Broadway at the Cabaret - Top 5 Cabaret Picks for September 8-14
By: BWW Special Coverage Sep. 07, 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: Marilyn Maye, 54 Below Sings Elaine Stritch, 54 Sings Big River, String of Pearls, Lauren Pritchard.
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Where: 54 Below (254 W 54th Street)
When: September 9 at 9:30 PM
Tickets: $30- $65 at http://54below.com/artist/lauren-pritchard/
Lauren Pritchard has been writing stories and creating fantasies for a number of years, and now she'd like to share them with you. Eight years ago this bright-eyed Tennessee girl arrived in New York City ready to take on a big adventure. Lauren made her Broadway debut at 18, originating the role of the forlorn and wandering "Ilse" in the 8-time Tony Award-winning musical Spring Awakening. While in the show she began to perform her own music around NYC, which led to a deal with Sony/ATV Music Publishing. Spring Awakening offered her first introduction to the intricacies of developing a new musical, and she fell in love with the creative process. After Spring Awakening Lauren moved to England, signed a record deal with Universal/Island Records, and spent 5 years being LOLO-performing rock 'n roll and bringing the house down on stages all over the world. She has toured extensively, written and recorded an album (to be released soon), and co-wrote and performed on the top 10 Billboard hit "Miss Jackson" with Panic! At The Disco. But in her spare time she was quietly creating stories. Then last summer she had the fortune to meet the very clever Michael Kimmel, and they immediately set out to create something together. The wheels started turning, and a few months later their baby had a name: a new musical called Bluebird.
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Where: Birdland NYC (315 West 44th St)
When: September 9-13 at 7:00PM
Tickets: $40 at http://www.ticketfly.com
Referred by Ella Fitzgerald as "the greatest white female singer in the world", by Johnny Carson as the "Super Singer" and said to have a voice that is "...robust and steady, her stamina seemingly inexhaustible..." by the NY Times, Marilyn is a jazz legend known and loved by all. In the years since Marilyn Maye first appeared in the spotlight as a tiny pre-teen vocalist in a series of amateur contests in Topeka, Kansas, she has received an endless stream of kudos. The Houston Chronicle termed her "A National Treasure." And the prestigious Smithsonian Institution chose her recording of "Too Late Now" (from her RCA Lamp Is Low album) for inclusion in its Best Performers of the Best Compositions of the 20th Century permanent collection, along with such other singing greats as Billie Holiday, Frank Sinatra and Judy Garland. Add 76 appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, a Grammy nomination in the mid-Sixties as Best New Artist, a bevy of awards reflecting her showmanship, and you have an illustrious singing career that is still going strong after a life-time spent entertaining audiences who are now amazed to discover she still exudes the vocal strength and stamina of a singer half her age.
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54 Below Sings Elaine Stritch
Where: 54 Below (254 W 54th Street)
When: September 12 at 9:30PM
Tickets: $45-$85 at http://54below.com/artist/54-sings-elaine-stritch/
Few legends come along as brassy and powerful as Elaine Stritch, and so it's time to "Rise, Rise, Rise" in tribute to her. Director Eric Ulloa and Music Director John McDaniel bring you an all star Broadway cast singing the songs that made Stritch famous and telling the stories that made her infamous. So, come join us for an evening of great music, memories, food and of course cocktails. Oh, and one for for Mahler...
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54 Sings Big River
Where: 54 Below (254 W 54th Street)When: September 14 at 7:00 & 9:30PM
Tickets: $40-$80 at http://54below.com/artist/54-sings-big-river/
Join Huck Finn & friends when 54 Below delves into Roger Miller's timeless score, featuring tunes likeMuddy Water, River in the Rain, Worlds Apart & Free at Last. Based on Mark Twain's incomparable The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Big River is a crowning Broadway achievement, having played more than 1,000 performances on the Great White Way in it's first incarnation, taking home no fewer thaneight Tony Awards, including Best Score & Best Musical! No need to wait for the light to shine, it'll shine brightly enough on Sept 14 when we pay homage to this beloved show.
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String of Pearls
Where: Metropolitan Room (34 West 22nd St.)
When: September 14, 7:00 PM
Tickets: $20-$115 at http://metropolitanroom.com
Sue Halloran, Jeanne O'Connor and Holli Ross were all working as professional solo singers in New York when they were brought together to perform at a nostalgia-oriented concert. Since then the group has created a sophisticated repertoire that ranges from authentic re-creations of Boswell Sisters songs from the 1930s to adventurous original jazz vocal arrangements. The Pearls' charming show can move from Andrews Sisters to Sinatra, Basie, Brazilian, bebop, and pop.
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