| THIS WEEK at 54 Below | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 01:56 pm EDT 08/22/22 | |
|
|
|
| THIS WEEK AT 54 BELOW JOHN CLARENCE STEWART JOHN LLOYD YOUNG DAVID JACKSON LAVON FISHER-WILSON & THE VONETTES 54 SINGS DUA LIPA …AND MORE! www.54Below.com This week, 54 BELOW, Broadway’s Supper Club & Private Event Destination, presents some of the brightest stars from Broadway, cabaret, jazz, and beyond. A recipient of the 2022 Tony Awards® Honor for Excellence in the Theatre, 54 Below celebrates Broadway musicals and writers of the past and present, promoting an ongoing engagement with their work. To purchase tickets or for more information, visit www.54Below.com or call (646) 476-3551. DEBBIE GIBSON: “OUT OF THE BLUE” 35TH ANNIVERSARY EVEN T – AUGUST 22 AT 7:00 PM This performance will also be livestreamed. For tickets and more information, click here. Where were you when you first heard Debbie Gibson’s “Out of the Blue?” Celebrate 35 years of this magical debut album with an acoustic performance by Debbie at the piano, performing the songs as she first wrote them as a teenager. Hear all the tracks, top to bottom – including “Foolish Beat,” which made music history, with Debbie still holding the world record as the youngest female to write, produce, and perform a Billboard #1 Pop Hit! Join us for an unforgettable intimate evening of stories, audience interaction, and, of course… the songs that started it all! $100 cover charge. $155 premium seating. $25 food & beverage minimum. DAVID JACKSON, FEAT. DAVID WHITE – AUGUST 23 AT 7:00 PM This performance will also be livestreamed. For tickets and more information, click here. David Jackson, veteran of four Broadway shows (Eubie!, My One And Only, La Cage Aux Folles, and Grand Hotel) makes his 54 Below solo debut. The original “New Rhythm Boy” from My One And Only and an original “Jimmy” from Grand Hotel, he will tell the story of his journey from Philadelphia to New York City, his dream of being in a Tommy Tune musical, and on a magical night dancing with Sandy Duncan at the Tony Award® Ball. Join him and his special guest, David White (Five Guys Named Moe and Grand Hotel) for an evening of songs by Eubie Blake, Noble Sissle, Andy Razaf, Leiber and Stoller, Duke Ellington, George and Ira Gershwin, and more. Directed and Produced by Robert W. Schneider. Musical Direction by Michael Lavine. The evening promises to send you home on air. $50 cover charge. $80 premium seating. $25 food & beverage minimum. DRIVEN: A NEW SONG CYCLE BY JOE ARCHER & FRANCESCO REDICA – AUGUST 23 AT 9:30 PM Joe Archer & Francesco Redica are a London-based composing and songwriting duo. They are flying all the way from the UK to present the US premiere of Driven – A New Song Cycle at 54 Below! The show follows three young people attempting to navigate through life’s hardships whilst striving for a sense of belonging. It tackles important issues and personal battles such as accepting your own sexuality, feeling like you’re not good enough for the world, and fighting to achieve one’s dreams and goals by any means necessary. The show consists of 4 different sections introduced by original poetry, providing a narrative for the songs that follow. Originally planned for a US premiere in April 2020, and having to wait through the global pandemic, Archer & Redica could not be more excited to finally arrive in the US to present Driven – A New Song Cycle. This production follows the recent release of the original cast album and premiere of the show in London. Featuring Caleb McCarroll as Eddie, Kenedi Chriske as Jess, and Josh Hoon Lee as Ben. Composition and lyrics by Joe Archer and Francesco Redica. Music Directed and Produced by Jeremy Jacobs. $35 cover charge. $60 premium seating. $25 food & beverage minimum. JOHN CLARENCE STEWART – AUGUST 24-26 AT 7:00 PM John Clarence Stewart makes his 54 Below solo debut! John is best known for starring as Simon on NBC’s Emmy Award-winning series, “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist.” He reprised his role for a holiday feature-length film based on the hit series, “Zoey’s Extraordinary Christmas,” which aired on RokuTV this past holiday season. He can currently be seen on Starz!’s sophomore season of the hit crime drama series, “P-Valley” as Big Teak. His other television credits include the Netflix anthology series “What/If” and the Marvel series “Luke Cage,” as well as “Hawaii Five-0,” “The Good Fight,” “Blue Bloods,” “The Mysteries of Laura,” and “Gotham.” In the wake of the ideas and ideals he’s inherited, John seeks healing, softness, and freedom through both narrative and song. Join us for an evening celebrating a mixture of different song styles and genres from folk, to soul, to John’s unique spin on some favorites. $55 cover charge. $90-95 premium seating. $25 food & beverage minimum. LAVON FISHER-WILSON & THE VONETTES: BROADWAY BBWS BELT! – AUGUST 24 AT 9:30 PM LaVon & The Vonettes present Broadway BBWs Belt! LaVon