Marin Mazzie, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Stephanie J. Block & More Set for Ahrens & Flaherty Concerts- NICE FIGHTING YOU at 54 Below!

54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents the Tony Award-winning songwriting team of Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty (Ragtime, Once on This Island, My Favorite Year, Seussical, Lucky Stiff, the upcoming Rocky, and more) in celebration of their thirty years of collaboration. In "Nice Fighting You: A 30th Anniversary Celebration," September 26 - 28, Ahrens and Flaherty will offer six very special concerts featuring their best known songs, rare gems and even some never-before-heard material, performed by a rotating cast of Broadway stars including Annaleigh Ashford (Kinky Boots), Stephanie J. Block (Anything Goes, The Mystery of Edwin Drood), Liz Callaway (Baby,Miss Saigon, Anastasia), Kevin Chamberlin (Seussical, Dirty Blonde), Lilla Crawford (Annie),Lewis Grosso (Newsies), Tony Award winner LaChanze (The Color Purple, Ragtime, Once on This Island), Quentin Earl Darrington (Ragtime), Rebecca Luker (Cinderella, Mary Poppins, Nine), Marin Mazzie (Kiss Me Kate, Ragtime, Passion), Sean McCourt (Wicked, A Man of No Importance), Tony winner Brian Stokes Mitchell (Kiss Me Kate, Ragtime, Women on the Verge...),Jessica Molaskey (Sunday in the Park With George, Songs for a New World, A Man of No Importance), Bobby Steggert (Big Fish, Ragtime), Mary Testa (42nd Street, Lucky Stiff), and Tony Award Winner, Director/Music Director Ted Sperling (South Pacific, The Light in the Piazza, andThe Other Josh Cohen).

Artists will appear on the following performance schedule (subject to change):

Thurs. Sept. 26, 7PM: Stephanie J. Block, Liz Callaway, Lilla Crawford, LaChanze, Kecia Lewis, Sean McCourt, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Mary Testa.

Thurs. Sept. 26, 9:30PM: Stephanie J. Block, Liz Callaway, Lilla Crawford, LaChanze, Kecia Lewis, Sean McCourt, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Mary Testa

Fri. Sept. 27 at 8PM: Liz Callaway, Lilla Crawford, Quentin Earl Darrington, LaChanze, Kecia Lewis, Marin Mazzie, Sean McCourt, Jessica Molaskey

Fri. Sept. 27 at 11PM: Annaleigh Ashford, Liz Callaway, Quentin Earl Darrington, Julie Halston, Marin Mazzie, Jessica Molaskey, Bobby Steggert

Sat. Sept. 28 at 8PM: Lilla Crawford, Kevin Chamberlin, Quentin Darrington, Lewis Grosso, LaChanze, Marin Mazzie, Jessica Molaskey

Sat. Sept. 28 at 11PM: Annaleigh Ashford, Kevin Chamberlin, Quentin Darrington, Lewis Grosso, Julie Halston, Rebecca Luker, Marin Mazzie, Jessica Molaskey, Bobby Steggert

Lynn Ahrens & Stephen Flaherty in "Nice Fighting You: A 30th Anniversary Celebration" play six performances at 54 Below (254 West 54th Street) Thursday, September 26 at 7PM & 9:30PM;Friday, September 27 at 8PM & 11PM; and Saturday, September 28 at 8PM & 11PM. There is a $40-$65 cover charge and $25-$30 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.

Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty won the Tony Award, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards and received two Grammy nominations for their score of the Broadway musical Ragtime. They also garnered two Academy Award nominations and two Golden Globe nominations for the songs and score of Twentieth Century Fox's animated feature film, Anastasia (Gold Record and Number One Song.) They are co-creators of the Broadway musicals Once On This Island (eight Tony Award nominations, London's Olivier Award for Best Musical) and Seussical (Grammy and Drama Desk nominations. One of the most frequently performed shows in America.) Other Broadway and off-Broadway credits include My Favorite Year, A Man of No Importance (Outer Critics Circle Award, Best Musical); Dessa Rose (winner, 2005 Audelco Award for Best Musical, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle nominations); Lucky Stiff (Helen Hayes Award, Best Musical); Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life and The Glorious Ones (five Drama Desk nominationsincluding Best Musical.) They were most recently represented on Broadway with the 2009 revival of Ragtime. Upcoming shows include Rocky, which will open at Broadway's Wintergarden Theater in spring of 2014, and Little Dancer, premiering at the Kennedy Center in fall of 2014. Individually, Ms. Ahrens' credits include: co-book and lyrics for A Christmas Carol (ten years at Madison Square Garden); teleplay adaptation of A Christmas Carol (NBC/Hallmark Entertainment Special); mainstay songwriter/singer for Schoolhouse Rock and many other network shows. Emmy Award and four Emmy nominations. Mr. Flaherty's credits include: concert premieres at the Hollywood Bowl and Boston's Symphony Hall; commissions from the Guggenheim Museum, Carnegie Hall andSymphony Space; incidental music for Neil Simon's Proposals on Broadway; musical score for Loving Repeating: A Musical Of Gertrude Stein (Chicago's Joseph Jefferson Award for Best New Musical.) Ahrens and Flaherty are members of the Dramatists Guild of America, ASCAP, NARAS, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. They are co-founders of the Dramatists Guild Fellows Program for Emerging Writers. ahrensandflaherty.com

54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, is the new 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, 54 BELOW is a classically designed state-of-the art nightclub in the theatre district that hosts audiences with warmth and style. The venue provides a food and beverage menu from early evening through the wee hours of the morning that is worthy of the world-class entertainment on the stage. In their description of 54 BELOW, The New York Times writes "the club has the intimacy of a large living room with unimpeded views and impeccable sound; there is not a bad seat. Its sultry after-hours ambience is enhanced by brocade-patterned wall panels planted with orange-shaded lanterns. And the atmosphere is warmer and sexier than in Manhattan's other major supper clubs." Located at 254 West 54th Street, 54 BELOW features up to three shows nightly with cover charges ranging from $15-$95.

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