Julie Halston, Claybourne Elder & More Set for Next Week at Feinstein's/54 Below
By: BWW News Desk Feb. 12, 2016
Next week, FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz and beyond. Scroll down for details!
To purchase tickets or for more information, visit www.54Below.com/Feinsteins or call (646) 476-3551.
COMEDY TONIGHT: BROADWAY'S FUNNIEST CLOWNS!, FEBRUARY 15 AT 7PM & 9:30PM:
Get out of the cold and warm up with the hysterically gifted, gorgeous, infectious, (and certifiably insane) Julie Halston as she hosts Broadway's most inspired clowns for an evening of merriment, mirth and musical comedy. You can expect the lunatics to indeed be running the show when some of Broadway's funniest farceurs belt, bellow, and maybe even butcher your favorite Broadway (and not so Broadway) melodies.
Julie Halston is the award-winning star of Broadway (You Can't Take it With You, On the Town, Anything Goes, Gypsy, Hairspray), Off-Broadway (The Divine Sister, Red Scare On Sunset), and television (Sex and the City, The Class). She has received four Drama Desk nominations, two Drama League nominations, and a Lifetime Achievement Award for her Off-Broadway performances and her work with Charles Busch.
Featuring performances from Brad Oscar (Something Rotten!, The Producers), Kevin Chamberlin (Disaster! The Musical, Seussical, The Addams Family), Christina Bianco (Two-time Drama Desk Award nominee for Forbidden Broadway and YouTube Sensation with over 23 millions views), John Bolton (Dames at Sea, A Christmas Story), Eddie Cooper (Little Shop of Horrors), Kristine Zbornik (9 to 5, A Catered Affair), Peter Scolari (Wicked, Bronx Bombers, Lucky Guy), Anne L. Nathan (It Shoulda Been You, Once, Thoroughly Modern Millie), Jason Graae (Falsettos, Snoopy, Grand Night for Singing) and more to be announced!
Musical Direction by Jeffrey Lodin. Directed by Evan Pappas (Parade, My Favorite Year, Putting It Together).
$35-45 cover charge. $75 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum.
NEW MUSICALS AT 54: STRING BY ADAM GWON AND SARAH HAMMOND, FEBRUARY 16 AT 7PM & 9:30PM:
String is a modern-day twist on the story of the Three Fates, who spin, measure, and snip the string of our lives and find themselves stranded on Earth. Stuck in an office building, they're not so different from the workaholic mortals around them -- except that for the Fates, juggling their jobs and an unexpected office romance might literally mean the end of the world.
Adam Gwon (Ordinary Days, The Boy Detective Fails) is a rising musical theater writer, named one of "50 to Watch" by The Dramatist magazine. His work has been heard around the globe, from Carnegie Hall to the West End. Sarah Hammond (Barefoot Persephone) is currently a resident artist at Ars Nova Uncharted and has been the recipient of the New Dramatists residency, the Lippmann Family "New Frontier" Award, Actors Theatre of Louisville's Heideman Award, and commissions from South Coast Repertory and Broadway Across America.
Featuring Whitney Bashor, Dwelvan David, Mallory Hawks, Nikki M. James, Jose Llana, Bonnie Milligan, Jeremy Morse, Khalid Rivera, Conor Ryan, Margo Seibert, Pearl Sun, and Katie Thompson.
$30-40 cover charge. $65 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum.
OZ PEARLMAN, FEBRUARY 17 AT 7PM
Join us for an intimate evening with world-class entertainer Oz Pearlman, whose unique blend of mentalism and mind-reading creates an interactive experience that is redefining the very nature of a magic show. In the summer of 2015, Oz was featured on TV's number one rated show, America's Got Talent. Week after week, he performed never-before-seen mentalism routines and quickly became a fan favorite, finishing in third place out of thousands of acts. Oz has also appeared on a variety of national and international networks, including NBC's Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, The TODAY Show, and ABC World News.
$25-30 cover charge. $50 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum.