Fisher-Wilson, Broadway star of Disney’s Newsies, Chicago the Musical, Lysistrata Jones, and The Color Purple, and her talented Vonettes present Broadway hits from shows like Dreamgirls, The Life, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, Sweet Charity, Hairspray, Bubbling Brown Sugar, The Color Purple, and more. Get ready to fall in love with these three Dynamic Divas and their soulful, sexy sound! Come join the fun with audience participation, and get your singing on. It’s gonna be a night you won’t forget! When LaVon & The Vonettes present Broadway BBWs Belt!, you’ll be dancing in the aisle to these iconic Broadway hits! $35 cover charge. $60 premium seating. $25 food & beverage minimum. BEN JONES: I THINK WE SHOULD SEE OTHER PEOPLE – AUGUST 25 AT 9:30 PM Ben Jones returns to 54 Below with a funny, moving and deeply personal evening of classic standards, soaring showstoppers and modern hits, punctuated with raucous, side-splitting and devastatingly honest stories from his own love life. Serenading audiences with his “extraordinary voice” (Night Life Exchange), Jones appears alongside a trio led by his music director and collaborator, the legendary Ron Abel. In this hilarious followup to his “Jaw-Dropping” (BroadwayWorld) first show, Love Songs, Ben confronts relationships, breakups, sex and infidelity head-on with his original “puckish sense of humor” and “tongue-in-cheek mixture of comedy and sex” (BroadwayWorld). Featuring songs by Joni Mitchell, Harold Arlen, John Mayer, Bruno Mars, Peter Allen, Bo Burnham, Stephen Sondheim, and Lin-Manuel Miranda, this show is sure to be an evening of “musical talent, humorous storytelling, authentic personality, and energetic positivity” (BroadwayWorld) that you won’t want to miss! $40 cover charge. $65 premium seating. $25 food & beverage minimum. ANDREW ZACHARY COHEN: DON’T ASK THE LADY FEAT. CHRISSY PARDO – AUGUST 26 AT 9:30 PM “Having Andy usher on the balcony is like putting the Mona Lisa in a warehouse.” – James McKenna, New Amsterdam Theatre House Manager After descending from the balcony to arrive on center stage for his cabaret debut this past March, Andrew Zachary Cohen returns by popular demand to 54 Below with an encore engagement of Don’t Ask the Lady. After circling the corridors of Circle in the Square and waiting in the wings at the St. James as a Broadway PA, Andrew found his calling in a most unexpected revelation: he’s a leading lady. Putting his stamp on some of the theatre’s most famous female roles and many lesser-known gems, Andrew explores his journey from suburbia to NYC through his earliest influences that created his deep love (or is it unhealthy obsession?) for the musical theatre. Rediscover the power of Broadway’s most stirring women as Andrew journeys from Jule Styne to Billy Finn, from Stephen Schwartz to Stephen Sondheim, from Cy Coleman to Maury Yeston, and more. Featuring Chrissy Pardo. Directed by two-time MAC winner Billy Recce. Music Directed by MAC-nominee Steven Silverstein, with Fernando Firmino on guitar and bass. $35 cover charge. $60 premium seating. $25 food & beverage minimum. JOHN LLOYD YOUNG: MOSTLY SOUL: BELOVED HITS FROM MOTOWN TO BROADWAY – AUGUST 27- SEPTEMBER 1 AT 7:00 PM The performance on September 1 will also be livestreamed. For tickets and more information, click here . “Mr. Young sings classics with such an angelic voice and flawless technique that even those who object to the idea of teeny-bopper pop in the shrine of the American songbook would have to give in.” — The Wall Street Journal John Lloyd Young is the Tony® and Grammy award-winning Frankie Valli from Broadway’s Jersey Boys, as well as the star of the Clint Eastwood directed Warner Bros film. In John Lloyd Young: Mostly Soul. Beloved Hits from Motown to Broadway, Young leaves virtually no stone unturned as he interprets the greatest hits of Little Anthony, The Platters, Sam Cooke, Smokey, Luther and, yes, some Jersey Boys, too. It’s Mostly Soul! Music Direction by Tommy Faragher. $85-95 cover charge. $140-155 premium seating. $25 food & beverage minimum. 54 SALUTES FRANK SINATRA – AUGUST 27 AT 9:30 PM Encore by popular demand! Join us for Frank Sinatra – The Second Century – A Celebration of Sinatra’s Timeless Hit Songs! SINATRA RETURNS! 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 the 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 has created this enormously popular and enduring Sinatra series for 54 Below. 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 21 years, created more than 400 major concerts all over the world. Music direction by Ron Abel. Produce d, Written, Directed , & Hosted by Scott Siegel . Featuring Willie Demyan, Miles Eichenhorn, Kylie Heyman , Ryan Knowles, Lina Koutrakis , Jenny Lee Stern , and Michael Winther. $50 cover charge. $85 premium seating. $25 food & beverage minimum. 