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This January & February at Feinstein's/54 Below features Lorna Luft, Ben Vereen, and more
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This January and February, FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW presents an exciting lineup of the brightest talent from Broadway and beyond. Located just below the legendary Studio 54 at 254 West 54th Street. For a detailed schedule of upcoming performances at Feinstein's/54 Below and to purchase tickets, visit www.54Below.com/Feinsteins. Below find the schedule for upcoming events in January and February: JANUARY AT 54 BELOW: TYCE GREEN January 1 at 7PM January 2 at 9:30PM $30-40 cover charge. $70 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum. Tyce Green makes his Feinstein's/54 Below solo debut after appearing here in 54 Sings Chess, Tina Turner, Heart, Turn the Beat Around, Total Eclipse, Starmites, and many others. Known for his unique, eclectic vocals, in his new show, @Tyce is just Tyce, he explores his roots in musical theatre and a little bit of rock that's influenced his career, but more importantly, it's finally his chance to do everything he loves, so expect it all: classics, contemporary, gender-bending, 60-second musicals, and a Patti LuPone impression that would make Patti herself look twice. Plus live tweeting... duh. Special appearances by Tyce's Broadway friends. Tyce made his Off-Broadway debut in Kissless and has appeared in numerous shows in NYC and regionally, including Spring Awakening, Hands on a Hardbody, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Forbidden Broadway, Ragtime, LMNOP, and more. He also regularly appears in concerts around the country. BroadwayWorld exclaims, "Tackling 'What About Love' (Heart) with pizzazz and electrifying skill, Green gives the beloved 80s rock anthem new life. His rock belting and keen use of head voice leaves the audience whooping, hollering, and applauding his inspired performance." Directed by Pat Cerasaro and Music Direction by Steven Jamail. 54 SINGS BROADWAY'S GREATEST HITS! VOLUME 2 January 2 at 7PM $35-45 cover charge. $80 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum. Volume 1 of this Scott Siegel Concert Event hit Feinstein's/54 Below like lightning. Though it took place on a night a hurricane was supposed to hit New York City, it sold out anyway because this was the show that every musical theater-lover had been waiting for. And now we're going to do it again, with a brand new line-up of Broadway's Greatest Hits! If you skip through cast albums just to hear the very best songs in each show, this is the nightclub concert event for you. If you love the classics of the Great White Way, come and hear the songs that made Broadway great, that made your heart soar, that you used to sing (maybe still do) in the shower. But at Feinstein's/54 Below, you will hear the greatest Broadway songs of all time performed by today's greatest stars, singing them straight up, the way you want to hear them. And who better to produce/direct/host this show than the creator of Town Hall's critically acclaimed Broadway by the Year series, Scott Siegel, creator of more than 200 major concert events centered on Broadway music! He created Volume 1 of Broadway's Greatest Hits and he has promised to make Volume 2 even more thrilling! Starring: Molly Pope (Town Hall Holiday Gala), Rob Gallagher (Broadway Star), Paul Schoeffler (Rock of Ages, Sweet Charity), Oakley Boycott (Broadway by the Year at Town Hall), Sal Viviano (Broadway Star & Concert Artist) and Bob Stillman (Two time Tony nominee). BENJAMIN EAKELEY January 3 at 7PM $40-50 cover charge. $85 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum. Broadway Swinger celebrates the classic songs that hit the American stage in the 1960s, a decade that started out buttoned-up but soon tossed aside all inhibitions. Broadway musicals paralleled America's shifting attitudes toward love and sex as Oliver! (1963) gave way to Sweet Charity (1966) and to Hair (1968). Benjamin Eakeley and his groovy band perform iconic songs from this fabulous era in a swingin' show that explores life, love and everything in between. Benjamin Eakeley has appeared on Broadway in the revivals of Cabaret, Sweeney Todd, and On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, and he will appear in the upcoming revival of She Loves Me at Studio 54. In 2014 Time Out New York named him one of "The 10 Hottest Chorus Boys Opening in Broadway Musicals This Spring," and he was later photographed in the December issue of Vanity Fair alongside Emma Stone and Alan Cumming. He played Pennsatucky's doctor in Season One of Orange Is The New Black and has appeared in seven films, including The Good Shepherd and the upcoming The Erotic Fire of the Unattainable. He has also been a national finalist in the Lotte Lenya Competition for Singers. Broadway Swinger marks his solo cabaret debut in New York. The band will be music directed by James Olmstead and will include