Bebe Neuwirth, PRONOUN SHOWDOWN and More Take the Stage at 54 Below Next Week

By: Aug. 10, 2018
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Bebe Neuwirth, PRONOUN SHOWDOWN and More Take the Stage at 54 Below Next Week

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.

Jill Paice FEAT. Mara Davi & MORE!, AUGUST 13 AT 7:00PM

Jill Paice, star of An American in Paris, Matilda, and Curtains, is ready for her solo debut at Feinstein's/54 Below! Don't Quit Your Daydream is an inspirational evening filled with songs and stories about a life in the theater.

She will be joined by Broadway's Mara Davi (A Chorus Line, Dames at Sea), Sean Patrick Doyle (Kinky Boots, La Cage aux Folles), and Justin Keyes (How to Succeed...).

Music direction by Feinstein's/54 Below favorite Ryan Fielding Garrett (Kinky Boots).

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

PRONOUN SHOWDOWN FEAT. Hailey Kilgore, Zach Adkins, Adam Kaplan, AND MORE!, AUGUST 13 AT 9:30PM

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!

Back by popular demand!! What happens when you reverse all of the pronouns in some of Broadway's most famous songs?

Back for another round of word-reversing fun, join a cast of Broadway headliners for a spectacular Pronoun Showdown! Twisting onstage classics and refining showtime hits, you won't want to miss this unique and unparalleled evening.

Conceived by Kimberly Jenna Simon and Abby DePhillips

Musical Direction by Benjamin Rauhala

Featuring: Zach Adkins (Anastasia, Kinky Boots), Amber Ardolino (Head Over Heels, Hamilton), Ashley Blanchet (Frozen, Beautiful), Justin Bowen (Hello, Dolly!, She Loves Me), Isa Camille Briones (Hamilton), Antonio Cipriano (Jagged Little Pill), Lauren Nicole Chapman (Frozen, Kinky Boots), Clara Cox (42nd Street), Zach Erhardt (Book of Mormon), Bradley Gibson (Lion King, A Bronx Tale), Caitlin Houlahan (Waitress), Adam Kaplan (A Bronx Tale, Kinky Boots, Newsies), Hailey Kilgore (Tony nominee Once On This Island), Joey Labrasca (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child), Adam J. Levy (Dave), Kara Lindsay (Beautiful, Newsies, Wicked), Samantha Pollino (Head Over Heels, Hamilton), Leela Rothenberg (Grease, Paper Mill Playhouse), Ryan Vona (Paramour, Once)

$25-$45 cover charge. $60-$70 premium seating. $25 food & beverage minimum.

Benjamin Eakeley: BROADWAY SWINGER, VOL. 2, AUGUST 14 AT 7:00PM

Broadway Swinger, Vol. 2: All Of Me

Celebrating Songs of the 1930s

Benjamin Eakeley and his jazz band are back! Join the boys as they swing through the 1930s-a decade of big band music that lifted spirits out of the Great Depression and became the foundation of the great American songbook. Featuring songs by Harold Arlen, Cole Porter, George Gershwin, Richard Rodgers, Sammy Fein, and more, Broadway Swinger, Vol. 2 takes a page from Benny Goodman's orchestra and will have you "Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)!"

Benjamin Eakeley has appeared on Broadway in the revivals of She Loves Me, Cabaret, On a Clear Day, You Can See Forever, and Sweeney Todd. He made his cabaret debut in 2016 with sold-out performances of Broadway Swinger at Feinstein's/54 Below. For his work on Broadway Swinger, Cabaret Scenes likened him to a "seasoned cabaret star" and BroadwayWorld praised his "bewitching stage presence" with "decidedly sensual power and lush jazz vocals."

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

THE SONGS OF SMALL TOWN STORY: A MUSICAL ABOUT A MUSICAL THAT ROCKED A COMMUNITY, AUGUST 14 AT 9:30PM

Hailed as "a work of explosive power," Small Town Story explores how two families in a North Texas town deal with a community controversy over a high school production of Rent. Combining modern Broadway pop and country roots, the exhilarating songs will be performed by the acclaimed cast of American Theater Group's recent World Premiere production at SOPAC. Experience all the feels and laughs of this timely yet timeless story about the power of theatre, the generational divide, and the potential of young people to change the world.

