This January and February 54 BELOW presents an exciting lineup of the brightest talent from Broadway and beyond. Located just below the legendary Studio 54 at 254 West 54thStreet. For a detailed schedule of upcoming performances at 54 Below and to purchase tickets, visit www.54Below.com.
Below find the schedule for upcoming events in January and February:
JANUARY AT 54 BELOW:
BARB JUNGR
January 2, 3, & 4 at 7PM
$35-45 cover charge. $65-70 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum.
"Barb Jungr interprets songs with a ferocity and truthfulness that demolishes every cover version you've ever heard." -The New York Times. Following her critically acclaimed show Hard Rain at 59E59 Theaters, Britain's top song stylist and international cabaret singer Barb Jungr presents the American premiere of a special concert originally created for London Festival of Cabaret 2013. In Mad About the Boy and No Regrets, walk on the dark side of love and loss, sex and corruption of the soul as Barb sings Springsteen, Coward, Dylan, Weill, Cohen and more. Every performance is a roller coaster ride. Are you strong enough? In 2013 and 2014 Barb Jungr performed in the O'Neill Connecticut Celebration of Cabaret twice, the Adelaide Cabaret Festival, toured Australia, and performed in New York, Toronto, and across the UK. Her CD Hard Rain - The Songs of Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen, released in March 2014, has had 4 and 5 star reviews and been praised the world over. She's been a guest on Start The Week, Saturday Live, A Good Read on BBC Radio 4, appeared in a program celebrating the lives of the great divas on BBC4 TV, and has written for The New Statesman. She has won awards including Time Out New York - Best Cabaret CD of the Year 2010, Time Out New York - Best Cabaret 2008, Nightlife Award for Outstanding Cabaret Vocalist 2008, and Backstage Award for Best International Artist 2003. Barb is accompanied by her musical collaborator in New York, the renowned pianist, MD and songwriter Tracy Stark.
MICHAEL PADGETT & ANTHONY LOGAN COLE
January 2 at 9:30PM
$25 cover charge. $50 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum.
Two of New York's most dynamic and powerful vocalists team up for an evening of Broadway and more. An Evening With Michael Padgett and Anthony Logan Cole is a night of big Broadway sound and personal stories from the stage and the wings. Padgett (Jekyll and Hyde, Carousel, Camelot) and Cole(Les Miserables, Jekyll and Hyde, Beauty and The Beast) sing from their favorite scores with special guests from Broadway and beyond. The duo share their favorite stories from life on the road, family, dirty lyric changes, and more in this unique cabaret.
ELENA SHADDOW
January 3 at 9:30PM
$30-40 cover charge. $65 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum.
After a sold-out solo debut at 54 Below last fall, Broadway leading lady Elena Shaddow returns to kick off 2015 with an exciting evening dedicated to her favorite contemporary composers. Elena recently played Sister Sophia in the NBC live television event The Sound of Music, and played Francesca in The Bridges of Madison County. Her Broadway credits include Anne Dindon in La Cage Aux Folles, The Woman in White, Fiddler on the Roof, Nine, Sweet Smell of Success, and Les Miserables. She starred as Fanny in Fanny at City Center Encores, played Magnolia in Showboat at the Royal Albert Hall, and received a Helen Hayes Best Actress nomination for playing Clara in the first national tour of The Light in the Piazza. Possessing one of the most beautiful voices in theater today, Elena has had the good fortune to perform the works-on Broadway and regionally-of her favorite contemporary composers, to whom she pays tribute in this show Always Better: The New Golden Age of Musicals.
ELLYN MARIE MARSH: INAPPROPRIATE
January 3 at 11:30PM
$20 cover charge. $55 premium seating. $20 food and beverage minimum or two drinks.
Ellyn Marie Marsh is... INAPPROPRIATE. Currently in the hit show Kinky Boots, Ellyn Marie Marsh balances maintaining a busy Broadway career with playing mom to 5 year old Lola, who's too cavalier to care what Ellyn had to do to get her that Elsa dress. In INAPPROPRIATE, Ellyn shares her sharp comedic wit and high belting, offering an evening of popular songs, musical theater songs, and of course, medleys - accompanied by stories of performing on Broadway and persuading her daughter to be doctor. Ellyn's received accolades for her versatile performances: from Ellen's Stardust Diner to the rehearsal room for her Broadway debut as a replacement in Cry Baby, which closed before her first performance. Here's what people are saying: "You're hilarious."- This Girl on Twitter Once. "You were the best one up there!" - Her Mom. "It's like you think you're the only one on stage."- High School Drama Teacher. "How are you not famous yet?" -Japanese Tourist That Didn't Speak English Well But I'm Pretty Sure That's What She Said. "Ellyn is the kind if performer that only comes along once in a generation. It's weird that no one else knows that." - Tina Fey. With guest appearances by Beyonce, Ricky Gervais, and Barack Obama.*** Just kidding. Actually Kenan Thompson. *** Not really. Just a bunch of random Broadway dingbats. You won't want to miss this shit. Created/Conceived by Ellyn Marie Marsh, directed by Andrew Briedis, and produced by Katherine Paige.
RACHELLE RAK
January 4 & 29 at 9:30PM
$30-40 cover charge. $60 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum.
