The Duplex News

54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents: MICHAEL ZAHLER with Special Guests Jenni Barber and Lauren Worsham in 'Songs Barbara Taught Us - A Contemporary Musical Journey Inspired by the Great Barbara Cook' tonight, February 20th at 9:30PM.

GHOST: THE MUSICAL is at The Media Theatre during the month of March. Based on the extremely popular film from 1990 which had fans swooning over Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore (and an Oscar winning performance from Whoopi Goldberg), it's as romantic as a musical can be.

54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, presents: MICHAEL ZAHLER with Special Guests Jenni Barber and Lauren Worsham in "Songs Barbara Taught Us - A Contemporary Musical Journey Inspired by the Great Barbara Cook" on Friday, February 20th at 9:30PM.

After her highly successful debut singing the songs of Florence and the Machine at Broadway's Supper Club 54 Below, Tal Yardeni returns on Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at 9.30pm with TAL YARDENI & FRIENDS SING JESSIE J.

Ben Rimalower's new play about spending beyond his means -- will be performed in rep with his first piece PATTI ISSUES at The Duplex (61 Christopher Street at Seventh Avenue) through April 29. PATTI ISSUES, which ran for a year at the same venue and subsequently toured the country and abroad, explores his obsession with Broadway diva Patti LuPone and his relationship with his troubled gay father. The pieces will be performed on alternating Wednesday nights at 7:00 PM. Both shows are written and performed by Ben Rimalower and directed by Aaron Mark.

Aaron Jackson (UCB) and Josh Sharp (Time Out NY 'Comic To Watch') host a gay show for all people filled with songs and laughs from comics and queers and mostly people who are both.

SHUFFLE Concert changes the rules of performance at Pepperdine University's Smothers Theatre on Sunday, March 8 at 2 p.m.

One of NYC's most colorful and unpredictable open-mic nights -- MOSTLY SONDHEIM -- celebrated its 10th anniversary at The Duplex on Christopher Street, January 23rd, 2015. Click below for highlights from the show!

Martinis Above Fourth Table + Stage and Sher Krieger Events in San Diego present local favorite performers Melinda Gilb and Steve Gunderson in The Melinda & Steve Show on Monday, February 2.

The Peoples Improv Theater (The PIT) Melodion Theatre present an encore performance of Frankie and Sarah's Gone with the Wind Fever Dream. This added performance will take place tonight, January 24 at 9:30pm at The Peoples Improv Theater, 123 E. 24th St, New York, NY 10010. Tickets are $10.

4@15: Four New Fifteen-Minute Musicals, performed in conjunction with NYU Steinhardt, will commence performances this weekend, January 24 and 25, for five performances only at The Pless Hall Black Box Theatre, featuring new works from writers Lizzie Hagstedt & Alex Rubin, Daphny Maman & Sujin Kim, Benjamin Velez & Kathryn Hathaway, and Caleb Hoyer & Kevin Michael Murphy. Ben Baker serves as Music Director; Brian Blythe directs.

4@15: Four New Fifteen-Minute Musicals, performed in conjunction with NYU Steinhardt, will commence performances this weekend, January 24 and 25, for five performances only at The Pless Hall Black Box Theatre, featuring new works from writers Lizzie Hagstedt & Alex Rubin, Daphny Maman & Sujin Kim, Benjamin Velez & Kathryn Hathaway, and Caleb Hoyer & Kevin Michael Murphy. Ben Baker serves as Music Director; Brian Blythe directs.

Amber Petty, star of the Off-Broadway smash hit50 Shades! The Musical Parody, brings her show We Don't Need Another Hero to The Duplex (61 Christopher Street) on Sunday, February 8th at 7pm.

As the days dwindled down to a precious few in 2014, a few cabaret goers and performers in what is affectionately but also self-mockingly called the “cabaret community” would sidle up and ask if I was planning my annual end-of-the year “Best Of” column, similar to the “Top 20 Bests and Favorites” piece over the first half of the year I posted back in early July. I would respond in the negative with very reasonable and believable excuses, but the truth is I didn't want to reveal my “Bests” of the year until the voting for the 2014 BroadwayWorld New York Cabaret Awards had ended. There's enough baggage and backstage whispering that comes with administering the BWW Awards, so I wasn't about to publish any opinions that might influence the vote while it was in process. I may be crazy but I'm not masochistic. But now all bets are off. You want lists? I'll give you lists.

On Monday, January 19, the Broadway at Birdland concert series was proud to present singer Joanne Tatham and arranger/musical director Tamir Hendelman on the historic stage. Scroll down for photos from the concert!

Mostly Sondheim, the long-running musical theater open mic at The Duplex Cabaret, will celebrate its 10th anniversary on Friday January 23rd at 11:30pm. Hosts Ben Cameron (Wicked, Aida) and Colleen Harris (Songs at the New World), along with musical director Brian Nash (Silence! the Musical), will welcome past hosts, talented regulars, and open mic volunteers to the stage to commemorate ten years of music and comedy.

Mama Drama will play The Duplex on January 23 at 6:30 and February 9 at 6:30. The Duplex is located at 61 Christopher St. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased online at www.purplepass.com.

After being named one of the “Ten Best Comedy Shows of 2014” byTime Out New York, The PIT is proud to announce the return of acclaimed theatrical comedy Hold On To Your Butts, a LIVE shot-for-shot remake of the greatest epic dinosaur movie of all time, performed by just two actors and a foley artist.

54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club presents Katya Stanislavskaya's theatrical song cycle, WOMEN ON LOVE, tonight, Jan. 7, 2015. Featuring a cast pf Broadway, Off-Broadway and cabaret artists Theresa McCarthy (Titanic, Floyd Collins), Sally Wilfert, (Assassins), Amy Justman (Company, A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder), Alyse Alan Louis (Mamma Mia!), Grace McLean (Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812, American Songbook Series), Lianne Marie Dobbs, and Sarah Corey

BroadwayWorld has called Ann Hampton Callaway the current “Queen of Cabaret” and apparently much of the cabaret audience agrees. The votes for the 2014 BroadwayWorld New York Cabaret Awards are official and Callaway is the “Performer of the Year,” having garnered 2,194 votes (the most of any nominee) out of the 66,179 votes cast by approximately 7,500 voters for 148 nominees in 17 categories. Here are your 2014 BWW New York Cabaret Award Winners.