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| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 05:47 pm EDT 06/20/19 | |
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| NEXT WEEK AT FEINSTEIN’S/54 BELOW… LAURA OSNES & TONY YAZBECK ANN HAMPTON CALLAWAY JESSE JP JOHNSON 54 SINGS ABBA …AND MORE www.54Below.com/Feinsteins Next week, FEINSTEIN’S/54 BELOW, Broadway’s Supper Club & Private Event Destination, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond. To purchase tickets or for more information, visit www.54Below.com/Feinsteins or call (646) 476-3551. LAURA OSNES & TONY YAZBECK: AN EVENING OF GERSHWIN GREATS AND OTHER FAVORITES, JUNE 24 AT 7:00PM Tony Award nominees Laura Osnes and Tony Yazbeck return to Feinstein’s/54 Below after their sold-out debut duo act last October. Dazzling audiences with their undeniable chemistry in Manhattan Concert Productions’ Crazy For You and The Scarlet Pimpernel, this duo could not wait to join forces again to create this intimate evening of song (and dance), featuring their mutual love of the music of George Gershwin, with additional highlights from their impressive respective careers. The pair is delighted to be joined by Music Director and friend, Fred Lassen, on piano. $70-$100 cover charge. VIP Seating $105-$125. $135-$155 premium seating. $25 food & beverage minimum. JESSE JP JOHNSON, FEAT. GIZEL JIMENEZ, KATIE LADNER, AND MORE!, JUNE 24 AT 9:30PM Currently playing the role of Boq in Broadway’s Wicked, Jesse JP Johnson has performed in NYC on Broadway, and on Tour since 2004. You may know him for his roles in SpongeBob Squarepants, Altar Boys (as Luke), Xanadu, Grease (as Doody), and starring in the infamously short lived Glory Days (as Jack). Aside from Broadway, he is also a singer-songwriter who has performed all around the NY music scene in venues such as Rockwood Music Hall (where he had a monthly residency), The Bitter End, Les Poison Rouge, Haswell Greens, The Duplex, and Joe’s Pub. He has released an EP on iTunes called Ginger Love. This show will feature original music, written by Jesse and arranged by Lou Garret, from Ginger Love (on iTunes), as well as new songs/covers that will be featured in his upcoming album. Jesse’s music, inspired by Stevie Wonder, Ottis Redding, Amy Winehouse, Sam Cook, and Tedeschi Trucks Band, is so full of soul and love you’ll want to get up and dance the night away! Performing alongside Jesse will be a variety of Broadway favorites, including his Nessa, Gizel Jiménez, Katie Ladner, Larkin Bogan, and Dan Gleason (AKA Sir Richard Newton), and the show will also feature country/blues/rockstar Margo Valiante. First and foremost, Jesse’s show is a celebration of community, artistry and love — ‘cause we all know, right now, we need some love. $30-$40 cover charge. $65 premium seating. $25 food & beverage minimum. ANN HAMPTON CALLAWAY: JAZZ GOES TO THE MOVIES, JUNE 25, 26, 28, & 29 AT 7:00PM Tony-nominated, Platinum Award-winning singer-songwriter Ann Hampton Callaway’s Jazz Goes To The Movies, her requisite new album, which debuted as #12 on the Billboard Jazz Chart, comes to Feinstein’s/54 Below this June in a BRAND NEW SHOW! There are precious few vocalists whose artistry flourishes in both the worlds of popular song and jazz, as each world has its own special demands and challenges. Like Sarah Vaughan, Diane Reeves, and Mel Torme, Tony-nominated, Theater World Award-winning singer-songwriter Ann Hampton Callaway manages this feat seemingly effortless, delivering vocal tour-de-forces marked by refined beauty, subtlety, grandeur, profound musicality and passion. Having done critically-acclaimed tributes to the likes of Sarah Vaughan and Ella Fitzgerald, written hits for Barbra Streisand, released albums of original songs, and through her performances and recordings helped keep the Great American Songbook alive and vital, Ann decided for her fourteenth album to fulfill a long-time dream, a recording of great songs from classic motion pictures. Recently