Book & Lyrics by Sammy Buck

Music & Lyrics by Brandon James Gwinn

Conceived by Joe Barros, Laura Brandel, Sammy Buck, Karen Marshall, Reed Prescott, and Sam Willmott

Originally commissioned and developed by New York Theatre Barn

World Premiere Produced by American Theater Group, Producing Artistic Director James Vagias

Small Town Story was presented at Village Theatre's 2013 Festival of New Musicals in Issaquah, Washington

Finalist, Richard Rodgers Award

Starring: Zack Blanchette, Jessi Clayton, Sunnie Eraso, Thursday Farrar (Aida), A.J. Foggiano, Ilana Gabrielle, Stacey Todd Holt (Something Rotten!), Claire McClanahan, Jacqueline Neely, Frank Paiva, Lionel Ruland, Nick Siccone, and Joanna Young (Drowsy Chaperone)

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

Bebe Neuwirth, AUGUST 15-18 AT 7:00PM

Join us for Bebe Neuwirth's highly anticipated encore engagement at Feinstein's/54 Below!

Bebe Neuwirth's Stories with Piano, #1 will be an evening of story songs. Some stories are narratives, some are impressionistic, some are unfolding in the moment. They embody a range of scenarios and emotions, including the nuances of joy, heartbreak, and nostalgia. Among the many different writers represented are Kurt Weill, Kander & Ebb, Stephen Sondheim, Edith Piaf, and Tom Waits. Scott Cady is Bebe's music director, and has created all the songs' arrangements.

Ms. Neuwirth's Broadway credits include A Chorus Line, Dancin', Little Me, Sweet Charity (Tony Award), Damn Yankees, The Addams Family, Fosse, and Chicago (Tony Award). She played the title role in Kiss of the Spider Woman on London's West End, Katherine in The Taming of the Shrew at Williamstown Theatre Festival, and Titania/Hippolyta in A Midsummer Night's Dream at Off-Broadway's Classic Stage Company.

On television, Bebe earned two Emmy Awards for her portrayal of Lilith on "Cheers." Films include Say Anything, Green Card, Bugsy, Jumanji, Liberty Heights, The Faculty, and How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, among others.

Bebe Neuwirth is an Honorary Ziegfeld Girl, and an Honorary Member of Local #1. (The Stage Hands' Union.)

$80-$90 cover charge. $100-$110 VIP seating. $125-$135 premium seating. $25 food & beverage minimum.

NEW MUSICAL! ANGELMAKERS SONGS FOR FEMALE SERIAL KILLERS BY MOLLY RICE, AUGUST 15 AT 9:30PM

Join us at Feinstein's/54 Below for a compelling, darkly humorous & moving performance of Molly Rice's true-crime cabaret musical Angelmakers: Songs for Female Serial Killers. Based on the premise that everyone deserves one song, Angelmakers explores the motives and moments of nine real-life serial killers in a manner audiences have called "brutal," "thoughtful," and "surprisingly beautiful."

Prepare to experience a stirring new collection of songs in a variety of styles artfully befitting their subjects, including "Teeth" (a song for ten-year-old Mary Bell), "How the Devil Sings" (dedicated to Pentecostal Velma Barfield), "Michigan" (a ballad for Aileen Wuornos), and "I'm Sorry, Everybody" (for the 19th-century nurse Jane Toppan). Featuring vocalist Gelsey Bell with Viva DeConcini on guitar and background vocals, this concert-play is produced and directed by Rusty Thelin of Real/Time Interventions, with lyrics and music by Molly Rice (Futurity: A Musical By the Lisps, Canary, The Saints Tour).

Starring: Gelsey Bell (Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812; Ghost Quartet; Beowulf: A Thousand Years of Baggage), and Viva DeConcini (Guitarist, Songwriter, on tour with Taylor Mac in the 24-Decade History of Popular Music)

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

Eric Yves Garcia: THE SONGS OF Tony Bennett, AUGUST 16 AT 9:30PM

Winner of 20 Grammy Awards, touchstone across a shifting cultural landscape, and living proof that the American songbook is our national classical music, Tony Bennett remains our link to a glorious golden age and a testament that jazz and lyrical sensitivity will always have a place in our future. Join award-winning pianist and singer Eric Yves Garcia in fond and swinging salute to reigning king of American song, Tony Bennett!

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

Jillian Louis, AUGUST 17 AT 9:30PM

From producer/director Scott Siegel:

You don't know Jillian Louis, but you should. Seriously, you really should. There are a rare number of performers with the gift to make you laugh and cry (at the same time). And like the most memorable of musical theater stars, she does not fit a category; she transcends categories. Charm. Allure. And a quirky, unique talent that is off the charts. Yes, you should know Jillian Louis. And in this brand new show at Feinstein's/54 Below, all shall be revealed in dramatic fashion. And in comic style. You don't know Jillian Louis, but soon you will...

Here's what we do know about her, though: she's a multi-award winning musical theater star who made her Broadway debut in the David Hyde Pierce directed It Shoulda Been You.