piano, bass, drums and sax. THE SPRING AWAKENING REVIVAL CAST AT FEINSTEIN'S/54 BELOW January 3 at 9:30PM & 11:30PM $40-55 cover charge. $65-90 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum. The current Broadway revival cast of the groundbreaking musical Spring Awakening takes the stage at Feinstein's/54 Below for one night only. Get up close and personal with Broadway's most exciting new stars as they share their favorite show tunes, original songs, and even a number from Spring Awakening. This performance will be both sung and signed in American Sign Language, just like the current Broadway revival. Expect the unexpected! BROADWAY IS A DRAG January 4 at 7PM $25-35 cover charge. $60 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum. Gender bending, cross dressing, and drag queens have been a highlight of Broadway shows for decades. Some of the most iconic showtunes were originally sung by a character in drag! Some of New York's greatest Broadway performers, nightlife entertainers, and vocalists come together to recreate these fabulous moments at Feinstein's/54 Below. Join us to see songs from shows like Hedwig, Pricillia Queen of the Desert, Rent, Kinky Boots, Hairspray, and many more. High camp in high heels, it's sure to be a highlight of a night out. Proceeds to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. 54 SINGS THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL January 4 at 9:30PM $30-40 cover charge. $70 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum. It feels like Christmas...when 54 Sings The Muppet Christmas Carol! Feinstein's/54 Below presents the music, the magic, and the holiday cheer of the beloved Muppet Classic. If you're a fan of Broadway and the Muppets, spend the evening enjoying the film's festive and funny songs including "Scrooge," "Marley and Marley," "It Feels Like Christmas," "Thankful Heart," and even some numbers that didn't make it to the big screen! It's a later show, so expect an adult spin on the muppet classic! Featuring the talents of: two-time Emmy winner Judy Gold as Scrooge, John Treacy Egan (The Producers, Sister Act, The Little Mermaid), Jeff Hiller (La Jolla's Up Here, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson), Andrew Chappell (Hamilton, Mamma Mia), Allison Guinn (On the Town, Inside Amy Schumer, Hair), Kevin Zak (Clinton the Musical, Silence!), Bret Shuford (Amazing Grace, The Little Mermaid), Veronica Kuehn (Mamma Mia, Avenue Q), Molly Pope (FOUND, Molly Pope Likes Your Status), Kara Guy (Clinton the Musical), Phillip Taratula (The Outs), Will Porter (Single and Desperate) and more!! Produced and directed by Katherine M. Carter and Kevin Zak, music direction by James Dobinson, and music and lyrics by Paul Williams. MAMA AND HER BOYS 5th ANNIVERSARY REUNION CONCERT January 5 at 7PM $30-40 cover charge. $65 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum. "Playful, poignant and polished!" -The Cape Cod Times. The beloved musical Mama and Her Boys brings the family together once again for a very special fifth anniversary celebration. Join original cast members Ethan Paulini, Christopher Sidoli, and Wendy Watson as they welcome back dozens of cast members, composers, and special Broadway guest stars for this evening full of music and stories to commemorate this milestone. From Broadway to pop, motown to county, and everything in between, this touching and funny musical explores the dynamic relationship between mothers, sons and families. With more than 500 performances all over the East Coast, don't miss this one night only celebration of the musical Provincetown Magazine called "A Must See." Enjoy all your favorite moments from past Mama and Her Boys productions as well as some gems that got left behind. Laugh, cry, and reminisce with this eclectic and exciting group of songs and artists, coming together for a night you won't soon forget. Featuring performances from: Ethan Paulini, Christopher Sidoli, Wendy Watson, Christina Sajous, Eric Riley, Bethany Moore, Nicole Lewis, and more to be announced! LORNA LUFT January 6 at 7PM January 8 at 7PM & 9:30PM $45-55 cover charge. $85-90 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum. After a sold-out Feinstein's/54 Below debut, Lorna Luft returns with a show packed with popular selections from the all-American songbook and more! Born to legendary entertainer Judy Garland and producer Sid Luft, Lorna Luft made her performing debut singing on The Judy Garland Show. Since then, she has had dozens of starring and guest-starring roles on film and television, ranging from Grease 2 and Where the Boys Are '84 to the series Murder, She Wrote and Sean Saves the World. Lorna was co-executive producer of Life with Judy Garland, the five-time Emmy Award-winning miniseries based on her best-selling memoir, Me and My Shadows. For the past several years, Lorna has been starring in American and British productions of Irving Berlin's White Christmas. Her other theatrical credits include her Broadway debut in Promises, Promises; Off-Broadway's