Broadway at the Cabaret - Top 5 Picks for March 30-April 5, Featuring Patti LuPone, Jeremy Jordan, and More!
By: Louisa Brady Mar. 29, 2015
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: NAMT Songwriter Spotlight Featuring Adam Gwon, Greg Hildreth, Kate Wetherhead, & More; 54 Sings Chess; Patti LuPone: The Lady with the Torch; After Midnight Reunion Concert; and Broadway Loves Sam Smith Featuring Jeremy Jordan, Ben Platt, and More.
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NAMT Songwriter Spotlight Featuring Adam Gwon, Greg Hildreth, Kate Wetherhead, & More
Where: 54 Below (254 W 54th Street)
When: March 30th at 7:00 PM
Tickets: $30-65 at http://54below.com/artist/namt-songwriter-spotlight/
This spring, NAMT will turn the spotlight on four more of its songwriting alumni:
Adam Gwon (Ordinary Days; Bernice Bobs Her Hair; String; Ebb, Kleban, Loewe and Rodgers Awards)
Michael Kooman & Chris Dimond (Dani Girl, The Noteworthy Life of Howard Barnes, Fred Ebb Award)
Alan Schmuckler (How Can You Run With a Shell On Your Back?)
They will share songs from their NAMT Festival shows and new projects they are working on, all sung by some of their Broadway pals. Join us on March 30th at 7pm to hear what is new and what is next in musical theatre!
At the concert, one lucky audience member will win a pair of tickets to opening night of IT SHOULDA BEEN YOU on Monday, April 14 at 6:30pm on Broadway
Scheduled to appear:
Laura Harrison (Irving Berlin's Holiday Inn), Greg Hildreth (Cinderella, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson), Raymond J. Lee (Honeymoon in Vegas, Anything Goes), Alison Luff (Matilda), Lesli Margherita (Matilda), Kevin Massey (A Gentleman's Guide...), Abby Mueller (Kinky Boots), Chelsea Packard (Hands on a Hardbody), Geoff Packard (Matilda), Ciara Renée (Hunchback of Notre Dame, Pippin), Kate Wetherhead (Submissions Only, Legally Blonde), and more to be announced!
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54 Sings Chess
Where: 54 Below (254 W 54th Street)
When: March 30th at 9:30 PM
Tickets: $40-80 at http://54below.com/artist/54-sings-chess/
Featuring Matt Bogart (Jersey Boys, Aida), Michael Campayno (NBC's The Sound of Music), Scott Coulter (MAC, Bistro and Nightlife Award winner), Jessica Hendy (Cats, Aida, Amour), Cindy Marchionda (A Chorus Line), Miles Phillips (MAC Award winner), Zak Resnick (Piece of My Heart, Mamma Mia!), Mike Schwitter (Pippin), Rachel Ulanet (LoveMusik, Beauty and the Beast), Christopher Lee Viljoen, Tyce Green, and the "Broadway by the Year" chorus.
It's more than a game. It's a way of life. 54 Sings invites you to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Chess, one of musical theatre's most-loved scores and the source of fascinating history and debate. A cast of Broadway and cabaret's top vocalists backed by the Broadway by the Year chorus pay tribute to "Nobody's Side","One Night in Bangkok,""Pity the Child,""I Know Him So Well," and more in this celebration of one of Broadway's most popular cult musicals of all time.
Produced and Directed by Scott Coulter.
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Patti LuPone: The Lady with the Torch
Where: 54 Below (254 W 54th Street)
When: April 2-4, 6-11, & 13-14 at 7:00 PM; April 11 at 9:30 PM
Tickets: $90-155 at http://54below.com/artist/patti-lupone/
Patti LuPone's appearances at 54 Below have already achieved the status of legend. Experiencing the great diva in the intimate atmosphere of 54 Below is not only a never-to-be-forgotten experience but is one you will want to repeat again and again. This April, the two-time Tony Award winner returns to 54 Below with her critically-acclaimed show The Lady with A Torch. LuPone performs an eclectic collection of torch songs by such composers and lyricists as Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz, Jule Styne,Sammy Cahn, Billy Barnes, Harold Arlen, George and Ira Gershwin, and Cole Porter. Enjoy what Don Heckman of The Los Angeles Times described as "a beautifully paced, marvelously delivered torch-song exploration of the pleasures and pains of love; LuPone's remarkable, larger-than-life qualities and stunning musicality are distilled into the pure essence of her art."
