Broadway at the Cabaret - Top 5 Picks for October 20-26 Including Joanna Gleason, Deborah Silver, and More!
By: Louisa Brady Oct. 19, 2014
Broadway's 40 theatres aren't the only places to catch performances from your favorite stars! Well after Broadway orchestra's begin their overtures, ensemble members take their dance breaks, and performers belt out their eleven- o'clock numbers, the party continues at various cabaret venues throughout New York City. Below, BroadwayWorld brings you some cabaret highlights for this week as picked by our theatre editors, including: Broadway on 22nd Street, Joanna Gleason with Well Strung, Coven - The Music of Stevie Nicks & Fleetwood Mac, presented by Brad Simmons, Deborah Silver and Special Performing Guests Tom Wopat and Marilyn Maye, and Aspects of Andrew: Lloyd Webber @54.
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Broadway on 22nd Street
Where: Metropolitan Room (34 West 22nd Street)
When: October 20 at 9:00 PM
Tickets: $20-115 at http://metropolitanroom.com/event.cfm?id=175754
They are back for a very special Encore performance: the 4 singers who kicked off season 4 Broadway On 22nd Street. Four years ago the first ever Broadway On 22nd Street was produced by Joseph Macchia, the concept of the show to bring someof the most talented up and coming Broadway Actors and well as some very well known ones and introduce the to the world of Cabaret. Each performer creates a mini set of 4 songs that include many Genres. To kick off season 4 the series welcomes Doreen Montalvo Mann,Andrew Chappelle Michael Lewis Mejia, and Televsion, Film and Broadway Star Anita Gillette. The evening will feature Yasuhiko "Yaz" Fukuoka as Musical Director.Click here for more information.
Joanna Gleason with Well Strung
Where: 54 Below (254 W 54th Street)
When: October 21 at 9:30 PM
Tickets: $40-75 at http://54below.com/artist/joanna-gleason/
54 Below is delighted to welcome back Tony Award winner Joanna Gleason! Accompanied by Well Strung, the dazzling modern-day string quartet, Joanna's fantasy and real lives intersect underscored by tunes ranging from Billy Joel to Dave Frishberg to Johnny Mathis, with maybe even a little walk through the woods. Revered by Broadway audiences for her unforgettable (& award-winning) portrayal of The Baker's Wife in the original company of Into the Woods, New York has also embraced Joanna in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Nick and Nora and Sons of The Prophet among others, racking up all of the major theatre awards along the way. This is to say nothing of her film and TV work, which includes Boogie Nights, Crimes & Misdemeanors, The Wedding Planner, the upcoming Last Vegas and a whole host of other projects. It's the cabaret event of the fall as this eloquent, witty and thoroughly delightful star graces our stage.
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Coven - The Music of Stevie Nicks & Fleetwood Mac, presented by Brad Simmons
Where: 54 Below (254 W 54th Street)
When: October 24 at 9:30 PM
Tickets: $25-60 at http://54below.com/artist/coven-the-music-of-stevie-nicks-fleetwood-mac/
There is a Coven in Connecticut. And these Seven Wonders will usher in the Halloween season by singing the witchy songbook of Stevie Nicks, The High Priestess of Rock & Roll. Expect to hear her hit songs "Dreams", "Rhiannon","Stand Back" and many more mystical solo and Fleetwood Mac masterpieces. Broadway and 54 Below's own Musical Director Brad Simmons proudly presents his favorite artist's catalog to NYC's nightlife audience, after the recent Junior Fellows' hit show performance at The O'Neill Theater Center's Cabaret & Performance Conference.
Cast: Katie Emery, Laura Spineti, Jake Poulios, Braiden Sunshine, Nick Kellogg, Madeleine Carney, Abby Xenelis. Band: Brad Simmons (Piano), Dave Anderson (Bass), Alex Rubin (Guitars), Mike Lunoe (Drums&Percussion)
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Deborah Silver and Special Performing Guests Tom Wopat and Marilyn Maye
Where: 54 Below (254 W 54th Street)
When: October 25 at 8:00 PM
Tickets: $30-70 at http://54below.com/artist/deborah-silver-and-special-guests-including-tom-wopat/
Deborah Silver headlines this unique benefit concert in which 100% of the proceeds will go directly to "The Society for the Preservation of the Great American Songbook."
Silver is currently at work on a new CD, produced by Steve Tyrell with musical arrangements by Alan Broadbent, and will be performing this fall at the 25th Annual Mabel Mercer Foundation's Cabaret Convention at Jazz at Lincoln Center. She has been seen coast to coast in a variety of performances including the role of Diana Morales in "A Chorus Line," hosted for Showtime Network, and appeared in many soap operas including, "The Young and the Restless," "Days of Our Lives" and "Santa Barbara." Whether she is mesmerizing her audiences with a sultry, slow ballad, or belting out a vocal range that defies the small package it's coming from, Deborah Silver intends to leave you "Silverized"!
Please join Deborah Silver, Marilyn Maye and Tom Wopat and help keep the Great American Songbook alive!
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Aspects of Andrew: Lloyd Webber @54
Where: 54 Below (254 W 54th Street)
When: October 26 at 9:30 PM
Tickets: $30-64 at http://54below.com/artist/aspects-of-andrew-lloyd-webber-54/
Cats. The Phantom of the Opera. Evita. Jesus Christ Superstar. Starlight Express. Sunset Boulevard. Aspects of Love. Song & Dance... the list goes on. 54 Below is delighted to tip our hat to the artistry of Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber, the celebrated composer who has left an indelible mark on Broadway, the West End & popular music. Featuring a rotating cast of some of Broadway and cabaret's best, Aspects of Andrew runs the gamut from the humor of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and By Jeeves, to the high-flying (adored) diva tunes that populate some of the most beloved musicals of the past half century. Turbans, masked deformity, roller skates, singing felines, love-starved hat designers, Mary Magdalene... expect it all at Aspects of Andrew. "Jellicle cats come out tonight!" Guests include: Lennie Watts, Lina Koutrakos, Terese Genecco, Brian Charles Rooney, Lorinda Lisitza, Gabrielle Stravelli, Christina Bianco.
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