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Friday, November 24, 2023

Fifty Key Stage Musicals—Part 5 by Sandi Durell

Cabaret Review by Marilyn Lester. . . . Take a book—Fifty Key Stage Musicals—note that a contributor and editor of it, Robert W. Schneider, is an Original Programming Producer at 54 Belo…

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Thursday, November 23, 2023

CABARET UPCOMING PREVIEWS by Sandi Durell

54 BELOW, Broadway’s Supper Club, proudly presents the return of two-time Tony® Nominee Carmen Cusack and the 54 Below debut of “RuPaul’s Drag Race”Miss Congeniality winner Nina Wes…

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Wednesday, November 22, 2023

ACROSS THE POND NEW and ON-GOING SHOWS FOR 2024 by Sandi Durell

ALAN CUMMING IS NOT ACTING HIS AGE – London, Manchester & Glasgow January 2024 What exactly is acting your age?  And who decides?  These are the questions Alan Cumming has been grapp…

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Tuesday, November 21, 2023

THEATER PREVIEWS by Sandi Durell

Export Quality/HERE – A Sign of the Times/The York Theatre Co – Reverend Billy and The Church of Stop Shopping – Alex Wyse/Picking Up Speed – EST Sloan Project The York Theatre Comp…

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Monday, November 20, 2023

Headed to Broadway – Theater Previews by Sandi Durell

On the heels of an Olivier Award-nominated run in London’s West End, “Tammy Faye,” a new musical based on the the lives of famous televangelists Tammy Faye and Jim Bakker, has set a Br…

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Frankie & Beausy by Sandi Durell

Review By Marilyn Lester . . . West End and Broadway actress-singer, the Tony® Award winning, Frances Ruffelle, is a fierce storyteller. In this show, Frankie & Beausy at 54 Below on No…

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John Lloyd Young’s Broadway by Sandi Durell

Review by Marilyn Lester . . . In 2006 John Lloyd Young won the Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical for his role as Frankie Valli in Broadway’s Jersey Boys. It was a role that p…

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CABARET PREVIEWS DECEMBER by Sandi Durell

The Quintin Harris Quintet – KT Sullivan, Stacy Sullivan, Jeff Harnar & Todd Murray – James Monroe Iglehart – Michael Feinstein and Jean-Yves Thibaudet The Quintin Harris Quintet �…

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Sunday, November 19, 2023

CABARET PREVIEWS by Sandi Durell

Sandra Bernhard’s Easy Listening – Santa Claire/The Green Room42 – Robert Bannon Christmas Special – Natalie Douglas/New Year’s Chelsea Table+Stage – Goldie Dver Holiday Benefit …

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Saturday, November 18, 2023

Dean Benner:  Lovin’ Every Mile by Sandi Durell

Cabaret Review By Marilyn Lester . . . It’s nearly impossible to believe that Dean Benner hasn’t been performing all his life. With his Cowboy Band, the singer-guitarist looks as if he�…

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Friday, November 17, 2023

Museum of Broadway First Year Yields $100K Donation to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS by Sandi Durell

On Wednesday, November 15th, the Museum of Broadway celebrated its one-year anniversary. The evening included special remarks, pop-up musical performances, the unveiling of two windows de…

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Jason Robert Brown Returns with THE CONNECTOR by Sandi Durell

From Tony® Award-winning composer JASON ROBERT BROWN (PARADE) comes a timely new musical about two talented young journalists on increasingly diverging paths. Set in the late 1990s amid a…

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Tuesday, November 14, 2023

THEATER NEWS and PREVIEWS by Sandi Durell

Betty Boop the Musical – Lone Star/Theater Row – The Outsiders/Jacobs Theatre – Museum of Broadway One Year Celebration- Export Quality/HERE . . . . The off-Broadway premiere of  Jame…

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Monday, November 13, 2023

HARMONY on Broadway by Sandi Durell

Theater Review by Carol Rocamora . . . . He writes the songs that make the whole world sing. And now he’s written a musical that will make the world remember.  Decades ago, singer/compose…

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Get To Know Michael Perry and Premiere Theatrical Licensing by Sandi Durell

Premiére Theatrical Licensing is a theatrical publisher and performance rights licensing agency for plays, musicals, short plays, theater for young people, theater for seniors, and other ge…

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Saturday, November 11, 2023

UPCOMING SHOWS FROM OUR ADVERTISERS by Sandi Durell

Dean Benner-Lovin’ Every Mile / John Philip-Oceans of Love & Life / Lucille Carr-Kaffashan-How The Light Gets In / Carole Sue Gershman / Amy Beth Williams-Lieber & Stoller / Madela…

