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FeaturedThe 37th New York Cabaret Convention
65 artists. Three unforgettable nights. One legendary celebration! The 37th New York Cabaret Convention brings cabaret’s brightest stars and rising voices to Jazz at Lincoln Center's Rose Theater for a dazzling celebration of the Great American Songbook. Get your tickets today!...
FeaturedThe Humoral Funeral Parlor on the Corner of the Street
This dark musical comedy by writer-composer Christian Cieri centers on the Humorals, a family of funeral directors on the brink of losing everything when a new rival opens up shop and begins stealing their business. Patriarch Maxim enlists the help of his brother Quincy and son...
FeaturedI am ME - on Purpose!
I am ME - on Purpose is a series of true stories set in the tales of my development as a inter-sexed, genderqueer, neurodivergent person. I openly share how I learned about life and love from how the world interacted with me. The show focuses on some of my foibles that, over my...
Cabaret Premiere
"Once In a Blue Moon" – A Tribute to Mabel Mercer
Part of the 37th Annual NYC Cabaret Convention presented by The Mabel Mercer Foundation, this evening honors namesake Mabel Mercer, hosted by Jeff Harnar and Andrea Marcovicci. Featured performers include Karen Akers, Francesca Amari, Barbara Brussell, Charles Busch, Tovah...
37th Annual NYC Cabaret Convention: "Once In a Blue Moon" – A Tribute to Mabel Mercer
The Mabel Mercer Foundation presents an evening of words and music introduced or popularized by Mabel Mercer, hosted by Jeff Harnar and Andrea Marcovicci. Featured performers include Karen Akers, Francesca Amari, Barbara Brussell, Charles Busch, Tovah Feldshuh, Meg Flather...
A Million Moments On The Mackinac Bridge
Hudson Orfe performs A Million Moments On The Mackinac Bridge, a new musical told through interconnected vignettes exploring the lives of individuals crossing Michigan's iconic Mackinac Bridge, suspended above two Great Lakes. Blending heartbreak, humor, melancholy, and hope...
Anneliese van der Pol: That’s So Lieske!
Disney Channel icon Anneliese van der Pol, currently making her long-awaited New York stage comeback in Heathers, finally returns to the 54 Below stage after ten years in That’s So Lieske! She will be reunited on-stage with music director Benjamin Rauhala, with whom she toured...
Ari Axelrod: L’chaim! To Life, To Love, To You
Following a successful out-of-town engagement, Ari Axelrod returns to 54 Below with his brand new show L’chaim! To Life, To Love, To You for its New York City premiere. Seamlessly blending Broadway, the American Songbook, and traditional Jewish repertoire, Ari crafts an intimate...
chocolate genius incorporated
incorporated love songs and special guests The prodigal son, Marc Anthony Thompson, returns to Joe's Pub for an intimate evening of love songs from his 3 decade catalogue. Featuring extremely special guests.
Generation Women
Generation Women is a multigenerational storytelling night that invites a woman or non-binary performer in their 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, and 70s+ to share an original true story on a theme.
Natalie Paris
Six‘s OG ‘Jane Seymour,’ Olivier nomineeNatalie Paris, is taking America by storm! After capturing hearts in movie theaters across the nation inSix: The Musical Live!this summer, Natalie is currently making her Broadway debut, singing the song she originated and recorded, “Heart...
New Musical! A Million Moments on the Mackinac Bridge by Hudson Orfe
This performance will also be livestreamed. For tickets and more information, click here. Join us at 54 Below for an unforgettable evening featuring the songs from the new musical A Million Moments on the Mackinac Bridge. In a remarkable celebration of the story written and...
"Sammy: All the Way & Then Some!" – The Songs of Sammy Davis, Jr.
Part of the 37th Annual NYC Cabaret Convention presented by The Mabel Mercer Foundation, this evening celebrates the songs of Sammy Davis, Jr., hosted by Natalie Douglas. Featured performers include Anna Anderson, Jonathan Arons, Klea Blackhurst, Reed Harris Butts, Eric...
