Annaleigh Ashford, Danielle Hope & More Set for 54 Below This Week

Coming up this week, 54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz and beyond. To purchase tickets or for more information, visit www.54Below.com or call (646) 476-3551.

ALYSHA UMPHRESS & JOSHUA HENRY: ROMANTIC DUETS, February 9 at 7PM:

A musically romantic night of duets with Alysha Umphress and Joshua Henry. Two time Tony nominee Joshua Henry (The Scottsboro Boys, Violet) and critically acclaimed star of the current hit Broadway revival of On The Town Alysha Umphress come together just in time for Valentine's Day to offer a evening of love songs ranging from Adam Guettel to Ray Charles. The two met doing the Broadway production of American Idiot and have been scheming to do a concert together ever since. Four years later it's happening and you'd be silly to miss it! With special arrangements by the über talented Jeff Blumenkrantz and musical direction by Jason Michael Webb. Warm up this February with two of the most gorgeous, exciting voices of Broadway today. "Alysha Umphress is a red-hot mama who sings double entendres with a prurience-proof, bebop gusto!" - The New York Times (on On The Town). "Joshua Henry's thrilling rendition of "Let It Sing" was the evening's ultimate showstopper." - The New York Times (on Violet). $35-45 cover charge. $70 premium seating. $25 food & beverage minimum.

IF IT ONLY EVEN RUNS A MINUTE, February 9 at 9:30PM:

"Musical theatre know-it-alls will not want to miss this!" -Time Out New York. "An artistically compelling series... displays the blood, guts, sweat and tears that go into making Broadway shows." -AM New York . Sometimes Broadway musicals run forever, like Cats or Les Miserables. But sometimes, Broadway musicals run for only a minute, like Merrily We Roll Along, High Fidelity, or Via Galactica. This is their story. If It Only Even Runs A Minute is the Bistro Award-winning concert series celebrating rare songs, behind-the-scenes tales, and inspiring photos from underappreciated musicals. Created and hosted by 54 Below Director of Programming Jennifer Ashley Tepper and Book of Mormon's Kevin Michael Murphy, with musical direction by Joshua Zecher-Ross, each concert includes performances and stories from original cast members and writers of selected featured shows, as well as new interpretations. The 14th edition of the concert will feature performances from an amazing lineup of Broadway stars to be announced, and will feature stories about & songs from an incredible array of musicals. This edition will feature performances and stories from: Seth Eliser, Ben Fankhauser, Sheldon Harnick, Margery Gray Harnick, Leah Hocking, Rachel MacKenzie, Teri Ralston, Ryann Redmond, Zak Resnick, Brian Charles Rooney, Jake Satterfield, Margo Seibert, Elena Shaddow, Emily Skinner, Kaitlyn Swygard, Allie Trimm, Maksim Tokarev, Jessica Vosk, Lauren Worsham, and more to be announced. The concert will feature songs from and stories about: Actor Lawyer Indian Chief, Blood Red Roses, Elegies For Angels Punks and Raging Queens, Home Again Home Again, Hundreds of Hats, The Lieutenant, Myths and Hymns, A New Brain, A Reel American Hero, Skyscraper, Tenderloin, The Thing About Men, The Woman In White, and more. Previous editions of Runs A Minute have played at the New York Musical Theatre Festival, Caroline's on Broadway, The Laurie Beechman Theatre, Joe's Pub and Le Poisson Rouge. So far, the series has included 275 performers and 161 featured musicals, as well as many songs that have never before been recorded. $25-35 cover charge. $60 premium seating. $25 food & beverage minimum.

THE LOST BOYS LIVE!, February 10 at 7PM & 9:30PM:

For one night only the Lost Boys can be found on the stage of 54 Below! Come join this talented group of boys as they sing, dance, tell stories, and maybe even share some behind-the-scenes secrets. Anything can happen when 54 Below becomes Neverland for a night. Directed by Gina Rattan (NBC's "Peter Pan Live," Matilda) and produced by Shoshana Feinstein. Starring: Dyllon Burnside (Holler if Ya Hear Me), Jason Gotay (Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark, Bring It On), David Guzman (Newsies), Jacob Guzman (Newsies), Michael Hartung (The Muny's Tarzan), Garett Hawe (Matilda, Newsies), F. Michael Haynie (Holler if Ya Hear Me, Wicked), Chris McCarrell (LES MISERABLES) - 9:30pm show only, Daniel Quadrino (Newsies, Bye Bye Birdie) and Ryan Steele (Matilda, Newsies). $35-45 cover charge. $80 premium seating. $25 food & beverage minimum.

