THE WORST PEOPLE YOU KNOW, are invading 54 BELOW on November 22. In this outrageous concert event, composer NATALIE TENENBAUM and lyricist KEVIN WANZOR join forces to take on the most appalling, annoying and hysterical people New Yorkers encounter. Performed by some of the BEST PERFORMERS YOU KNOW, the comedy concert promises to be a celebration of all our most irritating moments.
With arrangements by CHARLIE ROSEN, currently scheduled performers include MATTHEW HYDZIK (Side Show, West Side Story), CHRISTINA DECICCO(Evita, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, Sister Act), CAROLINE BOWMAN (Wicked, Kinky Boots, Evita national tour), F. MICHAEL HAYNIE (Wicked, Dogfight, Jasper in Deadland), BRANDON J. ELLIS (Once, Company), JANET KRUPIN (Bring It On!, If/Then), KAT NEJAT (West Side Story, Lysistrata Jones), BEN THOMPSON (Holler If You Hear Me, Matilda, American Idiot), MARIAND TORRES (Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812, Wicked), Vanjah Boikai, Liz Asti, Kate Anderson, Ashley Campana, Noel Carey, Injoy Fountain, Brad Greer, Geoffrey Kidwell, Graydon Long, Elyssa Samsel, Josh Tolle
THE WORST PEOPLE YOU KNOW plays 54 Below (254 West 54th Street) on November 22, 2014. There is a $15-$25 cover charge and $20 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.
Composer & pianist Natalie Tenenbaum has appeared as a soloist and with orchestras across Israel, Europe, Asia and the US, in such venues as Lincoln Center, Korea's National Theater, Jerusalem Music Center, the Kennedy Center, and Berlin's Konzerthaus. A graduate of the Juilliard School, she has premiered her own compositions at Carnegie Hall, Harvard University, Merkin Hall, The National Arts Gallery (New York), Tel Aviv Museum Of Art, and The Blue Note. She is a winner of the 2012 Harrington Award and the 2013 Jean Banks Award (BMI) and is a member of the Dramatists Guild. Kevin Wanzor is a playwright, bookwriter and lyricist. A musical adaptation of his short play,The Beginning and the End, was selected by Emerson College for their Developmental Lab Series. He is the co-winner (with Anna Dagmar) of a 2014 MASC Silver Award. An alum of Syracuse University, he is a member of the Dramatists Guild of America and Actor's Equity. Kevin currently participates as both a lyricist and librettist in the Lehman Engel BMI Musical Theatre Advanced Workshop.
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