Broadway at the Cabaret - Top 5 Cabaret Picks for July 27-August 2, Featuring Liz Callaway, Christine Ebersole, and More!
By: Louisa Brady Jul. 26, 2015
Broadway's 40 theatres aren't the only places to catch performances from your favorite stars! Well after Broadway orchestras begin their overtures, ensemble members take their dance breaks, and performers belt out their eleven o'clock numbers, the party continues at various cabaret venues throughout New York City.
Below, BroadwayWorld brings you some cabaret highlights for this week as picked by our theatre editors, including: 54 Sings Lady Gaga; Annoying Actor Friend at 54 Below: #SOBLESSED; Christine Ebersole: Big Noise from Winnetka; Liz Callaway: For the Record; and Peaches and Crime: Murder Mystery!
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54 Sings Lady Gaga
Where: 54 Below (254 W 54th Street)
When: July 27 at 7:00 PM
Tickets: $35-75 at http://54below.com/artist/54-sings-lady-gaga/
Gypsy. Hair. Applause.That's right, it's... Lady Gaga!
Come celebrate The Queen in a night that will leave you Speechless. Featuring some of Broadway and cabaret's best performers, little monsters everywhere will be on the Edge (of Glory) of their seats for this one-night-only event that all the Paparazzi will be at. So put on your best Poker Face and wear your wildest costume as 54 Sings Lady Gaga! (And please remember to silence your Telephone.)
Featuring:
Katrina Rose Dideriksen (Hairspray, Rent, Things to Ruin), Seth Eliser (REWRITE, Pump Boys and Dinettes), Taimane Gardner (We Are Made of Stars, Loco Princess), Drew Gasparini (Make Me Bad, The (M)orons), Molly Hager (Heathers, "Happyish" on Showtime), Joe Iconis (Be More Chill, Smash, Christmas Spectacular), Jenny Jaffe (Project UROK, MTV, CollegeHumor), Jason Kravits (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, The Drowsy Chaperone), Katie Ladner (Heathers, Be More Chill), Julia Mattison (Godspell, Ruby Manger), Grace McLean (Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812), Marissa O'Donnell (Shrek the Musical), Emily Padgett (Side Show, Legally Blonde), Joel Perez (Fun Home, "Person of Interest," "The Big C"), Angela Polk (Motown, Venice), Elyssa Renee Ramirez (Pinwheel, Vestments of the Gods), Mara Wilson (Matilda, Welcome to Night Vale, What Are You Afraid Of?), and Tal Yardeni (Tal Yardeni sings Florence + the Machine).
Musical direction by Joshua Zecher-Ross. Produced and directed by Philip Romano.
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Annoying Actor Friend at 54 Below: #SOBLESSED
Where: 54 Below (254 W 54th Street)
When: July 27 at 9:30 PM
Tickets: $25-60 at http://54below.com/artist/actor_friend-54below/
After sold out performances in September and February, #SOBLESSED: Live! returns to 54 Below for a special summer engagement benefiting Broadway Cares/Equity Fight's AIDS! Starring A Bunch of Really Awesome People You Love That Will Be Announced Later, #SOBLESSED: Live! is the concert adaptation of #SOBLESSED, a satirical tell-all describing the life of the modern day actor in New York City, written by Internet personality, Annoying Actor Friend (@Actor_Friend).
#SOBLESSED: Live! features performances and stories associated with actors' experiences in college, pounding the pavement, on tour, Broadway and even while on unemployment. It will be nothing short of the type of experience you would expect from Annoying Actor Friend. Complete with interactive liver-murdering drinking games, profanity, hashtags, prizes, and the celebration of self deprecation, this event is sure to embody the essence you've grown to love or hate - but it won't matter anyway because you'll be so wasted you won't remember a thing the next morning.
So come on down to 54 Below to party for the good of BC/EFA! We're not going to say @Actor_Friend will be there, but we're not NOT going to say @Actor_Friend is going to be there. #grateful.
Hosted by Lesli Margherita (Matilda), #SOBLESSED Live! will feature performances by Christine Dwyer (Wicked), Chris McCarrell (Les Miserables), Nikka Graff Lanzarone (Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown), Kate Shindle (Legally Blonde, AEA PRESIDENT!), Alex Wyse (Deaf West's Spring Awakening), Chelsea Nachman (Twitter), and MORE AWESOME PEOPLE WHO WILL BE ANNOUNCED LATER. The evening will be music directed by Drew Wutke.
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Christine Ebersole: Big Noise from Winnetka
Where: 54 Below (254 W 54th Street)
When: July 28, 30-31 at 7:00 PM
Tickets: $75-140 at http://54below.com/artist/christine-ebersole/
Two-time Tony Award winner Christine Ebersole returns to 54 Below for three performances only of her hit concert Big Noise From Winnetka. Praised by The New York Times' Charles Isherwood for her role in this summer's Ever After at Paper Mill Playhouse, this "gorgeous soprano" brings her sold-out concert back to where it began, following a season of concert performances across the country.
Backed by some of the finest musicians, including Musical Director Bette Sussman (Whitney Houston, Bette Midler, Cyndi Lauper), Christine Ebersole takes the audience on her personal journey, from Winnetka to NYC, Hollywood and to New Jersey. Filled with hits from every decade, the show offers audiences songs from Broadway, pop, and jazz. It's a journey that ends with standing ovations at every performance.
Winner of two Tony Awards for Best Actress in a Musical (42nd Street and Grey Gardens), Christine has also starred in film (Wolf of Wall Street), television (Sullivan & Son, Royal Pains), and has performed concerts in theaters and concert halls across the country, from The Kennedy Center and Carnegie Hall to The Pasadena and Boston Pops.
Coming home to NYC and returning to 54 Below for a concert engagement is Christine's favorite way to celebrate the summer!
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Liz Callaway: For the Record
Where: Metropolitan Room (34 W 22nd Street)
When: July 28th at 7:00 PM
Tickets: $35-115 at http://metropolitanroom.com/event.cfm?id=211489
In anticipation of the fall release of her upcoming album, The Essential Liz Callaway, Liz returns to New York's Metropolitan Room for one night only in "For the Record." The show will be recorded live, and feature songs Liz has always wanted to record, some of which will be included on the new CD. Come be a part of this exciting event!
"Bright sunshine on a clear spring morning: that upbeat weather report describes the voice of Liz Callaway. She exudes the kind of optimism, tinged with yearning, that can't be faked. A natural upper, she conveys the confidence of a romantic of whatever age who is certain that someday her prince will come. You can't help feeling a little more hopeful. - Stephen Holden, The New York Times
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Peaches and Crime: Murder Mystery!
Where: 54 Below (254 W 54th Street)
When: August 1 at 9:30 PM
Tickets: $30-70 at http://54below.com/artist/peaches-and-crime-murder-mystery/
Peaches and Crime is an eight-piece musical act with all original songs written in the style of early 20th century genres, all original comedy skits and authentic costumes from the period. And now, inspired by the Golden Age of Radio, vaudeville sensation Peaches and Crime makes the audience part of the action with a choose-your-own-adventure murder mystery! From the front doors of a Manhattan skyscraper to the treacherous Island of Skulls, anything is possible in the mystery of "The Man Who Died"!
See what the critics are calling: "Pure Entertainment!" -Rex and the Reviews
"{T}hey have taken cleverness and creativity to a new level... Creativity oozes from this cast of characters. {They} don't just cross that fine line between genius and bizarre... They zigzag over it." -Peter "Blewzzman" Lauro, Blues Editor at www.Mary4mmusic.com
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