37th Annual NYC Cabaret Convention: "Sammy: All the Way & Then Some!" – The Songs of Sammy Davis, Jr.
The Mabel Mercer Foundation presents a jubilant remembrance of Sammy Davis, Jr., celebrating the Broadway, Hollywood, and popular numbers he made his own, hosted by Natalie Douglas. Featured performers include Anna Anderson, Jonathan Arons, Klea Blackhurst, Reed Harris Butts...
BélO
BélO is an award-winning Haitian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and composer known for his distinctive fusion of reggae, jazz, rock, and Afro-Haitian rhythms, a style he calls "Ragganga." With a career spanning more than 20 years, he has performed internationally across North...
chocolate genius incorporated
incorporated love songs and special guests The prodigal son, Marc Anthony Thompson, returns to Joe's Pub for an intimate evening of love songs from his 3 decade catalogue. Featuring extremely special guests.
Glitter and Grit: A Love Letter to Girlhood
The cast of Glitter and Grit are proud to bring their celebration of womanhood to 54 Below! Directed and produced by Chloe Petterson, Glitter and Grit is a night celebrating the beauty, strength, and complexity of womanhood. Featuring songs from SUFFS, Waitress, Six, and many...
Raise Our Voices: A Cabaret for Cecilia Chorus
The Cecilia Chorus of New York invites you to an intimate evening of music, celebration, and community on Wednesday, October 14, 2026 at 54 Below, in honor of its landmark 120th anniversary season. Brandie Inez Sutton — praised by The New York Times and Opera News and celebrated...
"With a Song in My Heart" – A Cornucopia of Entertainment
Part of the 37th Annual NYC Cabaret Convention presented by The Mabel Mercer Foundation, this final evening exemplifies the all-encompassing mix of music embraced by Mabel Mercer's advocates, hosted by KT Sullivan. Featured performers include Raissa Katona Bennett, Celia Berk...
37th Annual NYC Cabaret Convention: "With a Song in My Heart" – A Cornucopia of Entertainment
The Mabel Mercer Foundation presents an all-encompassing mélange of music, hosted by KT Sullivan. Featured performers include Raissa Katona Bennett, Celia Berk, Carole J. Bufford, Tim Connell, Robert Cuccioli, Shana Farr, Eric Yves Garcia, The IMs, Sam Jewison, Ben Jones, Ann...
Broadway Barfly LIVE! With Robert Driemeyer (and guest Stephanie Pope)
Encore performances of an acclaimed show celebrating Broadway's fabled nightlife, featuring songs, stories, spirits, and special guests.
Broadway Sin Vergüenza: Telenovela Nights
Broadway Sin Vergüenza: Telenovela Nights comes to 54 Below with two original, telenovela-inspired musical works—Champagne Tears and Querida. Created and written by Vanessa Verduga (Off-Broadway’s Implications of Cohabitation at Theatre Row), the evening blends heightened...
New York Arab American Comedy Festival
Now in its 23rd year, the New York Arab American Comedy Festival returns to Joe's Pub! Celebrating over two decades of groundbreaking talent, the festival is proud to be back at one of NYC's most iconic stages. Join us for 3 nights of bold and hilarious comedy that cannot be...
Telenovela Nights
Telenovela Nights is a bilingual musical cabaret double feature presented by Broadway Sin Barreras, inspired by the experience of gathering with family to watch nightly telenovelas, reimagined live on stage through musical theater, comedy, melodrama, and cabaret storytelling...
54 Gets Away With Murder
Sometimes, the best things in life are to die for – sometimes, they’re worth killing for. For one night only, the Fortunate Few Productions collective is bringing the murder ballad songbook to 54 Below! Produced by Tommy Kelly and Aidan C. White, 54 Gets Away With Murder pledges...
New York Arab American Comedy Festival
Now in its 23rd year, the New York Arab American Comedy Festival returns to Joe's Pub! Celebrating over two decades of groundbreaking talent, the festival is proud to be back at one of NYC's most iconic stages. Join us for 3 nights of bold and hilarious comedy that cannot be...