Snoopy and Extremities; the national tour of They're Playing Our Song; a British tour of Pack of Lies; and Gypsy, Grease, Guys and Dolls, Mame, and The Unsinkable Molly Brown, among many others. Lorna is also a gifted concert and cabaret artist, performing in the world's most prestigious venues, including The Hollywood Bowl, Carnegie Hall, The London Palladium, and L'Olympia in Paris. Her highly acclaimed multi-media production, Songs My Mother Taught Me-The Judy Garland Songbook, melds one of the world's most familiar songbooks with personal memories. It won two Ovation Awards, and a CD based on the show was released by First Night Records. CHRIS NEWCOMER January 6 at 9:30PM $30-40 cover charge. $65 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum. Reformed opera singer and self proclaimed "Kander Kid" Chris Newcomer shares an evening of stories and songs revealing what it's like to live between the worlds of male soprano and "real boy." Along with Kander & Ebb gems both known and unknown, you'll hear some new music, some standards, and maybe even a little opera. Chris starred as Mary Sunshine in Chicago on Broadway and around the world. He also shared the stage with Chita Rivera in Kander & Ebb's final masterpiece The Visit. Now see him take the stage in his Feinstein's/54 Below solo debut. 54 SINGS KISS ME KATE January 7 at 7PM & 9:30PM $30-45 cover charge. $70-80 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum. The famous songs of Cole Porter's greatest show come to life once again in a special concert performance of the 1948 Broadway smash hit. Kiss Me Kate was Cole Porter's biggest hit show; it was his longest running Broadway production and his favorite creation. Audiences have consistently agreed! With songs like "So In Love," "Too Darn Hot," "Were Thine That Special Face" and "Brush Up Your Shakespeare," Kiss Me Kate has always been one of Broadway's most beloved musicals. It won the very first Tony Award for Best Musical and when it was revived, it won Best Revival of Musical. This special concert edition of the show will be the first time New Yorkers will get a chance to hear the score of this famous musical in an intimate setting with a cast of the greatest contemporary Broadway and nightclub singers the city has to offer. This unique concert will be produced/directed/hosted by the outstanding creator/writer/host of Town Hall's critically acclaimed Broadway by the Year series, Scott Siegel. In addition to creating more than 200 major concert events across the country, Siegel has produced, written, and directed concerts for Michael Feinstein at Jazz at Lincoln Center. Robert Cuccioli (Jekyll & Hyde, Tony Nominee), Lesli Margherita (Dames at Sea, Olivier Award Winner), Danny Gardner (Dames at Sea, Drama Desk Honoree), Carole J. Bufford (Nightlife Award Winner, Broadway by the Year) and more. #tbtLIVE THROWBACK THURSDAY: THE CONCERT January 7 at 11:30PM $25 cover charge. $45 premium seating. $20 food and beverage minimum or two drinks. We all love an embarrassing #tbt, but for one night only, put down your iPhone, close out your instagram, and ignore your twitter feed, because Feinstein's/54 Below has the greatest #tbt in town! After two previous hit shows, #tbtLIVE is back with a cast of Broadway favorites ready to throw it back to the greatest performances that only their mothers saw. #tbtLIVE brings Throwback Thursday center stage. Literally. From summer camp to college and everything in between, this one-night-only event features Broadway stars reprising performances from the days when they were just broadway babies. Featuring: Robin de Jesus (Wicked, In the Heights), Dan DeLuca (Newsies national tour), Adam Kantor (Fiddler on the Roof, The Last 5 Years), Meg Maley (Big Brother), Alli Mauzy (Wicked, Cry-Baby), Chris McCarrell (Les Miserables), Alexandra Silber (Fiddler on the Roof, Master Class), Marcus Stevens (Forbidden Broadway) and Josh Young (Amazing Grace, Jesus Christ Superstar). 54 SINGS DINAH SHORE January 9 at 7PM $35-45 cover charge. $80 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum. Feinstein's/54 Below celebrates the extraordinarily diverse and wildly popular life and career of America's Sweetheart, Dinah Shore, on her centennial! Born in 1916, Dinah was the top-charting female vocalist of the 1940s and the first singer of her era to achieve huge solo success. She had an amazing string of 80 charted popular hits spanning the years 1940 to 1957. Though she also starred in movies, her greatest fame came from her remarkable four-decade career in American television, including starring in her own music and variety shows from 1951 through 1963 and hosting two talk shows in the 1970s. TV Guide ranked her at #16 on their list of the top fifty television stars of all time! Among her many accomplishments outside of show business, she helped pioneer the LPGA, and a golf championship event named after her regularly draws more than 25,000 female fans every year! In our Centennial Concert honoring Ms. Shore, you will not only learn more of the fascinating details of her life and career (yes, she dated Burt Reynolds), but most importantly, you'll witness a concert that will include her most enduring hit songs, including her top ten hits: "Blues in the Night," "Skylark," "You'd be So Nice to Come Home To," "I'll Walk Alone," and "I Love You (for Sentimental Reasons)" - and that's just for starters. 