Broadway at the Cabaret - Top 5 Picks for November 30-December 6, Featuring Lena Hall, Liz Callaway, and More!
By: Louisa Brady Nov. 29, 2015
Broadway's 40 theatres aren't the only places to catch performances from your favorite stars! Well 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 some cabaret highlights for this week as picked by our theatre editors, including: The Essential Liz Callaway; Lena Hall: The Villa Satori, Growing up Haight Ashbury; The Kerrigan & Lowdermilk Songbook; Jay Malsky is...Elaine Stritch: Merry Christmas; and A Very Funny Broadway Holiday.
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The Essential Liz Callaway
Where: Metropolitan Room (34 W 22nd Street)
When: November 30th at 7:00 PM
Tickets: $35-115 at http://metropolitanroom.com/event.cfm?id=220005&cart
On Monday November 30th, Tony-nominee and Emmy winner Liz Callaway returns to the Metropolitan Room for one night only to celebrate the release of her latest CD - "The Essential Liz Callaway". The voice of a generation, this highly anticipated compilation album includes her definitive recordings of "Meadowlark," "The Story Goes On," the Oscar-nominated "Journey To The Past" as well as five brand new tracks spanning her three-decade career from Merrily We Roll Along to the present day, making this a must-have for any fan.
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Lena Hall: The Villa Satori - Growing Up Haight Ashbury
Where: 54 Below (254 W 54th Street)
When: December 1st-7th (for times, click link below)
Tickets: $55-110 at http://54below.com/artist/lena-hall/
Tony Award winner Lena Hall (Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Kinky Boots) is your guide through this brand new musical memoir of her upbringing in the Villa Satori, her psychedelic family home in the heart of San Francisco's Haight Ashbury. Her story recounting the trials and tribulations of growing up in a legendary hippie household is brought to life through intimate storytelling, interpretive dance, and humor-all set to a dizzyingly eclectic soundtrack that features classical, soul, new wave, punk rock, and more. Consider yourself warned-this performance will contain explicit use of embarrassing home videos and incense.
Lena Hall will be joined by her musical director and guitarist Watt White, keyboardist John Deley, bassist Lee Nadel and drummer Brian Fishler.
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The Kerrigan & Lowdermilk Songbook
Where: 54 Below (254 W 54th Street)
When: December 2nd at 7:00 & 9:30 PM
Tickets: $30-65 at http://54below.com/artist/the-kerrigan-lowdermilk-songbook/
One of the most celebrated writing teams of their generation, Kait Kerrigan and Brian Lowdermilk just released their first print songbook. For the first time, performers can get the sheet music to international hits like "Run Away With Me," "My Party Dress," "Say The Word," and more in a single book. To mark the publication of the new volume, Kerrigan-Lowdermilk are making their Feinstein's/54 Below cabaret debut.
Known for their unique ability to blur the line between musical theater and pop music, Kerrigan and Lowdermilk made their Off-Broadway debut in 2006 and have released two critically acclaimed albums. Their musicals have been developed and produced at theaters across the country. Join Kait, Brian, and a lineup of Broadway performers for an exciting evening celebrating the future of musical theatre.
Featuring:
Jason Gotay (Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, Bring It On), Lisa Howard (It Shoulda Been You), Diana Huey (GIRLSTAR), Zoe Manarel (Matilda), Andy Mientus (Spring Awakening), Christina Sajous (Spider-Man, American Idiot), Margo Seibert (Rocky, Ever After), and Josh Young (Amazing Grace).
And more to be announced!
Directed by Brandon Ivie.
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Jay Malsky is...Elaine Stritch: Merry Christmas
Where: 54 Below (254 W 54th Street)
When: December 4th at 11:30 PM
Tickets: $10-25 at http://metropolitanroom.com/event.cfm?id=223795&cart
After trotting me out all summer for the NYC Fringe Festival, the producers of my show have decided it would be a good idea to have me do a Holiday Show. It's not. But I do love New York at Christmas time, so come let me and my friends entertain you as we celebrate the Holiday Season.
Mr. Malsky (please don't call me Jay. That's my son's name.) is a New York based improviser and comedy writer. His solo show, Elaine Stritch: Still Here, finished its Fringe run this summer. He misses Whitney Houston every day and prays to Suri Cruise every night "just in case." You can follow his Hefe-filtered life on Instagram @jaymalsky.
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A Very Funny Broadway Holiday
Where: 54 Below (254 W 54th Street)
When: December 6th at 7:00 & 9:30 PM
Tickets: $30-65 at http://54below.com/artist/a-very-funny-broadway-holiday/
Who needs a regular old holiday concert when you can have A Very Funny Broadway Holiday! Come join a cast of incredible Broadway performers as they sing comical holiday tunes, standards with a humorous twist, and share some funny (and maybe embarrassing) stories.
STARRING:
Caroline Bowman (Wicked, Kinky Boots), Tommy Bracco (Newsies), Jackie Burns (If/Then, Wicked), Dan DeLuca (Newsies national tour - 9:30pm show only), Gideon Glick (Significant Other, Spring Awakening), Libby Servais (Lysistrata Jones, Wicked national tour), Wesley Taylor (Smash, The Addams Family), Sam Underwood (The Following, Dexter), Jenna Ushkowitz (Glee, Spring Awakening), and more to be announced soon!
Music directed by Jacob Yates. Directed by Tyler Spicer. Produced by Shoshana Feinstein.
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