Rachel Bay Jones
Rachel Bay Jones, the Tony®, Emmy, and Grammy winning original Heidi Hansen fromDear Evan Hansen, brings her luminous storytelling to 54 Below. Acclaimed for her work in the Broadway revivals ofPippinandHair, as well as standout performances inFirst Daughter Suite,Hello Again...
Sapphira Cristál: Sapphi Don't Sing The Blues
“From a bellowing basso profundo to a high soprano … she’s a bold, original talent who is eminently worth watching.” — Michael Musto Experience the unforgettable Sapphira Cristál as she returns to 54 Below with Sapphi Don’t Sing The Blues. A breakout star of “RuPaul’s Drag Race”...
Latest Cabaret Reviews
Review: Ali Ewoldt and Guests Shine in WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR at 54 Below
After lending her talents to iconic musicals such as The King and I, Les Misérables and Phantom of the Opera, it’s clear Ewoldt is Broadway royalty. Audiences celebrated her birthday and Filipino American History Month with this stellar show.…
Review: Broadway Baby Andrea McArdle Struts Her Stuff at Beechman Residency
Andrea McArdle, the iconic voice behind the lead in the original Broadway production of ANNIE, has a new residency at the Beechman Theatre in Manhattan that you won’t want to miss. …
Review: THE AMERICAN SONG ASSOCIATION GALA Honors Maltby & Shire at Kaufman Music Center
A stellar cast celebrates 70 years of Richard Maltby Jr. and David Shire's remarkable songwriting partnership at the American Songbook Association's gala, with dazzling performances, historic reunions, and an unforgettable emotional highlight.…
Review: Kym Johnson Makes Promising Cabaret Debut With WHAT I DID FOR LOVE at 54 Below
Kym Johnson sings and dances her way into the world of cabaret.…
Review: NOSTALGIA BAIT: FOR THE 2000S KIDS Offers Broadway Memories at 54 Below
NOSTALGIA BAIT was an excellent night of fun that celebrated growing up as a theater kid in the early 2000s. Creative choices were made that enhanced the show into a full production.…
Review: Opera’s Brandie Inez Sutton Does a Solo Showstopper of an Opener for 54 Below
There are voices and there are voices and, then, there is a woman named Brandie Inez Sutton. She made her solo debut at 54 Below on October 8 and it just couldn’t have been closer to perfection.…
Review: SONGBOOK SUNDAYS Honors Kander and Ebb at Dizzy's
Deborah Grace Winer's Songbook Sundays celebrated the legendary Kander and Ebb at Dizzy's, starring Karen Ziemba and Matthew Scott, and Vanisha Gould, with a terrific quartet delivering fresh takes on some of Broadway's most beloved songs.…
Review: CATHERINE RUSSELL AND FRIENDS With Special Guest Cyndi Lauper at Jazz At Lincoln Center
The only thing I can say about this evening is how special it was, and those don't seem like words enough to describe it. It had to be witnessed…and that's the magic of it. It happened once. (well twice.) And then it was gone forever.…
Review: New Musical THE CEILING at (Le) Poisson Rouge Is Stellar
New Yorkers know that space is coveted–on the train, on the sidewalk, in our shoebox apartments–but The Ceiling creates a sense of space that forces the imagination to extend far beyond the limits of the theatre walls.…
Review: Robert Cuccioli & Maria Cooper Janis Headline Dutch Treat Club Opening Night
The club kicked off its 2026/27 season with its Opening Night Dinner, featuring Maria Cooper Janis, daughter of legendary actor Gary Cooper, and Tony-Nominated Broadway star Robert Cuccioli.…
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Songs From My Childhood The Green Room 42 (10/22-10/22) |
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I am ME - on Purpose! Laurie Beechman Theatre (10/10-1/10) |
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The 37th New York Cabaret Convention Jazz AT Lincoln Center's Rose Theater (10/13-10/15) |
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The Humoral Funeral Parlor on the Corner of the Street The Green Room 42 (10/20-10/20) |
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Bebe Neuwirth Celebrates Kander & Ebb 54 Below (1/18-1/18) |