54 Sings Dinah Shore will be performed by a cast of sensational performers from the highest ranks of today's New York theater and nightclubs. The show will be written, directed, and hosted by the critically acclaimed creator/writer/host of Town Hall's Broadway by the Year series, Scott Siegel, who has been responsible for more than 200 major concerts around the country, including producing/writing/directing for Michael Feinstein at Jazz at Lincoln Center. Featuring Maxine Linehan - "Fiercely Talented"- The New York Times, Carole J. Bufford - "21st Century Barbra Streisand"- The New York Times, Christiane Noll (Chaplin, Ragtime) and more stars TBA. MELBA MOORE January 9 at 9:30PM $40-50 cover charge. $85 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum. "Invigorating! You'll be impressed not only with her youthful demeanor and appearance, but her musical versatility as well." - Brian Scott Lipton, theatermania.com. Back by popular demand! Join Grammy nominee and Tony Award winner Melba Moore as she takes the Feinstein's/54 Below stage! Hailing from a musical family, Ms. Moore graduated from the famed Arts High School in Newark, New Jersey. At the encouragement of her parents, she went on to pursue music education at Montclair State University where she earned her Bachelor of Music Education Degree. However, her inner voice told her to see if she could make it as a performer. After listening to that inner voice, she landed roles in classic shows such as Hair, Les Misérables, and Purlie, for which she earned her Tony Award. Although Ms. Moore enjoyed working on Broadway, she never forgot her first love of music. She has recorded several albums and has enjoyed great success musically with such chart topping songs as "Love's Comin' At Ya," "Living For Your Love," and "Read My Lips," for which she received a Grammy nomination for Best Female Rock Vocal. Now hear Ms. Moore's musical versatility live at Feinstein's/54 Below! Guests can expect to hear everything from the works that earned her star status on the Great White Way to the chart topping hits from her recording career. POP FILTER January 9 at 11:30PM $15 cover charge. $35 premium seating. $20 food and beverage minimum or two drinks. "Smart, keenly observed, and hilarious parody of the affectations of various types of music stars, ranging from bubble gum pop to country to rock. If you enjoy music and laughter, see this." -Hy Bender, Best NYC Comedy. Pop Filter presents Lollapacoacharoozastock Music Festival! This rock concert of fake bands satirizes pop music with original songs and characters ripped right off the charts. Inspired by the music we love to hate and hate to love, Adam Blotner and Jenny Pinzari transform into the lead singers of bands like hipster-indie-folk act The Veneers, arena gods Plymyth Voyager, and 90's alt-rockers Simon Never Said. NEWTOWN'S NEW ARTS KIDS IN LIBERTY SMITH January 10 at 7PM $25-35 cover charge. $60 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum. Following their incredible Feinstein's/54 Below debut in January 2015 with A ROCKIN' Midsummer Night's Dream, the children and teens of Newtown's New Arts are back with a brand new concert of songs from a new musical with music by First Date's Michael Weiner; book by Mark Madnick, Eric Cohen, and Adam Abraham; and lyrics by Adam Abraham. Liberty Smith is an original musical filled with comedy, romance, and adventure, recounting the possibly true and fantastical tale of America's forgotten founding father. If you think that it was George Washington who chopped down the cherry tree, Ben Franklin who discovered electricity, or Paul Revere who rode that famous midnight ride... you don't know the whole story! It's Forrest Gump meets 1776, where everyone can change the course of history... whether they make it into the textbooks or not. Liberty Smith was somehow responsible for all the major events in the American Revolution, yet his astonishing story has never been told... until now. Come experience the founding of America, with a musical twist like none you've ever seen. 54 SINGS SCRUBS January 10 at 9:30PM $30-40 cover charge. $65 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum. Welcome to Sacred Heart!For one night only, return to the world of J.D, Turk, Elliott, Carla, Dr. Cox, and all the rest in a show celebrating the music of the hit series Scrubs. From the wonderful soundtrack, to Ted's a cappella band, to the full-fledged musical episode, music always played a huge role in the show.This performance will feature Broadway's best celebrating all of it - the night will feature highlights from the Scrubs soundtrack as well as the first