Broadway at the Cabaret - Top 5 Picks for February 9-16, Featuring Kyle Dean Massey, Matt Doyle, and More!
By: Louisa Brady Feb. 07, 2016
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: The Songs of Tor & Lisa, ft. Brandon Victor Dixon, and more; New Musicals at 54: Fallout by Kyle Jarrow and Nick Blaemire; Kyle Dean Massey at 54 Below; Jasper In Deadland CD Release Concert; and Broadway Couples Sing I Do! I Do! For Valentine's Day.
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Tor & Lisa, ft. Brandon Victor Dixon, and More
Where: 54 Below (254 W 54th Street)
When: February 8th at 9:30 PM
Tickets: $30-65 at http://54below.com/artist/the-songs-of-tor-lisa/
Grammy-nominated songwriter Tor Hyams and veteran Broadway performer Lisa Rothauser debut their favorite selections from the dynamic duo's four-year collaboration in musical theatre. Featuring performances by Brandon Victor Dixon, John Cariani, Leenya Rideout, Drew Gehling, Josh Grisetti, CJ Eldred, Oliver Thornton, Ryan Speakman, Emily Kratter, and more Broadway superstars TBA, this one-night-only event will showcase music from four of their original musicals currently in development (Stealing Time, Auburn, LIFE. WTF?, and The Complete Manual of Things That Might Kill You) and a few songs too early to tell WTF they are. The story...Tor has a mid-life crisis, quits the record business, gets a divorce, leaves LA for NYC, and devotes the rest of his life to writing musical theatre. Lisa discovers her husband is cheating, has a mid-life crisis, gets a divorce, leaves Greenwich for NYC, meets Tor at a bar one night four years ago and the rest is history. Who knew?
For more information, visit their website: www.torandlisa.com
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New Musicals at 54: Fallout by Kyle Jarrow and Nick Blaemire
Where: 54 Below (254 W 54th Street)
When: February 9th at 7:00 & 9:30 PM
Tickets: $25-60 at http://54below.com/artist/new-musicals-at-54-fallout-by-kyle-jarrow-and-nick-blaemire/
New Musicals at 54 is a series produced by Programming Director Jennifer Ashley Tepper. Some of the 10 new and diverse musicals by a selection of today's most talented writers have had out-of-town productions, some have had workshops... now's your chance to be first to see them in NYC! Join us at New Musicals at 54 for one-night-only concerts celebrating each new show with songs, behind-the-scenes stories, and all-star casts!
Click here to learn more about the New Musicals at 54 series. Use code NEW20 when purchasing tickets to three or more shows in the series in a single order and receive 20% off tickets in the Main Dining Room or Bar Rail sections.
Fallout: In Concert will showcase songs from a Fallout, a new musical by Nick Blaemire and Kyle Jarrow. The show is the story of two neighboring families in suburban Westchester during the thirteen days of 1962's Cuban Missile Crisis. As the world teeters on the edge of nuclear war, they struggle with the fact that life as they know it has come to an end. The result is a fantastical, surrealist exploration of America at a pivotal moment in history-a lush rock-based tale about fears, hopes and heroes.
Kyle Jarrow's projects include the musical Noir (with Duncan Sheik) and the upcoming Broadway-bound Spongebob The Musical. He won an OBIE Award for his Off-Broadway hit play A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant and plays frequently with his band Sky-Pony. According to The New Yorker, "Mr. Jarrow is the kind of writer who likes to provoke people." Nick Blaemire is the author of the musicals A Little More Alive (Kansas City Rep, Barrington Stage), Soon(Signature Theatre), and Glory Days (Broadway). As an actor, his credits include Godspell and Cry-Baby on Broadway, as well as Found The Musical, Dogfight, and The Black Suits Off-Broadway.
Cast:
Joe - Nicholas Christopher; Marie - Grace McLean; Michael - Adam Chanler-Berat; Judy - Sara Kapner; Bill -Theo Stockman; Hanna - Libby Winters; JFK - Jonathan Raviv; Marilyn Monroe - Elizabeth Judd; Walter Cronkite - Patrick Page.
