Photo Flash: Brian Stokes Mitchell, Stephanie J. Block & More Celebrate Ahrens & Flaherty with NICE FIGHTING YOU at 54 Below
Last night, Thursday, September 26, 54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, launched its first of six performances celebrating the extraordinary 30-year collaboration of 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 "Nice Fighting You: A 30th Anniversary Celebration," September 26 - 28, Ahrens and Flaherty 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. Last night's opening night concert featured Tony nominee Stephanie J. Block (The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Anything Goes), Tony nominee Liz Callaway (Baby, Anastasia), Tony Award winner LaChanze (Dessa Rose, Once on This Island), Kecia Lewis (Dessa Rose, Once on This Island), Sean McCourt (Wicked, A Man of No Importance), Tony Award winner Brian Stokes Mitchell (Ragtime, Kiss Me Kate) Tony Award nominee Mary Testa (42nd Street, Lucky Stiff), and musical direction by Tony Award Winner Ted Sperling (South Pacific, The Light in the Piazza, and The Other Josh Cohen). The evening features musical arrangements by Neil Douglas Reilly.
Lynn Ahrens & Stephen Flaherty in "Nice Fighting You: A 30th Anniversary Celebration" plays four more performances at 54 Below (254 West 54th Street) T Friday, September 27 at 8PM & 11PM; and Saturday, September 28 at 8PM & 11PM. Guest stars for upcoming performances:
Sept 27 at 8pm:
Liz Callaway, Quentin Earl Darrington, LaChanze, Kecia Lewis, Marin Mazzie, Sean McCourt, Jessica Molaskey
Sept 27 at 11pm:
Annaleigh Ashford, Liz Callaway, Quentin Earl Darrington, Julie Halston, Marin Mazzie, Jessica Molaskey, Bobby Steggert
Sept 28 at 8pm:
Kevin Chamberlin, Quentin Darrington, Lewis Grosso, Jeremy Jordan, Marin Mazzie, Jessica Molaskey, Sean McCourt
Sept 28 at 11pm:
Annaleigh Ashford, Kevin Chamberlin, Quentin Darrington, Lewis Grosso, Julie Halston, Jeremy Jordan, Rebecca Luker, Jessica Molaskey, Bobby Steggert
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.
Photos by Robin Marchant/Getty Images for 54 Below
Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty
Andre Marrero, musical director Ted Sperling, Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens
Sean McCourt, Lynn Ahrens and Brian Stokes Mitchell
LaChanze, Phil Geoffrey Bond, Liz Callaway, Jennifer Ashley Tepper
Andre Marrero, Richard Frankel, Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty, Tom Viertel
Kecia Lewis, Liz Callaway, Stephen Flaherty Stephanie J. Block, Mary Testa and LaChanze
Stephen Flaherty, Lynn Ahrens and Ted Sperling
Richard Frankel, Steve Baruch, Tom Viertel, Stephen Flaherty, Lynn Ahrens
Stephanie J. Block and Kecia Lewis
Kecia Lewis, Liz Callaway, Sean McCourt, Lynn Ahrens, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Stephanie J. Block, Stephen Flaherty, Mary Testa and LaChanze
Brian Stokes Mitchell and LaChanze
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