In her world premiere show, Sas with One S™™™ , Broadway's Rachelle Rak is going to share her strength, her passion, and her Sas with you. Rachelle has been performing in Broadway shows for over two decades. Her credits include Cats, Fosse, Thou Shalt Not, Oklahoma!, The Look of Love, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and Catch Me If You Can. Rachelle is ferociously 44 and proud of it. This new mom has worked with some of the most talented people in show business and boy does she have a story to tell. From Broadway to Dance Moms to motherhood and back. This event will include songs from Starlight Express, Smokey Joe's Cafe, Fosse, The Jack Cole Project, Rachelle's signature song "SAS," and so much more. So come out and bring your Sas - or maybe it's time for you to find it - at 54 Below this January. With musical direction by Steven Jamail and special guest performers: Marty Thomas, Fred Tallaksen, Marissa Rosen, Angie Schworer, and Steven Skeels.
A ROCKIN' MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM FOR THE 12.14 FOUNDATION
January 5 & 8 at 7PM
$25-35 cover charge. $60 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum.
Broadway stars Marla Mindelle (Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella) and Clarke Thorell (Hairspray) and Off-Broadway star Saum Eskandani (Disaster!) are joined by several dozen children and teen performers from Newtown, CT to celebrate the launch of their World Premiere CD of A ROCKIN' Midsummer Night's Dream. This critically acclaimed fresh new take on Shakespeare's classic comedy features a fantastic new rock score by Eric Svejcar with lyrics by William Shakespeare, Eric Svejcarand Michael Unger. A ROCKIN' Midsummer Night's Dream recently completed a critically acclaimed run in Newtown, CT as part of the 12.14 Foundation's summer season. This new musical adaptation was written specifically for the young performers within the Newtown community and is being preserved on a 2 disc set which will be released to coincide with this 54 Below concert. The 12.14 Foundation was created as a means of using the performing arts to help heal, inspire and promote personal development within the Newtown community in the aftermath of the tragedy of December 14th, 2012. The profits from this concert will help support The 12.14 Foundation's mission. January 5: Moon Cast. January 8: Star Cast.
THE MUSIC AND LYRICS OF DREW GASPARINI
January 5 at 9:30PM
$25-35 cover charge. $55 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum.
Over the years Drew Gasparini has perfected the formula for an incredible concert: move them to tears, make them laugh 'til it hurts, then blow the roof off the place. They leave a little happier, a little drunker, and with slightly wetter panties. But why settle for perfection? On January 5th Drew Gasparini will ring in 2015 with a brand new show. New lineup, new music, new structure. Same heart, same humor, same Drew. It will be unexpected and surprising in all of the best ways. And-dare we be so bold-it will be a next step in the revolution. Drew and his cohorts are composing a new sound for musical theatre, a new prism for pop, and a new definition of fun. They're changing the rules of the game, and keepin' the party going. Guest performers and composers to be announced. Join Drew for a celebration of the new.
FUTUREFEST
January 6 at 7PM
$25-35 cover charge. $55 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum.
FUTUREFEST is coming to New York City. Presented by the Festival of New American Musicals and Open Hydrant Theater Company, this popular Los Angeles showcase spotlights rising local young talent in a celebration of the next generation of musical theatre artists. At FutureFest, high-school and college students sing songs from new musicals written by leading and rising lyricists/composers. Songs by Stephen Schwartz, Scott Alan, Ryan Scott Oliver, Jeff Thomson, Jordan Mann, Ben Toth, Chad Beguelin, Michelle Elliott, Daniel Larsen, Michael Kooman, Christopher Dimond have been showcased at this event, hosted by special celebrity guests. Past hosts have included Patrick Cassidy (Assassins), Jeff Marx (Avenue Q), Paris Barclay (Glee, DGA President), Ben Toth (Musical Director, Kristin Chenoweth, Cheyenne Jackson) and Graham Phillips (13, The Good Wife). Students are selected from a variety of high schools/colleges such as NYU, Pace University, Fordham, Columbia, Stuyvesant HS, Bronx High School of Science, Regis HS, Bronx Prep, Democracy Prep, Monsignor Farrell, Notre Dame Academy, Pelham HS, Bronx School of the Arts, and LaGuardia High School of the Performing Arts. Bob Klein, Linda Shusett and Marcia Seligson (Past Producing Artistic Director of Reprise, UCLA) and Luis Cardenas and Sarah Rosenberg (Artistic Directors of Open Hydrant Theater Company) are proud and honored to bring FutureFest to New York City. Join us for an exciting evening of musical theatre presented by tomorrow's stars.
AMY SPANGER
January 6 & 17 at 9:30PM
$30-40 cover charge. $70-75 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum.
