Below the Belt - 1996 - Off-Broadway Articles Page 1

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. 

Next month, 54 Below will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond for Women's History Month, including Linda Eder, Kate Baldwin, Jenn Colella and more. 

World Music Institute will continue celebrating 40 years of presenting the finest global music and dance in New York City with a brand-new Spring-Summer season full of new discoveries, old favorites, and special events.

Relocated to the backwoods of West Virginia, this musical re-imagines the classic Greek tale. Try counting all the Broadway references hidden in the dialogue--there's a lot, amusingly so. OEDIPUS returns to 54 Below on Father's Day in June!

The National Tour of THE NOTEBOOK is now underway! The tour launched on September 6, 2025, at Playhouse Square in Cleveland, OH. Read the reviews here!

Broadway Bound Theatre Festival has unveiled its 2025 Summer Festival line-up, spotlighting four new musicals and eight original plays, each of which are making their New York debut and that champion story, substance, and stagecraft.

Next month, 54 BELOW will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond, including Tracie Thoms, Jenn Colella and more. See the full lineup here!

54 BELOW will honor the LGBTQ+ performers, producers, and artists who are vital members of our artistic community this Pride Month. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

This summer, having travelled to countless cities across the world, the iconic and internationally acclaimed venue will return in style to Edinburgh’s St Andrew Square after almost a decade away from her home turf.

Steve Carell is making his Broadway debut in Anton Chekhov’s UNCLE VANYA. Did you know many other The Office stars have appeared on stage as well? Take a look back on the theatrical history of the cast of The Office!

Are you bound for the Philadelphia area this fall.  There’s so much to see and do that our readers will like to know about. 

David Sabella will perform at The Pheasantry on April 21-22 at 7pm. 

Broadway's David Sabella will bring his solo show The Razzle Dazzle of Chicago to The Pheasantry April 21-22, 2023 7PM.

International sensation and Broadway legend in her own mind, Amanda Reckonwith will perform in concert at PANGEA, razzle-dazzling with high comedy and even higher notes.

International opera diva and Broadway legend in her own mind, “Amanda Reckonwith” Returns! (after a 25 year retirement/rest cure) to razzle dazzle with high comedy and even higher notes!

Summer is here and there has never been a better time to revisit Broadway's record-breaking, history-making hits. Which long-running show should you check out this summer? Recap on what's running on Broadway below!

Plus, watch the video for the new track “Bootstrap Jubilee” now! The breezy effervescent repetition of the instrumental recalls at times Daft Punk’s “Digital Love” and Sly and the Family Stone, while the lyrics are utterly unique in their immense scope. The video was inspired by the films ‘Paris, Texas’ and ‘Boyhood,'

Next month, FEINSTEIN’S/54 BELOW, Broadway’s Supper Club & Private Event Destination, will present some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond.

Officially released yesterday, Tovah Feldshuh's memoir LILYVILLE: MOTHER, DAUGHTER, AND OTHER ROLES I'VE PLAYED is the book that already has everyone talking.

Thirty-three years later, these are the shows that Stephen Mosher remembers most vividly, from his first time in a Manhattan nightclub to the last night, on March 12th, 20202

This fall, Craft Recordings will reissue three titles fromSocial Distortion's independent catalog on vinyl. Set for a September 27th release, the LPs include the band's 1983 debut, Mommy's Little Monster, their 2004 studio album, Sex, Love and Rock 'n' Roll, and 1995's Mainliner (Wreckage From the Past), which compiles early singles and rare B-sides. Celebrating their 40th anniversary this year, the enduring So-Cal punk icons just kicked off their extensive, two-month North American tour with Flogging Molly yesterday (8/13) in Dallas (full tour itinerary below).

Strange Ranger will release their stunning new album Remembering The Rocketsthis Friday, and today they're sharing an advance stream of the record with The Fader. In an accompanying interview, frontman Isaac Eiger discussed the album's apocalyptic themes, saying, 'Climate change isn't just a specter anymore - it's happening, and it's killing people, and it's going to kill a lot more people. Those sorts of forces now actually do cause real, immediate, in-your-face anxiety and terror and fear, and so I think personally that I can write about it in an honest way, because now I feel closer to it.'

Redtwist Theatre announces an upcoming production of Richard Dresser's bizarre dark comedy BELOW THE BELT, running May 17 through June 16. This Off-Broadway hit has been compared to NBC's The Office as if written by Samuel Beckett and was named "Best American Play of 1996" by the Wall Street Journal. Since its debut it has found especially high popularity in Europe, with over 40 productions in Germany alone.

In the 23 years since Jonathan Larson's Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece burst onto the scene, its music has made an indelible impression on pop culture, finding a place on the playlists of more that just lovers of Broadway. Most Rentheads could argue the perfection of every one of the 43 tracks from the 1996 cast recording, and yet, it's undeniable that some of them stand out as Larson's greatest creations. Check out our highly subjective list of the greatest songs from RENT.

Today, Los Angeles-based artist SASAMI has announced her self-titled debut album with the release of a video for its lead single, 'Jealousy.'  NPR, who premiered the video today, is calling it 'stunning... her debut, self-titled album as SASAMI is impressive: finely crafted and introspective, elegant and bruised,' while Stereogum, who profiled SASAMI and named her an Artist To Watch, is saying 'it pushes back against the apprehension that arises when someone previously only in the background steps into the spotlight.'