Director - Chloe Treat; Music Supervisor - Wiley DeWeese; Music Director - Andrea Grody; Guitar - Freddy Hall; Bass - Eric Day; Drums - Jeremy Yaddaw.
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Where: 54 Below (254 W 54th Street)
When: February 10th at 9:30 PM
Tickets: $35-70 at http://54below.com/artist/kyle-dean-massey/
For his debut at Feinstein's/54 Below, Kyle Dean Massey, star of Broadway's Next to Normal, Wicked, and Pippin, as well as the ABC series Nashville, looks back, not at the things that were, but at the things that weren't. Come listen to Kyle share songs he heard nightly but never sang himself, the ones he played on guitar or belted in the shower, the ones that made him dance or mended his broken heart ... all songs he was not able to share the way he wanted until now.
Photo Credit: Cameron Bertron
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Jasper in Deadland CD Release Concert
Where: 54 Below (254 W 54th Street)
When: February 12th at 9:30 PM
Tickets: $35-75 at http://54below.com/artist/jasper-in-deadland-cd-release-concert/
Jasper In Deadland, with music and lyrics by Ryan Scott Oliver and a book by Hunter Foster and Oliver, will be presented in concert, celebrating its album release!
The world premiere recording and this concert edition will feature performances by cast members from both the New York off-broadway production and the Seattle 5th Avenue production, including Matt Doyle as the title character, with Sydney Shepherd, Louis Hobson, Andi Alhadeff, Brandi Massey, Bonnie Milligan, F. Michael Haynie, John-Michael Lyles, and Frederick Hagreen.
Jasper in Deadland takes audiences on a mythological thrill-ride through the underworld. As teenage Jasper faces gods and monsters in search of his best friend (and true love) Agnes, he learns to let go of the demons of daily life and embrace the music within. With a pulsating contemporary score and vibrant roots in ancient Greek, Egyptian, Roman, and Norse legends and fables, this spine-tingling, hair-raising, heart-stirring show explores what it means to be truly alive.
The concert will be directed by Brandon Ivie.
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Broadway Couples Sing I Do! I Do! For Valentine's Day
Where: 54 Below (254 W 54th Street)
When: February 14th at 7:00 & 9:30 PM
Tickets: $40-90 at http://54below.com/artist/broadway-couples-sing-i-do-i-do-for-valentines-day/
What better way to celebrate Valentine's Day than to experience one of Broadway's most romantic musicals? Expect a romantic atmosphere as Feinstein's/54 Below celebrates the score of I Do, I Do! written by the legendary writing team Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt, who were also behind The Fantasticks and 110 In The Shade. Real-life Broadway couples sing from I Do! I Do!, the hit musical about the ups and downs of marriage. Enjoy such favorites as "My Cup Runneth Over," "Flaming Agnes," and "When The Kids Get Married," plus a few hidden treasures from the trunk of Jones & Schmidt! Your favorite Broadway twosomes share these Broadway classics from I Do! I Do! in the name of love this Valentine's Day.
Featuring:
Hunter Foster (Urinetown) & Jen Cody (Shrek)
Patrick Page (Spring Awakening) & Paige Davis (Chicago, TV's Trading Spaces)
Rita Gardner (The Fantasticks) & Tom Jones (The Fantasticks)
Carly Evan Hughes (Ogunquit's West Side Story) & AJ Holmes (The Book of Mormon/Team StarKid)
Charlie Franklin (The Book of Mormon) & Lexi Rabadi (If It Only Even Runs A Minute)
Eddie Korbich (Carousel) & Andy Leech (AMDA)
Chip Zien (Falsettos) & Barbara Walsh (Falsettos)
Clyde Alves (On The Town) & Robyn Hurder (Nice Work If You Can Get It)
Robert Cuccioli (Jekyll & Hyde) & Glory Crampton(Rothschilds & Sons)
Beth Leavel (The Drowsy Chaperone) & Adam Heller (Baby, Its You)
Host: Tom Jones (Lyricist of I Do! I Do!)
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