Broadway’s new nightclub 54 Below opened this week with an engagement of two-time Tony Award-winner Patti LuPone‘s new show, Far Away Places.
Among the celebrities who came to see the show were Joy Behar, Douglas Carter Beane, Natalie Douglas, Jane Krakowski, Andrew Lippa, Darlene Love, Mandy Patinkin, and Jerry Zaks.
The space has been designed by architect Richard H. Lewis along with the Tony Award winning scenic designer John Lee Beatty. Ken Billington, also a Tony Award winner, has designed the lighting, with sound by Tony Award nominee Peter Hylenski. Tony Award winner Scott Wittman serves as creative consultant and MAC Award Winner Phil Geoffrey Bond serves as director of programming.
Click here to read TheaterMania’s review of Patti LuPone’s Far Away Places.
Click here for the new edition of TheaterMania Magazine which includes a feature on the creation of 54 Below.
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Patti Lupone and Mandy Patinkin at 54 Below
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Joy Behar, Jane Krakowski, Patti LuPone, and Darlene Love at 54 Below
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Director Jerry Zaks visits 54 Below
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Natalie Douglas visits 54 Below
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54 Below’s creative consultant, Tony Award winner Scott Wittman
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54 Below’s lighting designer Ken Billington and playwright Douglas Carter Beane at 54 Below
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Andrew Lippa and 54 Below co-owner Richard Frankel
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54 Below’s Tony Award winning designers John Lee Beatty and Ken Billington
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