Kerry Butler, Tovah Feldshuh & More Set for Feinstein's/54 Below This Week

This week FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz and beyond. To purchase tickets or for more information, visitwww.54Below.com/Feinsteins or call (646) 476-3551.

BARE: THE REUNION CONCERT, OCTOBER 12 AT 7PM & 9:30PM:

On October 12th, members of the original Los Angeles and New York City casts of Damon Intrabartolo and Jon Hartmere Jr.'s beloved pop opera bare will reunite on the Feinstein's/54 Below stage in a concert of music from the show. The cast will be led by the show's original director,Kristin Hanggi, and the original New York production's music director, Jesse Vargas. Members of original New York and Los Angeles casts will also be joined by cast members of the recent New World Stages and Los Angeles productions. The concert will be produced by Benjamin Rauhala. The cast is set to include... From the 2000 Los Angeles Production: John Griffin, Keili Lefkovitz, Philip Dean Lightstone, Stephanie Anderson, Charity Hill, Jennie Kwan, Maura Knowles, Joseph Pinzon, Reed Prescott, Tassa Varga, Sierra Rein, Richard Hellstern, Natalie Avital, and a special video appearance by John Torres. From the 2004 New York Production: Jenna Leigh Green, John Hill, Michael Arden, Natalie Joy Johnson, Adam Fleming, Romelda Benjamin, Jim Price, Kaitlin Hopkins, Isaac Calpito, Mike Canon, and Kearran Giovanni. From the 2012 New York Production: Taylor Trensch, Elizabeth Judd, Sara Kapner, Ariana Groover, Justin Gregory Lopez, and Michael Tacconi. From the 2013 Los Angeles Production: Payson Lewis and Jonah Platt. From the 2013 London Production: Dale Evans. bare tells the story of a group of high school seniors at a Catholic boarding school facing issues of sexuality and personal identity. As they struggle to come to terms with who they are, and who the world thinks they should be, they seek answers from their Church, their friends, and ultimately, from within themselves. This one-night-only concert is presented in memory and in celebration of composer Damon Intrabartolo, who passed away in August of 2013. $50-60 cover charge. $95 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum.

Tovah Feldshuh, OCTOBER 13 & 17 AT 7PM & OCTOBER 18 AT 3PM:

Tovah Feldshuh, acclaimed Broadway, film, and television star (currently on "The Walking Dead" as Deanna Monroe) returns by popular demand with Aging Is Optional to Feinstein's/54 Below. On the New York stage, besides earning four Tony nominations for Best Actress, Ms. Feldshuh won four Drama Desk Awards, four Outer Critics Circle Awards, the Obie, the Theatre World Award, and the Lucille Lortel Award for Best Actress in Golda's Balcony. On the West Coast she received the San Diego's Theatre Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Performance in a Touring Show for Golda's Balcony as well and two Drama Logue awards for her Juliet and her first one woman show: Tovah: A Rush Hour Revue! This season, Washington DC awarded her the Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Performance, and honored her with a visit to the White House to meet the President and First Lady. Most recently, Tovah stopped the show as the trapeze-swinging Berthe in the Tony Award-winning Broadway revival of Pippin. The season before, she played Lady Politic in the acclaimed revival of Ben Jonson's Volpone at the Lucille Lortel Theatre. As Jason Zinoman of The New York Times raved, "No one earns more laughs than the marvelous Tovah Feldshuh." Directed by Jeff Harnar and Musical direction by James Bassi. $55-65 cover charge. $105-110 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum.

Gabrielle Stravelli, OCTOBER 13 AT 9:30PM:

"A remarkable voice... a confidence and playfulness that recalled Ella Fitzgerald in her prime..." - The New York Times. "Outstanding...already one of the best around." - The Wall Street Journal.Internationally acclaimed pop/jazz vocalist Gabrielle Stravelli comes to Feinstein's/54 Below with a brand new show! Ms. Stravelli combines the soulful sensitivity of a vintage song stylist with a distinctly modern sensibility. Known for an intimate and unguarded connection with her audiences, Stravelli has gained a loyal following through tours with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, appearances at the 92nd St Y and at Feinstein's/54 Below in Sondheim Unplugged, 54 Sings Joni Mitchell, and 54 Sings Billy Joel. Gabrielle Stravelli's enthralling new show, her second collaboration with nightlife legend Marilyn Maye, will include tracks from her new release, Now I Know. Featuring her fearless and fresh takes on material both classic and new, this fast-paced evening will cover everything from well-loved standards like "Dream Dancing" and "Autumn Nocturne" to re-imagined pop hits such as Stevie Wonder's "You and I" to Stravelli's original compositions inspired by latin, jazz, R&B, swing and bebop. Described as "a powerhouse of individual expression" by The Village Voice, Ms. Stravelli will enthrall you with her exciting vocal chops, rhythmic dexterity and distinctively modern sensibility. $30-40 cover charge. $70 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum.

