It is with exceeding holiday joy that I get to officially say the Joe Iconis Christmas Extravaganza is FINALLY returning to 54 Below in 2023.
They say that good things come to those who wait, and I’m pleased to announce that after three bah humbug years of pandemic pause, Christmas is coming like never before! My merry band of musical theater punks are proud to reignite our legendary holiday tradition and bring our insane celebration of all things red and green back to 54 Below.
A New York City Twisted Holiday Tradition celebrates its Thirteenth Year of putting the “extra” in “extravaganza!”
Written by Joe Iconis, directed by John Simpkins, and produced by Jennifer Ashley Tepper, this wild yuletide explosion is part rock concert, part theater piece, and part theme park attraction come to life. Featuring brand new holiday songs, old favorites, a huge cast of musical theater all-stars, tiny elves, enormous reindeer, an inebriated Mr. and Mrs. Claus, and more whiskey-fueled shenanigans than you can shake a candy cane at, it promises to be the hap-hap-happiest holiday hoedown ever seen on stage.
The show will feature special guest star Annie Golden, as well as the following family members:
Featuring:
Philippe Arroyo (11pm shows only)
Nick Blaemire (Sat shows only)
Alex Boniello (11pm shows only)
Liz Lark Brown
Gerard Canonico (No Fri at 7pm)
Harrison Chad
Bill Coyne
Giovanny Diaz de Leon
Katrina Rose Dideriksen (7pm shows only)
Rick Edinger
John El-Jor
Vince Fazzolari
Andrew Barth Feldman
Nick Frenay
Kalonjee Gallimore (no Fri and Sat at 7pm)
Omar Garibay
Danielle Gimbal
Morgan Siobhan Green
Ian Kagey
Lorinda Lisitza
Tuan Malinowski
Lauren Marcus
Julia Mattison (Fri shows only)
Kelly McIntyre
Jeremy Morse (7pm shows only)
Kevin Michael Murphy
Josh Plotner
Will Roland
Mike Rosengarten
Jackie Sanders
MiMi Scardulla
Brooke Shapiro
Helen J Shen
A.J. Shively
Lena Skeele
Murphy Taylor Smith
Philip Jackson Smith
Brent Stranathan
Jax Terry
Vinnie Urdea
Jason Veasey (Sun shows only)
Tatiana Wechsler
Jared Weiss
Jason SweetTooth Williams
and more stars to be announced!
E Sara Barnes stage manages, Christine O’Grady and Jennifer Werner choreograph, and costumes are by Brendan McCann. Max Friedman is assistant director, Alexa Spiegel is associate producer, and Bailey Ford, Carly Heitner, Molly Heller, and Faith King are PAs.