At nineteen, Amy Spanger announced to her parents that she was moving to New York because "these legs won?t last forever." At twenty-one she did. With a two thousand dollar loan, a shared one-bedroom in Harlem, and a job waiting tables, she made a promise to herself: "I will make it on Broadway within the next three years." Now she?s ready to talk about what happened next. In collaboration with her partner, musical whiz-kid Kris Kukul, Amy is proud to present an evening of pop, music theater, rock, country, and candid storytelling. The show will feature some of the music that put her on the map, including "Don?t Stop Believing" from Rock of Ages, "Always True To You Darling In My Fashion" from Kiss Me Kate, and "Come To Your Senses" from tick, tick...BOOM! She?ll also share some glamorous and not-as-glamorous tales as she reflects on the places she?s lived and people she?s lived with along the great white way, including a budding schizophrenic, a pair of cocaine enthusiasts, and a couple of husbands. Ever since her break out performance as Lois/Bianca in Broadway?s Tony Award-winning Kiss Me Kate, Amy has been cheered by audiences and critics alike for her star turns in shows liketick, tick...BOOM!, The Wedding Singer, Urinetown, Elf, Rock of Ages, and Chicago. She?s guest starred on Royal Pains, Ed, Law and Order: SVU, Six Feet Under, and Bored To Death. She also played the depraved drug fiend Sally in Showtime?s original movie musical Reefer Madness, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and went on to become a cult classic. Amy and Kris met at the Williamstown Theater Festival, where Amy played Gwendolyn in David Hyde Pierce?s production of The Importance of Being Ernest, and Kris served as music director of the Williamstown Late Night Cabaret series. They are currently collaborating on the new work Songbird by Michael Kimmel with music by Lauren Pritchard. Together, they have curated this hour long concert designed to showcase Amy?s killer pipes and self-deprecating sense of humor.
OUR TIME: KT SULLIVAN & JEFF HARNAR SING SONDHEIM
January 7 & 14 at 7PM
$30-40 cover charge. $55 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum.
Hear the songs of Sondheim like you've never heard before, as two of the world's most acclaimed cabaret artists, KT Sullivan (Broadway: The Threepenny Opera, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes; Cabaret: Carnegie Hall, Town Hall, the Oak Room at the Algonquin, The Kennedy Center, The Crazy Coqs in London and many more) and Jeff Harnar (Cabaret venues across the world including Carnegie Hall, and winner of the 2012 Noel Coward Foundation Cabaret Award) present Our Time. Classics like "Send in the Clowns," "Losing My Mind," "Being Alive," and "Pretty Women" are bent and woven together in a way that will open your eyes to their relevance within contemporary and current issues. Don't miss what's sure to be an unforgettable evening of music at 54 Below.
WOMEN ON LOVE IN CONCERT
January 7 at 9:30PM
$25-35 cover charge. $60 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum.
Women on Love, a sparkling new musical in concert with music and lyrics by Katya Stanislavskaya, will light up 54 Below with a wonderful cast of Broadway ladies. Surviving a coffee date. Surviving laundry day. Surviving writer's block. Surviving a teenaged daughter. Surviving old age. A bevy of New York actresses share hilarious and poignant moments from the lives and loves of contemporary women. Starring: Sarah Corey, Lianne Marie Dobbs, Amy Justman (Company, Gentlemen's Guide), Alyse Alan (Mamma Mia!), Theresa McCarthy (Titanic, Floyd Collins), Grace McLean (Natasha and Pierre, Bedbugs), Jane Pfitsch (Cabaret, Allegro), Pearl Sun (If/ Then), and Sally Wilbert (Assassins).
FRANK SINATRA CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION
January 8 at 9:30PM
$30-40 cover charge. $70 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum.
54 Below Celebrates...THE SINATRA CENTURY. Kicking off Frank Sinatra's centennial year with an evening of his greatest songs. On January 8th at 9:30PM, a star-studded cast honors the chairman of the board with the world's first Frank Sinatra Centennial Celebration. Performing the hits that made Sinatra the greatest solo artist of his century will be some of New York's most celebrated stars, including Broadway/Concert/Recording artist Nellie McKay, Tony Award winner and TV/movie starRichard Kind, Nightlife Award-winning nightclub star Billy Stritch, the star of the hit Off-Broadway musical Piece of My Heart, Zak Resnick, the star of the critically acclaimed nightclub show Beautiful Songs, Maxine Linehan, plus the stars of two recent 54 Below sell-out shows Carole J. Bufford(Boulevard of Broken Dreams) and Scott Coulter (54 Below Sings Dolly Parton). And probably a surprise or two, as well. This special concert will be produced and hosted by the acclaimed creator of the long-running Broadway by the Year series at Town Hall, Scott Siegel.
BROADWAY LOVES CELINE DION
January 9 at 7 & 9:30PM
$35-45 cover charge. $75-80 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum.
Broadway's biggest belters celebrate the best-selling Canadian music artist in history, Celine Dion, in an evening of epic power ballads, and classic pop tunes. With one of the most distinctive voices in music history, and with album sales of over 200 million, Dion is undeniably one of the most influential female artists of our generation. Audiences can expect to hear a wide array of Celine's greatest hits from her 25 year career, including "The Power Of Love," "It's All Coming Back to Me Now," "My Heart Will Go On," "I Drove All Night," and many more. Featuring a star-studdeed Broadway cast, this is one concert no Broadway or pop music lover should miss. The starry cast includes Jeremy Jordan(Newsies, "Smash"), Lauren Kennedy (Spamalot, Les Miserables), Ashley Spencer (Rock of Ages, Grease), Taylor Louderman (NBC's "Peter Pan Live," Bring It On), Kate Rockwell (Rock of Ages, Bring It On), Kelly King (Top 20 'Billboard' recording artist), Ariana DeBose (Hamilton, Pippin), Donna Vivino(Wicked, Les Miserables), Adrienne Warren (Bring It On, Dreamgirls), Daniel Quadrino (NBC's "Peter Pan Live," Newsies), Hannah Elless (Bright Star, Godspell), Charlie Brady (South Pacific), and Jessica Vosk(The Bridges of Madison County). The band will feature Mairi Dorman-Phaneuf on cello, Charlie Rosenon bass, David Cinquegrana on guitar, Shannon Ford on drums, and music director Benjamin Rauhalaon the piano. The concert will also feature Rachel Mackenzie, Tara Minogue, Jeff O'Donnell and Jillian Soares on back-up vocals. The evening will be produced and directed by Rauhala.
