Cabaret & Concert News7 Ways to Spend New Year’s Eve With Broadway Stars—Across the U.S.From Kristin Chenoweth in Los Angeles to Sutton Foster in San Francisco and Annaleigh Ashford in New York City, here are 7 Broadway concerts December 31, 2019.
By
Dan Meyer
December 23, 2019
Another year comes to a close, but it’s not over until the Broadway star sings! Across the country on December 31, concerts featuring Tony winners and Broadway stars provide a festive way to ring in 2020.
Check out our listings of New Year’s Eve performances below.
Prefer to stay in? Check out the Jagged Little Pill cast on Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve hosted by Ryan Seacrest on ABC or watch Tony winners Katrina Lenk (The Band’s Visit) and Bernadette Peters (Annie Get Your Gun) sing with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra on PBS.
New Year’s Eve With Kristin Chenoweth 7 PM and 10:30 PM Walt Disney Concert Hall – 111 South Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90012 Join the Tony and Emmy winner as she performs selections from her Broadway career and music from her new album, For the Girls. Chenoweth recently finished a short residency at the Nederlander Theatre, which paid tribute to music’s most passionate women—those who have influenced the Wicked star throughout her career. Fellow Broadway alumni Shoshana Bean (Waitress) and Cheyenne Jackson (Finian’s Rainbow) join in the fun.
An Evening with Sutton Foster 9 PM Geary Theater – 415 Geary Street, San Francisco, CA 94102 Two-time Tony winner Sutton Foster (Anything Goes, Thoroughly Modern Millie) comes to the Bayfor a concert celebrating her career on the Great White Way and beyond. The upcomingThe Music Man star will perform songs from Millie and more.
A New Year’s Eve Gershwin Celebration 7:30 PM Bass Performance Hall – 330 E. 4th Street, Fort Worth, TX 76102 Celebrate 2020 with a concert of the composer’s greatest hits, including “Rhapsody in Blue,” “An American in Paris,” “Embraceable You,” and “I Got Rhythm.” Tony nominee Ann Hampton Callaway (Swing!) joins the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Miguel Harth-Bedoya and accompanied on the piano by Shelly Berg.
Twenty ’20s Songs for 2020 7 PM (Doors open at 5 PM) Feinstein’s/54 Below - 254 W 54th Street, New York, New York 10019 Seth Sikes celebrates New Year’s Eve with a selection of classics by Josephine Baker, Ethel Waters, Sophie Tucker, and more. The Band’s Visit’s associate director and cabaret performer is well-known for his interpretations of Judy Garland, Bernadette Peters, Liza Minnelli, and other divas.
Annaleigh Ashford on New Year’s Eve 11 PM (Doors open at 9 PM) Feinstein’s/54 Below - 254 W 54th Street, New York, New York 10019 Spend New Year’s Eve with Tony winner Annaleigh Ashford (You Can’t Take It With You) at this storied Manhattan venue. The Sunday in the Park With George star (who will reprise her role in the West End) performs with Will Van Dyke and the Whiskey 5 to ring in 2020. Get ready for a night of song and dance with a ton of sequins, glitter, and Broadway magic.
Broadway at the Art House 7 PM, December 30–31 The Art House – 214 Commercial Street, Provincetown, MA 02657 Dear Evan Hansen and Pippin alum Rachel Bay Jones puts on a show at the tip of Cape Cod with SiriusXM host Seth Rudetsky. The two Playbill cruise alums will sing from the Broadway catalog and welcome the New Year with fans from all over New England. Following this concert, Jones will star in the Kennedy Center production of Next to Normal.
Live at the Hill: New Year’s Eve 8:30 PM The Hill – 252 Schraalenburgh Rd, Closter, NJ 07624 Combine a five-course meal with a concert by Tony nominee Constantine Maroulis (Rock of Ages) on New Year’s Eve in Bergen county. Chef Ben will cook the food while the American Idol alum performs original songs and some of Broadway’s greatest hits.
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Nicholas L. Ashe, Jonathan Burke, J. Quinton Johnson, Jeremy Pope, Caleb Eberhardt, John Clay III, and Gerald Caesar in Choir Boy
Ethan Hawke and Paul Dano in True West
Joan Marcus
Will Roland and cast of Be More Chill
Maria Baranova
Kelli O'Hara and cast in Kiss Me, Kate
Joan Marcus
Ephraim Sykes, Jeremy Pope, Jawan M. Jackson, James Harkness, and Derrick Baskin in Ain't Too Proud - The Life and Times of The Temptations
Zak Orth, Laurie Metcalf, John Lithgow in Hillary and Clinton
Julieta Cervantes
Tracy Letts and Annette Bening in All My Sons
Joan Marcus
Santino Fontana and cast in Tootsie
Matthew Murphy
Rana Roy and Jonny Lee Miller in Ink
Joan Marcus
Alex Brightman and Sophia Anne Caruso in Beetlejuice
Matthew Murphy
Michael Shannon and Audra McDonald
Deen van Meer
Jacqueline B. Arnold, Robyn Hurder, Holly James, and Jeigh Madjus in Moulin Rouge!
Matthew Murphy
Jake Gyllenhaal in Sea Wall/A Life
Joan Marcus
Tom Sturridge in Sea Wall/A Life
Tom Hiddleston in Betrayal
Marc Brenner
Derren Brown in Derren Brown: Secret
Matthew Murphy
Eileen Atkins and Jonathan Pryce in The Height of the Storm
Joan Marcus
Brian Cox in The Great Society
Evan Zimmerman for MurphyMade
Kaila Mullady, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Anthony Veneziale, Ashley Pérez Flanagan, Aneesa Folds, Kurt Crowley (on keyboard back), and Arthur Lewis (on keyboard front) in Freestyle Love Supreme
Joan Marcus
Joaquina Kalukango and Paul Alexander Nolan in Slave Play
Matthew Murphy
Jim True-Frost, Cora Vander Broek, Ian Barford, and Sally Murphy in Linda Vista
Joan Marcus
Emun Elliott and Marisa Tomei in The Rose Tattoo
Joan Marcus
Kristin Stokes, Chris McCarrell, and Jorrel Javier in The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical
Jeremy Daniel
Mary-Louise Parker and Will Hochman in The Sound Inside
Jeremy Daniel
David Byrne in David Byrne's American Utopia
Matthew Murphy
Adrienne Warren and cast of Tina: The Tina Turner Musical
Manuel Harlan
Cast of Slava's Snowshow
Samuel H. Levine, Kyle Soller, and Andrew Burnap in The Inheritance
Marc Brenner
Campbell Scott in A Christmas Carol
Joan Marcus
Dom Chambers, Chris Cox, Paul Dabek, Eric Chien, Kevin James, and Enzo Weyne in The Illusionists – Magic of the Holidays
Rachel BayJones and Seth Rudetsky, have been a special guest performer on Playbill Travel’s Broadway on the High Seas cruises. Cabins are now on sale for Broadway in the Great Northwest, Playbill Travel’s first domestic cruise featuring Kate Baldwin, Tedd Firth, Aaron Lazar, Beth Leavel, and Faith Prince (April 26–May 4, 2020), and for Broadway on the Mediterranean (August 31–September 7, 2020), featuring Audra McDonald, Will Swenson, Gavin Creel, Caissie Levy and Lindsay Mendez, and for Broadway on the Nile (December 27, 2020–January 7, 2021) and Broadway on the Caribbean (February 15–22, 2021), with performers soon to be announced. To book a suite or stateroom, call Playbill Travel at 866-455-6789 or visit PlaybillTravel.com.