Donna Vivino, Brandon Victor Dixon & More Set for COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY SONGBOOK at 54 Below

54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents Columbia University Songbook on Tuesday, March 10th at 9:30pm. Columbia University Songbook is dedicated to showcasing material created by past and present musical theatre luminaries who have been affiliated with Columbia University throughout the years. Featured in this concert are classic works by songwriting partners Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein/Lorenz Hart and John Kander and Fred Ebb, as well as contemporary works by songwriting partners Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey(If/Then, Next to Normal); Kait Kerrigan and Brian Lowdermilk (Henry and Mudge); Benjamin Velez and Katie Hathaway (Afterland), playwright and librettist David Henry Hwang (Aida, Flower Drum Song, M. Butterfly); composer/lyricists Rick Hip Flores (We Will Rock You), and Peter Lerman (Brooklynite), and Columbia University's oldest performing arts tradition, The Varsity Show. The evening will include selected material from well-known and beloved shows to material that has only been heard within the campus gates!

The line-up of performers includes Brandon Victor Dixon (The Color Purple, Motown), Megan McGinnis (Little Women, Les Miserables), Donna Vivino (Wicked, Hairspray, Les Miserables), Lauren Cipoletti (Heathers the Musical), Laura Griffith (The Light in the Piazza, South Pacific), Michael Anthony Walsh (The Count of Monte Cristo, Bill W. And Dr. Bob), Adrienne Paquin (Ogunquit Playhouse's Young Frankenstein, Gloucester Stage's Carnival), Columbia University's The Varsity Show and more to be announced shortly!

The concert is produced by Danielle Gautier and directed by Laura Pietropinto, with musical direction by Rick Hip-Flores and associate musical direction by Solomon Hoffman.

Columbia University Songbook plays 54 Below (254 West 54th Street) on Tuesday, March 10th at 9:30pm. There is a $25 - $60 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.

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