Shanachie Entertainment released Ann Hampton Callaway’s Jazz Goes To The Movies a magnificent collection of sublime interpretations of great songs featured in beloved Hollywood films. The companion show to the CD, explores the fascinating ways jazz and film have come together to tell stories.The playlist includes “Taking a Chance on Love” from Vernon Duke’s Cabin in the Sky, “Let’s Face the Music and Dance” from Irving Berlin’s Follow the Fleet, “This Time the Dream’s on Me” from Harold Arlen’s Blues in the Night, and “As Time Goes By,” the Herman Hupfeld classic from Casablanca. Callaway also performs jazz songs she has recorded for films, including “Come Rain or Come Shine” from The Good Shepherd, starring Robert DeNiro, “The Nearness of You” from Last Holiday starring Queen Latifah, and “Pourquoi,” a song she wrote for the new film Blind, starring Alec Baldwin and Demi Moore. $50-$70 cover charge. $85-$95 VIP seating. $95-$105 premium seating. $25 food & beverage minimum. THE SONGS THAT MADE THEM STARS!, FEAT. BRIAN CHARLES ROONEY, JOHN EASTERLIN, AND MORE!, JUNE 25 AT 9:30PM Barbra Streisand, Mary Martin, Betty Buckley, John Raitt, Bernadette Peters… each of them (and so many more) were catapulted to stardom and thrust into the limelight by their performance of a great song. That’s what it takes: just the right combination of talent, timing, and material to catch the lightning known as “stardom.” In The Songs That Made Them Stars, you’ll hear the famous songs that turned actors into icons, and you’ll also hear how those moments came to pass with fascinating, behind-the-scenes stories. Our cast of today’s bright and beautiful Broadway and nightclub stars will deliver the songs with the sparkle and panache that made these songs star-makers in the first place. The Songs That Made Them Stars will be produced, written, directed, and hosted by famed NYC impresario, Scott Siegel, who has created more than 300 major concerts all over the world. He has produced, written, and directed shows for Michael Feinstein, but he is, perhaps, best known as the creator, writer, director, and host of The Town Hall’s signature series, Broadway by the Year, currently celebrating its critically acclaimed 19th season. Featuring: Brian Charles Rooney (The Three-Penny Opera), John Easterlin (4X Grammy Award® Winner, The Phantom of the Opera), Mark Nadler (Drama Desk Nominee, Nightlife Award Winner), Emily Iaquinta (Broadway by the Year), Kristin Dausch (Funny Girl), DJ Plunkett (Broadway’s Rising Stars), Sophie Rapeikjo (54 Sings Broadway’s Greatest Hits), and Philippa Lynas (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels). More stars to be announced soon! $35-$45 cover charge. $75 premium seating. $25 food & beverage minimum. CHRIS NEWCOMER, JUNE 26 AT 9:30 Male soprano and self proclaimed “Kander Kid” Chris Newcomer returns to the Feinstein’s/54 Below stage with a brand new show. Expect the unexpected as Chris belts some of his favorite barn-burners, classic standards, and maybe even a song made up on the spot! Chris starred as Mary Sunshine in Chicago on Broadway and also shared the stage with Chita Rivera in Kander & Ebb’s final masterpiece The Visit. Currently you can catch him with the cast of Thank You, Places: an improvised musical at the Philly Improv Theatre in Philadelphia. Join Chris for a night of big songs, big laughs, and big heart! $25-$35 cover charge. $60 premium seating. $25 food & beverage minimum. SWITCHED: CURRENT & FORMER BROADWAY KIDS TRADE PLACES, JUNE 27 AT 9:30PM In a “Freaky Friday” turn of events, current and former Broadway kids trade places! Growing Up Broadway presents Switched where current Broadway kids sing the songs of roles that they need to wait a few years to take the stage with, while former Broadway “kids” sing the songs of the roles that they might be a bit too old to play. This is a show that the young theater lover (or the young at heart) can’t miss! Conceived and Produced by (former Broadway kid) Dara Paige