Ron Able News

54 BELOW, Broadway’s Supper Club, presented Ben Jones in I Think We Should See Other People last night.   Check out the photos here.

When Ben Jones decided to go out and do his premiere NYC solo show, he didn't mess around: he got to work, and the work paid off.

Seven-time Tony® Award-winning producer Jamie deRoy brought her acclaimed Jamie deRoy & friends cabaret show to New York's famed Birdland, Sunday, February 16, at 5:30 p.m. The one-night only show was part of the club's Broadway at Birdland Concert Series.

The New York Pops just hosted its annual cabaret fundraiser at Feinstein's/54 Below last night, September 23, starring Tony and Drama Desk nominee Norm Lewis. The event is hosted by New York Pops Music Director Steven Reineke.

The silent auction item at The New York Pops annual gala/concert held at Carnegie Hall and the Mandarin Hotel in April, offered a pianist to play at your private party complete with catering by Trattoria del Arte. The Pops Concert and Gala's proceeds help finance The Pops/Ed Programs. For the third year, the winning bidder got much more than she bargained for. Not only did the advertised pianist (Stephen Sorokoff) appear, but also a slew of New York's must celebrated keyboard artists and entertainers joined the festivities.

The New York Pops Silent Auction Item listed catering and piano music for an elegant party of 20. The winning bidder got more than she bargained for as Music Director/Conductor of The Pops, Steven Reineke, and famed pianist Billy Stritch showed up and shared the piano bench with pianist Stephen Sorokoff.

Directed by Michael V. Hartsfield with Musical Directors Billy George & Mimi Kuhn McGinniss, Producer Maureen Rogers and Costumer Carol Mead Cartmell, ASSASINS will play Laurel Mill Playhouse (508 Main Street, Laurel, MD 20707) April 29 - May 22, 2016.

Directed by Michael V. Hartsfield with Musical Directors Billy George & Mimi Kuhn McGinniss, Producer Maureen Rogers and Costumer Carol Mead Cartmell, ASSASINS will play Laurel Mill Playhouse (508 Main Street, Laurel, MD 20707) April 29 - May 22, 2016.

During her musically spectacular performance at 54 Below last night Ann playfully introduces her pianist as George Gershwin. Ted Rosenthal may probably be able to play Gershwin's music with more accuracy than the composer did. However, I'm sure George Gershwin would never be able to accompany Ann as good as Ted Rosenthal does.

Since the inception of The Three Tenors on July 7, 1990 in Rome at the Baths of Caracalla on the eve of the FIFA World Cup Final, Placido Domingo, Jose Carreras and the one and only Luciano Pavarotti; have opened the doors for other great voices, such as the Irish Tenors, The Canadian Tenors and many other talented and renowned performers. Now three of New York's premier voices, Andy Cooney, Daniel Rodriguez and Christopher Macchio have joined together as The New Yorkers to honor the city of New York and our great nation. On Friday July 25, 2014 they brought their debut show to E.W. Allen Park in Farmingdale for The Town Of Oyster Bay's 2014 Music Under The Stars series joined by special guests Comedian Jim Labriola, Soprano Marla Kavanaugh and Ryan Cooney and Shannon Cooney, and BroadwayWorld was on hand from soundcheck to show and brings you the photo coverage below!

Across the United States, Pacha's Pajamas is the first and only full-length Children's Pop Musical making a philanthropic footprint along the way. The musical movement features local up-and-coming superstars: Les Nubians, an internationally acclaimed Grammy-nominated group that resides in Brooklyn, Devyn Tyson, an 11 year-old Trinidadian singer from Brooklyn, Yasiin Bey (aka Mos Def) from Brooklyn, Talib Kweli from Brooklyn, MacArthur Genius fellow, Majora Carter from the South Bronx, and Bill McKibben, an award-winning author/founder of 350.org, which is based in Brooklyn.

54 Below will welcome multiple Grammy nominee Maureen McGovern to the stage when she presents an evening featuring songs of the season, some unexpected, and some traditional 'chestnuts.' Broadway audiences know her from?her acclaimed, Drama Desk-nominated performance in Little Woman, 3 Penny Opera, Nine and The Pirates of Penzance as well as off-Broadway's Brownstone, but the world over knows Maureen as 'The Disaster Theme Queen.' BroadwayWorld brings you photos from her concert below!

A special engagement of Giselle Wolf Journeys: A Celebration will be performed at the Metropolitan Room, 34 West 22nd Street, NYC. There will be three performances at 7:00 pm tonight, November 9th; Wednesday, November 14th and on Thursday, November 15th. Musical direction by Ron Abel, and it is directed and developed with Karen Ludwig.

A special engagement of Giselle Wolf Journeys: A Celebration will be performed at the Metropolitan Room, 34 West 22nd Street, NYC. There will be three performances at 7:00 pm on Friday, November 9th; Wednesday, November 14th and on Thursday, November 15th. Musical direction by Ron Abel, and it is directed and developed with Karen Ludwig.

FEINSTEIN'S AT LOEWS REGENCY opened its Winter 2012 season with the return of Lucie Arnaz in a show based on her new CD 'Latin Roots.' In an eclectic celebration of her musical heritage, Arnaz playfully wended her way through pop south of the border sounds, enduring American standards, enhanced with a Brazilian accent or basted by a Bossa Nova beat and she took on some of the fiery Latin classics of her father, Desi Arnaz. Check out photos from the concert below!

Kicking off the Actors' Fund's 'Musical Mondays' series, Tony Award-winner Brian Stokes Mitchell (Man of La Mancha, Kiss Me, Kate, Ragtime) played to a capacity crowd in the beautiful lobby of the Pantages Theatre

On July 17th, Lucie Arnaz will star in 'Lucie's Birthday Bash at Birdland'