Patti LuPone Returns to 54 Below Tonight in THE LADY WITH THE TORCH

Two-time Tony Award winner Patti LuPone returns to 54 Below, Broadway's Supper Club, in her acclaimed concert, "The Lady with The Torch," tonight, April 2nd, through the 14th, 2015.

LuPone will perform 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.

Since she opened 54 Below nearly three years ago, LuPone's appearances at 54 Below have become must-see events. Experiencing LuPone in the intimate atmosphere of 54 Below is a not-to-be-forgotten experience that audiences will want to repeat again and again.

Patti LuPone in "The Lady with The Torch," plays 54 Below April 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13 and 14 at 7PM and April 11 at 9:30PM. Doors open at 5:15PM for the 7PM shows and doors open at 8:45PM for the 9:30PM show. Cover charge is $85-95 (with an additional $5 if purchased at the door). $30 food and beverage minimum. For reservations and information, visit www.54Below.com.

Conceived and directed by Tony Award winner Scott Wittman, "The Lady with The Torch" features musical direction by Joseph Thalken, orchestrations by Tony Award winner Jonathan Tunick, and dialogue by Jeffrey Richman.

Patti LuPone's New York stage credits include The Anarchist, An Evening With Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin, The Seven Deadly Sins (NY City Ballet), Joanne in Company (New York Philharmonic), Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle Award nominations), Gypsy (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Drama League Awards), John Doyle's production of Sweeney Todd, Passion, Candide, Can Can, Noises Off, Sweeney Todd (New York Philharmonic), The Old Neighborhood, Master Class, Patti LuPone on Broadway (Outer Critics Circle Award), Pal Joey, Anything Goes, Oliver!, Accidental Death of An Anarchist, The Woods, Edmond, The Cradle Will Rock, Evita (Tony and Drama Desk Awards), Working, The Water Engine, The Robber Bridegroom (Tony Award and Drama Desk nominations). LuPone has appeared on the London stage in Matters of the Heart, Master Class, Sunset Boulevard (Olivier Award nomination) and Les Miserables (RSC world premiere production) and The Cradle Will Rock (Olivier Award for both productions). Opera credits include Jake Heggie's To Hell and Back for San Francisco Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (LA Opera, debut) and Regina (Kennedy Center). LuPone's film and TV credits include Parker, Union Square, City By The Sea, David Mamet's Heist and State and Main, Just Looking, Summer of Sam, Driving Miss Daisy, Witness, "Girls," "American Horror Story: Coven," "Ugly Betty," "Will & Grace," "Passion," "Sweeney Todd,"Oz," "Monday Night Mayhem," "Evening At the Pops" with John Williams and Yo Yo Ma, "Frasier" (Emmy nomination), "Law & Order," "The Water Engine," "L.B.J." and "Life Goes On." Recordings, in addition to many original cast recordings include Patti LuPone Live, Matters of the Heart, The Lady With The Torch, Patti LuPone at Les Mouches, Far Away Places. LuPone is a founding member of the Drama Division of The Juilliard School and of John Houseman's The Acting Company. She is the author of the NY Times best-seller Patti LuPone: A Memoir.