REX SMITH: CONFESSIONS OF A TEEN IDOL, February 11 at 7PM:

REX SMITH, "Confessions of A Teen Idol," a musical autobiography... After his hit debut at 54 Below this past summer, Rex Smith returns for an encore performance. So how did a crazy teen idol rocker end up a respected entertainer on television and Broadway? Every song has a story. Like a Rock-and-Roll Mark Twain, Rex Smith takes you on a wild and fascinating, sometimes dramatic, yet very hilarious, musical story-telling journey. From the crazy antics of Rock-and-Roll, his excitement and pressures behind a six album deal as a number one platinum recording artist with Columbia Records, his two years opening for Ted Nugent, his last concert with Lynard Skynard before their plane crash (and what really happened), what lead Rex to become an overnight sensation as teen idol that took him around the world, and the despair that came with the title; his television roles "Sooner Or Later", "Street Hawk", "Solid Gold", "As The World Turns", "The Daredevil"; and most notable, his sudden rise to Broadway, including antics with Kevin Kline and Linda Ronstadt during The Pirates of Penzance and receiving the coveted Theatre World Award, leading to Broadway shows with Grease, Grand Hotel, Annie Get Your Gun, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Kiss Me Kate, and Sunset Boulevard... to where he met his 16 year old son, Brandon, for the first time... a son he never knew he had. Join Rex Smith for a musical evening full of rock and Broadway songs, and if you haven't heard "the stories behind the stories" from a celebrity dishing on other celebrities, then this is your show. Stories and anecdotes of Kevin Kline, Linda Ronstadt, Elizabeth Taylor, Michael Caine, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Andy Warhol, The Rolling Stones, Aerosmith... to Michael Jackson, Andy Gibb, Tatum O'Neal, Dorothy Hamill, Diahann Carroll... And that is only the beginning... $35-45 cover charge. $80 premium seating. $25 food & beverage minimum.

ANNALEIGH ASHFORD, February 11 at 9:30PM:

Annaleigh Ashford and Music Director Will Van Dyke return to 54 Below with an updated version of their sold out concert, Lost in the Stars. Annaleigh is currently playing Essie in You Can't Take It With You on Broadway. She is known for her Tony-nominated turn as feisty factory worker Lauren in Kinky Boots and as Betty DiMello on Showtime's Masters of Sex, as well as her work in Rent (Maureen), Dogfight (Marcy), Wicked (Glinda), and Legally Blonde (Margot). Annaleigh returns to 54 Below with songwriter and music director Will Van Dyke to acknowledge the history of Studio 54 with a classic cabaret that features songs from the days of disco to the haunting melodies of Kurt Weill and Stephen Sondheim. With story and song, the evening will have a touch of fun with a whole lot of heart. $45-55 cover charge. $90 premium seating. $25 food & beverage minimum.

KIMBERLY FAYE GREENBERG: FABULOUS FANNY BRICE, February 12 at 7PM:

"Kimberly Faye Greenberg is close in appearance to Brice, with a similarly warm stage presence, mobile face, natural comedic talent and expressive way of singing." -The Associated Press. "She gets the vivacity and voice of Fanny Brice." -The New York Times. With the popularity of her Fanny performances in the Off-Broadway solo show One Night with Fanny Brice and in the Broadway bound Ghostlight, Kimberly Faye Greenberg has now created an intimate new "Fanny Brice" solo show, Fabulous Fanny: The Songs and Stories of Fanny Brice. In Fabulous Fanny, Kimberly shares her extensive research not as another tribute, but to personally reveal Fanny's heart and humor, soul and song. Look into the life and relationships of the legendary Fanny Brice, greatest Jewish singing comedienne of her time and inspiration for the musical Funny Girl. $25-35 cover charge. $60 premium seating. $25 food & beverage minimum.