THE BEST OF ANN HAMPTON CALLAWAY
January 10 at 7PM
$50-60 cover charge. $90 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum.
Tony-nominated and Platinum Award-winning singer/songwriter Ann Hampton Callaway brings you the best of her critically acclaimed shows. Broadway World has called Ann "the current queen of American cabaret". The New York Times says, "For sheer vocal beauty, no contemporary singer matches Ms. Callaway." For the very first time at a one night only event at 54 Below, Ann will perform selections from shows she has toured all over the world. The show will feature two song highlights, each from six critically acclaimed shows, The Streisand Songbook, The Sarah Vaughan Project, Diva Power!, Songs I Wish I'd Written, Broadway Swings!, and Written by Ann Hampton Callaway. These exciting shows have earned Ann many awards including multiple Broadway World Awards and the 2013 MAC Award for Show of the Year. From the playful "Whatever Lola Wants" and "Pick Yourself Up" to the romantic "Two for the Road", her original wedding song written for Streisand, "I've Dreamed of You" to powerhouse songs like "Don't Rain On My Parade" and "Blues in the Night", Callaway promises a stirring night of great music as only she can share.
WILL AND ANTHONY NUNZIATA
January 10 at 9:30PM
$30-40 cover charge. $65 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum.
After five sold-out concerts, Will & Anthony Nunziata are back at 54 Below for the sixth time with a new concert featuring fresh takes of songs from Broadway to Italy to the Great American Songbook. The singers, actors and recording artists have won acclaim for their strong musicianship, inventive arrangements, warmth, charisma and humor that they display during their concert and symphony performances throughout the country and around the world. Songs are arranged by jazz virtuoso Tedd Firth and selections will include "Once in a Lifetime," "On a Clear Day," "Just in Time," "I Believe in You," O Sole Mio," Billy Joel's "Lullaby," and their signature mash-ups of classic songs including "Who Can I Turn to/What Kind of Fool Am I." The brothers will be joined by their three-piece swinging band comprised of pianist and musical director Alvin Hough, Jr. (Motown), drummer Jeremy Yaddaw and bassist Adam Neely.
JASON KRAVITS: "I...A LIFE"
January 10 at 11:30PM
$15 cover charge. $30 premium seating. $20 food and beverage minimum or two drinks.
TV and Broadway veteran Jason Kravits ("The Practice," The Drowsy Chaperone) makes his 54 Below solo debut in one of the most hilariously spontaneous, truly unique evenings of cabaret you'll ever see. Why? Because it's completely unscripted. A fan favorite for his music improvisation in the acclaimedDon't Quit Your Night Job, Jason, ably accompanied by Tony Award nominee Wayne Barker (Peter and the Starcatcher), creates an entire show - music, lyrics, stories, characters - completely from scratch, based solely on your suggestions. It's an improvised high-wire act of musical proportions. Directed byJulie Kramer. With great surprise guests.
STARRY STARRY NIGHT: FEATURING ANTHONY RAPP, JUDY GOLD, AND CHRISTINE EBERSOLE
January 11 at 7PM
$45-50 cover charge. $25 food and beverage minimum.
Please join 54 Below as we present a special evening of Broadway and concert artists from RJ productions. Each artist will take the stage for 15 minutes to offer audiences some of their best numbers. Artists performing in Starry Starry Night are: Jarrod Spector (2014 Tony nominee forBeautiful, Frank Valli in Jersey Boys), Christine Ebersole (Two time Tony Award winner for Grey Gardensand 42nd Street), Anthony Rapp (If/Then, Rent), Trevor McQueen and his sextet, honoring Sammy Davis, Jr., Barbrashop Quartet, a brand new show featuring 4 Broadway men honoring one legendary voice: Barbra Streisand and Judy Gold, popular comedienne and host of the evening.
HAVEN BURTON
January 11 at 9:30PM
$25-35 cover charge. $60 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum.
Haven Burton has played many leading lady roles on Broadway, including most recently, Lauren in Kinky Boots. Now, she is thrilled to be premiering her first solo show at 54 Below. That's What She Sang! is a musical exploration of the singers and genres that shaped Haven as a performer. Expect a little bit of folk, jazz, rock, country, and of course, Broadway. With lots of surprise guests and some keen vocal acrobatics, the show is sure not to disappoint. Originally from LA, Haven has been living in NYC for simply ages and working on and off Broadway since she first hit town. Favorite New York City roles include Maureen in Rent, Margot/Elle in Legally Blonde, Fiona in Shrek, standby for Sutton Foster in Violet, and Marianne in Seth Rudetsky's Disaster the Musical.
54 SINGS QUEEN
January 12 at 7PM & 9:30PM
$35-45 cover charge. $70 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum.
