Ari Axelrod – Carolyn Montgomery – Meg Flather – Julie Wilson Centennial – Klea Blackhurst – Matthew Rosenstein – Jason Robert Brown – Snoozefest Song Cycle
See Klea Blackhurst in Box Set Sun April 14 @ 7pm as well as four more shows and topics at www.chelseatableandstage.com
54 BELOW presents Snoozefest: A Song Cycle on April 19th, 2024 at 9:30pm. Snoozefest, a collaboration between eight emerging writers/writing teams, debuts with a cast featuring How to Dance in Ohio’s Desmond Luis Edwards, Imani Russell, Conor Tague, and Ashley Wool, as well as A Beautiful Noise’s Kalonjee Gallimore, Our Town’s Nimene Wureh, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’s Brittany Zeinstra, and more! The writers of Snoozefest include: Joe Badore, Josh Ben-Ami, Riley Cohen & Brooklynn Baca, Elspeth Collard & Sam Rosenblatt, Jessie Field & James Martinez Salem, Nathan Fosbinder, Jack Oliver Kotanen, and Addie Symonds & Matt Graham. Collard & Rosenblatt produce, with Matt Graham doubling as music director. www.54Below.org
If you happen to be in London, don’t miss Carolyn Montgomery-girl singer celebrating Rosemary Clooney with Simon Beck, Musical Director, directed by Sally Mayes at Crazy Coqs on April 20 @ 2 pm. www.carolynmontgomery.net
Meg Flather returns to Don’t Tell Mama Sundays @ 4 pm beginning April 21 in Back When We Were Beautiful and continues thru 12/29 with different shows in her Brick Room Tour, with Tracy Stark on piano and directed by Lennie Watts. www.donttellmamanyc.com
The 92nd Street Y (92NY), New York presents triple Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown in a one-night-only Lyrics & Lyricists event on Thursday, May 9 at 7:30 pm. The evening will include songs from his musical theater canon as well as songs from his solo albums and various other projects from the past three decades of his career, illuminated with the kinds of stories told by their creator that are at the heart of L&L. Guest artists Leslie Rodriguez Kritzer and Grammy Award nominee Mykal Kilgore will be joining. www.92NY.org
After a sold-out first performance, talented baritone and gay divorcé Matthew Rosenstein brings his solo show “A Pleasure to Have in Class” to Chelsea Table + Stage on Friday, May 3 at 9:30pm. An evening of showtunes and stories recounting his funny and touching journey from hopeless people pleaser to performer, the show is co-authored and directed by BroadwayWorld Award-winning director Robbie Rozelle. Music direction is by Canaan J. Harris, who fronts the three-piece band. Arrangements for the show are by John Bronston. www.chelseatableandstage.com
Ari Axelrod will be at Birdland with A Place For Us – a Celebration of Jewish Broadway, on May 13 @ 7 pm. www.birdlandjazz.com
Celebrate legendary Julie Wilson’s Centennial on May 22 @ 6 pm, a Fundraiser for the Mabel Mercer Foundation at the Pierre’s Cotillion Room featuring an all star cast. www.give.classy.org/juliewilson100
