Teenage Producer/Director Charles Kirsch & Tony Nominee Brad Oscar stop by to talk about their upcoming concert version of the musical Coco.  We also discuss Brad’s current run as the Wizard in Wicked and Apple TV Hit turned musical Schmigadoon.

Also in this episode - Nora Ephron presents Meryl Streep with a Lifetime Achievement Award and a review of John Proctor is the Villain

54 SINGS COCO BY ALAN JAY LERNER AND ANDRÉ PREVIN

APRIL 14, 2025

This performance will also be livestreamed. For tickets and more information, click here.

A 4-time Oscar winning star in her first Broadway role. The man who wrote My Fair Lady and Gigi. The choreographer of A Chorus Line. All of these legends came together to create the 1969 Broadway musical Coco, which tells the story of the iconic fashion designer Coco Chanel. An all-star cast of beloved Broadway divas will give the score a rare New York hearing in this one-time-only concert at 54 Below. So get out your favorite dresses from “Orbach’s, Bloomingdale’s, Best, and Saks” and let “The Money Ring Out Like Freedom” as you buy tickets to an evening that’s sure to be anything but a “Fiasco.” The evening will be produced and directed by Charles Kirsch, the host of the podcast Backstage Babble, and musically directed by Michael Lavine.

Featuring:

Tony Award® nominee Christine Andreas (My Fair Lady)

Steven Brinberg (Funny Girl)

Paula Leggett Chase (Tootsie)

Britney Coleman (Company)

Tony Award® nominee Josie De Guzman (Guys and Dolls)

Ali Ewoldt (The Phantom of the Opera)

Sara Gettelfinger (Water for Elephants)

Adam Grupper (My Fair Lady)

Ben Jones

Jay Aubrey Jones (Cats)

Tony Award® nominee Isabel Keating (The Boy From Oz)

Neal Mayer (Les Misérables)

Tony Award® nominee Brad Oscar (The Producers)

Jean Preece (Coco)

Tony Award® nominee AJ Shively (Bright Star)

Tony Award® nominee Jane Summerhays (Me and My Girl)

Lenny Wolpe (Bullets Over Broadway)

Penny Worth (Chicago)

and more stars to be announced!

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