"We Will Rock You" to the sounds of a "Bohemian Rhapsody." 54 Sings Queen will bring some of Broadway's greatest voices together with some of rock music's most regal songs. Featuring songs from both studio and live recordings, prepare yourselves for "Another One Bites The Dust," "Radio Gaga," "I Want To Break Free," and many more. Starring: Constantine Maroulis (Rock of Ages, Jekyll & Hyde) (7pm show only), Amy Spanger (Chicago, Elf), Marty Thomas (Pageant, Xanadu), Enrique Acevedo (Giant, Camelot), Mariand Torres (Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812), Adinah Alexander (Kinky Boots, Wicked), Farah Alvin (Nine, Marvelous Wonderettes), Marissa Rosen (DIVA),Bryce Ryness ("Peter Pan Live!," Hair, Leap Of Faith, First Date) and more to be announced! Directed by T. Oliver Reid.
EMILY WEST
January 13 at 7PM
$25-35 cover charge. $65 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum.
Emily West was recently catapulted into the national spotlight during her run on the renowned TV talent competition America's Got Talent, where she finished second. Her incredible voice wowed audiences and judges alike, with Howard Stern calling her "So on the money...The best singer I've seen [on America's Got Talent] since I started three years ago. The Best." Emily is a musical maverick in the masquerade of pin-up perfection. Musically captivating and innovative, she knows she has been a hard case for the industry to define. "I wear my heart on my sleeve. Judy, Barbara, Patsy, Rufus Wainwright, Antony & the Johnson's. I love to interpret a song. I love to sing stories." You won't want to miss the opportunity to see this rising star in her brand new solo show and 54 Below debut.
THE MAMMA MIA! DADS IN CONCERT
January 13 at 9:30PM
$30-40 cover charge. $60 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum.
Come hear the reason why a single woman on a Greek isle fell in love with three men at the same time. The three leading men of Broadway's Mamma Mia! bring you an evening of harmony and romance. Expect a musically diverse evening, including everything from Broadway classics to The Beatles to Crosby Stills & Nash - and even some original compositions. Featuring Alan Campbell (Tony nominee for Sunset Boulevard, Contact), John Hemphill (David Fincher's Zodiac, A Raisin In The Sun with Phylicia Rashad) and Paul DeBoy (Sight Unseen, Eurydice at Second Stage). The three dads of Mamma Mia! tell their side of the story. Spandex optional.
KANDER AND EBB AND ALL THAT JAZZ
January 15 at 7 & 9:30PM
$35-45 cover charge. $70 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum.
"New York, New York", Chicago, Cabaret - nothing says show-stopping sizzle like the musicals of Kander & Ebb. Kander And Ebb And All That Jazz celebrates the unprecedented forty-year career of one of Broadway and Hollywood's most treasured songwriting teams. From Cabaret and Chicago to Kiss of the Spider Woman and The Scottsboro Boys, the music of this award-winning duo has thrilled generations of theater goers and remains as fresh and spine-tingling today as it always has. Mary Testa, Julia Murney, Lucia Spina, and Klea Blackhurst lead an all-star cast trumpeting all that brass, all that sass and all that jazz. Created and Directed by Scott Coulter.
SONDHEIM ORIGINALS
January 16 & 17 at 7PM
$35-45 cover charge. $80 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum.
Join Broadway's original Mary Flynn in Merrily We Roll Along, Ann Morrison, Broadway's original Marta in Company, Pamela Myers, and Broadway's original Baker in Into the Woods, Chip Zien, as they recall songs and stories recounting their experiences creating their roles in these three landmark Sondheim musicals. Fun and laughter abound as these three 'old friends' gather together for a remarkable evening with Sondheim Originals. Originally presented at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center under the direction of Grammy and Emmy Award winner, John McDaniel, the show features music direction byMark Hartman.
DONNA VIVINO
January 16 at 9:30PM
$35-45 cover charge. $65 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum.
After her sold out show at 54 Below, Donna Vivino returns for another witty evening of songs and stories as she shares the stage with former co-stars and cast mates from Wicked, Submissions Only,Hairspray, Les Miserables and many more. Broadway fell in love with Donna in 1987 when she created the role of Young Cosette in the original Broadway production of Les Miserables. Since then, she's danced through the 70's (Saturday Night Fever), sung with the nicest kids in town (Hairspray), laughed it up with Martin Short (Fame Becomes Me), & defied gravity as one of Wicked's most beloved Elphaba. One night only.
HAPPY KARAOKE FUN TIME
January 16 at 11:30PM
$10 cover charge. $25 premium seating. $20 food and beverage minimum or two drinks.
"You'll laugh. You'll clap. You'll cheer. You may even tap your foot to the beat of the songs. You'll leave feeling great... you'll probably make plans to incorporate improvised lyrics to karaoke classics into your next party." - Broadway World. It's Happy Karaoke Fun Time...at 54 Below. Following performances at The Davenport Theatre off-Broadway, Second City, The Annoyance Theatre, and at festivals across the country, the hit musically improvised show comes to 54 Below with a one-night-only all Broadway themed night. Happy Karaoke Fun Time! is a show where improv and karaoke come together to create a world in which scenes explode into popular songs you'll recognize (but lyrics you won't)...made up entirely on the spot. In this special Broadway and cabaret themed edition, hear Broadway songs re-invented with improvised lyrics, from "All That Jazz" to "The Lion King," as part of the opening and closing night of a brand new improvised musical - titled by YOU, the audience. Featuring NYC's top musical improvisers from Upright Citizens Brigade, The People's Improv Theatre, The Magnet, The Annoyance Theatre and more. Full cast TBA.