Emerson Steele, OCTOBER 14 AT 7PM:

You know that feedback you hear? "Sorry, you're not right for this role ... you're not young enough, old enough, tall enough, short enough, MALE enough?!" So, what's a girl to do? Tongue in cheek, with humor and heart, with songs, stories, dances, and goofy antics, 2014 Theatre World Award winner, Emerson Steele, turns the norms upside down and, tonight, plays the roles she has always wanted to play and some she hopes to play in the future! Emerson's introduction to Broadway and New York audiences as Young Violet in Violet was called "a strong Broadway debut" by NBC News, an "excellent performance" by Broadway World. She was blessed to be met with a lovely and warm embrace by the Broadway community and the press who referred to her as "a genuine revelation," a "talented newcomer," "feisty," "a very talented young singer," as well as "endearing, hearty-voiced." As Mary Phagan in Jason Robert Brown's Parade at Lincoln Center, Theatremania called Emerson "appropriately chirpy!" Feinstein's/54 Below invites you to a fun evening with Emerson and some special guests as they perform a range and variety of Broadway favorites, all the while spinning the "no's" into a resounding "YES"!!! With special guests Annie Golden (Orange is the New Black, Violet, Hair), Derek Klena (Wicked, Bridges of Madison County, Dogfight), Charlie Pollock (Violet, Urinetown, 9 to 5), Sophia Gennusa (Matilda, Doctor Zhivago), Gabriella Baldacchino (A Christmas Story MSG), Michael Nigro (Sound of Music Live) and Mavis Simpson-Ernst (Evita, Les Miserables Tour, Project Runway). Directed by Ilana Ransom Toeplitz. Musical Direction by Sonny Paladino. $25-35 cover charge. $60 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum.

IF IT ONLY EVEN RUNS A MINUTE, OCTOBER 14 AT 9:30PM:

"Musical theatre know-it-alls will not want to miss this!" -Time Out New York.

"An artistically compelling series... displays the blood, guts, sweat and tears that go into making Broadway shows." -AM New York. Sometimes Broadway musicals run forever, like Cats or Les Miserables. But sometimes, Broadway musicals run for only a minute, like Merrily We Roll Along, High Fidelity, or Via Galactica. This is their story. If It Only Even Runs A Minute is the Bistro Award-winning concert series celebrating rare songs, behind-the-scenes tales, and inspiring photos from underappreciated musicals. Created and hosted by Feinstein's/54 Below Director of Programming Jennifer Ashley Tepper and Book of Mormon's Kevin Michael Murphy, with musical direction by Joshua Zecher-Ross, each concert includes performances and stories from original cast members and writers of selected featured shows, as well as new interpretations. This edition will feature performances from: Michael Arden, Katie Boeck, Ben Crawford, Drew Gasparini, Malcolm Gets, Derek Klena, Charlotte Maltby, Shakina Nayfack, Alexander Sage Oyen, Molly Pope, Ari McKay Wilford, Nick Wyman, Karen Ziemba, and more. The concert will feature songs from and stories about: A New Brain, Big Fish, Carmelina, Earl of Ruston, Kid Champion, Park, Steel Pier, To Live Another Summer To Pass Another Winter, The Times They Are A-Changin', Very Good Eddie, Your Own Thing, and more. Previous editions of Runs A Minute have played at the New York Musical Theatre Festival, Caroline's on Broadway, The Laurie Beechman Theatre, Joe's Pub and Le Poisson Rouge. So far, the series has included 275 performers and 161 featured musicals, as well as many songs that have never before been recorded. $25-35 cover charge. $60 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum.

Kerry Butler, OCTOBER 15 & 16 AT 7PM & OCTOBER 21 AT 11:30PM:

"It is always impressive when a singer can take complete ownership of a song, but it is even more impressive when a singer can take complete ownership of an entire set list. Broadway actress Kerry Butler is one of these singers and proves herself worthy of her many Broadway credits." -Cape Cod Times. Broadway favorite Kerry Butler makes her long-awaited Feinstein's/54 Below solo debut, alongside longtime friend Seth Rudetsky at the piano. The Tony Award-nominated star of Xanadu, Rock of Ages, Hairspray, Catch Me If You Can, Little Shop of Horrors, and more shares her favorite songs from her career and beyond. With special guest James Carpinello (Saturday Night Fever, Rock of Ages) for Kerry's October 21st performance. $40-50 cover charge. $65-85 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum.

