FEINSTEIN’S/54 BELOW, Broadway’s Supper Club, presents the 30th Anniversary of No Way to Treat a Lady on Sunday, Oct. 15th @ 7:00. A laugh-filled evening featuring songs from the Richard Rodgers Award winning musical by Douglas J. Cohen, based on the novel by William Goldman (The Princess Bride). MAC Award winner Klea Blackhurst (Hello, Dolly!, Goodspeed) and author Cohen co-host the event which will feature many of the performers from past productions, both off-Broadway at the York Theatre and Hudson Guild, and regionally (Florida Studio Theatre, Village Theater, Barrington Stage, TheaterWorks in Hartford, Coconut Grove in Florida, Colony Theater in L.A.), as well as photographs and footage from over a dozen international productions. Cohen will also reveal some of the show’s unique history behind the scenes.
Tony winner Karen Ziemba (Contact, Prince of Broadway) and Tony nominees Tovah Feldshuh (Golda’s Balcony), Kevin Chamberlin (The Addams Family), Brad Oscar (Something Rotten!), and Christiane Noll (Ragtime), will join NO WAY TO TREAT A LADY alums: Tony nominee Stephen Bogardus (Falsettos), Adam Grupper (Fiddler on the Roof), Jack Noseworthy (Sweet Smell of Success), Cheryl Stern (La Cage Aux Folles), James Judy (Jekyll and Hyde), Peter Marx (Annie Get Your Gun), Maureen Silliman (Is There Life After High School?), Sandy Binion (Make Me A Song), David Edwards (The Fantasticks), Bobbi Kotula (Iron Curtain), and Michael Thomas Holmes (Broadway bound Beatsville).
Director Bill Castellino (Cagney, the upcoming Desperate Measures at the York Theatre) and music director Eric Svejcar (Jerry’s Girls, York Theatre) will lead the cast of seventeen and a band of five.
Normally boasting a cast of four, No Way to Treat a Lady follows a frustrated actor turned killer and the lonely detective who pursues him while balancing the attentions of a beautiful socialite and an overbearing mother. With songs like “So Far So Good,” “So Much in Common,” and “One of the Beautiful People,” performed by some of Broadway’s most talented and versatile performers, you won’t want to miss this memorable concert of the show hailed by the NY Post as “a fine way to treat a musical! A real winner!”
No Way to Treat a Lady: 30th Anniversary Concert plays Feinstein’s/54 Below (254 West 54th Street) on October 15th at 7pm. There is a $30-$40 cover charge and $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.