The 54 Below Podcast

Former Miss America Katie Harman chats with Director of Marketing Nella Vera about serving as "America's Ideal" in the wake of 9/11, her passion for performance and her involvement with Pink Martini, and the impact of pageantry on the empowerment of women.

Katie Harman, Miss America 2002 with a prominent career in opera, musical theater and television, makes her Feinstein’s/54 Below and New York City solo concert debut in Bring My Crown!: Miss America Sings Broadway. A nostalgic nod to crown jewels of the Broadway cannon interwoven with rarely-shared insight about her fascinating year as Miss America and life beyond the crown.

For more information of Katie's upcoming show, visit 54below.com

The Feinstein’s/54 Below podcast is hosted by Nella Vera and Kevin Ferguson, and produced by Michael Allan Galvez, with support from the Feinstein’s/54 Below marketing staff.

Original artwork design by Philip Romano.

Follow Nella on Twitter and Instagram at @spinstripes.

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NPR's Ari Shapiro discusses with Marketing Director Nella Vera how his journalistic endeavors paved the way for performance, sometimes with his favorite band, Pink Martini, and sometimes with his cabaret partner Alan Cumming.

When Ari is not in front of a microphone on a stage, he sits in front of a microphone as host of the most listened-to radio program in America, NPR's All Things Considered. He has reported from above the Arctic Circle and aboard Air Force One. He’s covered wars in Iraq, Ukraine, and Israel, and has filed stories from five continents and most of the 50 states. He is also a frequent guest performer with the “little orchestra” Pink Martini and appears on four of the band’s albums. Since making his debut with them at the Hollywood Bowl in 2009, he has toured the world and performed with them in venues such as The Royal Albert Hall in London, L’Olympia in Paris, and Mount Lycabettus in Athens.

For more information about Ari's upcoming show, visit 54below.com

The Feinstein’s/54 Below podcast is hosted by Nella Vera and Kevin Ferguson, and produced by Michael Allan Galvez, with support from the Feinstein’s/54 Below marketing staff.

Original artwork design by Philip Romano.

Follow Nella on Twitter and Instagram at @spinstripes.

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International Emmy Award winner Mauricio Martínez talks to Marketing Director Nella Vera about On Your Feet!, how being an immigrant affects his performance, and his upcoming album.

The star of Broadway’s On Your Feet!, Mauricio Martínez was most recently seen in Paper Mill Playhouse’s production of Unmasked: The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber. Mauricio has been a household name in Latin America before crossing over to the United States. He’s been the leading man in numerous productions here and abroad, including the Mexico productions of Disney’s Beauty and The Beast, Saturday Night Fever, Jesus Christ Superstar, The Drowsy Chaperone, Sweet Charity, The Last 5 Years, and A View From The Bridge.

For information about Mauricio's upcoming show, visit 54Below.com

The Feinstein’s/54 Below podcast is hosted by Nella Vera and Kevin Ferguson, and produced by Michael Allan Galvez, with support from the Feinstein’s/54 Below marketing staff.

Original artwork design by Philip Romano.

Follow Nella on Twitter and Instagram at @spinstripes.

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Drama Desk Award nominee Julia Murney drops by the podcast and talks to Director of Marketing Nella Vera about Zoom concerts, Wicked and The Wild Party, and traveling across the globe.

For information about Julia's upcoming show, visit 54Below.com

Watch Julia Murney sing “But The World Goes Round" at https://youtu.be/vI_2BkC1URo

The Feinstein’s/54 Below podcast is hosted by Nella Vera and Kevin Ferguson, and produced by Michael Allan Galvez, with support from the Feinstein’s/54 Below marketing staff.

Original artwork design by Philip Romano.

Follow Nella on Twitter and Instagram at @spinstripes.

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John Lloyd Young, Broadway's Jersey Boy and concert artist, joins our Director of Marketing, Nella Vera, for a heartfelt conversation on the future of streaming and theatre, stereotypes, and his part in the Presidential Committees on the Arts and Humanities.

Film, stage and concert artist, John Lloyd Young, is a Tony® and Grammy winner, multi-Platinum recording artist and Presidential Appointee. As the original “Frankie Valli” in Broadway’s Tony Award®-winning Best Musical, Jersey Boys, Young garnered unprecedented accolades from the New York and national media, going on to become the only American actor to date to win all four major Broadway Leading Actor in a Musical honors for a Broadway debut: the Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Theatre World Award. Young starred in Jersey Boys on London’s West End and was hand-picked by director Clint Eastwood to reprise his role in the Warner Bros. film adaptation, becoming one of only a select-few actors in entertainment history to take his Tony®-winning role to the big screen. He has performed at venues like The White House, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and Radio City Music Hall.

