Julia Mattison, New Writers Series, Betty Buckley and More Coming Up at Feinstein's/54 Below

By: Aug. 25, 2017
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Next week, Feinstein's/54 Below, Broadway's Supper Club & Private Event Destination, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond.

To purchase tickets or for more information, visit www.54Below.com/Feinsteins or call (646) 476-3551.


Julia Mattison IS RUBY MANGER, AUGUST 28 AT 7:00PM:

Join fictional Broadway diva Ruby Manger as she makes her long-awaited return to The New York stage! Julia Mattison stars as Ms. Manger, an enigmatic Broadway and film legend, famous for such roles as Trudy the Blind Ghost in I See You, Not Really, But You Know What I Mean (Tony Award winner, Best Musical and Best Actress) and as Roberta in the film Inside Roberta (Sundance Film Festival rejected submission). In one hilarious hour, Ruby will re-visit her greatest career highlights and lowlights, from winning her first Tony Award, to her not-so-secret love af- fairs, to doing quaaludes in a basement with Rod Stewart that one time. Join Broadway's shining Ruby as she says her final farewell... four more times.

Featuring Taylor Trensch (Hello, Dolly!), Andrew Kober (Sunday in the Park with George), and Noel Carey (Brooklyn Sound).

$25-35 cover charge. $60 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum.

NEW WRITERS AT 54! YANDURA & MELOCIK: THE REVOLUTION WILL BE EXPOSITORY FEAT. Cortney Wolfson, Dan DeLuca & MORE, AUGUST 28 AT 9:30PM:

In every song they write, Jacob Yandura & Rebekah Greer Melocik excavate The Shadows of the human heart, combining wickedly dark humor with heart-breaking sincerity. With a diverse and wide-ranging songbook, Yandura & Melocik will take you from a pigeon hunt in rural America (Wringer) to the 1930s rural South (The Last Queen of Canaan) to a populist coup d'etat in a post-apocalyptic future (The Coup, or You and Me, and the Piano). After just one evening with Jacob and Rebekah, you will fall in love with them and their funny and enchanting songs.

Featuring Dan DeLuca (Newsies), Cortney Wolfson (Kinky Boots, Romy and Michele's High School Reunion), Charity Ange?l Dawson (Waitress, Side Show), Bonnie Milligan (Kinky Boots, Gigantic), Tori Scott (Making America Gay Again! at Joe's Pub), Celeste Rose (The Bad Years), Danny Harris Kornfeld (RENT 20th Anniversary Tour), Donald Webber, Jr. (Hamilton, Motown The Musical), Emma Lord (Pace University), Jessie Davidson (Penn State University), Abigail Gjurich (Syracuse University), DePriest Myers (University of Michigan), Nathan Salstone

(Carnegie Mellon University), Alec Cohen (University of Cincinnati - College-Conservatory of Music), Taylor Aucott (Elon University), and Sojourner Brown (New York University).

$30-40 cover charge. $65 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum.

Michael Feinstein: SHOWSTOPPERS WITH Betty Buckley, AUGUST 29 - SEPTEMBER 3 AT 7:00PM AND 9:30PM:

Two-time Emmy Award and five-time Grammy Award nominated Michael Feinstein returns with his special guest Betty Buckley. Come celebrate the summer with the surefire showstop- ping songs that made Broadway great... from then and now. Featuring songs by iconic Broadway composers and lyricists such as Cole Porter, Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein, Stephen Sondheim, Marvin Hamlisch, and even some contemporary composers and lyricists of today .In addition to the music, Michael Feinstein will share the great backstories of each song. Hear how a now-famous Broadway song was nearly cut at the last minute! Hear how a now-hit song was added the night before opening! Combine all of this and you have an amazing way to spend a summer evening with Michael in his own club - it doesn't get better than this.

$50-115 cover charge. $120-$140 VIP seating. $150-$170 premium seating. $25 food and bever- age minimum.

TURN THE BEAT AROUND: FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW CELEBRATES STUDIO 54 FEAT. Cheryl Freeman, Tyce Green & MORE, AUGUST 29 AT 9:30PM:

Celebrate summer in style with a return engagement of one of Feinstein/54 Below's most popular evenings! You are invited to relive the glory and the decadence that was the legendary Studio 54, whose VIP Room occupied our premises. In Studio 54's heyday the guest list was a who's who from the world of entertainment - Andy Warhol, Liza Minnelli, Halston, Elizabeth Taylor, Mick Jagger, Diana Ross, Brooke Shields, John Travolta, Michael Jackson - and the music played kept them dancing all through the night. Come "Turn the Beat Around" as we "Celebrate, Good Times" and salute Studio 54 from it's opening night to the "Last Dance." This is one party you won't want to miss. Feinstein's/54 Below is even rolling out their dance floor for the occasion!