Conceived and Directed by Scott Wittman. Musical Direction by Joseph Thalken. Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick. Dialogue by Jeffrey Richman.
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After Midnight Reunion Concert
Where: 54 Below (254 W 54th Street)
When: April 3rd at 9:30 PM
Tickets: $35-85 at http://54below.com/artist/after-midnight-reunion-concert/
"RISE & SHINE!" Join us at 54 Below for an After Midnightreunion featuring the After Midnight Orchestra and cast members from the 2014 Tony nominated Broadway Musical. Expect an evening of jazz standards infused with a modern R&B twist, including the songs and sounds of Harold Arlen, Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Stevie Wonder, John Legend and more. Don't forget the dancing...there WILL be dancing!
Featuring: Everett Bradley, Carmen Ruby Floyd, T. Oliver Reid, Britton Smith, Monroe Kent III, Desmond Richardson, Dormeshia Sumbry Edwards, Omar Edwards, Monique Smith, Jay Staten, Erin Moore, Marija Abney, Alyssa Shorte, with members of the After Midnight Band: Adam Birnbaum, Jennifer Vincent, Alvester Garnett, Alphonso Horne, and Art Baron.
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Broadway Loves Sam Smith: Featuring Jeremy Jordan, Ben Platt, and More!
Where: 54 Below (254 W 54th Street)
When: April 5th at 7:00 & 9:30 PM
Tickets: $35-85 at http://54below.com/artist/broadway-loves-sam-smith-feat-jeremy-jordan-ben-platt-more/
On April 5th, twelve of Broadway's most distinctive vocalists will celebrate four-time Grammy award winner Sam Smith at 54 Below in a concert of his signature songs of heartbreak, loss, and hope in Broadway Loves Sam Smith.
At the 57th Annual Grammy Awards, Smith took home the coveted trophies for Best New Artist, Record of the Year and Song of the Year for his breakthrough single "Stay With Me," and Best Pop Vocal Album for his platinum-selling debut, "In The Lonely Hour."
The 22-year-old British songwriter describes his album as his "way of defining 'what is love,' and how unrequited love is just as painful, just as powerful, as what we call 'normal' love." The star-studded cast of Broadway Loves Sam Smith will bring this emotional truth to the stage with the hit singles "Stay With Me," "Latch," "I'm Not The Only One," "Lay Me Down," and more fan favorites in an unforgettable evening of song.
The starry cast is set to include Tony Award nominee Jeremy Jordan ('The Last 5 Years,' Newsies), Tony Award nominee Josh Young (Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita), Ben Platt ('Pitch Perfect,' The Book of Mormon), Carrie Manolakos (Wicked, Mamma Mia!), Ben Fankhauser (Newsies), Zak Resnick(Mamma Mia!, Piece of My Heart: The Bert Berns Story), Meghann Fahy ('One Life To Live,' Next to Normal), Adrienne Warren ('Orange Is The New Black,' Bring It On), Janet Krupin (If/Then, Bring It On), Daniel Quadrino (Newsies, NBC's 'Peter Pan Live'), Isabelle ('American Idol'), and Natalie Weiss (Everyday Rapture, Les Miserables).
The band will feature Mairi Dorman-Phaneuf on the cello, Justin Goldner on the bass, David Cinquegrana on the guitar, Shannon Ford on the drums, and music director Benjamin Rauhala on the piano. The evening will be produced and directed by Rauhala.
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