PAMELA CLAY: FOREVER PIAF, OCTOBER 15 AT 9:30PM:

Singer-Actress Pamela Clay brings fablEd French singer Edith Piaf back to life in her New York City debut at Feinstein's/54 Below, Forever Piaf!, accompanied on piano by David Moscoe. The late great esteemed critic Mr. Richard Blackwell wrote: "Pamela Clay is the rebirth of Edith Piaf...she is fabulous with a voice that will have you mesmerized...She is Piaf if you close your eyes...She has that fabulous, gutsy street sound with the emotions that made Piaf an icon not to be rivaled...Pamela has everything that makes you stand and cheer....the voice of a lion and the emotions of a wounded sparrow...Believe me, she will bring a smile to your face and tears to your eyes!" Pamela Clay has appeared at Washington DC's John F. Kennedy Center, Los Angeles' John Anson Ford Amphitheatre and Wilshire-Ebell Theatre, and on-screen opposite Tommy Lee Jones. Fluent in French, she lived in Paris and Bordeaux, France many years, and performed her self-penned one-woman show, Toujours l'Amour! (Forever Love!) to sold-out crowds at such venues as the Catalina Jazz Club and M Bar Hollywood, and Edith Piaf and More! at the Longbeach Crawfish Festival and the House of Blues in Los Angeles. $25-35 cover charge. $60 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum.

THE THEORY OF RELATIVITY: IN CONCERT, OCTOBER 15 AT 11:30PM:

Fresh from a wildly successful run at Goodspeed's Norma Terris Theatre, Relativity is a bold new song cycle inspired by true stories of today's millennial generation as they search for a place in the cosmos. The hottest young talent in NYC, many reuniting from the Goodpseed cast, sing Neil Bartram's hilarious and heart-wrenching songs (with a few stories by Brian Hill thrown in for good measure) in celebration of the perennial pursuit of human connection. Albert Einstein may have said it best: "Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile." Neil Bartram and Brian Hill are the Drama Desk-nominated authors of the Broadway musical The Story of My Life and are working on stage adaptations of Ray Bradbury's Something Wicked This Way Comes and Disney's Bedknobs & Broomsticks. Featuring: Robert Ariza (Spring Awakening), Michael Browne (The Theory of Relativity), Jane Bruce (The Bad Years), Victoria Cook (Into The Woods), Kurt Hellerich (Lord of the Flies), Erika Henningsen (Les Miserables), Caitlin Houlahan ("Peter Pan Live"), Gizel Jiménez (Up Here), Kyra Maureen Kennedy (Murder Ballad), Erin Kommor (Come From Away),Keith Potts (Not Wanted on the Voyage), Mack Shirilla (Big River) and Music Director Dan Green(Rocky - Assoc. Conductor). $15 cover charge. $30 premium seating. $20 food and beverage minimum or two drinks.

Carole J. Bufford, OCTOBER 16 AT 9:30PM:

"And now there's Carole J. Bufford, a sizzling cabaret performer who offers the fullest realization I can remember of a 1920s girl gone wild. Ms. Bufford has a bright, rangy voice and big blue eyes that emit snapping electrical charges. She can be dangerous, but she is also funny." -Stephen Holden,The New York Times. The Oldest Profession has always fired the artist's imagination. Whether in song, on a canvas or printed page, those girls of the night have glowed with danger, of the carnal and the chaotic. Now on the heels of her prior successes, Carole J. Bufford presents Heart of Gold: A Portrait of the Oldest Profession. Audiences will be treated to music immortalized by the likes of Ella Fitzgerald, Ethel Waters, Julie London, Libby Holman, Elton John, Donna Summer, Liza Minnelli, Dolly Parton, Reba McEntire and more! Carole peers behind the drapes at this age-old trade with material spanning over a century. So come, step on in, if you dare, if you're intrigued... to be met by the most vital, the most enthralling women you've ever dreamed of. If their wit and courage doesn't capture you, their heartache will. Experience and give into Heart of Gold: A Portrait of the Oldest Profession. $30-40 cover charge. $70 premium seating. $25 food and beverage.