Bloomfield and musical direction by (current Broadway kid) Joshua Turchin. Featuring: Caroline Basu (School of Rock), Dara Paige Bloomfield (Ragtime, Founder of Growing Up Broadway), Layla Capers (School of Rock), Will Coombs (Matilda National Tour, A Bronx Tale, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, The Ferryman), Katherine Leigh Doherty (Mary Poppins, A Little Night Music), Bonale Fambrini (The King and I, The Radio City Christmas Spectacular), Kelsey Fowler (Grey Gardens, Mary Poppins, Sunday in the Park with George, Bonnie & Clyde), Jenna Gavigan (Gypsy), Emily Klein (Parade, The Sound of Music National Tour), Andrew Leeds (Teddy & Alice, Falsettos, Les Misérables National Tour), Hudson Loverro (Kinky Boots National Tour, A Bronx Tale, School of Rock), Evan Jay Newman (A Christmas Carol at Madison Square Garden, Les Misérables, The Capeman, Beauty and the Beast National Tour), Madeleine Pace (Once, The Hard Problem), Tavia Riveé (A Christmas Carol at Madison Square Garden, Motown: The Musical National Tour), Amanda Swickle (Annie National Tour), and Joshua Turchin (The Little Mermaid at the Hollywood Bowl, Trevor: LIVE, A Christmas Story National Tour) $30-$40 cover charge. $65 premium seating. $25 food & beverage minimum. 54 SALUTES FRANK SINATRA, JUNE 28 AT 9:30PM Encore by popular demand! Join us for Frank Sinatra – The Second Century – A Celebration of Sinatra’s Timeless Hit Songs! An all-star cast of Broadway and nightclub stars will perform the songs that propelled Ol’ Blue Eyes into the stratosphere of superstars. Hear the hits that turned Sinatra into an icon for the ages, making him one of rare show business beacons who continues to shine even in his second century. You’ll hear songs like “One For My Baby,” “Chicago,” “My Way,” “It Was a Very Good Year,” and so many more. This show comes courtesy of impresario Scott Siegel, who brought four different sold out Sinatra shows to Feinstein’s/54 Below during the Chairman of the Board’s centennial year. Now that we’re in Sinatra’s second century, his greatness is a given, and today’s most talented performers are looking forward to performing in his honor. You’ll want to be at Feinstein’s/54 Below to witness it! The show will be produced, written, directed and hosted by Scott Siegel, the creator of Town Hall’s signature series, Broadway by the Year. He has written/directed/produced concerts for Michael Feinstein at Jazz at Lincoln Center and has, over the course of the last 16 years, created more than 200 major concerts all over the world, plus scores of nightclub shows that have played major concert halls, boites, and performing arts centers. Featured on June 28: Willy Falk (Tony Nominee, Miss Saigon), Cathryn Lovett (Feinstein’s/54 Below debut!), Marcus Lovett (The Phantom of the Opera, Les Misérables, Aspects of Love, King David), and more stars to be announced! $35-$55 cover charge. $75-$90 premium seating. $25 food & beverage minimum. EXCELSA DE JESUS, JUNE 29 AT 9:30PM Excelsa De Jesus, a young philanthropist, virtuoso performer, and Miss Republic of the Philippines International 2018-2020, is making her Feinstein’s/54 Below solo debut! Last year, she was awarded as PIDC’s “Artist of Exceptional Ability,” as well as PACCAL’s “Entertainer of the Year.” And now, Ms. De Jesus invites you to be a part of her journey: chasing your dreams in the big city, remembering your roots, and discovering what it takes to be a force for change. Watch the transformation of a young girl into a vivacious yet sophisticated woman in this highly narrative and song-filled evening. From musical theatre to pop to opera to R&B- you name it! She’s be bound to keep you surprised and entertained with a variety of stories and songs, even with an original or two of her very own. Be sure to join Excelsa in Moving On! Featuring Performers: Kevin Obate, Neeko De Los Santos, and Kara Denise Almario. Featuring Band Members: Bobby Ramiro (Musical Director & Piano), Adam Hutcheson (Sax), Peter Gutierez (Bass), and Joseph Cruz (Drums). $35-$45 cover charge. $80 premium seating. $25 food & beverage minimum. BRIDGING THE GAP: SHOWCASE OF THE NEXT GENERATION OF CABARET ARTISTS, JUNE 29 AT 11:30PM Bridging the Gap is a five-week master class, taught by acclaimed cabaret performer Ari Axelrod. The course focuses on how to bridge the gap between musical theatre performance and the intimate art of cabaret by honing the performer’s foundational training and getting in touch with their most authentic self. Each performer will do a two-song set coached by Ari and Bridging the Gap’s guest teacher, cabaret icon Lina Koutrakos. Join us as these incredible artists, through storytelling and song, bridge the gap between musical theatre and cabaret in this culminating showcase. Directed by: Ari Axelrod Music directed by: Mike Stapleton Guest teacher: Lina Koutrakos $20 cover charge. $45 premium seating. 2 drink or $20 food & beverage minimum. SONDHEIM UNPLUGGED, JUNE 30 AT 7:00PM BACK FOR SEASON NINE! A celebrated New York event since 2010, the BroadwayWorld and Bistro Award-winning series Sondheim Unplugged features some of Broadway and cabaret’s most dynamic voices, accompanied by piano only, delving into the musical world of Broadway’s master composer. Expect tunes from A Little Night Music, Company, Into the Woods, Follies, Passion, Dick Tracy and more. Past special guests have included original Sondheim cast members such as Len Cariou, Jim Walton, Donna McKechnie, Chip Zien & more – so you never know who might drop in. Sondheim Unplugged is hosted by series creator Phil Geoffrey Bond, who will fill the audience in on Sondheimien facts, history & assorted tidbits of theatrical lore! Come join the party! Featured at June 30 Performance: Special Guests: Sally Mayes (Rose, Harbor Lights Theatre’s Gypsy), Liz McCartney (Sunday in the Park with George Broadway revival), and Sarah Rice (Sweeney Todd’s original Johanna). Starring: Marquee Five, Karen Mack, Keira Moynahan, Megan Moynahan, Kelli Rabke, Marta Sanders, and Lucia Spina. $35-$45 cover charge. $75 premium seating. $25 food & beverage minimum. 54 SINGS ABBA, JUNE 30 AT 9:30PM We have a dream. A song to sing. And we know you do too, so take a chance on 54 Sings ABBA! Come join some of Broadway’s favorites as they sing through your ABBA favorites like “Dancing Queen,” “That’s Me,” “Summer Night City,” and “Mamma Mia.” 54 Sings ABBA is the ode to Swedish pop music, Meryl Streep in overalls, and the abundance of dads you’ve always dreamed about. You can dance, you can jive, and have the time of your life at the second installment of 54 Sings ABBA. Featuring: Kyra Kennedy, Anthony Sagaria, Cameron Anika Hill, Cory Jeacoma, Samantha Hill, Diamond Essence White, Catherine Charlebois, Allison Bailey, Talia Suskauer, Morgan Siobhan Green, Bethany Tesarck, Phoenix Best, Emily Koch, Melanie Moore, Nathan Lucrezio, and Lindsey Brett Carothers. $30-$40 cover charge. $65 premium seating. $25 food & beverage minimum. Please note that all artists and acts are subject to change at any time. MORE ABOUT FEINSTEIN’S/54 BELOW Feinstein’s/54 Below, Broadway’s Supper Club & Private Event Destination, is a 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, Feinstein’s/54 Below is a classically designed state-of-the art nightclub in the theatre district that hosts audiences with warmth and style. Feinstein’s/54 Below presents iconic and rising stars from the worlds of Broadway and popular music and has set a new standard for culinary excellence worthy of the world-class entertainment on the stage. In their description of the venue, The New York Times writes, “Feinstein’s/54 Below has the intimacy of a large living room with unimpeded views and impeccable sound; there is not a bad seat in the house. 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, Feinstein’s/54 Below features up to three shows nightly with cover charges ranging from $5-$105. 54Below.com/Feinsteins |
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