54 SINGS DUA LIPA, FEAT. HENRY PLATT, MIA CHERISE HALL, & MORE! – AUGUST 28 AT 9:30 PM Dua Lipa will not appear at this performance. A modern disco fantasia awaits you. Glitter. Gold. Pop and funk. Grammy and Brit award winner Dua Lipa has captured our imagination and put her stamp on popular music. Join us as we explore everything from hits like “Levitating” and “New Rules” to her collaborations with artists like Elton John. Featuring a full band and exciting new arrangements, 54 Sings Dua Lipa is going to be a glitzy night you will never forget. Produced by Vaibu Mohan and Greg Paladino. Music direction and arrangements by Greg Paladino. Featuring Jerusha Cavazos, Michelle Beth Herman, Kyana Fanene, Mia Gentile, Mia Gerachis, Archana Gopal, Mia Cherise Hall, Tommy Kaiser, Anu Mysore, T.J. Newton, Jessie Jo Pauley, Henry Platt, Devi Peot, Wren Rivera, Kathlynn Rodi, Gabriella Joy Rodriguez, Tatiana Wechsler, and Alyssa Wray. Joined by Kat Cartusciello and McKinley Foster. $40 cover charge. $65 premium seating. $25 food & beverage minimum. LIVE FROM 54 BELOW 54 Below’s new series is designed to make more shows accessible to fans all over the world. “Live from 54 Below” will feature LIVE performances of current shows on the calendar, streamed directly from Broadway’s Living Room. Seven cameras will capture the excitement of being at the venue – all paired with the club’s dramatic lighting and award-winning sound design. To recreate the live experience, all shows will be presented exclusively at the time of performance with an in-house audience and will not be available on demand afterwards. The following performances will be streamed live. For tickets, visit www.54Below.com/LIVE LIVESTREAM | DEBBIE GIBSON: “OUT OF THE BLUE” 35TH ANNIVERSARY EVENT August 22 at 7:00 ET / Tickets $25 LIVESTREAM | DAVID JACKSON August 23 at 7 : 00 ET / Tickets $2 5 SAFETY INFORMATION: 54 Below is committed to the health of its performers, staff, and guests and has created a Safety Plan to ensure safe conditions along with optimum performing conditions. The new policies require that performers, production, kitchen, and dining room staff, as well as all audience members show proof of vaccination to enter the premises. Additional information on our safety protocols can be found here. 54 Below has installed improved air circulation and filtering systems as well as added plexiglass barriers between some tables. Based on CDC and New York State guidelines at the time of performance, safety protocols and seating capacity may change, and policies may be adjusted as is appropriate. Tickets and information are available at www.54Below.com. MORE ABOUT 54 BELOW: 54 Below was founded as a place for the Broadway community to celebrate Broadway performers, both established and new, who sing not only the music of Broadway and the Great American Songbook, but also new material intended for Broadway and off-Broadway stages. The club features fine dining and superb scenic, lighting, and sound designs entirely imagined by Broadway designers. For performers, writers, musicians, and more, 54 Below gives opportunities to advance their craft, expand their repertoires, and develop their voices in a way that is more personal, making them stronger as artists. It gives Broadway fans an opportunity to see their favorite artists in a different way, deepening their relationship and understanding of their talent. A recipient of the 2022 Tony Awards® Honor for Excellence in the Theatre, 54 Below celebrates Broadway musicals and writers of the past and present, promoting an ongoing engagement with their work. It is also a place for innovation in musical songwriting and performance. Collaborations born at 54 Below give rise to and help develop new theatrical projects and new musicals. In addition, its popular streaming video activities and audio recordings support these activities, helping to build a new Broadway audience worldwide, both in age and geography. 54 Below is one of the most in-demand performance venues in the city, presenting over 700 shows each year. Unique in its mission, it has become an indispensable member of the Broadway ecosystem, providing a place for seasoned and emerging artists to hone their craft, try out new work, grow their fanbases, and gather as a community. The management team includes Proprietors and nine-time Tony Award winning Broadway producers Steve Baruch, Richard Frankel, and Tom Viertel, Creative and Programming Director Jennifer Ashley Tepper, and restaurant General Manager Mandisa Boxill. Located at 254 West 54th Street, the club presents live shows at 7pm and 9:30pm. Late night programming will resume in the coming months. Tickets and information at 54below.com . |
|
| Link | http://54below.com |
| reply | |
|
|
|
| Previous: | Award-winning off-Broadway musical LOVE QUIRKS to stream this weekend - Official_Press_Release 01:56 pm EDT 08/22/22 |
| Next: | The Public Theater Announces Casting for Revival of Lorraine Hansberry's A RAISIN IN THE SUN - Official_Press_Release 01:55 pm EDT 08/22/22 |
| Thread: | |
Time to render: 0.257986 seconds.