Keep up with John at johnlloydyoung.com.

For information about John's upcoming show at Feinstein's/54 Below, visit: https://54below.com/events/john-lloyd-young-broadways-jersey-boy/

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The Feinstein’s/54 Below podcast is hosted by Nella Vera and Kevin Ferguson, and produced by Michael Allan Galvez and Grace Flavien, with support from the Feinstein’s/54 Below marketing staff.

Original artwork design by Philip Romano.

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Charles Busch, the legendary actor, playwright, cabaret entertainer, and screenwriter, joins our Director of Marketing, Nella Vera, for a lively chat ahead of his New Year Eve’s concert.

Charles Busch is the author and star of such plays as The Confession of Lily Dare, The Divine Sister, Vampire Lesbians of Sodom, The Tribute Artist, and The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife, which ran for nearly two years on Broadway and received a Tony Award® nomination for Best Play. He wrote and starred in the film versions of his plays, Psycho Beach Party and Die Mommie Die, the latter of which won him the Best Performance Award at the Sundance Film Festival. Mr. Busch is the recipient of a special Drama Desk Award for career achievement as both performer and playwright. He is a two-time Manhattan Cabaret Award winner, a Bistro Award honoree and has performed his cabaret act in many cities including San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, New Orleans, Atlanta, Philadelphia, London, Paris, and New York’s Jazz at Lincoln Center’s American Songbook series.

Keep up with Charles at charlesbusch.com.

For information about Charles' New Year's Eve show at Feinstein's/54 Below, visit: https://54below.com/events/new-years-eve-with-charles-busch-friends-2/,

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The Feinstein’s/54 Below podcast is hosted by Nella Vera and Kevin Ferguson, and produced by Michael Allan Galvez and Grace Flavien, with support from the Feinstein’s/54 Below marketing staff.

Original artwork design by Philip Romano.

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Tony Award® nominee Brenda Braxton talks to Assistant Programming Director Kevin Ferguson about "Smokey Joe's Cafe" and "Dreamgirls," living through cultural phenomena, and making an impact on and off the stage.

To learn more about Brenda's upcoming show, visit 54below.com

The Feinstein’s/54 Below podcast is hosted by Nella Vera and Kevin Ferguson, and produced by Michael Allan Galvez, with support from the Feinstein’s/54 Below marketing staff.

Original artwork design by Philip Romano.

Follow Kevin Ferguson on Instagram at @K.Ferg_

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Tony Award® winner Paulo Szot joins Director of Marketing Nella Vera in conversation about returning as Billy Flynn in Chicago, his award-winning run in South Pacific with Kelli O'Hara, his home country of Brazil, and his career in opera.

For information about Paulo's upcoming show, visit 54Below.com

Watch Paulo Szot sing “This Nearly Was Mine” from South Pacific at https://youtu.be/XGtuMJkcUTw

The Feinstein’s/54 Below podcast is hosted by Nella Vera and Kevin Ferguson, and produced by Bailey Everett and Michael Allan Galvez, with support from the Feinstein’s/54 Below marketing staff.

Original artwork design by Philip Romano.

Follow Nella on Twitter and Instagram at @spinstripes.

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Broadway actor and internationally recognized classical singer David Sabella sits down with Director of Marketing Nella Vera to talk about originating Mary Sunshine in Chicago, his operatic background, voiceover work for Fox and Disney, and his love of teaching. 

For information about David's upcoming show, visit 54Below.com.

The Feinstein’s/54 Below podcast is hosted by Nella Vera and Kevin Ferguson, and produced by Bailey Everett and Michael Allan Galvez, with support from the Feinstein’s/54 Below marketing staff.

Original artwork design by Philip Romano.

Follow Nella on Twitter and Instagram at @spinstripes.

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Grammy Award nominee Mykal Kilgore chats with Assistant Director of Programming Kevin Ferguson about Billy Porter's mentorship, his performance at the Met Gala, and using his platform to serve as a change agent for civil rights and LGBTQ+ issues.

For more information about Mykal's upcoming show, visit 54below.com

Watch Mykal's music video for his new single "The Man in the Barbershop" out now in streaming platforms: https://youtu.be/wK0uEzKK4OI

The Feinstein’s/54 Below podcast is hosted by Nella Vera and Kevin Ferguson, and produced by Bailey Everett and Michael Allan Galvez, with support from the Feinstein’s/54 Below marketing staff.

Original artwork design by Philip Romano.

Follow Kevin Ferguson on Instagram at @K.Ferg_

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