54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, will present two-time Tony Award winner Patti LuPone in "Far Away Places - Part Two" November 3 -15. In an evening conceived and directed by Tony Award winner Scott Wittman, LuPone returns with Part Two of the show which she premiered to critical acclaim when 54 Below opened in June 2012. In this continuation of the show (which will include a few encores from the landmark Part One) she further explores her wanderlust, performing songs by an eclectic group of songwriters including Irving Caesar, Billy Joel, David Yazbek, Johnny Mercer and Kris Kristofferson.
Tickets will go on sale to the general public at www.54Below.com starting September 22. Exclusive presale will begin September 15 for members of Club 54, the 54 Below loyalty membership program. (For more details about becoming a Club 54 member, visit www.54below.com/application.) Tickets will go on sale to 54 Below Insiders September 18 at noon EST. (To become 54 Below Insider, register for the 54 Below e-mail list by clicking here.)
"Far Away Places - Part Two" marks LuPone's 7th engagement at 54 Below, and her 2nd engagement since the venue announced a multi-year agreement with LuPone playing two-week engagements at the venue twice yearly. LuPone last appeared at 54 Below in her acclaimed show, "The Lady with The Torch," earlier this summer.
Patti LuPone's New York stage credits include The Anarchist, An Evening With Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin, The Seven Deadly Sins (NY City Ballet), Joanne in Company (New York Philharmonic), Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle Award nominations), Gypsy (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Drama League Awards), John Doyle's production of Sweeney Todd, Passion, Candide, Can Can, Noises Off, Sweeney Todd (New York Philharmonic), The Old Neighborhood, Master Class, Patti LuPone on Broadway (Outer Critics Circle Award), Pal Joey, Anything Goes, Oliver!, Accidental Death of An Anarchist, The Woods, Edmond, The Cradle Will Rock, Evita (Tony and Drama Desk Awards), Working, The Water Engine, The Robber Bridegroom (Tony Award and Drama Desk nominations). LuPone has appeared on the London stage in Matters of the Heart, Master Class, Sunset Boulevard (Olivier Award nomination) and Les Miserables (RSC world premiere production) and The Cradle Will Rock (Olivier Award for both productions). Opera credits include Jake Heggie's To Hell and Back for San Francisco Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (LA Opera, debut) and Regina (Kennedy Center). LuPone's film and TV credits include Parker, Union Square, City By The Sea, David Mamet's Heist and State and Main, Just Looking, Summer of Sam, Driving Miss Daisy, Witness, "Girls," "American Horror Story: Coven," "Ugly Betty," "Will & Grace," "Passion," "Sweeney Todd,"Oz," "Monday Night Mayhem," "Evening At the Pops" with John Williams and Yo Yo Ma, "Frasier" (Emmy nomination), "Law & Order," "The Water Engine," "L.B.J." and "Life Goes On." Recordings, in addition to many original cast recordings include Patti LuPone Live, Matters of the Heart, The Lady With The Torch, Patti LuPone at Les Mouches, Far Away Places. LuPone is a founding member of the Drama Division of The Juilliard School and of John Houseman's The Acting Company. She is the author of the NY Times best-seller Patti LuPone: A Memoir.
MORE ABOUT 54 BELOW
54 BELOW, Broadway's Supper Club, is the new performance venue in the grand tradition of New York City nightlife. A few blocks from the heart of Times Square and just below the legendary Studio 54, 54 BELOW is a classically designed state-of-the art nightclub in the theatre district that hosts audiences with warmth and style. The venue provides a food and beverage menu from early evening through the wee hours of the morning that is worthy of the world-class entertainment on the stage. In their description of 54 BELOW, The New York Times writes "the club has the intimacy of a large living room with unimpeded views and impeccable sound; there is not a bad seat. Its sultry after-hours ambience is enhanced by brocade-patterned wall panels planted with orange-shaded lanterns. And the atmosphere is warmer and sexier than in Manhattan's other major supper clubs." Located at 254 West 54th Street, 54 BELOW features up to three shows nightly with cover charges ranging from $15-$95.
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