Drew Gasparini/54 Below – Richard C. Walter/54 Below – Alysha Umpress & Jeff Blumenkrantz/The Green Room 42 – Fifth Avenue a Jazz Musical Comedy/Don’t Tell Mama – Deborah Stone/Don’t Tell Mama – The Callaways/54 Below
Liz and AnnHampton Callaway bring Yuletide Revelry to 54 Below Dec. 26 @ 80 and Dec. 27-30 @ 7p. with Alex Rybeck and Trio. Live-Stream available! www.54Below.org
Drew Gasparini returns to 54 Below on January 30th @ 9:3 pm with I Could Use a Drink – The Songs of Drew Gasparini. Released in 2013 by Broadway Records and produced by Charlie Rosen, this music, as relevant today as ever, still inspires and connects deeply with a new generation of Gasparini enthusiasts. Experience powerhouse vocalists performing selected favorites “What Remains,” “You Can’t Bring Me Down,” “Circus,” “No Turning Back Now,” and many more! Starring an up-and-coming cast, this concert is produced by Kristen Eliza Brock, with musical direction by Tyler Campbell.www.54Below.org
54 BELOW will present the debut of the rising musical theater composer and lyricist Richard C. Walter in the special evening “Pieces: New Musical Selections”on Thursday, January 18 at 9:30 PM. Walter is bringing together an ensemble of incredible musical theater artists to showcase exciting new songs from shows currently in development. This sampling of new musical theater penned by Richard and his collaborators includes songs from the recently released studio cast recording of Madame Clicquot: A Revolutionary Musical. Pieces: New Musical Selections is an evening of laughs, tears, and powerhouse performances, with a cast including Joanna Carpenter, Kai An Chee (Miss Saigon, national tour), Jonathan Christopher (Octet, Signature Theatre), Victoria Frings (An Enemy of the People), Lisette Glodowski, Nick Laughlin, Kevin Massey (Broadway’s Gentleman’s Guide), Tim Rogan (“Blue Bloods” on CBS), Santina Umbach (Broadway’s Mamma Mia!), and Rachael Worthington. The evening features music direction by Kenneth Gartman. 54 BELOW is located at 254 West 54th Street and tickets are available HERE.
THE GREEN ROOM 42 – the intimate concert venue dubbed Broadway’s “off-night hotspot” – will present Broadway luminaries Alysha Umphress and Jeff Blumenkrantz in a special evening on Saturday, January 20 at 7:00 PM. Umphress, the theater diva from Broadway’s On the Town and American Idiot, reunites with Blumenkrantz, the Tony Award nominee from Bright Star and Murder for Two, to bring you fresh arrangements of songs you know and love. This concert marks the 10th anniversary of their album, I’ve Been Played: Alysha Umphress Swings Jeff Blumenkrantz. Tony Award nominated performer Kenita R. Miller will be the show’s special guest. Tickets www.TheGreenRoom42.com.
Fifth Avenue a Jazz Musical Comedy by Susan Crawford and Dan Seidman will be presented at Don’t Tell Mama, Monday nights beginning January 8 thru February 12 @ 7 pm – a musical journey into Hell’s Kitchen in 1928 with James Lynch, Davinia, Joseph Peterson, Beau Allen, Kevin Arnold and Adriana Vicinanzo with Christopher Sutton. Direction by Andrea Andresakis, musical direction Clare Cooper. www.Donttellmamanyc.com
Deborah Stone will present an encore performance at Don’t Tell Mama February 3 and 18 @ 4 pm of Take Me Back – Joan, Joni, Dylan and Others. www.donttellmamanyc.com
