Loni Ackerman News

Next week, 54 Below will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond, including the cast of MJ, Norm Lewis, and many more. 

54 Below will present a star-studded concert celebrating the 60th anniversary of DAMES AT SEA, featuring Britney Coleman, AJ Shively, Karen Mason, and cast members from previous productions.

Next month, 54 BELOW, Broadway’s Supper Club & Private Event Destination, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond, including Grammy and Emmy winner Will Roland, Tony winner Norm Lewis and more. 

Dancers Over 40 will present a celebration of GEORGE M! at 54 Below, directed by Broadway's Lawrence Leritz, featuring original cast members performing George M. Cohan songs from the 1968 Broadway musical.

Dancers Over 40 held its 17th Annual Legacy Awards and Holiday Dinner, honoring five members whose careers span decades of contribution to the dance and theatre community. Check out photos of the event.

Dancers Over 40 will celebrate five fabulous performers at its 17th Annual Legacy Awards and Holiday Dinner. This celebration honrors its own members Carole Banninger, Diane Coupè, Andrew Jannetti, Diana Laurenson and Jon Spano.

Charles Kirsch is the 17-year-old host of the theater podcast Backstage Babble, where he has conducted over 250 in-depth interviews with some of Broadway’s best. In “Stage Direction,” he will be using material from the podcast and additional interviews to chronicle the career and impact of some of the most influential theater directors. 

Dancers Over 40 began their fourth decade as an organization with a celebration of the 50th Anniversary of CHICAGO; past, present and future, honoring Bob Fosse, Gwen Verdon, Chita Rivera, Jerry Orbach and Ann Reinking, with original and revival cast members, hosted by Golden Globe nominee and former revival Roxie Hart, Marilu Henner. Check out photos from the show.

The new musical Goddess can currently be seen in its New York premiere production at the Public Theater on Lafayette Street. Directed by the Public’s associate artistic director and resident director Saheem Ali, who is currently Tony Award-nominated for directing Buena Vista Social Club, Goddess is playing at the Public’s largest space by capacity, the Newman Theatre.

On Monday night, Birdland welcomed Barry Kleinbort toits stage Mr. Kleinbort himself hosted the fun, weaving together backstage anecdotes from his legendary career crafting material for some of the stage's most iconic divas. See photos from the show.

“Jamie deRoy & friends” will present The Kleinbort Collection, a one night only cabaret featuring songs by award winning composer and lyricist Barry Kleinbort

FMC Productions LLC will present an industry reading of TO LIFE. TO LIFE portrays one afternoon in a hospital room in a death-defying traumedy revealing family secrets.

With the Jamie Lloyd production of Evita in the works, we're revisiting some of the most iconic Evas to grace the stage and screen, from Elaine Paige to Patti LuPone, most recently Auli'i Cravalho, and of course, Madonna.

Dancers Over 40 celebrated five performers at it's 16th Annual Legacy Awards and Holiday Dinner Monday, December 9th 2024. Check out photos from the celebration.

Jack Viertel's new novel mixes some bits of actual theatre productions, people, places, and songs into its fiction. The author read excerpts from the book for a program he hosted and co-produced at 54 Below, with guest singers performing relevant/referenced songs.

Talia Suskauer (Wicked) and Loni Ackerman (Cats) will join Broadway Melody at 54 Below. Broadway Melody is a love letter to both the Golden Age of the American musical and a bygone era of the city that never sleeps, all seen through the eyes of a lovelorn trumpet player and an actress on the cusp of her big break. Learn how to purchase tickets.

54 BELOW will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond in September. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

54 Below will present Here’s Love to The Music Man: A Celebration of Songwriter Meredith Willson, with newly added appearances by Broadway’s Jay Aubery Jones, and Nick Whitehurst, Executive Director of The Music Man Square.

54 BELOW will present Here’s Love to The Music Man: A Celebration of Songwriter Meredith Willson. Learn how to purchase tickets.

The very best in Broadway, jazz and rock in three very unique cabaret-style shows will debut this August in Somerset County at the Sieminski Theater.