Broadway at the Cabaret - Top 5 Cabaret Picks for November 3-9 Featuring Patti LuPone, T. Oliver Reid, and More!
By: Louisa Brady Nov. 02, 2014
Broadway's 40 theatres aren't the only places to catch performances from your favorite stars! Well after Broadway orchestra's 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: Patti LuPone: Far Away Places Part Two, If It Only Even Runs A Minute: 13th Edition, Vanishing Point, Assassins in the Park with George, and T. Oliver Reid.
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Patti LuPone: Far Away Places Part Two
Where: 54 Below (254 W 54th Street)
When: November 3 at 7:00 PM (November 3-15)
Tickets: $95-155 at http://metropolitanroom.com/event.cfm?id=164797&cart&buy
Two-time Tony Award winner and 54 Below favorite Patti LuPone returns with Part Two of Far Away Places, the show which she premiered to critical acclaim when 54 Below opened in June 2012. In this continuation of the show (which will include a few encores from the landmark Part One) she further explores her wanderlust, performing songs by an eclectic group of songwriters including Irving Caesar, Billy Joel, David Yazbek, Johnny Mercer and Kris Kristofferson.
Conceived and directed by Scott Wittman. Musical Direction and Arrangements by Joseph Thalken.
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If It Only Even Runs A Minute: 13th Edition
Where: 54 Below (254 W 54th Street)
When: November 3 at 9:30 PM
Tickets: $25-50 at http://54below.com/artist/if-it-only-even-runs-a-minute/
Sometimes Broadway musicals run forever, like Cats or Les Miserables. But sometimes, Broadway musicals run for only a minute, like Merrily We Roll Along, High Fidelity, or Via Galactica. This is their story.
If It Only Even Runs A Minute is the Bistro Award-winning concert series celebrating rare songs, behind-the-scenes tales, and inspiring photos from underappreciated musicals. Created and hosted by 54 Below Director of Programming Jennifer Ashley Tepper and Book of Mormon's Kevin Michael Murphy, with musical direction by Joshua Zecher-Ross, each concert includes performances and stories from original cast members and writers of selected featured shows, as well as new interpretations.
The 13th edition of the concert will feature performances from an amazing lineup of Broadway stars to be announced, and will feature stories about & songs from an incredible array of musicals.
This edition will feature performances from Anna Grace Barlow, Harrison Chad, Bobby Creighton, Melissa Errico, Jenn Gambatese, Jenna Leigh Green, Van Hughes, Nikka Graff Lanzarone, Molly Model, Grace Ralbovsky, Charlie Rosen, Joan Shepard, Kaylee Verble, Evan Thompson, and more to be announced.
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Vanishing Point
Where: 54 Below (254 W 54th Street)
When: November 4 at 9:30 PM
Tickets: $25-50 at http://54below.com/artist/vanishing-point/
Three of New York's best actress-singers - Farah Alvin (Marvelous Wonderettes, I Love You Because), Kate Shindle (Wonderland, Cabaret) and Katie Thompson (Giant, Pump Boys & Dinettes) appear as three iconic women in selections from Vanishing Point, a new musical by Rob Hartmann, Liv Cummins & Scott Keys.
Author Agatha Christie vanished for eleven days in 1926; that same year, evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson vanished for three weeks. Amelia Earhart disappeared during her 1937 round-the-world flight. Amelia was never seen again; Agatha and Aimee never spoke of what happened during their disappearances. Vanishing Point brings the three together as they disappear from the world and decide when - or if - they want to return.
Farah Alvin (as Agatha Christie), Kate Shindle (as Amelia Earhart) and Katie Thompson (as Aimee Semple McPherson) present selections from this powerhouse three-woman musical, with music direction by Gillian Berkowitz.
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Assassins in the Park with George
Where: 54 Below (254 W 54th Street)
When: November 9 at 9:30 PM
Tickets: $30-60 at http://54below.com/artist/assassins-in-the-park-with-george/
Sunday... by the blue, purple, yellow, red Hudson! 54 Below continues our popular Sondheim Unplugged series with this very special edition, celebrating the music of two landmark musicals: Assassins and Sunday in the Park with George. Everybody's Got the Right to attend when a collection of esteemed voices from Broadway & beyond delve into treasured Sondheim tunes like Color and Light, The Ballad of Booth, Everybody Loves Louis, Unworthy of Your Love, Finishing the Hat & Another National Anthem. Hosted by 54 Below's own Director of Original Programming and regular Sondheim Unplugged host, Phil Geoffrey Bond, expect special tidbits of backstage folklore along with a wide range of compositions from these two ground-breaking shows, among the most admired in the Sondheimian canon.
Special Guests: Annie Golden (Assassins' original Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme) and Melanie Vaughan (Sunday in the Park with George's original Celeste # 1)
Starring: Harris Doran, John Treacy Egan, Eric Michael Gillett, Rob Maitner, Julie Reyburn, Sarah Rice, Adam P. Shapiro, and Lucia Spina.
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Where: The Metropolitan Room (34 W 22nd Street)
When: November 9 at 9:00 PM
Tickets: $25-115 at http://metropolitanroom.com/event.cfm?id=161599
Singer and Broadway star T. Oliver Reid leads what he describes as "a club hopping journey through the swanky clubs and low down joints of 1934 Harlem," featuring the music of Duke Ellington, Harold Arlen, Andy Razaf, and more. In this new show, Reid performs each number with the unmistakable dramatic flair of a musical theater veteran, and he also provides an overview of the clubs, musicians, and social context of the music. Funny, informative, and a consummate showman, Reid will transport you back to the heyday of iconic venues like the Cotton Club. "In 1934, on a Saturday night in New York City, if you were boozin' and jazzin', you were doing it in Harlem." 80 years later, we're doing it right here at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola.
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