Broadway at the Cabaret - Top 5 Picks for January 4-10, Featuring Melba Moore, Lorna Luft, and More!
By: Louisa Brady Jan. 04, 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: Neil Bartram: "New Songs for a New Year"; Broadway Is A Drag: Celebrating Drag Queens for BC/EFA; Lorna Luft at 54 Below; 54 Sings Kiss Me Kate; and Melba Moore: I Got Love.
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Neil Bartram in "New Songs for a New Year"
Where: Birdland NYC (315 W 44th Street)
When: January 4th at 7:00 PM
Tickets: $30 at http://www.birdlandjazz.com/event/1017869-neil-bartram-new-songs-for-new-york/
Start the new year with an evening of new Neil Bartram songs from upcoming projects including Something Wicked This Way Comes, and Bedknobs & Broomsticks, as well as favorite songs from Neil's catalog (The Story of My Life, The Theory of Relativity, and more). A cast of old friends and new will join Neil in this intimate celebration of the beginning of 2016.
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Broadway Is A Drag: Celebrating Drag Queens for BC/EFA
Where: 54 Below (254 W 54th Street)
When: January 4th at 7:00 PM
Tickets: $25-60 at http://54below.com/artist/broadway-is-a-drag-celebrating-drag-queens-for-bcefa/
Gender bending, cross dressing, and drag queens have been a highlight of Broadway shows for decades. Some of the most iconic showtunes were originally sung by a character in drag! Some of New York's greatest Broadway performers, nightlife entertainers, and vocalists come together to recreate these fabulous moments at Feinstein's/54 Below. Join us to see songs from shows like Hedwig, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Rent, Kinky Boots, Hairspray, and many more. High camp in high heels, it's sure to be a highlight of a night out. Proceeds to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Artwork by Ken Fallin.
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Where: 54 Below (254 W 54th Street)
When: January 6th at 7:00 PM & January 8th at 7:00 PM and 9:30 PM
Tickets: $45-90 at http://54below.com/artist/lorna-luft/
After a sold-out Feinstein's/54 Below debut, Lorna Luft returns with a show packed with popular selections from the all-American songbook and more!
Born to legendary entertainer Judy Garland and producer Sid Luft, Lorna Luft made her performing debut singing on The Judy Garland Show. Since then, she has had dozens of starring and guest-starring roles on film and television, ranging from Grease 2 and Where the Boys Are '84 to the series Murder, She Wroteand Sean Saves the World. Lorna was co-executive producer ofLife with Judy Garland, the five-time Emmy Award-winning miniseries based on her best-selling memoir, Me and My Shadows.
For the past several years, Lorna has been starring in American and British productions of Irving Berlin's White Christmas. Her other theatrical credits include her Broadway debut in Promises, Promises; Off-Broadway's Snoopy and Extremities; the national tour of They're Playing Our Song; a British tour of Pack of Lies; and Gypsy, Grease, Guys and Dolls, Mame, and The Unsinkable Molly Brown, among many others.
Lorna is also a gifted concert and cabaret artist, performing in the world's most prestigious venues, including The Hollywood Bowl, Carnegie Hall, The London Palladium, and L'Olympia in Paris. Her highly acclaimed multi-media production, Songs My Mother Taught Me-The Judy Garland Songbook, melds one of the world's most familiar songbooks with personal memories. It won two Ovation Awards, and a CD based on the show was released by First Night Records.
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54 Sings Kiss Me Kate
Where: 54 Below (254 W 54th Street)
When: January 7th at 7:00 & 9:30 PM
Tickets: $30-80 at http://54below.com/artist/54-sings-kiss-me-kate/
The famous songs of Cole Porter's greatest show come to life once again in a special concert performance of the 1948 Broadway smash hit. Kiss Me Kate was Cole Porter's biggest hit show; it was his longest running Broadway production and his favorite creation. Audiences have consistently agreed! With songs like "So In Love," "Too Darn Hot," "Were Thine That Special Face" and "Brush Up Your Shakespeare," Kiss Me Katehas always been one of Broadway's most beloved musicals. It won the very first Tony Award for Best Musical and when it was revived, it won Best Revival of Musical.
This special concert edition of the show will be the first time New Yorkers will get a chance to hear the score of this famous musical in an intimate setting with a cast of the greatest contemporary Broadway and Nightclub singers the city has to offer. This unique concert will be produced/directed/hosted by the outstanding creator/writer/host of Town Hall's critically acclaimed Broadway by the Year series, Scott Siegel. In addition to creating more than 200 major concert events across the country, Siegel has produced, written, and directed concerts for Michael Feinstein at Jazz at Lincoln Center.
Featuring Robert Cuccioli (Jekyll & Hyde, Tony Nominee), Lesli Margherita (Dames at Sea, Olivier Award Winner), Danny Gardner (Dames at Sea, Drama Desk Honoree), Carole J. Bufford (Nightlife Award Winner, Broadway by the Year), and More Stars TBA.
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Melba Moore in "I Got Love"
Where: 54 Below (254 W 54th Street)
When: January 9th at 9:30 PM
Tickets: $40-85 at http://54below.com/artist/melba-moore/
Back by popular demand! Join Grammy nominee and Tony Award winner Melba Moore as she takes the Feinstein's/54 Below stage! Hailing from a musical family, Ms. Moore graduated from the famed Arts High School in Newark, New Jersey. At the encouragement of her parents, she went on to pursue music education at Montclair State University where she earned her Bachelor of Music Education Degree. However, her inner voice told her to see if she could make it as a performer. After listening to that inner voice, she landed roles in classic shows such as Hair, LES MISERABLES, and Purlie, for which she earned her Tony Award. Although Ms. Moore enjoyed working on Broadway, she never forgot her first love of music. She has recorded several albums and has enjoyed great success musically with such chart topping songs as "Love's Comin' At Ya," "Living For Your Love," and "Read My Lips," for which she received a Grammy nomination for Best Female Rock Vocal.
Now hear Ms. Moore's musical versatility live at Feinstein's/54 Below! Guests can expect to hear everything from the works that earned her star status on the Great White Way to the chart topping hits from her recording career.
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