Make Them Hear You is a concert series created to highlight and showcase the Black Voice in all of its facets. With 54 Below being its current home, we come together to educate the masses on lesser known Black musicals written by black creators while simultaneously building community - by giving space to those who feel stuck and featuring voices of those who have been made to feel as though theirs doesn't matter. Join us in person or via livestream and celebrate with us. - Mia
UPCOMING SHOWS
February 2023
The highly anticipated Volume 3 of Make Them Hear You: An Ode to Black Musicals is here and ready for your enjoyment!
Join us again as we continue to celebrate the sweet and soulful sound that is Black Musicals. We’ll be featuring songs from Black Musicals written by Black Creative teams both past and present – also continuing to showcase music from
In Dahomey, the first full-length musical written and performed by Black Artists to play Broadway. “Ease on Down the Road” with us as we explore the music and history of those who came before us by rocking out to
Eubie!, grooving with It Ain’t Nothin’ but The Blues, worshiping with
Raisin the Musical, and much much more while also exploring some new sounds along the way.
November 2022
Welcome to the next installment of the ‘Make Them Hear You’ series here at 54 Below! We’re continuing our journey highlighting and giving space to Black creatives by showcasing up and coming Black writers in the city. They’ll be sharing their writing journey with us, premiering new pieces, and revisiting older works. Produced by Pier Lamia Porter, join us as we bring you some of the fiercest emerging Black voices
FEBRUARY 2023
The highly anticipated Volume 3 of Make Them Hear You: An Ode to Black Musicals is here and ready for your enjoyment!
Join us again as we continue to celebrate the sweet and soulful sound that is Black Musicals. We’ll be featuring songs from Black Musicals written by Black Creative teams both past and present – also continuing to showcase music from In Dahomey, the first full-length musical written and performed by Black Artists to play Broadway.
PAST SHOWS
July 2022
You joined us as we stepped to Dreamgirls, danced with the Wiz, and flew to the Cabin in the Sky. So now, black by popular demand, Make Them Hear You: An Ode to Black Musicals, Volume 2 is coming your way!
Join us again as we continue to celebrate the sweet and soulful sound that is Black Musicals. We’ll be featuring songs from Black Musicals written by Black Creative teams both past and present – showcasing another song from, In Dahomey, the first full-length musical written and performed by Black Artists to play Broadway. “Ease on Down the Road” with us as we explore the music and history of those who came before us by rocking out to Passing Strange, grooving with It Ain’t Nothin’ but The Blues, worshiping with Raisin the Musical, and much much more while also exploring some new sounds along the way.
March 2022
New York City’s rising opera stars celebrate love in its many forms in an evening of popular love songs spanning from classical and Broadway to ballads and ragtime. The evening will include powerful voices featured in the Grammy Award-winning production Porgy and Bess and the sold-out Fire Shut Up in My Bones at the Metropolitan Opera in 2021. Co-Produced with Makeda Hampton
February 2022
Happiness is a thing called… join us at Feinstein’s/54 Below as we pay homage to the musicals that celebrate the unique and innate grace that is the Black Voice. It will be a joyous occasion as we come together to present a concert of songs, both familiar and new.
For “One Night Only,” you’ll step with Dreamgirls, dance with The Wiz, fly with Cabin in the Sky, and much, much more. Featuring black artists from Broadway, Off-Broadway, and beyond, this is a guaranteed night of fun.