By Cris Franco
Brazilian singing superstar Paulo Szot electrified Broadway audiences with his Tony Award-winning portrayal of Emile de Becquein Lincoln Center’s 2008 spellbinding revival of South Pacific. From Thursday, May 9th through Saturday, May 11th, this classic leading man will present his classic operatic baritone in New York’s classiest supper-club, Feinstein’s/54 Below.
Yes, for a limited 3-night engagement only, and as part of his international tour, audiences can marvel as Szot lends his extraordinary voice to a luxurious program with songs from his native Brazil, celebrating the bossa nova musical stylings of Tom Jobim and Frank Sinatra during their historic encounter 50 years ago, along with a selection from Broadway’s most romantic songbook.
This unique evening will take place just steps from Times Square, in the swanky club known as Broadway’s living room, a home away from home for theater professionals and audiences alike. With pre-theatre dinner offered nightly from 5PM (showtime is 7PM) critics agree that Feinstein’s /54 Below has set a new culinary standard for Manhattan entertainment venues with all tables no more than 24 feet from the stage. Yes, it’s that intimate. Always an unforgettable evening, For all information on how you can experience the superb talents of Paulo Szot visit: http://54below.com/
It’ll be some enchanted evening, be sure!
Show Pricing
$55 –$85
VIP Seating: $85 –$105
Premiums: $105 –$130
Additional $6 If Purchased At Venue
$25 Food & Beverage Minimum
Show Times / Doors Open
About Paul Szot
He made his opera debut in 1997 and his international career has included performances with the Metropolitan Opera, La Scala di Milano, Opera de Paris, Bayerische Staatsoper, Opera Australia, Liceo de Barcelona, among many others. In 2008, he made his Broadway debut as Emile De Becque in a revival of South Pacific, and for his performance in this musical he won the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical, the Drama Desk Award, the Outer Critics Circle Award, the Theatre World Award. In 2012 he was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Award for best actor in a musical, and in 2014 was nominated for the MAC Award for best Celebrity Artist becoming the first Brazilian to receive such honors.
Szot was born in São Paulo of Polish parents who emigrated to Brazil after World War II. He began his musical training in piano at the age of five and later added violin and classical ballet. However, at age 21, a knee injury cut short any aspirations for a career in dance, causing him, with encouragement from his instructor, to pursue singing instead.
In 2018, Szot sang the role of the Celebrant in the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s performance of Leonard Bernstein’s Massunder the direction of Marin Alsop with the Chicago Children’s Choir and the Highland Park High School Marching Band.
Of his performance in South Pacific, Ben Brantley of The New York Times wrote: “When he delivers ‘Some Enchanted Evening’ or ‘This Nearly Was Mine,’ it’s not as a swoon-making blockbuster (though of course it is), but as a measured and honest consideration of love.
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