NewsPHOTO CALL: Zachary Levi, Hunter Foster, Brynn O'Malley, Celia Keenan-Bolger and More at Don't Quit Your Night JobTony Award nominees Hunter Foster (Hands on a Hardbody) and Celia Keenan-Bolger (TheGlass Menagerie) were among the artists performing in the Nov. 21 return of Don't Quit Your Night Job, the popular variety show series of comedy, music and offbeat performances, at 54 Below.
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December 12, 2013
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Zachary Levi, Hunter Foster, Brynn O'Malley, Celia Keenan-Bolger and More at Don't Quit Your Night Job
Hosted by Steve Rosen, Sarah Saltzberg and music director Dan Lipton — with a visit from David Rossmer, plus DJs Andrew and Andrew — Don't Quit promises an "array of special guests each month" where "Broadway and improv meet… and make out!"
Sean McDaniel was featured on drums, and Rachel Maier stage managed. Proceeds from the shows — presented with Shoshana Feinstein — benefit Open Doors, TDF's theatre arts mentoring program for high school students.
Don't Quit Your Night Job began in 2006 at Joe's Pub. The one-off benefit grew into a ten-month, sold-out run, and a commercial Off-Broadway production followed in 2007. Subsequently, Don't Quit Your Night Job has played the Zipper Factory, The Julia Miles Theater and (le) Poisson Rouge.
The production will include Bernstein’s incidental music for Lillian Hellman’s adaptation of The Lark, and Menotti’s The Unicorn, The Gorgon, and The Manticore.
Based on the novel and film by Frank Cottrell Boyce, the new musical will reunite Guettel with Tony-winning Light in the Piazza director Bartlett Sher.