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54 Sings: Teen TV Anthems
Reminisce about your favorite TV and movie hits from the early 2000s and 2010s! Jam along to “Hannah Montana,” Camp Rock, “Phineas and Ferb,” “Victorious,” and more. Featuring an incredibly talented cast, this is one concert no Gen Z music fan should skip! Get ready to sing, dance, and relive the moments that defined your childhood, all in one unforgettable night.
Produced by Lydia Newman and Renée Sabrina, with music direction by Allie Lewis.
AOP-NYU Opera Lab: The Transit Operas
The AOP-NYU/Tisch’s Opera Lab presents: The Transit Operas, a collection of new 15 minute operas inspired by the NY Transit Museum.
Allie Lewis (librettist) and Séan Stone (composer) will have their opera, Miss Subway, performed.
About Miss Subway:
In 1939, Miss America winner Patricia Mary Donnelly received a $2000 cash prize from a hat company for product endorsement.
Brenda Grant (a nanny and woman of color in her 20s), Carrie French (a secretary in her 30s), and Rosalind Warner (a maid in her 50s) commute to their jobs together every day. Today, inspired by Patricia Donnelly’s hat deal, Brenda imagines what her version of a subway-based beauty pageant could be, and encourages her friends to share in this dream.
In reality, the Miss Subways contest was created in 1941 by a Mr. Jack Powers (read: a white man) for the purposes of encouraging increased eye traffic to the consumer ads on subway walls, and to launch his own modeling agency. Though the contest wasn’t truly created for the benefit of the women it pictured, it is recognized as one of the first integrated beauty pageants in the world and had a positive impact on many of its contestants.
This piece is inspired by and dedicated to three leading ladies who were the first Black women to win their respective beauty contests:
Thelma Porter (Miss Subways, 1948)
Audrey Smaltz (Miss Transit Queen, 1954)
Vanessa Williams (Miss New York and Miss America, 1983)
Cycle 34 at 54 Below
NYU’s Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program’s class of 2025 (aka Cycle 34) will be presenting a collection of songs created as part of their thesis musicals.
Allie is producing the show, performing, and presenting “Everybody Hates A Divorcée,” a hit song she and collaborator Aleyna Karaca wrote for their new screwy musical, Escape Goat Island.
Allie and Bea's Galentines Concert
We're singing love songs we love for Galentine's Day! Come hear everything from Ella to Chappell! ;)
Cover is $10 at the door, or Venmo Allie (@allie-k-lewis) to reserve your ticket ahead of time and get your name on the guest list! See you there! <3
54 SINGS GLEE DUETS
Whether it be a Finchel, Klaine, Puckleberry, or Brittana performance, every Gleek has a favorite. Revisit your favorite mashups and duets from the 2010s smash hit “Glee!” Get ready to hear some iconic hits, including “I Feel Pretty/Unpretty,” “River Deep Mountain High,” “Landslide,” “Take Me Or Leave Me,” “Rolling in the Deep,” and more. Featuring an incredibly talented cast, this is one concert no Gleek should skip! Produced by Lydia Newman and Renée Sabrina.
Children of Eden
Allie is the Associate Music Director and will be conducting and playing keys for the show!
Directed by Derrick Byars