A VERY BROADWAY VALENTINE'S DAY, February 12 at 9:30PM & 11:30PM:

During the week of Valentine's Day, Broadway's favorite couples, special guest Santino Fontana, and musical director Benjamin Rauhala will celebrate Broadway romance, both on and off-stage. Featuring many of Broadway's most romantic songs, and special stories from each couple, this concert makes for the perfect date-night! This is one concert no hopeless romantic should miss! Starring Broadway couples: Matthew Scott (Sondheim on Sondheim) & Kirsten Scott (Big Fish), Alysha Umphress (On The Town) & Cody Williams (On The Town), Taylor Trensch (The Curious Incident...) & Max Crumm (The Fantasticks), Amy Spanger (Rock of Ages) & Brian Shepard (Something Rotten!) (9:30pm only), Michael Tacconi (Bare) & Elizabeth Judd (Spider-Man), R.J Valliancourt & Sara Kapner (Bare), Jake Boyd (Rock of Ages) & Casey Garvin (Bullets Over Broadway), Daniel Quadrino (Newsies) & Devin Lewis, Mairi-Doman Phaneuf (The Bridges of Madison County) & Marc Phaneuf (Honeymoon in Vegas), Jason Gotay (NBC's "Peter Pan Live!") & Michael Hurting, Kara Lindsay (Wicked) & Kevin Massey (A Gentlemen's Guide...) (11:30pm only), Caroline Bowman (Wicked) & Austin Colby (11:30pm only) and Brendon Stimson (Honeymoon in Vegas) & Catherine Charlebois (Wicked) (11:30pm only). $35-45 cover charge for 9:30PM show. $25-35 cover charge for 11:30PM show. $60- 70 premium seating. $25 food & beverage minimum.

CHRISTINA ANDREAS, February 13 & 14 at 7PM:

"Electricity in the air! Ms. Andreas voice is infused with a high-voltage current of electricity. Her engagement with lyrics is so intense that you feel you are living the song she is performing." -The New York Times, Stephen Holden. Since the NY Times accused Christine Andreas of 'electrifying' her audiences in November, 54 Below has moved heaven & earth to appease an over-whelming demand and bring her show, Love Is Good, back the most perfect time of the year, Valentine's Day Weekend. Andreas says, "It's taken 23 years of performing to create this show. Every song in Love Is Good is a thread from my musical life with my husband, Martin Silvestri. The quilt is large, Broadway, The American Song Book and beautiful original songs written by Marty. Originally conceived for a command performance at the White House in the intimate setting of the presidential living room, Love is Good is a sophisticated, romantic evening crafted to show the power of brilliant lyrics set to unforgettable melodies....Rodgers & Hart, Lerner & Loewe, Gershwin, Piaf....and more. Time Out says, "Love Is Good, and so is the pure, shining voice of the angelic Christine Andreas...it's an incredible instrument, that voice of hers.....restrained and heartfelt, she truly connects with the lyrics' emotions-and with ours. "So Ladies & Gentlemen, Lovers all......give your love life a 'jolt', come join us, remember and celebrate..... Love Is Good! Bring your Valentine and remember why you fell in love in the first place. $35-45 cover charge. $80 premium seating. $25 food & beverage minimum.

DANIELLE HOPE, February 13 at 9:30PM:

After a thrilling and successful solo debut in London's West End and additional concerts through the UK, Danielle Hope brings her cabaret to New York City to make her debut just steps away from the heart of Broadway. The evening will feature a celebration of music including performances of songs from shows that have shaped her career so far, West End favorites and some very special new material - and some very special Broadway guests. Danielle started her career making her professional debut as Dorothy in The Wizard Of Oz at the London Palladium alongside Michael Crawford after capturing the hearts of the nation and winning BBC's smash hit television series "Over The Rainbow" against 9000 girls. She then went on to star as Eponine in the West End production of Les Miserables at The Queens Theatre. Since then, she has played Cathy in The Last Five Years (Greenwich Theatre and The Warren Theatre) and is currently touring the UK as the Narrator in the new revival tour of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Danielle released a single of the song "Over the Rainbow" in aid of the BBC performing arts fund and prostate cancer UK and The Concrete Jungle international studio cast recording. Danielle has performed at the Royal Variety Performance and also for the Royal Family at Buckingham Palace, presented at the Children's BAFTA's, judged at the Mercury Musical Developments Awards, Stephen Sondheim Society competition and Stiles and Drewe best new song prize. In June 2014 she debuted her first London one woman concert at the Delfont Room at the Prince of Wales Theatre. $35-45 cover charge. $75 premium seating. $25 food & beverage minimum.