THE SONGS OF TONY GREENLAW, FEBRUARY 17 AT 9:30PM:
UK-based new musical theatre writer Tony Greenlaw makes his New York debut at Feinstein's/54 Below in an evening of his unique trans-Atlantic songs, performed by a selection of dazzling performers from London and Broadway. As well as running one of the top MT Programmes in the UK (at The Canterbury Institute for Performing Arts), Tony has written a catalogue of stand-alone character-driven cabaret songs over the past decade and a half, many of which have been published in the UK by New Musical Songbook and Aria Entertainments.
Featuring Ryann Redmond (Bring It On, If/Then), Joe Iconis (Be More Chill), Lauren Marcus, Amanda Flynn, Rob Rokicki, Sara Beth Pfeiffer (The Lightning Thief, Legally Blonde), Eric Meyers, and Kat Pace.
$25-35 cover charge. $60 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum.
54 SINGS ABBA, FEBRUARY 18 AT 7PM & 9:30PM:
54 Sings ABBA will offer a stunning cast of former Mamma Mia! stars and other Broadway and nightclub headliners that will bring back the music that led to the group being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2010. ABBA's greatest hits will live again in this loving tribute to one of the most stunningly musical of all groups to ever achieve worldwide fame. Produced, written, and hosted by Scott Siegel.
Featuring special guest star Judy McLane, who starred in Mamma Mia! for 11 years. Also featuring Maxine Linehan, Phillippa Lynas, Michael Winther, Patrick Boll and more to be announced.
$30-45 cover charge. $65-75 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum.
CLAYBOURNE ELDER, FEBRUARY 19 AT 7PM:
Comedian, actor, writer, and singer Claybourne Elder (Bonnie and Clyde, The Carrie Diaries, Allegro, Road Show), makes his solo debut. Clay won't just sing show tunes and share reminiscences about the theater, but also reflections on travel, adventure, romance - along with what it felt like to get shot in the head eight times a week in Bonnie and Clyde and playing a 19 year-old at 32 on television. He'll bring along some bizarre mementos from his career to show-and-tell and open up about his life growing up in rural Utah as a Mormon.
$30-40 cover charge. $70 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum.
HOLD ON THE MUSICAL IN CONCERT, FEBRUARY 18 AT 9:39PM
With a soaring score of 80s hits with a present-day twist from the Canadian Hall of Fame rock band, Triumph ("Magic Power," "Fight the Good Fight," and "Lay it on the Line"), Hold On: The Musical depicts the struggles of a gay singer-songwriter and seemingly unattainable quest for acceptance and happiness. Book writer Beth Crawford has teamed up with New York City director Richard J. Hinds (Associate Director of Broadway's Newsies) and Music Director Eric Fotre Leach to develop a piece that not only resonates with those who seek love, but with those who wish companionship for their loved ones.
Featuring Renée Albulario (Here Lies Love), Jenn Colella (If/Then, Chaplin, High Fidelity), Dan DeLuca (Newsies), Tia DeShazor (Memphis - Regional), Jennifer Dinoia (Wicked), Aaron Finley (Rock of Ages), Jeremy Greenbaum (Newsies), Haley Hannah (Bring It On, Flashdance), Parker Krug (West Side Store, Elf), Benjamin Mapp (High School Musical), Jamie Parton (Next to Normal, Rent in Japan), Zane Phillips (How to Succeed..., Gypsy - Regional), Kevin Quillon (Annie, Grease, Shrek), Mike Schwitter (Pippin), Kacie Sheik (Hair, Songbird), Perry Sherman (Next to Normal), Neil Starkenberg (Mamma Mia!), and Meredith Swanson (The Sound of Music - Regional).
$25-35 cover charge. $65 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum.
FATTY FATTY NO FRIENDS IN CONCERT, FEBRUARY 19 AT 11:30PM:
Fatty Fatty No Friends tells the story of Tommy, a bullied young boy who lives a lonely, living nightmare. When his classmates' taunting goes too far, Tommy embarks on a cannibalistic vengeance spree. Fatty Fatty No Friends premiered at The Flamboyan Theatre, as part of the 2014 New York International Fringe Festival where it played to sold out houses and received a Time Out New York Critic's Pick. The show then extended to the Fringe Encore Series and just recently finished a critically acclaimed run at The Cow in the Fall of 2015 where it received a Theasy Best Bet, a Critic's Pick on ShowScore and a Best of 2015 award from Manhattan With a Twist.