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Friday, November 10, 2023

A CELEBRATION OF SHELDON HARNICK: NOVEMBER 9, 2023 by Sandi Durell

Article By Ron Fassler . . . Sheldon Harnick, one of the most inspiring lyricists of the Golden Age of Broadway, died this past June at the age of ninety-nine. Yesterday afternoon, friends a…

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CABARET-MUSIC PREVIEWS by Sandi Durell

Actor Therapy at 54 Below November 20 @ 9:30 pm – 2023 Kleban Prize winner composer-lyricist Ryan Scott Oliver and Tony Award winning Broadway actress Lindsay Mendez, together with an amaz…

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Thursday, November 9, 2023

THEATER PREVIEWS by Sandi Durell

The Wiz Broadway – Corruption/LCT – EnoughVO5 for the Universe – NYU Skirball Season – Target Margin Theater . . . . THE WHITE BLACKS, celebrated playwright and director Melanie Mar…

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Shoshana Bean and Kristin Chenoweth by Sandi Durell

Shoshana Bean will be joined by Emmy, Grammy and Tony Award Winner Kristin Chenoweth for Bean’s highly anticipated one-night-only holiday concert at Harlem’s World Famous Apollo Theate…

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Wednesday, November 8, 2023

John Lennon Real Love Award to Graham Nash by Sandi Durell

Theatre Within, the non-profit behind the Annual John Lennon Tribute since 1981, will honor two-time Rock And Roll Hall of Famer Graham Nash as the ninth recipient of the “John Lennon …

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Cabaret-Music Previews by Sandi Durell

54 Below/New Gospel Brunch Series – Steven Zumbo – Last Edition 50 Key Stage Musicals – NYPops/The Best Xmas of All – Songbook Sundays/Cy Coleman The last edition of the critically a…

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Tuesday, November 7, 2023

The 22nd Monte Cristo Award Presented to Lynn Nottage by Sandi Durell

The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center presented its 22nd Monte Cristo Award to award-winning playwright and screenwriter Lynn Nottage. Nottage, who was in residence at the O’Neill in 20…

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Monday, November 6, 2023

The Andersons Play Arlen: The Wizard of Oz and More by Sandi Durell

Peter and Will Anderson, virtuosos on clarinet and saxophone, will present the life and music of Harold Arlen, with an entertaining narrative, captivating video presentation, and live music …

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Saturday, November 4, 2023

CABARET PREVIEWS by Sandi Durell

Broadway’s Greatest Hits/54Below – Stephan Said/Pangea – Clyde Alves/ChelseaTable+Stage – Broadway Sings Taylor Swift – The Apollo Holiday Shows – The Triad Theater/Kip and Sylvi…

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Night of the Iguana by Sandi Durell

La Femme Theatre Productions (Jean Lichty, Executive Director), renowned for its dedication to showcasing the diverse female experience, is set to illuminate the Off-Broadway stage this seas…

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Friday, November 3, 2023

The Circus is Coming to Town! by Sandi Durell

Feld Entertainment®, the worldwide leader in live entertainment experiences, is excited to welcome Children of All Ages© to the highly anticipated North American tour of Ringling Bros. …

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MELISSA ERRICO: BROADWAY BABY–FROM MANHASSET TO MANHATTAN AND BEYOND by Sandi Durell

By Ron Fassler . . . “Beyond what?,” Melissa Errico asked in reference to her self-titled show that she performed at 54 Below last evening November 1st,  the first in a four-night engag…

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Thursday, November 2, 2023

CABARET – MUSIC PREVIEWS by Sandi Durell

Ben Jones-Karen Mason-Jasmine Forsberg-Marilyn Maye-Frankie & Beausy-John Lloyd Young-Xmas Time in the City The Church of St. Paul the Apostle will present New York’s newest holiday tr…

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Wednesday, November 1, 2023

“SIX” Queens Welcome Six Harmonists by Sandi Durell

Broadway is a family! And on Monday night, the six Queens from Broadway’s musical hit SIX invited their newest neighbor on West 47th Street, the six Harmonists from the new musical Har…

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THEATER UPDATES by Sandi Durell

Jess Tom’s Less Lonely – Baggage at the Door/Dana Aber – Neil Gaiman/A Christmas Carol – Transport Group/Lucille Lortel:Joey Merlo – Madwomen of the West The Jerusalem Syndrome –…

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All that Chat

2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
TBA: Titanic
TBA: Ragtime