THE SONGS OF F. Michael Haynie, OCTOBER 16 AT 11:30PM:

Back in January F. Michael Haynie (Wicked, Dogfight, "Peter Pan LIVE!") moved his singer/songwriter alter ego from the village to Broadway's backyard, performing his signature acoustic jams for a sold-out house at Feinstein's/54 Below. F. is back by popular demand, and this time he's also offering a sneak peek of a brand new musical that he's written (his first). On Oct 16thVICTORY CITY will see the light of day (or moonlight) for the very first time-a notion that F. finds both intoxicatingly thrilling and utterly terrifying! THE SONGS OF F. Michael Haynie will be performed by The (M)orons - Alex Brightman (School of Rock), Drew Gasparini (Crazy, Just Like Me), and Andrew Kober (Les Miserables, She Loves Me) - as well as Taylor Louderman (Bring It On, "Peter Pan LIVE!"), Daniel Quadrino (Newsies), Emmy Raver-Lampman (Hamilton), Ben Thompson (Matilda, Holler If Ya Hear Me), Ephie Aardema (Bridges of Madison County, Songbird), Joshua Boone (Holler if Ya Hear Me), Kasie Gasparini (Mamma Mia!), Curt Hansen(Wicked), Sara Kapner (Bare), John-Michael Lyles (The Flick, Brooklynite), Ellyn Marie Marsh(Kinky Boots), and Donald Webber, Jr. (Whorl Inside a Loop, Motown), with music supervision and arrangements by Justin Goldner. The concert is produced by Erica Rotstein. Grab a drink and join some of Broadway's finest for a toast to great music, good friends, and brand new original musicals.$20 cover charge. $45 premium seating. $20 food and beverage minimum or two drinks.

Maxine Linehan, OCTOBER 17 AT 9:30PM:

Beautiful Songs is an exploration of what makes a song not just pretty, but beautiful. Singing songs from a wide variety of genres from Broadway, folk, pop, and beyond, the critically acclaimed Maxine Linehan will give audiences a rare hour filled with beauty created from irresistible melodies, with elegant and incisive lyrics. Beauty, of course, is in the eyes (and the ears) of the beholder, but the critics have been unanimous in their praise. Stephen Holden of The New York Times called Maxine "Fiercely talented....she takes favorites that you thought you knew and infuses them with an intensely personal point of view." Steve Schoenberg of The Huffington Post called Maxine "A powerful and confident singer," while Cahir O'Doherty of the Irish Voice concurs, describing Maxine as a "Megawatt talent...She is outstanding...Pitch Perfect...an Irish actress and singer of the first rank." Maxine Linehan has performed at venues as diverse as Ars Nova, Birdland, and The Town Hall. She was acclaimed in her one woman drama, Bronte, starred in the National Tour of the Lincoln Center production of South Pacific, directed by Bartlett Sherr, and has recorded three CDs, including the brilliantly reviewed CD version of Beautiful Songs. Beautiful Songs is created and directed for Maxine Linehan by Scott Siegel, the creater/writer/director/host of Broadway by the Year at The Town Hall, who has written, directed and produced for Michael Feinstein, and created shows for Carole J. Bufford. $30-40 cover charge. $70 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum.

LET ME TRY THAT AGAIN: TAKE 3, OCTOBER 18 AT 9:30PM:

On Sunday, October 18th at 54 Below, join Hunter Bell ([title of show], Grinch) and Susan Blackwell ([title of show], "Side By Side by Susan Blackwell") as they host an evening of fabulous performers sharing video of their most embarrassing moments onstage and then redeeming themselves by recreating that moment. At the end of the evening, the audience will vote on the star performer who most redeemed themselves through their efforts that night. Current performers include Steven Pasquale (Bridges of Madison County, Bloodline), who developed the annual event as a fundraiser for the Performing Arts Project with his peers in mind, Jenn Colella (If/Then, Chaplin), Brian d'Arcy James (Something Rotten, "Smash"), Richard Kind ("Inside Out," Dirty Rotten Scoundrels), and more who will be announced soon. Mary-Mitchell Campbell (Finding Neverland, Big Fish) is the evening's Music Director. "This benefit is to remind us all that we all have failed. And failed miserably, in my case in particular," says Pasquale. "But it's also to remind us about persistence, and focus, and moving forward. And about recognizing how important it is to not take ourselves too seriously. It will be a crazy fun night. "Let Me Try That Again: Take 3 is a benefit for The Performing Arts Project: a not-for-profit organization that provides vibrant theatrical training to a generation of young performers. Bell, Blackwell, and Pasquale are all on the faculty, alongside other Broadway, TV, and film performers. The Performing Arts Project offers dynamic and constantly evolving annual programming, the cornerstone of which is a three-week summer intensive during the month of July. Funds raised during this benefit will go directly towards scholarships and student programming costs. For more information, visit performingartsproject.com. $50-75 cover charge. $150-500 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum.

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