full live performance of "My Musical," the show's iconic musical episode!Featuring Stephanie D'Abruzzo, Eric William Morris, Julia Mattison, Liam Enright, and many more to be announced - including some original Scrubs cast members! Produced and directed by Philip Romano. FOOTLOOSE IN CONCERT January 12 at 7PM & 9:30PM $40-50 cover charge. $80 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum. Kick off your Sunday shoes for this one night only event! Feinstein's/54 Below is ecstatic to welcome original cast members from the beloved Broadway cult classic: Footloose! Based on the 1984 film, Footloose received four Tony Award nominations during its almost two year run in Broadway's Richard Rodgers Theatre. The songs of the night, written by Tom Snow and Dean Pitchford, are sure to remind you that "there is a time to dance". From "Holding Out For A Hero" to "Let's Hear It For The Boy" to "Mama Says"... hear some of the original Broadway cast, led by Jeremy Kushnier, Jennifer Laura Thompson, Billy Hartung, Kathy Deitch, Roz Brown, and Orfeh. Join us for a night of great music, rare reunions, and maybe even some fancy footwork. Don't miss your chance to relive the classic songs of Footloose again at Feinstein's/54 Below! BARB JUNGR & JOHN DANIEL SING THE BEATLES January 13 at 7PM & 9:30PM $35-45 cover charge. $75 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum. Come Together! In an exciting new collaboration between two giants of cabaret from both sides of the Atlantic, extraordinary, award-winning vocalist and performer Barb Jungr and Grammy and Emmy winner John McDaniel investigate The Beatles song catalog in their own unique and inimitable fashion. Barb and John celebrate Paul, John, George and Ringo with brand new, and often unexpected arrangements. John, the go-to arranger and music director for some of the greatest stars of the Broadway, television and cabaret worlds, is also the artistic director of the O'Neill Theater Center's Cabaret Conference, and has been the arranger and music director for eight Broadway musicals. Jungr has re-invented British and European cabaret and coined the phrase "New American Songbook" to describe her extensive and acclaimed explorations of Dylan, Cohen, Brel and more. Her CDs on Linn Records, Naim Label, and Kristalyn have been released internationally to great response and rave reviews. Here she turns her eagle eye to her own backyard, and The Beatles. John's love of their repertoire attracted Barb's attention when he invited her to be Master Teacher at the O'Neill, and there, they created a Beatles' medley together for the Gala Performance. As huge fans of each other's work, and with their mutual love of these great songs, John's superb arrangements, Jungr's performance and unusual take on the world, this promises to be very special indeed. ROCKAPELLA: HITS LIKE YOU NEVER HEARD January 14-16 at 9:30PM January 15-17 at 7PM $35-45 cover charge. $75-80 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum. Rockapella debuts their brand new concert, Hits Like You Never Heard, at Feinstein's/54 Below this January. As fathers of the modern a cappella sound, Rockapella has long been known for groundbreaking original music and inventive takes on familiar favorites. Now they've created an entire show of true classics, including Elvis, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Temptations, Michael Jackson, Earth Wind and Fire, Prince, Sam Cooke, Johnny Cash, Macklemore, Pharrell, and many more. Long established as a singular innovator in original a cappella music with a rare dedication to establishing a cappella as a genre of original songs, composer/arranger Scott Leonard has applied that originality to an entire evening of songs people love. As USA Today wrote: "The best musical instrument of all is the human voice - if you've seen Rockapella you know that's the truth." The current Rockapella line-up features Scott Leonard (since 1991, High Tenor), Jeff Thacher (1993, Vocal Percussionist), Steven Dorian (2010, Tenor), Calvin Jones (2013, Tenor), and Ryan Chappelle (2015, Bass). NICK RASHAD BURROUGHS & MARISHA WALLACE January 14 at 11:30PM $20 cover charge. $40 premium seating. $20 food and beverage minimum or two drinks. Broadway's Nick Rashad Burroughs (Kinky Boots) and Marisha Wallace (Something Rotten) join forces for a night full of soul, jazz, gospel, and showtunes and an encore of their Feinstein's/54 Below debut, Baptized By Broadway! Join Nick and Marisha as they take you though their journey of growing up in the southern church to their road to Broadway! Nick Rashad Burroughs is currently in Kinky Boots on Broadway as the Lola understudy/Angel. He's performed regionally in shows such as Jesus Christ Superstar (Judas), Shrek (Donkey), Hairspray (Seaweed), and many more! Marisha Wallace is currently on Broadway in Something Rotten as the Bea understudy/Ensemble; she was last seen on Broadway in Aladdin as the Fortune Teller and was a part of the first National Tour of Book of Mormon! MUSEMATCH 6.0 January 15 