WE ARE THE TIGERS IN CONCERT
January 17 at 11:30PM
$20 cover charge. $45 premium seating. $20 food and beverage minimum or two drinks.
New York's hottest young performers sing We Are The Tigers, an original pop/rock musical and darkly comic murder mystery about a dysfunctional group of high school cheerleaders. Written and composed by up-and-coming young writer Rebekah M. Allen, the concert will feature highlights from the musical's edgy and upbeat score along with several bonus selections from Allen's developing and upcoming projects. The evening will bring together ten Broadway and Off-Broadway performers to premiere a fresh slate of fully-orchestrated contemporary music and introduce New York theatergoers to the humor, suspense, and infectious fun of We Are The Tigers. Rebekah M. Allen is a musical theater writer based out of New York City. Her original projects include We Are the Tigers: A New Musical, Step Up to the Final Destination in 3D: The Musical, Remission: A Musical, Glitter City, My Gay Killer Husband: A Lifetime Original Musical (Boo Festival Award Winner), and a few other projects with "A/the Musical" in the title. She is currently a lyricist in the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theater Workshop. Starring:Adrian Aiello, Meghann Fahy, Kayla Foster, Elizabeth Judd, Adam Kaplan, Janet Krupin, Katie Ladner, Marissa O'Donnell, Gerianne Perez, Emily Skeggs, Aubin Wise and Remy Zaken. Music and Lyrics by Rebekah M. Allen, Directed by Michael Bello and Musical Direction by Patrick Sulken.
BAND GEEKS IN CONCERT
January 18 at 7 & 9:30PM
$40-50 cover charge. $75 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum.
Get ready to embrace your inner geek when Band Geeks marches into 54 Below with its crew of high school misfits. With his beloved marching band at risk of being cancelled, team captain Elliot is fighting to save the Cuyahoga High Marching Beavers by uniting the team...and maybe getting the girl along the way. Featuring a score by Mark Allen, Gaby Alter and Tommy Newman and a book byGordon Greenberg and Newman, this heartwarming underdog story has been seen at NAMT, Goodspeed, and around the country. Directed by Lorin Latarro and produced by Shoshana Feinstein. Starring: Jill Abramovitz (Cinderella, It Should've Been You), F. Michael Haynie (Wicked, NBC's "Peter Pan Live"), Lindsay Mendez (Wicked, Dogfight), Ruthie Ann Miles (Here Lies Love, The King and I), Mike Millan (Piece of My Heart), Patti Murin (Lysistrata Jones, Fly by Night), Ben Platt (Book of Mormon, Pitch Perfect), Daniel Quadrino (Newsies, NBC's "Peter Pan Live"), Jason Michael Snow (The Book of Mormon, Sex Tips for Straight Women From a Gay Man) and more to be announced soon.
SCOTT ALAN & FRIENDS
January 19 at 7PM
$40-50 cover charge. $80 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum.
Simply Scott Alan - An intimate concert with composer Scott Alan and today's brightest stars. Acclaimed songwriter Scott Alan will make his debut at 54 Below in an evening of songs featured from his five successful albums including Dreaming Wide Awake, Keys, What I Wanna Be When I Grow Up, LIVEand Anything Worth Holding On To, as well as songs from his musicals, Home & ifi. After sold out concerts around the world, Alan will be returning to the New York City stage after over a year and a half away. With Alan at the piano and some of today's brightest Broadway stars and recording artists, this will be an intimate night of storytelling and supreme vocalists. Alan has written songs for a long list of Broadway and recording stars, including Lea Salonga, Sutton Foster, Samantha Barks, Ramin Karimloo, Jane Monheit, Pentatonix, Marc Broussard, Megan Hilty, Diana DeGarmo, Jonathan Groff, Liz Callaway, Jeremy Jordan, Taylor Dayne, Randy Graff, and many more. His song "It's Good to See You Again" was featured on the season nine premiere of "So You Think You Can Dance" and was the number one downloaded song on iTunes & Amazon the evening of its debut. His musical, Home with Christy Hall, will open in London's West End in September 2015. His musical ifi opened to rave reviews in Tokyo, Japan in September 2014. Scheduled to appear at the 7pm concert are 2014 Tony Award Winners James Monroe Iglehart (Aladdin) and Jessie Mueller (Beautiful). Also set to appear are Tony Nominees Joshua Henry, (The Scottsboro Boys, Violet), Chad Kimball (Memphis), and Lilla Crawford(Little Red Riding Hood in Disney's upcoming film adaptation of Into the Woods). Iglehart, Mueller, Henry, Kimball and Crawford will be joined by Erin Davie (Side Show), Alysha Umphress (On the Town),Rachel Tucker (The Last Ship), David Burtka (upcoming's It Shoulda Been You), Mykal Kilgore (Motown),Natalie Weiss (Wicked), Christine Dwyer (Wicked), Katie Thompson (Giant), Julian Cihi (The Classic Stage Company production of Romeo and Juliet), Ellyn Marie Marsh (Kinky Boots), Danny Calvert (Altar Boyz), Elizabeth Stanley (On the Town), Abby Mueller (Kinky Boots), Jessica Phillips (Next to Normal),Anna Ty Bergman (Things Musical Theatre Girls Say), Lisa Brescia, Ashley Brown, Eden Espinosa, Marcus Paul James, Julia Murney, Emily Skinner and Marty Thomas' DIVAs: Marissa Rosen,Christina Cataldo and Galyana Castillo.
