Hugh Panaro will be bringing his first-ever New York City solo concert to 54 Below next month. The gifted singer has performed in London’s West End, in Canada and on concert stages across the globe, including touring with Barbra Streisand throughout Europe and, now, he’s bringing it all home to 54 Below.
Wilfert walks us through their deep collaboration and friendship in this special track-by-track commentary:
A brief history of
All the Girls:
All the Girls was initially developed as a cabaret show for Feinstein s/54 Belowâs Duo Series back in September 2018. We were asked to expand the show into a 90-minute concert version for Merkin Hall. Our team got to workâRebecca and myself, our musical director Joseph Thalken, and our director Annette Jollesâand we performed the expanded show on September 23, 2019. We made what we thought would be an archival recording of both the rehearsal and the live performance that night. Shortly thereafter Tommy Krasker, the executive producer of PS Classics, approached Rebecca and I about recording