at 11:30PM $20 cover charge. $45 premium seating. $20 food and beverage minimum or two drinks. MuseMatch is a Musical Theater Blind Date Collaboration, where composers are paired with singers they don't know and are asked to share their deepest, personal joys and fears; and make a song together. All for charity. LATE NATE BROADWAY WITH JARROD SPECTOR, KELLI BARRETT & JUDY GOLD January 16 at 11:30PM $20 cover charge. $45 premium seating. $20 food and beverage minimum or two drinks. This is Dedicated: Music's Greatest Marriages is the brand new show by newly-married Broadway veterans, Tony-nominated Jarrod Spector (Beautiful: The Carole King Musical) and Kelli Barrett (Doctor Zhivago, Wicked). They are often asked, "what's it like to be married to a fellow artist?" Bringing to life the greatest songs birthed from the greatest marriages, the two attempt to answer the question. From Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil and Alan & Marilyn Bergman to Sonny & Cher to Beyonce & Jay-Z, the themes of love, heartbreak, triumph, and despair infuse not only these incredible songs but also the storied partnerships themselves. The night celebrates marriage as the powerful force behind this timeless music and tackles the difficult questions behind keeping it all together. Kicking off Late Night Broadway, Emmy Award-winning comedian Judy Gold previews her upcoming Feinstein's/54 Below engagement. Judy has written and starred in two critically-acclaimed, long-running hit shows: The Judy Show - My Life As A Sitcom (New York Times critic's pick) and 25 Questions for a Jewish Mother, which won the 2007 GLAAD award for Outstanding New York Theater. Judy has guest starred on Louie, The Jim Gaffigan Show, Broad City, 30 Rock, 2 Broke Girls, The Big C, and Sex & The City, to name a few. She's a regular guest on The Today Show, The Wendy Williams Show, The View. She has had stand-up specials on HBO (Cable Ace Award), Comedy Central, and LOGO. Check out Judy's weekly podcast "Kill Me Now" at JudyGold.com/podcast. BACK TO THE GARDEN January 17 at 9:30PM $30-40 cover charge. $65 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum. After a sold out performance last fall, Back to the Garden returns to Feinstein's/54 Below! Back to the Garden celebrates folk-rock trailblazers Joni Mitchell, Carole King, and Laura Nyro. Challenged by the traditional images of women in the music industry, they bravely explored territory outside the accepted confines of popular music. These prolific singer-songwriters paved the way for women in music, art and life. Back to the Garden pays tribute to these women, their influence and inspiration. Featuring Melissa Hammans (Company, Smokey Joe's Cafe), Shaleah Adkisson (Hair, Rent), and Maddy Wyatt (Band of Wyatt). Directed by Amy Jones (Good Ol' Girls, Broadway Backwards). Musical direction by Debra Barsha (Jersey Boys, Radiant Baby). NEW MUSICALS AT 54: BIG RED RUN BY GEORGIA STITT AND JOHN JILER January 19 at 7PM & 9:30PM $30-40 cover charge. $65 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum. After years of development at institutions such as The York Theatre, ASCAP, The National Alliance for Musical Theater, and TheatreWorks Palo Alto, composer Georgia Stitt and playwright/lyricist John Jiler are thrilled to present the score to their Harold Arlen Award-winning musical. Featuring a cast of six and a band of five, Big Red Sun tells the story of a family of musicians. Eddie and Helen Daimler were great swing musicians in the 1940s, but now in the early 1960s their teenage son Harry, a budding songwriter himself, lives alone with his mother and writes songs about his great war-hero father. In an effort to write more truthfully, Harry unearths a dark family secret. World War II carved a silent divide between those who fought and those who waited - a truth unshared. In a few short years, the simple melodies of Kern and Berlin were replaced by the dizzying energy of jazz and the beginnings of rock and roll. This is the story of a family that changed as much as their music did. Georgia Stitt is known for her popular albums featuring Broadway artists, This Ordinary Thursday and My Lifelong Love, as well as musicals including Alphabet City Cycle, Mosaic (Off-Broadway, 2010), and The Danger Year. Her other credits include music supervision, music direction, and/or vocal coaching on The Last 5 Years film, America's Got Talent, and Grease: You're The One That I Want. John Jiler was the recipient of both the Rodgers and Kleban Awards for his musical Avenue X, which ran at Playwrights Horizons. His work has also been seen at the Eugene O'Neill National Playwright's Conference and the Kennedy Center. Featuring: Jill Abramovitz, Adam Cochran, David Josefsberg, Betsey Morgan and Michael O'Brien. Band: Georgia Stitt (piano), Randy Landau (bass), and Shannon Ford (drums). JOHN EPPERSON: AN EVENING WITH LYPSINKA'S MAID January 20-23 AT 7PM $40-50 cover charge. $80-85 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum. The New York Times says, "As