Hello Beautiful People, Brace yourselves. Cause I’m about to gush. Well, no, not really. But I am going to sing Mr. Sahel quite a bit of praise, as I was introduced to him on a day where my busy life seemed to just be overflowing. It was one of those days where I felt like…
OFF-BROADWAY PREMIERE OF THEY CALL ME Q OPENS JUNE 4 AT ST. LUKE’S THEATRE The award-winning play THEY CALL ME Q is set to open Off-Broadway this Wednesday, June 4th at St. Luke’s Theatre in the heart of the Theatre District. “Qurrat Ann Kadwani is a theatrical force of nature!” – Orlando Weekly “Witty and inspiring!” – Montreal Gazette “A…
The 2014 Unsung Concert Series Continues at 54 BELOW Wopat, Davie, Mason, Pedi & More in UNSUNG BOB MERRILL August 5 at 9:30 PM & UNSUNG CAROLYN LEIGH, VOL. 2 November 20 at 7 PM & 9:30 PM UnsungMusicalsCo. (UMC) will continue its 2014 Unsung concert series at 54 Below with Unsung Bob Merrill and Unsung Carolyn Leigh, Vol. 2, following its recent…
Hello Beautiful People, I distinctly remember driving to school one day in the pouring, I’m talking POURING rain, and seeing one of my students walking to school. With no umbrella. Soaked to the bone. And I distinctly remember thinking, gee, I wish I could give them a ride the rest of the way, a mere…
Hello Beautiful People, The 68th Tony Awards were this evening. And all at once, I remember the bits and pieces of my life that have gotten me to this point. The first time I stepped into the St. James Theatre, when I was five years old, to watch Daisy Eagan and Mandy Patinkin and Rebecca…
Bono makes a rare appearance on Instagram to promote Mario Batali’s cooking lesson on Omaze.com – part of (RED)’s EAT (RED). DRINK (RED). SAVE LIVES campaign to fight AIDS. An Instagram video of Bono was released today as part of (RED)’s ‘EAT (RED). DRINK (RED). SAVE LIVES’ campaign, led by chef Mario Batali. Singing to promote a supper…
A Spectacular Reimagining of Emile Zola’s Beloved Nana Brings the Romance and Color of Paris’s 19th-Century Theater World to the 21st-Century Stage Toronto: September 2015 Chicago: November 2015 Broadway: March 2016 Montréal’s Monlove Enterprises has announced the world premiere of N—THE QUEEN OF PARIS. The new musical was inspired by the Champagne atmosphere and rags-to-riches romance of Emile Zola’s…
Tony Award Winner and Grammy Award Nominee Milly Shapiro (Matilda The Musical) and triple threat sister Abigail Shapiro (The Grinch Who Stole Christmas) will be taking the stage at 54 Below on Monday, June 9th in “The Shapiro Sisters: Live Out Loud”. This will be their third performance at 54 Below following Abigail’s run as Cindy Lou Who in the regional production…
Hello Beautiful People, “Pretty.’ ‘Beautiful.’ ‘Nice.’ ‘Fine.’ That’s our life now! Everything’s ‘fine’. We put on the funny nose and glasses and slip on the banana peel and the TV makes everything happy and everyone’s laughing all the time, it’s all so goddamn funny, it’s our constitutional right to be amused all the time, isn’t…
“The Boomerang Theatre Company serves up a delightful morsel of free outdoor Shakespeare with A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” -Kyle Ancowitz, nytheatre.com The Caffe Cino Award & Multiple New York Innovative Award Recipient BOOMERANG THEATRE COMPANY proudly presents A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM Written by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Starring WILLIAM JOHN AUSTIN*, JEFF BURCHFIELD*, MILES BUTLER, CALEB CARLSON*, LAURA DARELL*, EDGAR EGUIA, BRET RICHARD HOSKINS, CASSANDRA JOHNSTONE, ADRIANA JONES, ANNALISA…