Broadway at the Cabaret: Norm Lewis, Alan Cumming & More This Week!

What good is sitting alone in your room this week? If you don't already have plans to see a Broadway show, come out to see your favorite Broadway stars in a cabaret act instead. After Broadway orchestras begin their overtures, ensemble members take their dance breaks, and performers belt out their eleven o'clock numbers, the party continues at various cabaret venues throughout New York City.

Below, BroadwayWorld brings you our top Broadway acts that can't be missed this week, December 17-23, 2017. Come hear the music play!

The 10th Annual Joe Iconis Christmas Extravaganza
December 17 at Feinstein's/54 Below- BUY TICKETS!

A New York City Twisted Holiday Tradition celebrates its Tenth Splendiferous Year! Joe Iconisand his merry band of musical theater punks are proud to bring their insane celebration of all things red and green back to Feinstein's/54 Below. Written by Joe Iconis, Directed by John Simpkins and produced by Jennifer Ashley Tepper, this wild yuletide explosion is part rock concert, part theater piece, and part theme park attraction come to life. Featuring brand new holiday songs, old favorites, a huge cast of musical theater all-stars, tiny elves, enormous reindeer, an inebriated Mr. and Mrs. Claus, and more whiskey-fueled shenanigans than you can shake a candy cane at, it promises to be the hap-hap-happiest holiday hoedown ever seen on stage.

Christine Ebersole & Billy Stritch: Snowfall
December 17-18 at Birdland- BUY TICKETS!

How You Know Her: War Paint, Grey Gardens, Blithe Spirit, 42nd Street

The Broadway at Birdland concert series is proud to present the return of Tony Award-winning actress/singer Christine Ebersole and Grammy Award-winning composer/pianist/singer Billy Stritch. "Snowfall" will celebrate the holidays with seasonal material from the duo's past shows, plus new songs like "Tennessee Christmas" and "The Man With The Bag." In the past, fans have packed this very special Christmas concert, enjoying Ebersole and Stritch's signature tight harmonies, luxurious vocals and snappy conversation.

Alan Cumming Sings Sappy Songs
December 21-23 at Joe's Pub- BUY TICKETS!

How You Know Him: Cabaret, Three Penny Opera, Macbeth

Alan Cumming has been described by Time Magazine as one of the most fun people in show business, by The New York Times as a 'bawdy, countercultural sprite' and by the Guardian as 'European, weird, and sexually ambiguous'. He has won over thirty awards for his humanitarianism and social activism, received both the Great Scot and Icon of Scotland awards from his homeland and was made an OBE (Officer of the British Empire) for his contributions to the arts and LBGT equality by the Queen, whose portrait was taken down when his was unveiled at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in 2014! Alan Cumming is many things to many people - renaissance man, style icon, social activist, bon viveur - but to himself he is a story-teller and provocateur for hire.

Norm Lewis: Santa Baby!
December 18-23 at Feinstein's/54 Below- BUY TICKETS!

How You Know Him: The Phantom of the Opera, Porgy & Bess, Les Miserables, The Little Mermaid

Norm Lewis's appearances at Feinstein's/54 Below have rapidly become a holiday tradition and are one of this great Broadway leading man's favorite ways to end the year, spending time, and spreading holiday cheer with friends and fans in Broadway's living room. This year's show is once again directed by Richard Jay-Alexander (Barbra Streisand, Kristin Chenoweth, Bernadette Peters, and others) perhaps the premiere director of concert appearances working today and will include a largely new program that will also feature some of Norm's audience's favorites from his past two Christmases at Feinstein's/54 Below.

Michael Feinstein: Christmas Crooners
December 18-30 at Feinstein's/54 Below- BUY TICKETS!

In this all-new show celebrating the magic of the holidays, Michael Feinstein will perform seasonal favorites and contemporary surprises, as well as a tribute to singing legends of the past and present. Enjoy the spirit of the season with Michael's marvelous music and the warmth and cheer of the club that bears his name. Expect to be transported to many different decades of music while experiencing songs from "White Christmas" to "Home" from The Wiz ... and some of your favorite swinging American standards by Frank, Sammy, and Dean - Christmas tunes from classic movies. This holiday show will even be brought into the 20th century, expanding the songbook to include numbers like "A Song For You" by Leon Russell and "Kiss" by Prince. There will be many fun twists and turns in this brand new show.