he plays the piano and sings....he comes across as a diffident soul whose sly sense of humor peeks out...He registers as a gentleman and a gentle man, and you can see how living with the high-maintenance Lypsinka might wear him out." John Epperson, better known as "The Goddess of Show Biz" Lypsinka, makes a rare cabaret appearance revealing the face and man BEHIND the maquillage in An Evening With Lypsinka's Maid! Epperson, a classically trained pianist, plays and sings a light-hearted set of standards and lesser-known theatre songs. He tells anecdotes about some of the famous and infamous he's encountered along his show biz journey. He even lip-syncs! It's a twist on a traditional supper club show, from a performer who's had a non-traditional life and career. BOBBY CONTE THORNTON January 20 at 9:30PM $25-35 cover charge. $60 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum. Feinstein's/54 Below is proud to welcome Bobby Conte Thornton in his solo show debut! A recent graduate of the University of Michigan's Musical Theatre Department, Bobby starred as Danny Zuko in Paper Mill Playhouse's production of Grease and co-starred as Enjolras with Tony nominee Norm Lewis in Les Misérables at The MUNY. Bobby has opened for Tony winner Laura Benanti and co-starred in tributes to Marvin Hamlisch (alongside Alan and Marilyn Bergman) and Stephen Schwartz (alongside Liz Callaway and Mr. Schwartz himself) at Bay Area Cabaret. Joined by music director Kevin Stites (On the Twentieth Century, Les Misérables), the evening offers a musical account of what it means to be on the cusp of a career, facing both the possibilities and challenges of balancing the art and the heart. With songs written by artists ranging from Irving Berlin to Sting, don't miss this fresh young talent in his debut here at Feinstein's/54 Below! JOHN RIDDLE January 21 at 9:30PM $25-35 cover charge. $60 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum. "Exquisite!" -The New York Times. John Riddle makes his solo Feinstein's/54 Below debut this winter! John made his Broadway debut opposite Chita Rivera this past spring in Kander & Ebb's The Visit. He has previously appeared in the Kennedy Center's world premiere production of Ahrens & Flaherty's Little Dancer and the national tour of Evita. Don't miss an evening with one of Broadway's hottest new stars! FRAGILE: THE MUSIC OF CASEY KEENAN January 21 at 11:30PM $15 cover charge. $30 premium seating. $20 food and beverage minimum or two drinks. All graduates of the American Musical and Dramatic Academy, the cast of the new musical Glass and a few more dear friends make their way to the stage to debut the music of composer Casey Keenan, native Texan with a New York flair. Having recently won the title of Lincoln Center Artist of the Year, the cast of Glass make their Feinstein's/54 Below debut with Fragile: The Music of Casey Keenan. Set in the dreary Pennsylvania town of Whiteside Chapel, Glass tells the story of eight friends as they make their way from high school to the altar of a potentially disastrous wedding. Performers include Isaac Matthews, Keri Kelly, Charlotte Pickard, and Jenna Marcello. THE QUENTIN TARANTINO SONGBOOK VOLUME 1 January 22 at 9:30PM $25-35 cover charge. $65 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum. Come experience the personality of Quentin Tarantino films through the songs that are forever connected to his iconic characters. Can you ever hear "Little Green Bag" by The George Baker Selection and NOT think about Reservoir Dogs? Or Bobby Womack's "Across 110th Street" and NOT see imagine Pam Grier in the opening credits of Jackie Brown? And who can forget John Travolta and Uma Thurman dancing the twist with Chuck Berry singing "C'est La Vie" in Pulp Fiction? Remove these songs from the film and you'll leave holes the size of the one in Marvin's face. And if you've never seen any of his films, not to worry, you'll hear a lot of great songs sung by phenomenal Broadway veterans backed by the coolest 7-piece funk band on the Great White Way. Featuring performances by Jessica Hendy (Cats, Aida Amour), Scott Coulter (PBS' A Christmas Carol, multiple MAC award winner), Mike Schwitter (Pippin, Book of Mormon), Victoria Cook (Into The Woods, The Theory of Everything), Blaine Krauss (The Lion King) and more be announced. KYLE DEAN MASSEY January 23 & 30 at 9:30PM $35-50 cover charge. $75-85 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum. For his debut at Feinstein's/54 Below, Kyle Dean Massey, star of Broadway's Next to Normal, Wicked, and Pippin, as well as the ABC series Nashville, looks back, not at the things that were, but at the things that weren't. Come listen to Kyle share songs he heard nightly but never sang himself, the ones he played on guitar or belted in the shower, the ones that made him dance or mended his broken heart ... all songs he was not able to share the way he wanted until now. WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND IN CONCERT: THE NYC PREMIERE January 24 at 7PM & 9:30PM $40-50 cover charge. $80 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum. Bringing together the music of the world's most successful composer with the lyricist behind some of the best-selling albums of all time in an unprecedented one night only concert event unlike any before, Feinstein's/54 Below is proud to present the New York City premiere of a landmark musical by Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber and Jim Steinman, Whistle Down the Wind. Containing the biggest international chart-topper from a musical in world history, "No Matter What," originally popularized by Boyzone, the powerful and gripping tale of a Southern girl on the brink of womanhood and the dangerous, mysterious escaped convict that she encounters in her family's barn whom she soon comes to believe to be none other than Jesus Christ himself, Whistle Down the Wind is an unforgettable story brimming with poignancy, poetry, and provocation. Furthermore, it contains one of the most diverse scores ever composed, merging the sounds of moving gospel, thrilling rock, pop perfection, country crooning, and traditional musical theatre in a masterful melange of a musical masterpiece delighting young and old alike. Presented for the very first time in Manhattan with the generous participation of both Lloyd Webber and Steinman, Whistle Down the Wind is the must-see musical theatre event of the Christmas season. Comprising an all-star cast populated with familiar faces from Broadway and beyond - many of them famously associated with the musicals of Andrew Lloyd Webber and the epic rock of Jim Steinman - Whistle Down the Wind at Feinstein's/54 Below promises to be simply divine. A memorable story of faith and a momentous score way ahead of its time in a concert event for the ages. Produced by Van Dean. Musical direction by Jacob Carr. Directed by Pat Cerasaro. BEN VEREEN January 25, 27-30 at 7PM $55-65 cover charge. $105-110 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum. "Mr. Vereen is a song and dance man who never lets up. He wins you over with his sheer energy, good will and showbiz know-how." -The New York Times."The 65-years-young star is expending enough energy up there to power all of the Big Apple." -Theatermania. Ben Vereen's most recent engagement at Feinstein's/54 Below blew the roof off the joint - audiences are still talking about it! Now join Ben for another unforgettable evening of song and story - with several brand new numbers AND your favorite Ben Vereen showstoppers. The New York Daily News wrote, "Vereen blows onto the stage with a gale force ready to sweep the audience up, up and away."... so be prepared to be knocked off your feet by this riveting performance. It's not very often you get to see a true theatrical legend perform songs he made famous on Broadway and off! A Tony and Drama Desk Award winner for his renowned performance in Bob Fosse's Pippin, Mr. Vereen's Broadway credits include Wicked, I'm Not Rappaport, Chicago, Hair, Fosse, Jelly's Last Jam, Jesus Christ Superstar, and A Christmas Carol. In 2010, Ben completed a successful run in the world premiere of Fetch Clay, Make Man, directed by Des McAnuff (Jersey Boys) at the McCarter Theatre. Film: Idlewild, All That Jazz, Sweet Charity, Funny Lady (Golden Globe nomination), Why Do Fools Fall in Love, Once Upon a Forest. Television: The legendary television miniseries Roots, How I Met Your Mother (recurring), Grey's Anatomy (Prism Award), Tyler Perry's House of Payne, Law and Order: Criminal Intent, Hallmark's An Accidental Friendship (NAACP nomination), Tenspeed and Brown Shoe, Louis Armstrong - Chicago Style, Ellis Island (Golden Globe Nomination), Anne Rice's Feast of All Saints, Zoobilee Zoo, and Star Trek: The Next Generation. Ben recently starred in Paramount Studios' Top Five with Chris Rock. He most recently co-starred with Richard Gere in Time Out Of Mind, which opened last month to rave reviews. Rolling Stone raved that his role was "played with grit and grace." BLOODY BLOODY ANGELA LANSBURY: MURDER SHE WROTE LIVE! January 25 at 9:30PM $30-40 cover charge. $65 premium seating. $25 food and beverage minimum. Welcome back to Cabot Cove, the upper-middle class murder capital of the world. Join mystery novelist Jessica Fletcher as she solves another gruesome murder the only way she knows how...performing musical theatre. BLOODY BLOODY ANGELA LANSBURY: Murder, She Wrote Live! is a crazy murder-packed original musical comedy letting the great Dame Angela Lansbury solve crimes once more! The show features Josh Lamon (A New Brain, Finding Neverland), John Treacy Egan (Nice Work If You Can Get It, Sister Act, The Producers) and Kevin Zak (Clinton the Musical, Silence!) as Jessica Fletcher-not to mention a surprise CELEBRITY GUEST! Oooooooh, CELEBRITIES! Directed by the Tony-nominated Broadway darling himself Dan Knechtges (Lysistrata Jones, Xanadu). Due to naughty language, it may be best to leave the younger detectives at home for this one!
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