Ryan Andes, Megan McGinnis, Jeff Hiller & Robbie Rozelle Complete the Cast of SESSION GIRLS

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Ryan Andes, Megan McGinnis, Jeff Hiller & Robbie Rozelle Complete the Cast of SESSION GIRLS

FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents Ryan Andes (Big Fish-Broadway, Sweeney Todd-Broadway) as studio engineer Max Beft, Megan McGinnis (Les Misérables-Broadway; Beauty And The Beast-Broadway) as Maya, Max's fiancée, Jeff Hiller (Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson; Nightcap) as Delivery Guy, and Robbie Rozelle (Songs From Inside My Locker) as theatre producer Mitchie Karabakis in Session Girls on March 6, 2018, 9:30PM. A raucous and heartfelt evening of original tunes about three working women in the music industry, Session Girls gives us the inside scoop on music-producer-in-training Joli Nye (Lauren Worsham), bawdy backup vocalist Cocoa (Lesli Margherita), classical cellist Mariana (Oyoyo Joi), and their trials and tribulations as they navigate the music world, their love lives, and the untenable travail of a big studio merger!

Session Girls is brimming with original witty, charming and memorable tunes like "Painfully Self-Aware", "Miss Manners Got It Wrong", "You're Never A Shoe-In", "If You Wanna Make Dough On A Show", "I'm A Producer (And You're Not)", "I Dreamt Of You", "We Should All Just Be Excellent", "Johnny Doesn't Live Here Any More", the award-winning "Nothing To Brag About", and more-the night will be a foot-stomping, booth-romping blast!

Session Girls is created by award-winning writer, composer, lyricist and three-time Emmy® Award nominee Mia Moravis, a Van Dean/Stephanie Rosenberg Producing Partner of Broadway's Anastasia The Musical. Grammy® and Tony® Award-winning Broadway Records President Van Dean will co-produce. Grammy®- and Tony® Award-nominated and Emmy® Award-winning Michael J. Moritz, Jr. is Music Director. Ms. Moravis will direct and co-produce. Also cast, as previously reported, are Lauren Worsham (A Gentleman's Guide To Love And Murder) as Joli Nye; Lesli Margherita (Matilda The Musical; Dames At Sea) as Cocoa; Oyoyo Joi (The Book Of Mormon) as Mariana; Bart Shatto (War Paint; Les Misérables) as cellist Rouald Finckel; Lisa O'Hare (A Gentleman's Guide To Love And Murder); Brian Charles Rooney (The Threepenny Opera) as music mogul, Terrance Rand; and Emily Padgett (Charlie And The Chocolate Factory).

Robin Carus is Casting Director and has this to say about Session Girls: "Session Girls celebrates creative women and their successes... it is a beautiful and relevant story for today."

Ryan Andes as studio engineer Max Beft, Megan McGinnis as Maya, Max's fiancée, Jeff Hiller as Delivery Guy, and Robbie Rozelle as theatre producer Mitchie Karabakis play Feinstein's/54 Below (254 West 54th Street) in "SESSION GIRLS" on March 6, 2018, 9:30PM. There is a $40 cover charge and $25 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

MORE ABOUT Ryan Andes, Megan McGinnis, Jeff Hiller, AND Robbie Rozelle

Ryan Andes was most recently seen on Broadway as Karl The Giant in Big Fish, directed by Susan Stroman. Prior to that, he performed in the Ensemble of Sweeney Todd-Broadway. Off-Broadway, Mr. Andes appeared as René Descartes in Action Philosophers!, as James in My Base and Scurvy Heart, and as Artemis in The Little One, to name a few. He appears in recurring roles on television in myriad shows, including Madam Secretary, Time After Time, Elementary, and he performed as Admiral Crichton in Peter Pan Live!. In ensemble work, Mr. Andes has won awards for Outstanding Ensemble Performance (2014 NYMF-Bayonets of Angst) and Best Ensemble (NYC's 2014 Chain Film Fest-The Widowers).

Megan McGinnis made her Broadway debut in 1998 in The Diary of Anne Frank as Margot Frank. Her next leading role was Leisl in the national tour of The Sound of Music. She returned to Broadway in 2002 to play the role of Lucille in Thoroughly Modern Millie. Her break-out Broadway role was Belle in Disney's Beauty and the Beast, and remained on Broadway to play Beth in Little Women-The Musical, then on to understudying and playing the role of Éponine in the revival of Les Misérables-The Musical. From 2009 to 2016, Ms. McGinnis created the role of Jerusha Abbott in the musical adaptation of Daddy Long Legs, which ran Off-Broadway from 2015-2016.

Jeff Hiller started performing improv comedy at Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in 2001, where he was part of

the improv teams "People People", "The Scam", "Creep" and "Police Chief Rumble". He was founder of the all-gay improv troupe, "Neely O'Hara". Mr. Hiller has appeared in various television series, including Guiding Light, Ugly Betty, 30 Rock, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Community and Psych. He has also appeared in the films Morning Glory and Ghost Town. Mr. Hiller was well-received for his performance as John Quincy Adams in the hit rock musical, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson. From 2016-2017, he appeared as Phil Miller in all 20 episodes of Nightcap, created by and starring Alexandra Wentworth. Mr. Hiller is currently starring in the one-man comedy, Bright Colors, Bold Patterns through February 25.

Robbie Rozelle has directed and written/co-written sold-out cabaret shows for Melissa Errico, Kate Baldwin, Elena Shaddow, Nikka Graff Lanzarone, and frequently collaborates with Jessica Vosk. In 2017, he sold out Feinstein's/54 Below twice with his debut cabaret solo act, Songs From Inside My Locker, which was nominated for a BroadwayWorld Cabaret Award (in addition to a nomination for Best Director). He is a co-producer of the 2017 Tony Awards Season album, Cynthia Erivo and Oliver Tompsett Sing Scott Alan, and was an associate producer of Jonathan Reid Gealt's Whatever I Want It To Be. In other arenas, Mr. Rozelle is a Grammy® Awards voting member and, for three years, served as the graphic designer and creative director for Playbill, culminating in the design of #PlaybillPride. He currently serves as the in-house designer for Grammy®-winning record label, Broadway Records, where he designed the iconic What the World Needs Now is Love. @divarobbie

MORE ABOUT FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW

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



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