Music of Broadway for Cello & Piano, feat. Liz Callaway at 54 Below

MAIRI DORMAN-PHANEUF has established a busy career in New York City as a solo, chamber, Broadway, and recording artist. Since 2003 she has held chairs in 20 Broadway shows, including The Bridges of Madison County, A Little Night Music, Sunday in the Park with George, and currently, Parade. Off-Broadway credits include the premiere productions of Jason Robert Brown's The Last Five Years (Chicago 2001, NYC 2002). Her debut solo album, Music of Broadway for Cello and Piano, was released in September 2021 on Craft Recordings/Concord Theatricals. Following her sold-out debut at Birdland Jazz Club in 2018 she continues to present headlining shows featuring Broadway’s greatest stars. Her cello arrangements have become sought-after additions to the Broadway repertoire. Mairi has been a featured performer with John Pizzarelli, Jeremy Jordan, and Jason Robert Brown. She has appeared in multiple TV broadcasts, including the Live From Lincoln Center Broadcasts; Joshua Bell with Friends @ The Penthouse, Lang Lang's New York Rhapsody, and Chita Rivera: A Lot of Livin' To Do.

LIZ CALLAWAY Tony nominee and Emmy winner Liz Callaway made her Broadway debut in Stephen Sondheim’s Merrily We Roll Along. She has gone on to star in Baby, Miss Saigon, The Look of Love, The Three Musketeers, and for 5 years appeared as Grizabella in Cats. Off-Broadway appearances include The Spitfire Grill (Drama Desk nomination), Marry Me a Little and Brownstone. Regional and international credits include the one-person play “Every Brilliant Thing”, Dot in Sunday in the Park with George, Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard, and the European premiere of Sondheim on Sondheim at London’s Royal Festival Hall. Liz sang the Academy Award-nominated song “Journey to the Past” in the animated feature Anastasia. Other film work includes Jasmine in the two Aladdin sequels, The Swan Princess, and The Rewrite with Hugh Grant. Her extensive concert and symphony career has included appearances in London, Paris, Vietnam, Australia, China, and nearly every major city in the U.S. She performs regularly with her sister Ann Hampton Callaway, as well as composer Stephen Schwartz, and has had the pleasure of singing with Jimmy Webb, Paul Williams, and the legendary Johnny Mathis. Liz has eight solo recordings including her newest album, To Steve With Love: Liz Callaway Celebrates Sondheim. www.lizcallaway.com @LizGoesOn

Charlie Alterman. Broadway work includes: Music Director for the Tony Award-winning revival of Pippin, as well as the Broadway productions next to Normal and Godspell. Charlie made his Broadway debut in Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me (as both MusicDirectorand standby for several roles). Other Broadway credits include legally Blonde (Associate Conductor). He has toured as Music Director for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Grease, and served as Music Supervisor for the North American tour of Next to Normal. Off-Broadway favorites: Almost Heaven: Songs of John Denver and Silence: The Musical! Regional work includes shows at The Muny, The Old Globe, A.R.T., The Kennedy Center, T.UT.S, Arena Stage, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, HuntingtonTheatre, La Jolla Playhouse, Trinity Rep, Paper Mill Playhouse and the Williamstown Theatre Festival. Concert appearances include shows with Brooke Shields, Frankie Avalon, Juan Pablo Di Pace, Dana Reeve, Emily Skinner, Billy Porter, Carol Woods and Ken Page.