Please come join us for this evening of beloved songs exploring how we may not know each other but are already connected via all the things we share: heartbreak, anger, love, humor. You Don't Know Me, except that you really do, as we're all not so different.

Jillian Louis: You Don't Know Me will be produced and directed by NYC impresario Scott Siegel, who has produced, written, and directed shows for Michael Feinstein and is, perhaps, best known as the creator/writer/director/host of Town Hall's signature series Broadway by the Year. He happily continues his long association with the great Jillian Louis.

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

FORMER BROADWAY KIDS RETURN TO THE STAGE!, AUGUST 18 AT 9:30PM

Second edition by popular demand! These Broadway Kids are all grown up and are now old enough to play their parents! Join some of Broadway's most beloved child stars sharing stories and the "grown up" songs for the roles they can now play. Get ready to hear all of your favorites in sung by those who had a (pint sized) front row seat to some of the greatest shows of all time.

Featuring: Tessa Albertson (Shrek, TV Land's "Younger"), Dara Paige Bloomfield (Ragtime), Danielle Melanie Brown (Les Misérables), Stephanie Mieko Cohen (Les Misérables), Tiana Coles (The Lion King), Pierce Cravens (Beauty and the Beast, Titanic, Ragtime, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer), Emily Klein (Parade, The Sound of Music), David Gabriel Lerner (Mary Poppins), Zach Rand (Mary Poppins, Les Misérables), Mitchell Sink (Matilda, Elf, A Christmas Story: The Musical), Keaton Whittaker (A Little Night Music), Brynn Williams (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, In My Life, 13, Bye Bye Birdie, SpongeBob SquarePants)

Music Direction by Drew Wutke.

Produced by Dara Paige Bloomfield.

Hosted by Laura Heywood (@BroadwayGirlNYC), this a concert the ultimate Broadway fan cannot miss!

$30-$40 cover charge. $70 premium seating. $25 food & beverage minimum.

54 SINGS P!NK WITH Krysta Rodriguez, Jasmine Cephas Jones, AND MORE!, AUGUST 19 AT 7:00PM & 9:30PM

P!NK WILL NOT BE APPEARING AT THIS CONCERT

"What About Us," "Just Give Me A Reason," "F**kin' Perfect," "So What," "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)" - the music of three-time Grammy award-winning singer/songwriter and Billboard's 2013 Woman of the Year, P!nk, comes to Feinstein's/54 Below for one night only! Join over a dozen Broadway performers and rising stars as we celebrate the two-decade long career of one of this generation's most trailblazing artists: P!nk.

A portion of the proceeds will be donated to The Phyllis Newman Women's Health Initiative.

Featuring: Krysta Rodriguez (NBC's "Smash," The Addams Family), Jasmine Cephas Jones (Hamilton), Christine Dwyer (Wicked, Rent), Sawyer Garrity (Co-Writer of "Shine"), Kerri George (Heathers the Musical, Brunch Theatre resident lyricist), Annie Golden (Netflix's "Orange is the New Black"), Celia Gooding (Jagged Little Pill), Marcy Harriell (Moana, In The Heights),Carly Ozard ("Midler on the Roof"), Lauren Patten (Fun Home, Jagged Little Pill), Sarah Beth Pfeifer (The Lightning Thief), Morgan Reilly (Singer Songwriter/Recording Artist), Ben Roseberry (A Gentleman's Guide..., The Lion King), Daniel Quadrino (Wicked, Newsies), Lianah Sta. Ana (Miss Saigon), and Erica Swindell (Once, The Eagles)

Also featuring:, Joseph Allen (Be More Chill, Something Wicked This Way Comes), Samantha Littleford (Be More Chill, Hair), Simon Longnight (Disaster!, Jesus Christ Superstar), and Sarah Lynn Marion (The Little Mermaid, All Shook Up)

The band will include Meghan Rose on guitar, Yuka Tadano on bass, Rosa Avila on drums, Kristine Kruta on cello, Melissa Tong on violin, and musical director Luke Williams on piano. Arrangements by Eli Zoller and Luke Williams.

Hosted by Lauren Patten

Cast is subject to change.

Musical directed by Eli Zoller.

Produced by Benjamin Nissen.

$30-$50 cover charge. $65-$80 premium seating. $25 food & 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. Feinstein'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.

In their description of the venue, The New York Times writes, "Feinstein's/54 Below has the intimacy of a large living room with unimpeded views and impeccable sound; there is not a bad seat in the house. 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, Feinstein's/54 Below features up to three shows nightly with cover charges ranging from $5-$105. 54Below.com/Feinsteins

Photo Credit: Jennifer Broski


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