HEDWIG's Rebecca Naomi Jones and More Join Charlie Rosen's Broadway Big Band at 54 Below Tonight

Following multiple sold out engagements, Charlie Rosen's Broadway Big Band returns to the intimate Manhattan venue 54 Below tonight, October 10th, to continue an official residence for 2015.

The 9:30 PM concert, helmed by director Max Friedman, features returning guest vocalists Hannah Elless (Godspell, Steve Martin & Edie Brickell's Bright Star), Adam Kaplan (Newsies), Rebecca Naomi Jones (Hedwig and The Angry Inch, American Idiot) Lauren "LOLO" Pritchard (DCD2 Recording Artist, Spring Awakening), plus the Broadway Big Band debut of Nicholas Christopher (Motown The Musical, Whorl Inside A Loop). More guests will be announced at a later date. Friedman and Rosen co-produce the series.

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!

Tickets, priced from $30-$70 plus a $25 food/beverage minimum, are available now. Visit 54Below.com for more information and to purchase tickets.

Charlie Rosen is a 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 Umpress), a Broadway Big Band fan favorite, is available as a free download on SoundCloud, and his Charlie Rosen & Friends cover series is streaming on YouTube. Instagram/Twitter: @CrosenMusic.

Max Friedman is a theater & cabaret director with a focus on contemporary musical theatre. NYC credits include: Songs For Slutty Girls by Kailey Marshall (in development), Charlie Rosen's Broadway Big Band (series in residence, 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: 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 created and directed over a dozen original cabaret acts including [Alexander Sage] Oyen Sings Oyen, LoserSongs: An Evening With Will Roland, Zack Zadek Loves Katy Perry, and Midnight at The Never Get by Mark Sonnenblick & Sam Bolen. Instagram/Twitter: @maxbfriedman.

54 Below, Broadway's Supper Club, is the new performance venue in the grand tradition of New York City nightlife. A few blocks from the heart of Times Square and just below the legendary Studio 54, 54 Below is a classically designed state-of-the art nightclub in the theatre district that hosts audiences with warmth and style. The venue provides a food and beverage menu from early evening through the wee hours of the morning that is worthy of the world-class entertainment on the stage. Located at 254 West 54th Street, 54 Below features up to three shows nightly with cover charges ranging from $15-$95.

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