Lisa Howard/54Below – Felicia Finely/Green Room 42 – James Barbour/Birdland – NYPops/Montego Glover – Andrea McArdle/54Below
James Barbour returns to Birdland with his annual Holiday Concert Mon. Dec. 18 @ 7pm with holiday classics, great music featuring Rachel Kaufman on piano. Guests include Tommie Harris, Elizabeth Ward Land, Jessica Ferguson and Frank Perman. www.BirdlandJazz.com
Lisa Howard (It Shoulda Been You) returns to 54 Below with her hit holiday show Lisa Howard’s Holiday Special featuring her iconic Broadway belt and the zaniness of the holiday movie genre with Michael Shaieb and trio directed by Richard Jay-Alexander. www.54Below.org
The Green Room 42, dubbed Broadway’s “off-night hotspot” will present Broadway’s blonde bombshell, Felicia Finely, with Michael McBride on piano, known for roles in the musicals The Wedding Singer, Mamma Mia!, and The Life, in the premiere of her new show, “Backwoods to Broadway: Patsy C. & Fe,” for two performances on Friday January 12 at 7:00 PM and Saturday, January 13 at 1:00 PM. Growing up in the backwoods of North Carolina and Louisiana, Felicia shares her story on how she got to Broadway and how Patsy Cline inspired her every step of the way. In an evening packed with songs made famous by Patsy and musical selections from Felicia’s career, this show will have you laughing, crying, singing and pondering the question, “How can you push a rope?” www.TheGreenRoom42.venuetix.com
The New York Pops—led by Music Director and Conductor Steven Reineke—continues its 2023-24 season in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall celebrating the centennial of Gershwin’s masterpiece Rhapsody in Blue on Friday, February 9, 2024 at 8:00 p.m. featuring long-time New York Pops Grammy and Emmy Award winning pianist Lee Musiker.
The program also includes selections from Porgy and Bess, Cuban Overture, and more of George and Ira Gershwin’s most beloved songs, performed by Tony Award nominee Montego Glover (Broadway’s Memphis, Into the Woods, Hamilton, and more). www.carnegiehall.org
54 BELOW, Broadway’s Supper Club welcomes back Andrea McArdle in her brand-new show Confessions of a Broadway Baby on March 29 & 30 at 7pm. Tickets can be purchased at 54below.org/AndreaMcArdle. In this show, Andrea McArdle mesmerizes audiences with the music of Broadway and Hollywood legends including Stephen Sondheim, Kander and Ebb, Jerry Herman, Johnny Mercer, and Charles Strouse. With her irrefutable Broadway-defining voice that won our hearts since her epic childhood, Ms. McArdle relays countless tales of her unique life of treading the boards and sings these iconic showstoppers in the way only this super talent can.
