A New Cabaret Emerges: 54 Below

[Patti LuPone FANatic]

A New Cabaret Emerges: 54 Below#1

Posted: 2/5/12 at 8:20pm

Nice article in the NY Times. from RC in Austin, Texas (visiting NYC from March 10-13).
54 Below

"Noel [Coward] and I were in Paris once. Adjoining rooms, of course. One night, I felt mischievous, so I knocked on Noel's door, and he asked, 'Who is it?' I lowered my voice and said 'Hotel detective. Have you got a gentleman in your room?' He answered, 'Just a minute, I'll ask him.'" (Beatrice Lillie)

[broadwaybabytn]

A New Cabaret Emerges: 54 Below #2

Posted: 2/5/12 at 8:34pm

Seems like it has the potential to be a lovely space.

[PalJoey]

A New Cabaret Emerges: 54 Below #2

Posted: 2/5/12 at 9:10pm

I think this is going to be my new favorite place in New York.

[Kad]

A New Cabaret Emerges: 54 Below #3

Posted: 2/5/12 at 9:52pm

The renderings look beautiful and the concept is great. Can't wait to see it actualized.

"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."

[TotallyJeannius]

A New Cabaret Emerges: 54 Below #4

Posted: 2/6/12 at 12:47am

Another thumbs up for John Lee Beatty. can't wait to check this place out this summer.

[Idiot]

A New Cabaret Emerges: 54 Below #5

Posted: 2/6/12 at 1:31am

I truly did not want another reason to miss living in NYC.

[GlindatheGood22]

A New Cabaret Emerges: 54 Below #6

Posted: 2/6/12 at 3:28pm

Looks awesome.

God, I am aching for a Cabaret revival.

I know you. I know you. I know you.

[SondheimFan5]

A New Cabaret Emerges: 54 Below #7

Posted: 2/6/12 at 3:44pm

Looks great! Good lineup of people, swingin design, and an appealing concept. Here's to hoping they don't have a $200 cover charge.

[AC126748]

A New Cabaret Emerges: 54 Below #8

Posted: 2/6/12 at 3:48pm

Did you read the article?

“There are other cabaret rooms in the city, but they occupy a very different territory than ours in terms of price and experience,” he said.

I think they're trying to take it in the opposite direction of places like The Carlyle and Feinstein's, where it costs $100 just to walk though the door and then another $100 on food and drink minimums. It sounds like it's going to be more fun and casual, like Joe's Pub.

"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe." -John Guare, Landscape of the Body

[frogs_fan85]

A New Cabaret Emerges: 54 Below #9

Posted: 2/6/12 at 3:51pm

You can get an idea of the pricing here:

http://www.ticketweb.com/snl/VenueListings.action?venueId=303995&pl=

Seems entirely reasonable to me.

[AC126748]

A New Cabaret Emerges: 54 Below #10

Posted: 2/6/12 at 3:53pm

Entirely reasonable, I'd say.

"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe." -John Guare, Landscape of the Body

[perfectlymarvelous]

A New Cabaret Emerges: 54 Below #11

Posted: 2/6/12 at 8:39pm

That definitely seems reasonable, and not too much more than places like Joe's Pub and Birdland (in some cases, pretty much the same).

[PalJoey]

A New Cabaret Emerges: 54 Below #12

Posted: 2/6/12 at 8:56pm

There seems to be a pecking order for how much it costs.

$100 (cover + minimum) for Patti LuPone

$90 (cover + minimum) for Ben Vereen

$65 (cover + minimum) for Megan Hilty, Brian D'Arcy James or Tony De Sare (who?)

$55 (cover + minimum) for Jackie Hoffman, Justin Bond, Rebecca Luker, Lea Delaria, Michael Arden (one night only!), Julia Murney, Linda Lavin or Eden Espinosa