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In the summer of 2016, The School at Jacob's Pillow, a world renowned center for professional dance training with diversely experienced and international artists will present Professional Advancement Programs in Ballet, Contemporary, Musical Theatre Dance, and a new program titled Improv Traditions & Innovations: From Ring Shout to Blues to Jazz. These programs will take place during the 84th annual Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, led by a highly-distinguished artist faculty, and offer an incomparable combination of studio, performance, and Festival experiences.

Rodgers & Hammerstein: The Sound of Their Music, New York's long-running hit revue (currently in residence at Manhattan's Feinstein's/54 Below), will make a special, one night only appearance in Putnam County tonight, November 21st at 8pm at the Philipstown Depot Theatre, located on Garrison's Landing in Garrison, NY. Tickets, $30, may be obtained by visiting http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1167237 or by calling 1.800.838.3006.

Rodgers & Hammerstein: The Sound of Their Music, New York's long-running hit revue (currently in residence at Manhattan's Feinstein's/54 Below), will make a special, one night only appearance in Putnam County on Saturday, November 21st at 8pm at the Philipstown Depot Theatre, located on Garrison's Landing in Garrison, NY. Tickets, $30, may be obtained by visiting http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1167237 or by calling 1.800.838.3006.

After a sold out NYC debut at 54 Below, Kelli will reprise No Place Like Home at the Metropolitan Room - a dynamic show that focuses on the songs and roles that have shaped her career thus far.  

Scott Siegel's Broadway Rising Stars 9th Edition at Town Hall featured 19 'Stars of Tomorrow' showcasing their performing talents.

Lebanon Community Theatre presents the world premiere of 'Lemonade!'. When the renowned Yellow Harvest Lemonade Corporation finds that its product has lost its footing in the modern, competitive market, their sights turn to a successful children's lemonade stand. Can a pair of headstrong twins and their browbeaten father withstand pressure from a disillusioned lemonade executive and his lawyer confidant for control of the nation's next great beverage sensation?

Coming up this week, 54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz and beyond. To purchase tickets or for more information, visit www.54Below.com or call (646) 476-3551.

Broadway's 40 theatres aren't the only places to catch performances from your favorite stars! Well after Broadway orchestra's begin their overtures, ensemble members take their dance breaks, and performers belt out their eleven- o'clock numbers, the party continues at various cabaret venues throughout New York City. Below, BroadwayWorld brings you some cabaret highlights for this week as picked by our theatre editors, including: The Last Ship Company in Concert; This Will Be Our Year, Starring Jeremy Jordan, Andy Mientus, & Krysta Rodriguez; Emily Padgett & Erin Davie; Very Very Rock Show in Concert Featuring Rebecca Naomi Jones and More; and 54 Sings Mack and Mabel.

This March, 54 BELOW presents an exciting lineup of the brightest talent from Broadway and beyond. Located just below the legendary Studio 54 at 254 West 54th Street. Below, find the schedule for upcoming events over the next month.

In the coming weeks, 54 Below revisits some of our favorite Broadway productions with concert events celebrating beloved scores as well as reunions bringing together original company members.

Five years ago, Michael Feinstein approached ubiquitous producer Scott Siegel about 'coming up with a club act' for Feinstein's at the Loews Regency. The title 11 O'Clock Numbers at 11 O'Clock was Siegel's eureka moment. 'Broadway shows used to start at 8:30,' Siegel reminded us. 'The 11 o'clock number was meant to shake an audience awake in time to enjoy the end of a show.' Every Thursday night until its host venue sadly shuttered in January 2013, the series packed'm in for soaring voices and musical bonhomie. Since then, this particular collaboration of vocalists--Scott Coulter, Christina Bianco, and Carole J. Bufford--have twice appeared in the Broadway at Birdland series, but now the 11 O'Clock numbers are featured at 7 O'Clock. Not only does the concept hold up, but also its artists having matured, may even be better.

On Monday, December 8, the Broadway at Birdland concert series presented the return of 11 O'Clock Numbers at 7 O'Clock. The critically acclaimed musical revue that ran at Feinstein's at the Regency for an unprecedented 8 months, then performed two sold-out shows at Birdland, returns to Birdland with its original cast Christina Bianco, whose videos have been seen by more than 10 million people and who has become an international phenomenon.

'11 O'Clock Numbers' with Christina Bianco, Carole J. Bufford & Scott Coulter Returns to Broadway at Birdland Monday, December 8 at 7pm.

This December and January 54 BELOW presents an exciting lineup of the brightest talent from Broadway and beyond. Scroll down for details!

11 O'Clock Numbers at 7 O'Clock!Famous Musical Revue Returns to Broadway at Birdland on December 8th at 7 PM. The critically acclaimed musical revue that ran at Feinstein's at the Regency for an unprecedented 8 months,then performed two sold-out shows at Birdland, returns to Birdland with its original cast reunited on December 8th at 7 PM.

The Town Hall 2014 Summer Season: Broadway Preludes just presented Broadway Rising Stars, the annual revue giving recent graduates from the nation's leading performing arts schools a chance to showcase their talents and perform on the legendary stage. Directed by Scott Coulter, Broadway Rising Stars is created, hosted and written by Scott Siegel and features the brightest talent from AMDA, CAP 21, Circle in the Square, Juilliard, Marymount, The New School, NYU's Steinhardt and Tisch, Pace University, and more. BroadwayWorld brings you photos from the special night below!

The future of the Great White Way was featured in one unforgettable night with the brightest talent selected from some of the nation's finest theatrical institutions: AMDA, University of Cincinnati, Circle in the Square, Marymount, The New School, NYU's Cap 21, Steinhardt, and Tisch, and Pace University. The event was directed by Nightlife Award winning vocalist Scott Coulter. BroadwayWorld brings you complete photo coverage below!

About halfway through Jim Brochu's Saturday, June 29 performance at the Metropolitan Room of his new show Character Man, I realized I was witnessing what was probably the best cabaret show I'd seen this year, and perhaps was one of the best in my almost three years of reviewing cabaret. By the time the show ended, I had changed my mind. Not because the show fell apart in the second half, but because what Jim Brochu had created (and is opening tonight at the Broward Stage Door Theatre in Coral Springs, Florida, where it will be performed until August 11) was more than a cabaret show. Character Man is a delightful, extremely well-crafted Off-Broadway theater piece that is destined for a run that might rival his critically-acclaimed one-man Zero Mostel tribute show, Zero Hour, which played throughout the country between 2006-2012 and earned Brochu 2010 Drama Desk and Helen Hayes Awards.

Drama Desk and Helen Hayes Award winner Jim Brochu ('Zero Hour,' 'The Big Voice: God or Merman?') just debuted his new solo show 'Character Man' at the Metropolitan Room. Check out photos from the concert below!

On Monday, April 8, the Broadway at Birdland concert series presented an encore performance of 'Eleven O'Clock Numbers,' a musical review that ran at Feinstein's at the Regency Hotel for eight months. Scroll down for photos from the show!