's/54 Below. His collaborator is Paul Leschen, composer and arranger for the rock-band, The Scissor Sisters. Mr. Rooney's recent ventures in concert performance and production in New York have been greeted with great favor. He starred as General George B. McClellan in the 2014 New York Musical Theatre Festival production of Bayonets of Angst, a bluegrass musical comedy about the Civil War. He was awarded a New York Musical Theatre Festival Award for Excellence for "Outstanding Individual Performance."

Mr. Shatto has been featured in both original Broadway casts of Tony®-nominated Hands on a Hardbody, the Tony®-nominated The Civil War, and Dracula, originating the role of Texan Quincey Morris. He also played the iconic role of Jean Valjean in both the National Tour and Broadway casts of Les Misérables. Mr. Shatto was nominated for a Helen Hayes award for the Ford's Theatre production of The Civil War. He has worked with award-winning directors Andy Blankenbuehler, Neil Pepe, Des McAnuff, Jeff Calhoun, Jerry Zaks, Jason Moore, Richard Maltby Jr., and Gabriel Barre. National Tour credits include: Cats (Gus/Growltiger), The Civil War (1st National), and Les Misérables. He has performed at renowned regional theatres including Actors Theatre of Louisville, Alley Theatre-Houston, Ford's Theatre, and the Barter Theatre. Mr. Shatto had the distinguished honor of performing for President Bush at the National Theatre in Washington, D.C., along with Maya Angelou, Hal Holbrook, and Tricia Yearwood. As a singer, he is a veteran member of the Gold/Platinum-selling symphonic progressive rock band, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, and is known for singing the live concert version of the song "Old City Bar" (in the role of a homeless man) from the best-selling album, Christmas Eve and Other Stories. Mr. Shatto can be heard as the voice of Gaspard's Papa in the animated Disney Jr. series, Gaspard and Lisa. Other television credits include guest appearances on NBC's Chicago Med, Fox Family's Ghost Stories, and Guiding Light. He co-stars in the feature film Freedom, opposite Cuba Gooding, Jr., the independent feature Reunion 108, and the musical film, Life Of An Actress, opposite the Tony®-nominated actress, Orfeh, (Broadway Records cast album). Mr. Shatto can also be heard on the cast album of Stephen Schwartz's Children of Eden. His solo show, Back to Broadway: Heroes, Villains and Dreamers, will be produced at Feinsteins/54 Below later this year.

Feinstein's/54 Below, Broadway's Supper Club & Private Event Destination, is a performance venue in the grand tradition of New York City nightlife. A few blocks from the heart of Times Square and just below the legendary Studio 54, Feinstein's/54 Below is a classically designed state-of-the art nightclub in the theatre district that hosts audiences with warmth and style. Feinstein's/54 Below presents iconic and rising stars from the worlds of Broadway and popular music and has set a new standard for culinary excellence worthy of the world-class entertainment on the stage.

In their description of the venue, The New York Times writes, "Feinstein's/54 Below has the intimacy of a large living room with unimpeded views and impeccable sound; there is not a bad seat in the house. Its sultry after-hours ambience is enhanced by brocade-patterned wall panels planted with orange-shaded lanterns. And the atmosphere is warmer and sexier than in Manhattan's other major supper clubs."

Located at 254 West 54th Street, Feinstein's/54 Below features up to three shows nightly with cover charges ranging from $5-$105. 54Below.com/Feinsteins