Fred Barton, pianist, music director, bandleader and his Broadway Band, are back at Feinstein’s/54 Below on Friday, September 6 at 9:45 PM. Barton and crew will offer prime Golden-Age Broadway songs, both heard-of and un-, played by musicians who are all seasoned Broadway pit players. Some are taking the night off from their productions because they love this work. Additionally, Barton will mix in a few Hollywood novelties and Swing rarities, plus rare Frank Loesser, Jule Styne, Jerome Kern, Cole Porter, and an Irving Berlin tune that hasn’t been heard orchestrated and performed in all its glory since 1922.
Here’s who’s in the cast:
KAREN MURPHY’s Broadway credits include A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, 9 TO 5, ALL SHOOK UP, 42ND ST. and TITANIC, as well as turns Off-Broadway in FORBIDDEN BROADWAY, ZOMBIE PROM and MY VAUDEVILLE MAN. She has just returned from playing a featured role in the FINDING NEVERLAND tour, as well as in OLIVER! at the Goodspeed Opera House. Murphy sings regularly with major symphony orchestras nationwide.
DOROTHY KIARA made her Broadway debut in the original company of THEY’RE PLAYING OUR SONG. She understudied no fewer than eleven roles in the original NINE before taking over the role of “Lina Darling,” Liliane Montevecchi’s aide-de-camp. She played Irma, the gangster moll (“Buddy, Beware”) opposite Mitzi Gaynor in the long-running national tour of Lincoln Center’s ANYTHING GOES revival. In between, she became a regular in the FORBIDDEN BROADWAY franchise.
JOHN PREATOR came to national attention on AMERICAN IDOL, where he achieved Semi-Finalist along with Jennifer Hudson. He’s concertized nationwide with Reba McEntire, Shoshona Bean, Michael McLean, Christiane Noll and David Archuleta, and built an active musical theatre career, including playing the dashing Gaylord Ravenal in SHOW BOAT at the Westchester Broadway Theatre.
JESSE LUTTRELL has just returned from performing his one-man show SHOWSTOPPER in London and Puerta Vallarta, after multiple engagements at Feinstein’s/54 Below. His solo CD is being streamed to fans around the world. His burlesque-meets-vaudeville revue BAWDY ran for six years at the Triad. Luttrell has performed regularly in Fred Barton’s AMERICAN SHOWSTOPPERS concert series at the Michael Schimmel Center. Numerous major roles in regional productions include CABARET, CATS, CAROUSEL and MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS.
KAREN WILDER appeared with Fred Barton in the original FORBIDDEN BROADWAY, having performed in numerous regional productions including GUYS & DOLLS, MACK & MABEL, NO NO NANETTE and DAMES AT SEA. Wilder performed on the original Broadway cast albums of SUGAR BABIES, PRETTYBELLE, RAGS, THE BAKER’S WIFE, BRING BACK BIRDIE and ONWARD VICTORIA, and the studio recreations of SHERRY! (with Nathan Lane and Bernadette Peters) and BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S (with Faith Prince).
Feinstein’s/54 Below is located at 254 West 54th Street, NYC, 646-476-3551
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