Marilyn Maye, Howard McGillin & More Set for Feinstein's/54 Below Next Week
By: Tyler Peterson May. 06, 2016
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.
BENJAMIN EAKELEY: BROADWAY SWINGER, MAY 9 AT 7PM:
Broadway Swinger celebrates the classic songs that hit the American stage in the 1960s, a decade that started out buttoned-up but soon tossed aside all inhibitions. Broadway musicals paralleled America's shifting attitudes toward love and sex as Oliver! (1963) gave way to Sweet Charity (1966) and to Hair (1968). Benjamin Eakeley (She Loves Me, Cabaret) and his groovy band perform iconic songs from this fabulous era in a swingin' show that explores life, love and everything in between.
Musical theater writer and rabble rouser Joe Iconis brings his unique mash-up of showtune cabaret and rock and roll jamboree back to Feinstein's/54 Below. Join Joe and his merry band of musical theater punks as they roar their way through a set of Joe's incendiary songs. Expect classic tunes, new numbers, and works-in-progress. Spill a drink, make a friend, and spend an evening with a tribe of artists determined to bring along their traditional musical theater Family Values as they blaze into the future.
Marilyn Maye returns to Feinstein's/54 Below with a new show. Highlights will include some of the best musical moments of Marilyn's enduring career over the past decade, during which she reigned as Manhattan's Queen of Cabaret. Now 88, she will be reviving songs she's sung since the 50's and bringing you an evening filled with the best of Ms. Maye over the years. $65-$80 cover charge. $120-$130 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum. CUTTING-EDGE COMPOSERS: 7TH EDITION, MAY 10 AT 9:30PM:
Cutting-Edge Composers is a concert series that strives to create greater exposure for up-and-coming songwriters by providing them with venues, publicity, Broadway performers, and musicians to best showcase their material. Cutting-Edge Composers is directed and produced by Laura Pietropinto, co-produced by Allie Glickman, and features musical direction by Julie McBride and Benjamin Rauhala.
Feinstein's/54 Below is thrilled to welcome back Broadway's beloved leading man Howard McGillin, best known for his record breaking run as the Phantom in Phantom of the Opera, a role he played longer than any actor in Broadway history. Marking his second solo performance at Feinstein's/54 Below, Howard will create an unforgettable evening of romance, beauty, and excitement with songs from Broadway and the American songbook. McGillin's other acclaimed leading roles on Broadway have included Gigi, She Loves Me, Kiss of the Spider Woman, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, and Anything Goes. $35-$45 cover charge. $70 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum. LANCE HORNE AND DREW BRODY WITH BETH MALONE, MAY 11 AT 9:30PM:
There's something special about hearing a song in a composer's own voice, as it was originally written. Join two of musical theater's most exciting young composers, Lance Horne and Drew Brody, in an intimate, one night only concert where they will perform their own songs, discussing the stories behind the songs and the differences in their writing processes-Lance with his Juilliard training and Drew with his rock/folk background. Horne and Brody will also each debut a song never performed before, giving a sneak peek into shows they are currently working on, and will also perform a brand new song written together just for this show. Fun Home's Beth Malone will be a guest, performing a song from each of the composers. $30-$40 cover charge. $65 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum. AMY JO JACKSON, MAY 12 AT 9:30PM AND MAY 14 AT 11:30PM:
Amy Jo Jackson - actress, singer, and notable Tall Person - returns to Feinstein's/54 Below with an all-new act of all-male material. After years of regularly playing men, boys, and Germans, she figured she'd do a whole show full of her favorite material written by and for the sterner sex. This Amazonian chanteuse always brings the party, so get ready for a no-holds-barred night of rowdy kickassery. Music Direction by Brian Nash. Produced by Colin Waitt. $25-$35 cover charge. $50-$60 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum. NICK CEARLEY IN ...AND THEN I WROTE A SONG ABOUT IT, MAY 13 AT 9:30PM:
Nick Cearley (The Skivvies, Pageant, All Shook Up, Buyer & Cellar) returns to New York to recreate his acclaimed performance as Randall Klausner, a perspiring actor-singer-songwriter-dancer-secretary searching for love and fame in the late '70s/early '80s, as well as the colorful characters he meets along the way. Set to the rhythm of the disco era and beyond, this earnest yet uproarious musical finds Randall in the moments before he goes on Tom Snyder's Tomorrow Show. His life rushes before him like a groovy flashback, from toiling in his father's sausage business to dating someone in "soda espionage." Randall transforms all of his professional and personal misadventures into memorable and quirky songs as he ventures on his rocky road to self-acceptance and an audition for A Chorus Line. Book by Eric H. Weinberger. Music by Daniel S. Acquisto. Lyrics by Sammy Buck. Directed by Igor Goldin. $30-$40 cover charge. $70 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum. EMILY GOGLIA, MAY 13 AT 11:30PM:
Emily Goglia is very excited to bring her show STAGES to 54 Below! After spending the last several months in Los Angeles, Emily returns to New York fresh off of performing in Fox's hit TV musical, GREASE LIVE!, getting a voice lesson from Christina Aguilera on the acclaimed MasterClass series, and starring as everybody's favorite bisexual performance artist in McCoy Rigby's production of RENT. Join Emily on her hilarious quest to re-calibrate her fractured psyche after being face-slammed by a hidden closet door - suddenly thrown open by her boyfriend! STAGES is a bittersweet journey through the five stages of a break-up, complete with song, dance... and a whole lot of coping mechanisms. $15 cover charge. $35 premium seating. $20 food and beverage minimum or two drinks. MAXINE LINEHAN: A CONCERT TRIBUTE TO PETULA CLARK, MAY 14 AT 9:30PM:
Critics have been unanimous in their praise for Maxine Linehan. The New York Times called her "fiercely talented ... she takes favorites that you thought you knew and infuses them with an intensely personal point of view." This show exuberantly follows the course of Petula Clark's extraordinary career from her early, popular recordings in the 1940s, through her mega-stardom in the 1960s, to her award-winning performances in film and on Broadway right up to the 1990s. Maxine Linehan will premiere this evening at Feinstein's/54 Below, featuring such enduring top ten hits as "Don't Sleep in the Subway," "I Couldn't Live Without Your Love," "This is My Song," and of course, "Downtown." But Petula's major Broadway and West End career will also be explored, including some of Broadway's greatest hit songs from The Sound of Music, Blood Brothers, and Sunset Boulevard. Directed by Scott Siegel. Music Directed by Ryan Shirar. $30-$40 cover charge. $70 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum. REMEMBER ME: THE SONGS OF EDWARD KLEBAN, MAY 15 AT 7PM:
Edward Kleban's brilliant lyrics for the landmark musical A Chorus Line are part of musical theater history: "At The Ballet," "Nothing," "What I Did For Love," "One." But Kleban's career as a composer as well as a lyricist also included a dozen promising musicals that almost were...with close to a hundred interesting songs. Join us at Feinstein's/54 Below for an exploration of Kleban songs that range from hilariously funny to heart tugging to outrageous, all models of his impeccable craft. Expect a slew of Broadway performers including those who knew Ed and originated his work and new artists who grew up loving his songs. The evening will be curated by Linda Kline, co-writer of A Class Act, and by Director of Programming Jennifer Ashley Tepper. Directed by Sara Louise Lazarus. Musical Direction by Beth Falcone. Associate Produced by Bill Young. Featuring Jeff Blumenkrantz, Donna Bullock, Ariana DeBose, Randy Graff, Mitch Greenberg, Jeff Harnar, Marcy Heisler, David Hibbard, Joe Iconis, Alix Korey, Baayork Lee, John-Michael Lyles, Charlotte Maltby, Richard Maltby Jr., Will Roland, David Shire, and Jason Veasey. $40-$50 cover charge. $80 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum. THE MUSIC OF BLAKE ALLEN, MAY 15 AT 9:30PM:
Join us at Feinstein's/54 Below for an evening of songs written by the talented emerging composer Blake Allen, drawn from his three musicals in development. Blake's autobiographical musical, The Shards of an Honor Code Junkie, recently had an AEA Staged Reading, and other works in progress include a twisted film musical, HOCKET, and a chamber musical, Boston|Nebraska, based on Willa Cather's short A Wagner Matinee. Featuring Ephie Aardema, Kim Blanck, Cree Carrico, Josh Daniel, Christine De Frece, Ross Lekites, Nathan Madden, Teal Wicks, Tim Young, and more to be announced. $25-$35 cover charge. $60 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum.
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