In Honor of Billy Joel: A Concert!
October 9, 2025
Billy Joel will not appear at this performance.
Though illness has stopped Billy Joel from singing for now, the great Broadway and nightclub singers of New York will keep his brilliant music alive and soaring in this special concert event in his honor. And what an honor it will be for this handpicked cast to sing the songs of an artist who has had 33 top 40 hits, and 23 Grammy Award nominations (winning 6).
Billy Joel struggled before he made it big. But the stuff of life was driven into his soul, and it came out in his music. And on the 54 Below stage, you will hear his greatest songs. Some of what you’ll hear includes “New York State of Mind”, “Honesty,” “Just the Way You Are,” “Uptown Girl”, “It’s Still Rock ’n’ Roll To Me,” “She’s Only a Woman,” “Vienna,” “She’s Got a Way,” and, of course, “Piano Man.”
In Honor of Billy Joel: The Concert is created by NYC’s legendary impresario, Scott Siegel, who has created more than 600 major concerts all over the world. This special concert will feature not only the some of our most talented performers, but it will also feature performers who love Billy Joel and will feel honored, themselves to pay homage to this man and his music. And there will be so much great music! Come and join us!
Music direction by John Fischer.
Featuring:
Willie Demyan (Next to Normal at Producers Club)
Cooper Grodin (Masquerade, The Phantom of the Opera national tour)
Kendra Foster McBride
Cassi Mikat (international tour of The Sound of Music)
Albert Nelthropp (Sunday in the Park with George at Theatre 2020)
Kelli Rabke (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Les Misérables)
2x Tony Award® nominee Bob Stillman (Urban Cowboy, Dirty Blonde, Grey Gardens)
Zane Zapata (Jersey Boys at North Shore Music Theatre, Theatre by the Sea, and more)
Please note that all artists and acts are subject to change at any time.
