By Marilyn Lester   Singer and actress Linda Eder has a dedicated, ardent, loyal following and it’s easy to see why. Eder has a charismatic stage presence and the talent to back it up. She’s a Broadway award winner who’s also forged a successful career in cabaret and on...

Favorite Liz Callaway returns to Feinstein’s/54 Below with a brand new show entitled ‘A Hymn to Her‘ about the women who have been inspirational in her life. Still in the process of putting the songs together, Liz is excited about this process and will unveil it on May 22,...

Spring has sprung and so have the multi talents that fill the cabarets and clubs in New York City. The venues are overflowing with talent. Someone for everyone!       By Sandi Durell   *Always check the club calendars for complete listings and for schedule changes.   Feinstein’s/54...

      by Magda Katz   John Lloyd Young returned to 54 Below in New York City with a brand new show celebrating his album My Turn, Live! to screaming fans who flew in from foreign and domestic locations. The room went wild with excitement when Young walked into the audience...

  As part of Deborah Grace Winer’s Classic American Songbook Series, Matt Doyle (Book of Mormon, A Clockwork Orange) will appear in A Jerome Robbins Centennial Concert, directed by Kathleen Marshall with David Chase on piano. The concert also features Laura Osnes, Beth Malone and...

    by Matt Smith   “Melody is the very air we breathe.” Such is the compelling assertion Broadway songstress Jenn Gambatese offers midway through her solo show, Once Upon a Melody, which sees her back at Midtown hotspot Feinstein’s/54 Below, once again reveling in all...

  Described by The New York Times as “electrically thrilling,” by Variety as “a performer who can reveal the sorrows, pains and joys of the composer’s richly layered repertoire with an intensity and honesty that easily envelops and mesmerizes the listener,” and by the Jazz Times as...

  54 Below held Press Previews on April 23 with the talent readying to come into New York’s favorite nightclub in April/May including:John Lloyd Young, Darius de Haas, Matt Doyle, Liz Callaway.   John Lloyd Young returns to Feinstein’s/54 Below April 25 thru May 5 to celebrate...

  By Joel Benjamin   I have covered so many of Scott Siegel’s productions that I fear I have simply run out of superlatives to describe this Diaghilev-of-the-Cabaret world.  His recent 54 Sings Hollywood’s Greatest Hit Songs! at Feinstein’s/54 Below is another feather in his...

    By Ron Fassler     Having seen my first Broadway musical as a child in 1967, I have always been sorry that I missed the 1968 musical The Happy Time. With a score by John Kander and Fred Ebb, its original cast album is one that makes you wonder why the show didn’t last...

  By Sandi Durell     The love fest was in full bloom at the big party on April 10 at Feinstein’s/54 Below as the celebrated Marilyn Maye took the stage on opening night, her birthday, truly thrilled to be present, front and center on her 90th.  Like she says “I’m happy to be anywhere. ....

  by Brian Scott Lipton   Four decades after bursting onto the music scene, the British band Queen is definitely having an American renaissance. A number of their biggest hits, including “You’re My Best Friend,” can be heard on various TV commercials, the band (with vocalist Adam...

  by Adam Cohen   The selections of songs for a cabaret performance remain an intensely personal choice.  In the hands of Bebe Neuwirth, Tony-winning star of Broadway’s Chicago and The Addams Family, they are an intimate discussion among strangers.  Ms. Neuwirth strides the stage at...

    by Susan Hasho    Deborah Grace Winer is presenting three new jewel box revues and calling it The Classic American Songbook Series at 54 Below. The series kicked off March 27 with “You Took Advantage of Me: Rodgers and Hart in Love.” Ms. Winer was the host as well as the...

  by Susan Hasho   Bruce Springsteen is on Broadway and now he’s entered the cabaret scene. Not literally, but by way of a group of extremely talented, rocking Broadway folks at the cabaret 54 Below. They filled the room with his music and indeed, his spirit. Adding a notch to the...

  By Sandi Durell   The extraordinary Tony and Emmy winning star of Chicago, Sweet Charity, The Addams Family and TV’s ‘Cheers’ and ‘Fraisier’ – Bebe Neuwirth –  is back in “Stories with Piano #4” to Feinstein’s/54 Below. For Bebe, it’s all about story songs – some...

  by Sandi Durell   Is there anyone other than the legendary Chita Rivera who can cause such frenzy on a stage and with an audience? I doubt it! The Broadway icon is one hot tamale! Bedecked in red sparkling pants outfit, and looking fabulous, she weaves you into a web from which no...

by Sandi Durell   Get ready for “The Dirty 30 Tour or Play-List: A Pop Music Memoir” from The Book of Mormon’s Donell James Foreman as he makes his 54 Below solo debut! This concert journey of loss, lust, longing and love will feature the music of Prince, Janet Jackson, George Michael,...

  by Matt Smith   “Are you ready to get fanked up?!” Such is the question of the hour at “Ben’s Fanked Up Broadway,” the sensational solo debut from its namesake, Ben Fankhauser, which recently enjoyed a three-performance run at intimate nightclub Feinstein’s/54 Below. Well, ready...

        by Sandi Durell   The press day at 54 Below was especially exciting having the opportunity to speak with the stunning two time Tony winning star Chita Rivera.  She’s back at 54 Below in a unique solo concert beginning March 6th (see dates) where...

   By Sandi Durell    Now’s the time to check out some of the tried and true cabaret rooms brimming with talent, and some new spaces that are making a name for themselves. Talent, talent everywhere! And lots of Woman Power! Always check the club calendars for complete listings and for...

    By Sandi Durell   Charlotte Sweet is the result of Gerald Jay Markoe (music) and Michael Colby’s (book and lyrics) 1982 musical collaboration, flowing from the all sung and rhymed whimsical Ludlow Ladd musical written shortly prior. Sweet has been revived as part of 54...

    By Sandi Durell   The Story Goes On – it runs in the family as these two glorious voiced, stunning looking sopranos hold their audience at 54 Below (on February 20) in the palm of their hands. Of course, we knew what Laura was capable of, having seen this Tony Award winner...

  by Matt Smith   “It’s an honor and a joy to be in show business… I feel that spotlight hit me and I’m gone.” There’s no doubt many of us within the community share this above sentiment, a lyric from the hit 2007 Kander and Ebb-penned Curtains, which is most likely the reason...

  by Adam Cohen   Deadwood City’s two most famous peace officers, Calamity Jane (Sara Jane Ford) and Wild Bill Hickock (Tally Sessions), must save the local saloon. Henry Miller, the local saloon operator has been promoting a beautiful actress named Frances Fryer, but Frances...