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54 Below

A Nonprofit Cabaret Venue

This event is being streamed online. To purchase tickets for the in-person event, click here.

Get ready to swing! 54 Below honors the monumental legacy of 1921’s Shuffle Along with a celebration marking the tenth anniversary of the ten-time Tony Award^® nominated Shuffle Along, or, the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed.

Step back into the vibrant Jazz Age with a high-energy concert designed to make you shake, shimmy, and shuffle to Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake’s revolutionary score. Through showstoppers like “I’m Just Wild About Harry,” “Love Will Find a Way,” and “I’m Just Simply Full of Jazz,” you’ll see exactly how this sensation launched icons like Josephine Baker and Adelaide Hall while providing the electrifying soundtrack to the Roaring Twenties.

Don’t miss this spectacular tribute to Black Broadway artistry, past and present. Featuring an all-star cast—including select members from the 2016 original Broadway production—this concert is produced and directed by Caseen Gaines (author of When Broadway Was Black). Don’t miss this must-see event!

Music direction by Brandon Jackson.

Featuring:

Melvin Abston (Purlie Victorious, Disney’s Sister Act, Death of a Salesman)
Ezekiel Andrew (Disney’s The Lion King)
Melody A. Betts (The Wiz, national tours of Waitress and The Sound of Music)
Izaiah Harris (Funny Girl national tour)
Afra Hines (Schmigadoon!, Pirates! The Penzance Musical, Hadestown, Shuffle Along…)
Kristin Bria Hopkins (Beautiful: The Carole King Musical at White Plains Performing Arts Center)
John Manzari (Funny Girl)
Kimberly Marable (Hadestown, Chicago, Sister Act)
Trey McCoy (Motown: The Musical national tour)
Sarah Sigman (MJ, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical national tour)
Zurin Villanueva (Shuffle Along…, Beaches, Mean Girls)
Rachel Webb (& Juliet)
and more stars to be announced!

Live from 54 Below is a new series featuring streams of LIVE performances direct from Broadway’s Living Room! Designed to make more shows accessible to fans from across the globe and to recreate the live experience, all shows will be presented exclusively at the time of performance with an in-house audience and will not be available on demand afterwards.