Brian Charles Rooney Joins REVEREND JACKSON REGRETS in Concert

FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, Brian Charles Rooney joins the new musical Reverend Jackson Regrets on Monday, April 1, 2019 at 9:30pm. Brian Charles Rooney, critically acclaimed for his performances in Roundabout's Broadway production of The Three-Penny Opera smash off-Broadway hit Bedbugs and winner of the New York Music Festival award for outstanding actor for his portrayal of Lee/Miss Blanche in Miss Blanche Tells It All, will play Reverend Vernon Jackson (Just like the 7 Train subway stop) in the pre Off- Broadway concert presentation of Reverend Jackson Regrets, an exciting evening featuring the songs of this 2017 Midtown Musical Theatre Festival Best Production winner. In 2008, Reverend Vermon Jackon's Religious Broadcasting Network in Lynchburg Va. presented the "Gay No More Telethon for Reparative Therapy." The goal: raise money to turn as many homosexuals straight as possible by the Rapture or the 2014 Winter Olympics, whichever comes first. But now he has seen the error of his ways. Reverend Jackson Regrets is a playful parody of the Jerry Lewis Telethon that offers the message in these harsh political time of acceptance and appreciation of our differences, because we're all we got!

Book and lyrics by Michael DiGaetano, veteran Hollywood television writer, producer and screenwriter. Music by Michael DiGaetano and Albin E. Konopka (Gentleman's Guide To Love And Murder tour) Musical direction by Chris Littlefied.

Also featuring: James LaRosa, Lauren Elder, Bryan Songy, Kevin Riddagh, Charles Engelsgjerd, Austin Spero, and Jennifer Apple.

New Musical! Reverend Jackson Regrets plays Feinstein's/54 Below (254 West 54th Street) on Monday, April 1 at 9:30pm. There is a $30 - $65 cover charge and $25 food and beverage minimum. Tickets and information are available at www.54Below.com. Tickets on the day of performance after 4:00 are only available by calling (646) 476-3551.

MORE ABOUT Michael DiGaetano AND Albin Konopka

Michael DiGaetano, writer, producer, and series creator for NBC, Paramount, Universal, HBO, Columbia, Fox and Ron Howard. He has written screenplays for Disney, Universal, tri-star, and Warner Brothers including "Houseguest" starring Phil Hartman and Sinbad, and has been a script consultant for both Amblin Entertainment and Dreamworks. A proud member of the Lehman Engel BMI musical theatre lyricist and bookwriter workshop, DiGaetano has the Broadway-bound musicals "Miss Humanity" (at 54 Below Sept. 23) and "Rewind" as well as the play "Sorority Queen in a Mobile Home" written with Kevin A. Mahoney, debuting Off-Broadway in 2020.

Konopka, a graduate of Juilliard and also a member of the Lehman-Engel BMI musical theatre workshop as a composer. He has enjoyed an international career as a pianist, producer, musical director, vocal, and dance arranger and orchestrator. Albin was most recently music director for 'Suites By Sondheim' in Bucharest and a new musical 'Lies My Father Told Me' in Montreal. He has music supervised or music directed over thirty international tours and has performed twice at the White House. He has toured with Liza Minelli throughout Europe, Australia, Japan and Canada, and has been in the pit for Broadway's Mamma Mia, Billy Elliot, and Wicked. He speaks speak five languages fluently and all of them are very useful ones.

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