ELYSSA RENEE RAMIREZ AND FRIENDS: UNLUCKY IN LOVE, February 13 at 11:30PM:

Who really likes Valentine's Day anyway? As the unluckiest day of the year, Friday the 13th, comes to a close and the day of oozy, Hallmark love begins, join Elyssa Renee Ramirez and Friends in their 54 Below debut as they lament the all-too-familiar idea of being Unlucky In Love. Whether you're single, in a relationship or somewhere in between, come down for a few cocktails and laugh at that silly little thing called love. Featuring an array of songs from radio hits to musical theatre favorites sung by a slew of talented performers, this awkward love child of Friday the 13th and Valentine's Day is not to be missed! Featuring: Elyssa Renee Ramirez with, Daniel Everidge, Raina Fraley, Brendan McCann, Jonathan Mushock, Lauren Scheibly and Autumn Joan Tilson. With songs by Ryan Scott Oliver, Pasek and Paul, Kooman and Diamond, Frank Wildhorn, Menken and Ashman, Sam Salmond, Adam Gwon, Michael Weiner & Alan Zachary. Produced by Philip Romano, Jonathan Mushock and Directed by Mary Ragus. $10 cover charge. $25 premium seating. $20 food & beverage minimum or two drinks.

LOVE SONGS FOR VDAY, February 14 at 9:30PM:

LOVE SONGS at 54 Below is back! The concert features an all female cast singing songs from across the musical theatre spectrum about, well, love. The love we make, the love we take, the love we find, and the love we hold onto - this evening will see and sing us through it all. A portion of the proceeds will go to benefit the VDAY Foundation. V-Day is a global activist movement to end violence against women and girls. V-Day is a catalyst that promotes creative events to increase awareness, raise money, and revitalize the spirit of existing anti-violence organizations. V-Day generates broader attention for the fight to stop violence against women and girls, including rape, battery, incest, female genital mutilation (FGM), and sex slavery. The cast of fabulous females features Loni Ackerman (Evita, Cats), Lauren Elder (Side Show, Hair), Kerri George, Melissa Rose Hirsch (The Bad Years), Jessica Kahkoska (Miles and Me), Hannah Kloepfer (Driving with Idiots), Happy McPartlin (Hands on a Hardbody), Marisa Miller (Wicked Nat'l Tour), Ashley Moniz (Sister Act Nat'l Tour), Jessica Mortellaro, Olivia Polci, Monet Sabel, Emily Tyra (Flesh and Bone, Nice Work If You Can Get it), and Stephanie Turci, with additional special guests to be announced. Musical direction by Nat Zegree, who will be joined by Dave LeBlanc and TJay Kowalchuk; conceived and produced by Megan Minutillo, in association with thewriteteachers.com. $25-35 cover charge. $60 premium seating. $25 food & beverage minimum.

BRITTON SMITH, February 14 at 11:30PM:

With his silvery voice and magnetic presence, Britton Smith (After Midnight, The Fortress of Solitude) explores love and all its colors in this sensuous Valentine's Day celebration. Cuddle up with your lover, friend, or romantic pursuit and be serenaded by the sultry sounds of Sade, D'Angelo, Al Green, and other pioneers of classic baby-making music. Allow this ambassador of peace to connect you to the world of unconditional love. This late-night concert is sure to send you and your significant other home in touch with the power of love. $10 cover charge. $25 premium seating. $20 food & beverage minimum or two drinks.

54 SINGS CHESS, February 15 at 7PM & 9:30PM:

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. 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) and Christopher Lee Viljoen. $40-50 cover charge for the 7PM show. $35-45 cover charge for the 9:30PM show. $75-90 premium seating. $25 food & beverage minimum.

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