Bryce Pinkham, Alysha Umphress & More Set for CHARLIE ROSEN'S BROADWAY BIG BAND, 2/20

Following multiple sold out engagements, Charlie Rosen's Broadway Big Band returns to the intimate Manhattan venue Feinstein's/ 54 Below on Saturday February 20th to continue an official residence for 2015. The 9:30 PM concert, helmed by director Max Friedman, features guest vocalists Gerard Canonico (Spring Awakening, American Idiot), Nicholas Christopher (Motown The Musical, Lazarus), Matt Doyle (The Book of Mormon, Spring Awakening), Tony Award Nominee Bryce Pinkham (Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder, The Heidi Chronicles), Alysha Umphress (On The Town, American Idiot), and more TBA. Friedman and Rosen co-produce the series.

Tickets, priced from $30-$70 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) 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!

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Charlie Rosen is a highly sought after Multi-Instrumentalist, Composer, Music Director, Arranger, and Orchestrator. Last season, Rosen received a Drama Desk Nomination for his contributions to the orchestration for Jason Robert Brown's Honeymoon In Vegas, and was most recently on Broadway in the orchestra for Kander & Ebb's The Visit at The Lyceum Theatre. Rosen previously composed the score for Roundabout Theater Company's Cyrano de Bergerac and served as musical director and bassist for the onstage band in One Man, Two Guvnors on Broadway. His Broadway credits also include Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson and 13. 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. Instagram/Twitter: @CrosenMusic

Max Friedman is a director of cabaret, concerts, and musical theatre. NYC credits include: Charlie Rosen's Broadway Big Band (series in residence, 54 Below), The Worst People You Know by Natalie Tenenbaum & Kevin Waznor (54 Below), Endless Summer: Zack Zadek (54 Below), Made For Each Other: Broadway Meets Andrew McMahon (54 Below), Julia Mattison Is Ruby Manger Live! (54 Below), The Bluest Ink: A Multimedia Sondheim Revue (le poisson rouge), I Could Use A Drink: Drew Gasparini (Joe's Pub), and 6 by Zack Zadek (NYMF 2012). Regional: Murder Ballad (NJ Premiere) The Longing and The Short of It by Daniel Mate? (5 Carbonell Award Nominations, including Best Director). As Assistant Director: Jasper In Deadland, The Other Josh Cohen, 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. Friedman is currently in residence as the Associate Director of Programming at the legendary cabaret institution Don't Tell Mama where he has most recently helmed a string of developmental presentations of new musicals including Songs For Slutty Girls by Kailey Marshall, The Showmen by Noel Carey & Ryan McGovern, and Midnight at The Never Get by Mark Sonnenblick & Sam Bolen. Friedman will stage a new draft of Midnight... at Don't Tell Mama for a four performance run in April. Instagram/Twitter: @maxbfriedman

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