LAUREN ELDER
January 19 at 9:30PM
$25-35 cover charge. $60 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum.
Lauren Elder, currently appearing in Side Show on Broadway, brings together a night of music, fun, and friends in her 54 Below solo debut. Backed by her band of misfits and outcasts, she'll be singing songs you know, songs you don't, songs you thought you knew, and songs she wrote. A world-class whistler as well, you can be sure she'll be puckering her lips a lot. Special Broadway guests will be announced soon. Lauren Elder is an actress, singer-songwriter and whistler living in New York City. She has been seen on HBO's Boardwalk Empire and in the Broadway and West End revivals of Hair. Lauren blends the sweet sounds of the ukulele with influences of folk, jazz and pop to create her unique, whimsical sound, which she then records in her closet, huddled between her vintage dresses.
FRANKIE J GRANDE
January 20 at 7PM
January 21 at 9:30PM
$25-35 cover charge. $60 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum.
Frankie J. Grande is currently starring in Rock of Ages on Broadway, after spending a season in the "Big Brother" house. He is a performer, producer, host, YouTube star and social media mogul. Frankie has a rich history in the theater as he has performed in Mamma Mia! on Broadway, produced Hamletstarring Jude Law, and produced and co-directed Brooke Shields' one woman show at Feinstein's. He was honored with the title of "Mr. Broadway" in 2007. In his return to 54 Below Frankie performs his favorite pop hits and Broadway show tunes, dishes about his time in the "Big Brother" house, and makes audiences laugh with his incredible impersonations.
CHRISTINE EBERSOLE
January 21, 22, 23, 24, 28, 29, 30, 31 at 7PM
$60-70 cover charge for 1/21, 1/22, 1/28 & 1/29. $70- 80 cover charge for 1/23 & 1/24. $75-85 cover charge for 1/30 & 1/31. $110-135 premium seating. $30 food and beverage minimum.
54 Below is proud to present the return engagement of two-time Tony Award winner Christine Ebersole following a sold out 2 week run of her new show Big Noise From Winnetka. Christine's "stirring new show", as described by the New York Times' Stephen Holden, returns for 8 performances, with musical director Bette Sussman (Whitney Houston, Cyndi Lauper, Bette Midler) leading Christine's 4 piece band and vocalist Tabitha Fair. The concert features both classic and re-imagined Broadway hits, pop and jazz classics and anecdotes about growing up. Winner of two Tony Awards for Best Actress in a Musical (42nd Street and Grey Gardens), Christine co-stars on the hit TBS series Sullivan & Son (now in it's 3rd season). Christine has starred in film (Wolf of Wall Street), television (Royal Pains) and has performed concerts in theaters and concert halls across the country, from The Kennedy Center and Carnegie Hall to The Pasadena and Boston Pops. This past fall, Christine appeared in the PBS Television special "Michael Feinstein: Live from The Rainbow Room." Returning to 54 Below for another two week engagement is Christine's favorite way to kick off 2015.
MITCHELL JARVIS
January 22 at 9:30PM
$30-40 cover charge. $60 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum.
Mitchell Jarvis makes his solo concert debut with a show about a man who believes he is Jacques Brel - not a reincarnation but the man himself. Told entirely in Brel songs with surprising contemporary arrangements and actual Brel quotes woven throughout, it's an examination of Love, Death and Hope. Backed by a four-piece band, Jarvis channels Brel for a new generation - living everywhere. Jarvis originated the role of Lonny in Rock of Ages, and is co-creator and star of the web series, "It Could Be Worse". He played Keith Stone, spokesperson for Keystone Light beer, and is a frequent guest with the Skivvies.
SALLY KELLERMAN
January 23 at 9:30PM
$30-40 cover charge. $65 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum.
54 Below is proud to present film and TV star Sally Kellerman in A Little Jazz, a Little Blues, a Little Rock and Roll-an eclectic celebration of her 40-year cabaret career-from her early years at Reno Sweeney in Greenwich Village up to recent performances in Hollywood and San Francisco. Rex Reed, reviewing her previous NY appearance at Feinstein's, noted "She has a lusty, suggestive way with both lyrics and words that defies the passing of time. She hasn't changed a bit since her giddy role as 'Hot Lips' in Robert Altman's MASH made the world drool back in 1970. She is still, to put it bluntly, a goddamn knockout...she sings with so much self-assurance and such a passion for music that she can switch effortlessly in style and tempo from the raucous pop-rock of the Pointer Sisters to the navy-blue-jazz phrasing of Billie Holiday with the snap of a finger. Doing what she loves and loving what she's doing, Sally Kellerman is a blast of West Coast vitamin C." Since earning Oscar and Golden Globe nominations for MASH, Kellerman has starred in more than 50 films and countless TV shows and even hosted Saturday Night Live. She can currently be seen on the CBS-TV daytime drama The Young and the Restless and in a recurring role with comic Marc Maron on his popular Maron comedy series. Her distinctive, husky voice has been heard on hundreds of commercials and she recorded a duet with Ella Fitzgerald's son, Ray Brown Jr., for his album "Friends and Family". Her own classic album "Roll With the Feelin'" was recently reissued by Geffen Records and was followed by a critically-acclaimed new CD, Sally. Her saucy memoir Read My Lips is currently in bookstores.
