A cast of Harvard and Yale grads will take part in The Fifth Annual Harvard-Yale Cantata at Feinstein’s/54 Below on Thursday, September 12 at 9:30 PM. Former SNL cast member Rachel Dratch returns as a judge, joined by the songwriting team of Zina Goldrich (composer) and Marcy Heisler (lyricist).
The Harvard team’s songwriters will include Bonnie Raitt (“Nick of Time”), Leonard Bernstein(Broadway’s West Side Story, Candide, and Wonderful Town) and Pete Seeger (“Where Have All the Flowers Gone” and “Waist Deep in the Big Muddy”). The Yale team will feature songs by Maury Yeston (Broadway’s Nine, Grand Hotel, Titanic), Cole Porter (Broadway’s Kiss Me, Kate and Anything Goes) and Jonthan Coulton (Broadway’s SpongeBob SquarePants). Performers for Harvard will include Debbie Deane, Matt Corriel, Jennifer Lauren Brown, Laura Sky Herman, Arianna Paz, Caro Ribeiro, John Forster, Matt Walker and Jacob Rienstra. Yale’s performers include Megan Loughran, Chris Peters, Janet Noh, Marya Grandy and others.
The show is formatted after the Harvard-Yale Regatta. There will be seven heats, each with a Harvard song pitted against a Yale song. The show is produced by Tom Toce (Yale, 1978), who also hosts, in association with Victoria Ordin (Yale, 1995) and Jennie Litt (Harvard, 1986). Musical direction and accompaniment will be provided by Liz Kantor (Harvard, 2018) for Harvard and Andrew Gerle (Yale, 1994).
The Harvard-Yale Cantata plays on Thursday, September 12, at 9:30. There is a $35-$40 cover charge ($60 premium) and a $25 food and beverage minimum. Tickets and information are available at www.54Below.com. Tickets on the day of performance after 4:00 are only available by calling 646-476-3551.
Feinstein’s/54 Below is located at 254 West 54th Street, NYC
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