Charles Kirsch's Backstage Babble LIVE! Feat. Len Cariou, Charles Busch, & more Tickets

Doors open at 5:30pm.

Theater podcast Backstage Babble has been documenting the stories of Broadway since it began in August 2020, featuring over 100 guests who have worked on shows from 1943 all the way up to 2022. Now, to celebrate the second anniversary of the podcast, 54 Below will present a concert emceed by Backstage Babble’s 14-year-old host, theater maven Charles Kirsch, and featuring some of the performers that have done these comprehensive interviews performing some of their best-known songs.

Kirsch will introduce the performers and share brief insights about what it was like interviewing them, and the performers will have priceless stories about the roles they played to enhance the concert into a unique, once-in-a-lifetime experience for theater history buffs. The entire evening will be accompanied by Broadway’s Music Man Michael Lavine, and is sure to be, just like the podcast, a joyous celebration of Broadway and the legends who shaped it.

Featuring: Tony® Nominee Charles Busch (The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife, Die, Mommie, Die!)
Tony® Nominee Meg Bussert (Brigadoon, Camelot)
Tony® Winner Len Cariou (Sweeney Todd, A Little Night Music)
Tony® Nominee Beth Fowler (Baby, Beauty and the Beast)
David Jackson (Grand Hotel, My One and Only)
Tony® Nominee Jill O’Hara (Promises, Promises, George M!)
Tony® Nominee Brad Oscar (The Producers, Something Rotten)
Christine Pedi (Forbidden Broadway, Newsical the Musical)
Kurt Peterson (Follies, Sondheim: A Musical Tribute)
Tony® Nominee Lee Roy Reams (42nd Street, Hello, Dolly!)
Tony® Winner John Rubinstein (Pippin, Children of a Lesser God)
David White (Five Guys Named Moe)