THE SONGS OF F. MICHAEL HAYNIE
January 23 at 11:30PM
$20 cover charge. $40 premium seating. $20 food and beverage minimum or two drinks.
After ten long years, F. Michael Haynie is finally moving his singer/songwriter alter ego out the Village and LES. So if you missed his unique blend of country-folk-jazz-pop at the Bitter End, Rockwood, the West 4th Street Subway Station, or that time he was on MTV's Made, this is the concert you never knew you were waiting for: F. Michael Haynie LIVE at 54 Below. A night of all-original music written by F., with guest stars from stage, screen, and Washington Square Park, at Broadway's premier Supper Club. Don't expect to hear the story of F.'s life, or a teary wander down ex-girlfriend lane-just an evening of music and merriment. So "Holler" if you wanna have a Wicked good time, but Dogfight for your tickets before they get Carrie'd away. Be there or be "Peter Pan Live on NBC." (Believe it or not, F.'s credits include Holler If Ya Hear Me, Wicked, Dogfight, Carrie, and Peter Pan LIVE! on NBC.) F. will be joined on stage by Andy Mientus (Les Miserables, SMASH), Alex Brightman (Matilda, Big Fish), Jason Gotay (Bring It On, Peter Pan LIVE!), Andrew Kober (Les Miserables, Hair), Drew Gasparini (Crazy, Just Like Me), and Allison Scagliotti (Jasper in Deadland, Warehouse 13), plus additional performers to be announced. The evening will feature music direction by Justin Goldner and is produced by Erica Rotstein.
GEORGIA STITT
January 24 at 9:30PM
$30-40 cover charge. $65 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum.
The Danger Year is a new musical about the connections we make and fail to make in pursuit of contemporary success. In these dangerous years of evolving social connectivity, how far will people go to find an actual human connection? Acknowledging our endless reliance on our technology, The Danger Year charts one year of contemporary calamity, upheaval, and rebirth in the lives of Adam, Zoe, Michael, Jill and Maggie. Presenting the show in concert form, composer/lyricist Georgia Stitt will be joined by her fantastic band and guest singers Tituss Burgess, Ta'Rea Campbell, Caitlin Kinnunen,Jessica Vosk, as well as more to be announced, and a group of fabulous musical theater students from Pace Univeristy. This score is being presented publicly in New York City for the first time after a successful fall concert debut at London's Garrick Theatre.
SONDHEIM UNPLUGGED
January 25 at 7PM
$30-40 cover charge. $70 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum.
A celebrated New York event since 2010, the Bistro Award-winning series Sondheim Unplugged features some of Broadway and cabaret's most dynamic voices, accompanied by piano only. Expect tunes from A Little Night Music, Company, Into the Woods, Follies, Passion, Dick Tracy and more. Past special guests have included original Sondheim cast members such as Len Cariou, Victoria Mallory, Donna McKechnie & Chip Zien - so you never know who might drop in. Sondheim Unplugged is hosted by series creator Phil Geoffrey Bond, who will fill the audience in on Sondheimien facts, history & assorted tidbits of theatrical lore. Come join the party.
CUTTING EDGE COMPOSERS:6TH EDITION
January 25 at 9:30PM
$25-35 cover charge. $60 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum.
Cutting-Edge Composers is a concert series that strives to create greater exposure for up-and-coming songwriters by providing them with venues, publicity, Broadway performers and musicians to best showcase their material. Cutting-Edge Composers is directed and produced by Laura Pietropinto with musical direction by Julie McBride and Benjamin Rauhala. Cutting-Edge Composers is thrilled to be presenting their 6th concert at 54 Below. Stay tuned for an exciting list of writers and performers who will singing material from brand new musicals to be announced shortly. Cutting-Edge Composers has an exclusive weekly video spotlight on Broadwayworld.com, where you can find many of our talented composers and performers. Past concerts have been co-produced by Josh Young and Jillian Robbins, and musically directed by Virginia Hart Pike.
DAVID MICHAEL FINKELSTEIN'S BAR MITZVAH: THE MUSICAL COMEDY IN CONCERT
January 27 at 7PM
$25-35 cover charge. $70 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum.
David Michael Finkelstein's Bar Mitzvah: anew musical comedy by Sue Fabisch (Motherhood the Musical). "The musical by the talented Fabisch, who wrote the book, music and lyrics for this...provides the audience a ringside seat for an evening of unabashed hilarity." - Huffington Post. You know that group of relatives that you don't want to invite, but you have to anyway? Well, they're all here. Join us for the concert version of this all original new musical comedy, where the story takes place, well, at a Bar Mitzvah. Ruth, the matriarch of the bunch is the overbearing Jewish mother, butting into everyone's business - especially her daughter Sarah. Poor Sarah is just trying to make it through the event without one more person commenting on why she's not married yet. And father Irv rounds out the trio as he pretends he can't hear a word of what his wife is saying. Along comes Cousin Barry and his "girlfriend" Gina, a beautiful Italian manicurist, which of course leaves everyone confused because they all thought that Barry was gay! And then there's Matthew, the mystery man...who's also, (wait for it) a doctor! After two successful runs in New Jersey (The Warehouse and The Forum Theatre) the crazy relatives are here and ready to talk be
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