Oyoyo Joi and Jill Abramovitz Join SESSION GIRLS at Feinstein's/54 Below

FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents Lauren Worsham (A Gentleman's Guide To Love And Murder) as music producer Joli Nye. Jill Abramovitz (Fiddler On The Roof; Cinderella) will be backup singer Cocoa, and Oyoyo Joi (The Book Of Mormon), as cellist Mariana, will make her her Feinstein's/54 Below debut-these three incredible performers are the... SESSION GIRLS!

A raucous and heartfelt evening of original tunes about three working women in the music industry, Session Girls gives us the inside scoop on music producer Joli (Ms. Worsham), bawdy backup vocalist Cocoa (Ms. Abramovitz), classical cellist Mariana (Ms. Joi), and their trials and tribulations as they navigate the music world, their love lives, and the untenable travail of a big studio merger.

Says Oyoyo Joi, "I am so excited to work with the wonderful cast and team! It's my 54 Below debut, and I can't think of a better way to enter the cycle than with Session Girls! It's gonna be great!"

Session Girls is brimming with original witty, charming and memorable tunes like "Painfully Self-Aware", "Miss Manners Got It Wrong", "You're Never A Shoo-In", "If You Wanna Make Dough On A Show", "I'm A Producer (And You're Not)", "I Dreamt Of You", "We Should All Just Be Excellent", "At Least We've All Got Us", the award-winning "Nothing To Brag About", and more-the night will be a foot-stomping, booth-romping blast!

Robin Carus is Casting Director and has this to say about Session Girls: "Session Girls celebrates creative women and their successes... it is a beautiful and relevant story for today."

Session Girls is created by award-winning writer, composer, lyricist and three-time Emmy® Award nominee Mia Moravis, a Van Dean/Stephanie Rosenberg Producing Partner of Broadway's Anastasia The Musical. Grammy® and Tony® Award-winning Broadway Records President Van Dean will co-produce. Grammy®- and Tony® Award-nominated and Emmy® Award-winning Michael J. Moritz, Jr. is Music Director, and will produce the live recording for Broadway Records. Ms. Moravis will direct and co-produce. Also cast, as previously reported, are Bart Shatto (War Paint; Les Misérables) as cellist Rouald Finckel; Lisa O'Hare (A Gentleman's Guide To Love And Murder) as recording studio executive Celia Webb; Brian Charles Rooney (The Threepenny Opera) as music mogul, Terrance Rand; and Emily Padgett (Charlie And The Chocolate Factory) as Nashville musician Lucinda, Ryan Andes (Big Fish; Sweeney Todd) as studio engineer Max Beft, Megan McGinnis (Les Misérables; Disney's Beauty And The Beast) as Maya, Max's fiancée, Jeff Hiller (Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson) as Delivery Guy, and Robbie Rozelle (Songs From Inside My Locker) as theatre producer Mitchie Karabakis.

Lauren Worsham as music producer Joli Nye, Jill Abramovitz as backup singer Cocoa, and Oyoyo Joi as cellist Mariana play Feinstein's/54 Below (254 West 54th Street) in "SESSION GIRLS" on March 6, 2018, 9:30PM. There is a $40 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

Ms. Worsham is a Drama Desk Award-winning and Tony Award-nominated actress and singer. She recently completed her run on Broadway in A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder (2014 Tony Award winner for Best Musical). Other favorite roles include Lisa in Dog Days at Montclair Peak Performances; Fort Worth Opera and LA Opera (dir. Robert Woodruff); Flora in Turn of the Screw at New York City Opera (dir. Sam Buntrock); Amy in Where's Charley? at New York City Center (dir. John Doyle); Cunegonde in New York City Opera's Candide; and Olive in the first National tour of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Other credits include La Perichole at New York City Opera; and Carnival (Lili) at Goodspeed Opera House.

Ms. Joi most recently appeared in The Book Of Mormon-Broadway, as well as in both of the national tours. She also performed in the national tour of Memphis, and was understudy for the role of Felicia. Regional theatre credits include Ti Moune in Once On This Island, Sarah in Ragtime, and Helene in Sweet Charity.

Jill Abramovitz was seen on Broadway most recently as Grandma Tzeitel in Fiddler On The Roof, in Cinderella, and as Kathy in 9 to 5. Off-Broadway productions include Sweeney Todd with Emma Thompson, and her regional highlights include playing Doris in Damn Yankees, and as Mrs. Sparrow in Up In The Air at the Kennedy Center. Her television performances include Madame Secretary, The Good Wife, and Ugly Betty.

Feinstein's/54 Below, Broadway's Supper Club & Private Event Destination, is a 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, Feinstein's/54 Below is a classically designed state-of-the art nightclub in the theatre district that hosts audiences with warmth and style. Feinstein's/54 Below presents iconic and rising stars from the worlds of Broadway and popular music and has set a new standard for culinary excellence worthy of the world-class entertainment on the stage.

Located at 254 West 54th Street, Feinstein's/54 Below features up to three shows nightly with cover charges ranging from $5-$105. 54Below.com/Feinsteins

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