by Matt Smith   Just before Broadway’s lyrical soprano Lea Salonga, best known for her pivotal roles in Miss Saigon and Les Miserablés, launches into the 2013 R&B viral sensation, “Blurred Lines,” made popular by such artists as Robin Thicke, Pharrell Williams and Miley...

Hello, Dolly! Tops with 10, Anastasia, Come From Away and The Hairy Ape Are Top Nominees   Photo/Video: Magda Katz   Nominations for the 62nd Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced this morning at Feinstein’s-54 Below by Laura Benanti (She Loves Me, Gypsy) and Javier...

    By Sandi Durell     Spring is just fooling around because with all the flowers blooming and budding trees, it’s here. The talent, however, in the New York City cabarets and clubs is not fooling at all. Some of the best are slated to appear and you’ll have your pick of many shows. Here’s a...

    by Susan Hasho     Carmen Cusack popped up at 54 Below April 16th, rescheduled after NYC’s only snowstorm in March left her marooned in Florida. Lucky us, we got to see her on Easter. She entered with a bullhorn singing her own song “Along the Way” and proceeded to get...

      By Sandi Durell     And that torch is shining ever so bright and brilliantly as the doyenne of Jazz, lyric interpretation and storyteller extraordinaire, dressed in a favorite Bob Mackie, once again, makes her appearance at Broadway’s Supper Club, 54 Below....

  by Marilyn Lester   Judging by Annette Warren’s awe-inspiring performance at 54 Below, she is far from being done. A nonagenarian (she’ll be 95 in a few months), Warren’s energy, stamina and joie de vivre was something to behold. She is a legendary Hollywood singer, who, with a...

by Matt Smith   With an effortless effervescence, the resplendent Tony Danza glides onto the stage — jazz hands a-swingin’ — at Feinstein’s/54 Below.   Back at the intimate venue by popular demand (“cause I demanded it!” he quips, with a laugh), Danza delivers a second round of...

  With all the musicals that come aboard and make it to Broadway, it’s remarkable how many were “Broadway Bound” but never got there!  Well, Rob Schneider and Jennifer Ashley Tepper are in the throes of producing a new series beginning March 21 at 54 Below entitled...

  A double take on Juan Pablo di Pace with two reviews!   By Joel Benjamin and Monica Charline-Brown     (by Joel Benjamin) There’s no denying that Juan Pablo di Pace is an incredibly handsome man, even better looking in person than his photographs. There’s also no denying...

        By Sandi Durell     With all those 50-60 degree days cropping up in February, can it be that March will come in like a lamb? Hard to guess. But be prepared for snow in April! The only thing we can be sure of is that the cabarets and clubs will continue to be filled with...

    By Marilyn Lester   By some standards, Andrea Prestinario’s Feinstein’s/54 Below debut, Smokeytown: The Songs of Smokey Robinson, might be deemed a success – most likely to those who love power singing, or to those who love big shows at venues such as Madison Square Garden....

by Matt Smith   “Even if you’re little, you can do a lot!” It’s the emblematic anthem we all know and love, which has become synonymous with Matilda ever since the musical first landed on the Great White Way in April 2013. But though it’s been a little over a month since the smash hit...

  by Lisa Joy Reitman-Dobi     On January 27, one year after Jesse Luttrell’s 54 Below debut, he retuned to a sold out house. I returned to review the show. Having seen the last performance, I looked forward to this one. I knew what to expect: a dynamite performer with an...

  Theater Pizzazz’ Mark Ryan Anderson had the opportunity to speak with Tom Kitt at recent press previews about Tom’s upcoming show at 54 Below scheduled for February 9 and 11 at 9:30 pm. In 1996, upon graduating from college, Tom did two things – applied to the BMI...

  by Matt Smith     “This is not a show. This is a party. We’re just here to have a good time.” Such are the words proclaimed by Norm Lewis, the golden-voiced singer-actor late of Les Miz, The Little Mermaid and Phantom, who plays his second holiday residency at Feinstein’s/54...

    by Alix Cohen   Cabaret is entering a theatrical stage. Imaginative and capable vocalists now sometimes offer shows with dialogue and/or dramatic arc created by astutely selected songs and staging. Though Stacy Sullivan has always brought her acting chops to performance,...

  Best in Shows, a star-studded cabaret evening benefitting  the Humane Society of New York, will feature performances by Broadway stars on Sunday, October 23 , 2016 at 7 pm at Feinstein’s/ 54 Below. Tom Viola, Executive Director of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids, will be awarded the...

A Broadway veteran makes a delightful return to a New York stage     By Joel Benjamin   There has to be some reason that theater veterans (Phyllis Newman, Tony Roberts, Marilyn Maye, Leroy Reams, Marin Mazzie) and eager fans packed Feinstein’s/54 Below to the rafters for Nancy...

        by MR Anderson   No pomp, all circumstance: these are the ingredients of a David Yazbek kind of night. In his two-night stand at Feinstein’s/54Below last weekend, his merry band bursts into the intro of “Terrible Thing,” David slinks onto the piano bench...

          by Monica Charline Brown   The phrase “dynamic duo” does not even begin to do justice to the performance Tor and Lisa (Tor Hyams and Lisa Rothauser) gave at Feinstein’s/54 Below on Monday evening, February 8, 2016. Tor (a Grammy nominated songwriter)...

    by JK Clarke   Imagine this luscious scenario: You head to Feinstein’s 54Below tonight to see An Evening With Lypsinka’s Maid, featuring John “Lypsinka” Epperson sitting at the piano and singing songs that have been meaningful to him in his long...

  by: Sandi Durell The Tony Award winning star of Phantom of the Opera and Nice Work if You Can Get It, Judy Kaye, will be appearing November 11 & 12 at 7 pm and November 13, 9:30 pm, at Feinstein’s/54 Below, along with two other Tony Award Winners – Randy Graff and Cady...

      Review by Joe Regan Jr.     Seth Sikes returned to Feinstein’s/54 Below September 18 with a revamped “Seth Sikes Sings Mostly Judy Garland” with a seven member orchestra led by his music director Gary Adler, This time he featured some songs he felt that Garland...

      Review by Joe Regan Jr.     At 54 Below on September 11, Nicholas Guest did an unusual act about his very unusual life entitled “Finding Nick.” As many other stars at that venue, Guest did a chronicle of his early life. Son of a English diplomat and an American...

Harvard and Yale battle it out in a lighthearted competition at 54 Below hosted and directed by Tom Toce     by: Linda Amiel Burns     Everyone certainly gave it the “old college try” when singers and songwriters from Harvard and Yale battled it out at 54 Below on...