Featuring Susan Agin (8-Track: Songs of the '70s), Joe Chisholm (My Shadow and Me), Debra Dean, Natalie Douglas (Tribute: Sammy!), Cheryl Freeman (The Who's Tommy), Tyce Green (Rock of Ages), Mary Lane Haskell (NBC's Coat of Many Colors), Jessica Hendy (Cats), Michael Holland (54 Celebrates Prince), Blaine Krauss (Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812) , Lary Lelli (Come From Away), Lorinda Lisitza (Mother Courage), Will Porter (The Little Mermaid) Brian Charles Rooney (The Threepenny Opera, Bedbugs), Dana Schaaf, Matt Scharfglass (54, Celebrates George Michael), Mike Schwitter (Pippin), Lucia Spina (Kinky Boots), Justin Talkington (The King: The Music of ELVIS).

Produced and Directed by Scott Coulter.

$35-45 cover charge. $75 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum.

NEW WRITERS AT 54! OPENING NUMBERS BY Noel Carey FEAT. Bonnie Milligan Emily Skeggs & MORE, AUGUST 30 AT 9:30PM:

Composer/lyricist Noel Carey returns to Feinstein's/54 Below with a jam-packed night of exciting original musical theatre. Join this award-winning writer for an evening of opening numbers as he invites the audience into the worlds of 9 brand new musicals. Delivered by a cast of Broadway all- stars, this night features music from an array of shows including Zazou, The Showmen, and Sev- en Minutes in Heaven, as well as new twists on Shakespeare, Dickens, and many more. Noel's shows have received development through his years at the BMI Workshop, as well as regional appearances at Barrington Stage and the Finger Lakes Musical Theatre Festival, among others.

Featuring Etai Benson (An American in Paris, Wicked), Emily Borromeo (School of Rock) David De Almo, Abby Goldfarb (Milk and Honey), Andrew Kober (Sunday in the Park with George, She Loves Me), Julia Mattison (Godspell), Kristen Michelle (Once Upon a Mattress), Bonnie Milligan (Kinky Boots), Brittany Proia, Max Sangerman (Buddy: The Buddy Holly Sto ry), Nick Siccone, Emily Skeggs (Fun Home), Sarah Stevens (Thoroughly Modern Millie), Na- talie Walker (Puffs).

Directed by Max Friedman.

$25-35 cover charge. $60 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum.

NEW WRITERS AT 54! THE SONGS OF Joe Kinosian AND Kellen Blair FEAT. Chip Zien, Hunter Ryan Herdlicka & MORE, AUGUST 31 AT 9:30PM:

From the acclaimed writers of the hilarious off-Broadway hit Murder For Two comes a well-re- hearsed and painstakingly planned evening of songs, patter... and probably some other stuff. Joe Kinosian and Kellen Blair return to Feinstein's/54 Below to perform their comedic songs (and the very occasionally serious one) with the help of their Broadway friends, all of whom have been carefully selected for their talent and not merely their availability. Joe and Kellen have performed at Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, on Broadway at the Theatre World Awards, and in front of as many as three Pulitzer Prize winners, some of whom managed to pay attention for the duration of their set. Join them August 31st for an evening of musical merriment both forced and sponta- neous!

Featuring Ta'Rea Campbell (The Book of Mormon, Little Shop of Horrors), Noel Carey (Murder For Two, Brooklyn Sound), Stephanie D'Abruzzo (Avenue Q, Sesame Street), Natalie Charle Ellis (School of Rock, Les Miserables), Hunter Ryan Herdlicka (A Little Night Music, Once Upon a Mattress), Sarah Stiles (Hand to God, I'm Dying Up Here), Morgan Weed (American Psycho, The Last Five Years), Sarah Ziegler (Sweeney Todd, The Brontes), and Chip Zien (Into the Woods, It Shoulda Been You)

$25-35 cover charge. $60 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum.

Janet Krupin'S CHEMICAL DRIVE, SEPTEMBER 1 AT 9:30PM:

World premiere! Janet Krupin(Bring It On, If/Then, Hands on a Hardbody) and her band of New York City musicians will present their original musical Chemical Drive in concert! With a book by Janet, music by Janet, guitarist Brian Ripps and multi-instrumentalist Gabe Cummins, Chemical Drive is inspired by the stranger-than-fiction nuclear history of Janet's hometown. The evening will feature Janet and a cast of Broadway friends portraying what life might be like when the government hires a rock 'n' roll band to distract from top secret operations underway. Where Cabaret meets Fleetwood Mac is Chemical Drive.

Featuring Lilli Cooper, Gabe Cummins, Ari Groover, Janet Krupin, Tyler Milliron, and Brian Ripps.

Music Direction by Joey Nelan Directed by Chris Fink.

Produced by Michael Gioia and AnLi Kelly-Durham.

$25-35 cover charge. $65 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum.


Feinstein's/54 Below, Broadway's Supper Club & Private Event Destination, is a 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, Feinstein's/54 Below is a classically designed state-of-the art nightclub in the theatre district that hosts audiences with warmth and style. Fein- stein's/54 Below presents iconic and rising stars from the worlds of Broadway and popular music and has set a new standard for culinary excellence worthy of the world-class entertainment on the stage. Located at 254 West 54th Street, Feinstein's/54 Below features up to three shows nightly with cover charges ranging from $5-$105.



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