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Broadway at the Cabaret - Top 5 Picks for October 12-18, Featuring Kerry Butler, Emerson Steele, and More!
By: Louisa Brady Oct. 11, 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: Lyrically, The Songs of Alan and Marilyn Bergman; BARE: The Reunion Concert; Emerson Steele: Roles I Can't Play Now...Or Ever...Except Tonight!; If It Only Even Runs a Minute: 15th Edition; and Kerry Butler at 54 Below.
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Lyrically, The Songs of Alan and Marilyn Bergman
Where: Birdland NYC (315 W 44th Street)
When: October 12th at 7:00 PM
Tickets: $40-50 http://www.birdlandjazz.com/event/943427-lyrically-songs-alan-new-york/
Featuring Alan Bergman with Mike Renzi (piano) and David Finck (bass)! A rare and intimate performance by one of the greatest living American songwriter/lyricists! The songs of Alan and Marilyn Bergman have been enriching the great American songbook for over five decades. As lyricists for film, stage and television, they have created many unforgettable images with their lyrical mastery. Theirs is one of the most successful songwriting collaborations in an era of great popular music. They have earned numerous awards, including 16 Academy Award nominations, multiple Emmys, Grammys, and three Oscars for "The Windmills of Your Mind", "The Way We Were", and the score for "Yentl."
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BARE: The Reunion Concert
Where: 54 Below (254 W 54th Street)
When: October 12th at 7:00 & 9:30 PM
Tickets: $50-95 at http://54below.com/artist/bare-the-reunion-concert/
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
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Emerson Steele: Roles I Can't Play Now...Or Ever...Except Tonight!
Where: 54 Below (254 W 54th Street)
When: October 14th at 7:00PM
Tickets: $25-60 at http://54below.com/artist/emerson-steele/
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.
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If It Only Even Runs a Minute
Where: 54 Below (254 W 54th Street)
When: October 14th at 9:30PM
Tickets: $25-65 at http://54below.com/artist/if-it-only-even-runs-a-minute/
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.
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Where: 54 Below (254 W 54th Street)
When: October 15th & 16th at 7:00 PM and October 21st at 11:30 PM
Tickets: $40-85 at http://54below.com/artist/kerry-butler/
"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 ofXanadu, 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.
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