Featuring Aaron Butler, Mollie Craven, Charly Dannis, Christian De Gré, Jessica Rose Futran, Jeffrey Hodes, Mattie Kaiser, Darcie Kozlowski, Jason Sofge, Mia Moretti Thomas, Vinnie Urdea, and Malcolm Jenkins Yancey.
$15 cover charge. $35 premium seating. $20 food and beverage minimum or two drinks.
54 SINGS BROADWAY'S GREATEST HITS! VOLUME 3, FEBRUARY 20 AT 7PM:
If you love the classics of the Great White Way, come and hear the songs that made Broadway great, that made your heart soar, that you used to sing (maybe still do) in the shower. Hear the greatest Broadway songs of all time performed by today's greatest stars, singing them straight up, the way you want to hear them. Produced, written, and hosted by Scott Siegel.
Featuring Stephanie D'Abruzzo (Avenue Q), Kelli Rabke (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat), Maxine Linehan, and more to be announced.
$35-45 cover charge. $80 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum.
CHARLIE ROSEN'S BROADWAY BIG BAND, FEBRUARY 20 AT 9:30PM:
A full sized jazz orchestra composed of seventeen musicians all play bandleader Charlie Rosen's re-imagined arrangements of an eclectic mix of tunes from Broadway's past, present and beyond! Both modern and classic showtunes are on display in this hugely unique and winning evening, sung by the best and brightest of Broadway's young generation of leading performers in the timeless tradition of a big band. All-star cast of guest vocalists to be announced soon! Directed by Max Friedman.
Featuring Whitney Bashor, Gerard Canonico, Nicholas Christopher, Matt Doyle, Bryce Pinkham, and Alysha Umphress.
$25-35 cover charge. $65 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum.
EDWARD HIBBERT, FEBRUARY 21 AT 7PM:
Edward Hibbert (Frasier) returns to Feinstein's/54 Below after two years with his smart and sassy show, Can't Something Be Done. Following his starring role in It Shoulda Been You this past summer, Edward has returned to the Great White Way and is now starring in the smash hit Broadway musical Something Rotten. Edward presents an evening of irreverent stories and songs, from Cole Porter to contemporary songwriters of today. Enjoy stories of Edward's travels from England to the Great White Way...and beyond. Featuring Musical Direction by Sam Davis and Direction by Mark Waldrop.
$30-40 cover charge. $65 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum.
THE MUSIC OF TIM ROSSER & CHARLIE SOHNE, FEBRUARY 21 AT 9:30PM:
Jonathan Larson and Mary Rodgers/Lorenz Hart Award winners Charlie Sohne & Tim Rosser are back on the Feinstein's/54 Below stage for the first time in over 2 years. Hear selections from some of their latest projects including Run Away Home, Talk To Me, The Boy Who Danced on Air, and their new slash fiction boy band pilot Truth Slash Fiction.
Featuring Erin Davie (Side Show, The Mystery of Edwin Drood), Jeremy Greenbaum (Newsies), Troy Iwata, Derek Klena (Wicked, Diner), Lindsay Mendez (Wicked, Significant Other), Daniel Quadrino (Newsies, Wicked), Magnus Tonning Riise, Nic Rouleau (The Book of Mormon), Natalie Weiss (Breaking Down the Riffs), and more to be announced.
$25-35 cover charge. $60 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum.
Michael Feinstein, one of the world's great musical artists, and 54 Below, Broadway's Supper Club, have united to give New York an unparalleled destination for entertainment and dining. Feinstein's/54 Below, Broadway's Supper Club, is the performance venue in the grand tradition of New York City nightlife. A few blocks from the heart of Times Square and just below the legendary Studio 54, Feinstein's/54 Below is a classically designed state-of-the art nightclub in the theatre district that hosts audiences with warmth and style. Feinstein's/54 Below presents iconic and rising stars from the worlds of Broadway and popular music. The venue provides a food and beverage menu from early evening through the wee hours of the morning that is worthy of the world-class entertainment on the stage. Located at 254 West 54th Street, Feinstein's/54 Below features up to three shows nightly with cover charges ranging from $5-$105. For more, go to 54Below.com/Feinsteins.
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