Adrienne Warren, Santino Fontana & More to Join CHARLIE ROSEN'S BROADWAY BIG BAND at Feinstein's/54 Below

Following multiple sold out engagements, Charlie Rosen's Broadway Big Band returns to the Feinstein's/ 54 Below on Saturday February 20th to continue their official residence at the intimate Manhattan venue. The 9:30 PM concert, helmed by director Max Friedman, features guest vocalists Nicholas Christopher (Hamilton), Ariana DeBose (Hamilton), Hannah Elless (Bright Star), Tony Award Nominee Santino Fontana (Cinderella, The CW's "Crazy Ex- Girlfriend"), Lauren "LOLO" Pritchard (Spring Awakening), Tony Award Nominee Adrienne Warren (Shuffle Along), and more TBA. Friedman and Rosen co-produce the series, which received a 2016 MAC Award for Show of the Year.

Tickets, priced from $25-$60 plus a $25 food/beverage minimum, are available now. Visit 54Below.com for more information and to purchase tickets.

Join Broadway bandleader Charlie Rosen (Honeymoon In Vegas, One Man, Two Guvnors, NBC's "Maya & Marty") for an evening that puts classic showtunes on display, sung by the best and brightest of Broadway's young generation of leading performers, in the timeless tradition of Big Band. A full sized jazz orchestra composed of 17 musicians play Rosen's re-imagined arrangements of an eclectic mix of tunes from Broadway's past, present, and beyond!

Charlie Rosen is a highly sought after Multi-Instrumentalist, Composer, Music Director, Arranger, and Orchestrator. He is currently featured as the bandleader on NBC's new variety show "Maya & Marty" and was most recently represented on Broadway as the Associate Musical Director for American Psycho: The Musical. Rosen received a Drama Desk Nomination for his contributions to the orchestration for Jason Robert Brown's Honeymoon In Vegas. His Broadway credits also include Kander & Ebb's The Visit, Roundabout Theater Company's recent Cyrano de Bergerac, One Man, Two Guvnors, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, and 13. Regional credits include Prince of Broadway, A Little More Alive, Soon, Be More Chill, and The Black Suits. With director Max Friedman, he co-created the original Sondheim jazz revue The Bluest Ink. His debut EP, "Monet Sabel & The Charlie Rosen Big Band," is now available on iTunes. A single version of Rosen's arrangement of Adele's "Rolling In The Deep" (featuring Hannah Elless, Monet Julia Sabel, and Alysha Umphress), a Broadway Big Band fan favorite, is available as a free download on SoundCloud. His popular "Charlie Rosen & Friends" cover series is now streaming on YouTube. www.charlierosen.com Instagram/Twitter: @CRosenMusic

Max Friedman most recently directed the sold-out premiere run of the new musical Midnight At The Never Get at Don't Tell Mama. Other NYC credits include Charlie Rosen's Broadway Big Band (2016 MAC Award Nomination, Show of the Year), Ruby Manger Live! The Farewell Engagement by Julia Mattison & Noel Carey, The Worst People You Know by Natalie Tenenbaum & Kevin Waznor (54 Below), The Bluest Ink (Sondheim Jazz Revue, le poisson rouge), and 6 by Zack Zadek (NYMF 2012). Regional credits include Murder Ballad (NJ Premiere) and The Longing And The Short Of It by Daniel Mate? (5 Carbonell Award Nominations, including Best Director). As an Assistant Director, projects include Jasper In Deadland (Prospect Theater Company), The Other Josh Cohen (Soho Playhouse), Uncool The Party, 35MM, and many projects with Joe Iconis and Family including Things To Ruin, Bloodsong Of Love, and The Annual Joe Iconis Christmas Spectacular (dir. John Simpkins). Friedman is currently in residence as the Associate Director of Programming of the legendary cabaret institution Don't Tell Mama where he has helmed over a dozen original cabaret acts and a series of developmental presentations of new musicals Upcoming: Midnight At The Never Get at NYMF 2016. www.maxfriedmandirector.com Instagram/Twitter: @maxbfriedman

Photo by Walter McBride

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