Two shows: 6pm and 8pm (55 minutes each)

Had “Mickey Mouse” and “Strauss” been rhymed before Cole Porter wrote the music and lyrics to the song “YOU’RE THE TOP”?

Cole Porter (1891-1964) set new standards for popular song-writing, and his lyrics and melodies are as bright and sophisticated today as when they first dazzled audiences decades ago.

Cabaret Singer, Maggie Worsdale, highlights a handful of the more popular Porter songs and the stories behind these songs in her second speakeasy show at the Queen Street Playhouse after a sold out run in 2022.

Jazz guitarist Kevin Eubanks said this about Maggie – “Listening to her incredibly versatile vocal quality brings to mind many adjectives that only begin to describe her unique talent; sassy, sophisticated, broad, intimate, vivacious, vibrant, clear and electrifying are just a few that approach giving the listener an idea of what to expect.”

An international artist, Maggie Worsdale has performed at many of the major concert halls, cabarets and jazz venues around the country and in Europe. She has released four studio albums and has appeared as a guest artist on three others.

Maggie Worsdale has a voice that defies categorization. Jazz, Broadway, standards and novelty songs are all part of her repertoire. She is a richly talented, entertainer who has that special something, that natural born nuance that captures an audience.

Two shows: 6pm and 8pm (55 minutes each)

An Evening with the ZD Experience Duo

Join the ZD Experience Duo for an unforgettable night of soulful storytelling through music as the powerful vocals of Zandrina Dunning and masterful piano and vocal skills of Stephen Washington make for an intimate evening of performance where every song tells a story.

From the reflections of Marvin Gaye to the heartfelt ballads of Robert Flack and more, the ZD Experience Duo will take you on an intimate journey through timeless classics and modern hits, each selected for their compelling narrative and emotional depth. It’s a prefect evening for music lovers and those who appreciate the compelling art of storytelling.

ABOUT THE ZD EXPERIENCE DUO
The ZD Experience Duo features the extraordinary talent of Stephen Washington and Zandrina Dunning. Stephen, the producer, pianist and creative music director of the team blends his musical prowess with Zandrina’s versatile vocal range and expertise as a concert producer, radio show host and executive director of the ZD Experience.

Since 2017 this dynamic duo has been enchanting audiences with their smooth, ambient music, writing and performing songs for prestigious events including TEDx Charleston. Their unique synergy create a captivating listening experience. Their style and inspiration comes from jazz music greats such as Ella Fitzgerald and Diana Krill to The Carpenters and Stevie Wonder, all whom appear in their vast repertoire of performances.

Back by popular demand is the honorable former Mayor John Tecklenburg, bringing his unique Charleston charm and incredible piano talents back to the Queen Street Playhouse for a very special speakeasy appearance.

The former Mayor will present an eclectic set ranging from classic selections of the Great American Songbook, to a few things on the more contemporary scene, and everything in between. As always, he will offer lots of stories to go along with his piano performances and perhaps surprise us with a couple of special pop-up guests.  Be ready for a buoyant sing-along or two as well so be sure to bring a big voice to this particular Speakeasy show!

Two shows:

6pm SOLD OUT 8pm STILL AVALABLE

They met at the Queen Street Playhouse, starred opposite each other in many productions including The Last Five Years, Head Over Heels & A Gentleman’s Guide To Love and Murder and even got married on the very stage they call their theatre home. Now Footlight favorites Michael Okas and Rebecca Weatherby bring their own Sonny and Cher vibe to our QSP Speakeasy Series with their new cabaret show The Do Not Sing List.

Embark on a delightful evening of Broadway's guilty pleasures with Rebecca and Michael as they indulge in the songs every theatre lover secretly adores but rarely hears in public; an evening of beloved classics that are too familiar for auditions, yet too irresistible to ignore. Join one of Charleston’s most beloved theatre couples, accompanied by Michael Lopez, for an intimate night of humor, nostalgia, and a touch of musical mischief that celebrates the songs we love to hate to love!

Shows at 6pm and 8pm (each show runs about 55 minutes)

Seating for this series is very limited with only 2 tables for four and 10 bar tables (single tickets) seating two guests each with a full bar open for business. Our four-top tables also receive concierge service and full open bar access.

It is a truly one-of-a-kind Charleston experience nestled in the heart of the French Quarter district of downtown.

Kicking off the third season of our vey popular Speakeasy Series is Charleston jazz vocalist extraordinaire Alva Anderson. Join Alva for a very intimate musical evening bringing together her two loves, performing songs from the Broadway stage which have become jazz standards. She will be accompanied by Frank Duvall on the piano.

Shows at 6pm and 8pm (each show runs about 55 minutes)

TICKTETS:
$50 for single bar table seats (limited seating)

$300 for premium table of 4 (includes open bar & charcuterie plate)

ABOUT ALVA

    Alva Anderson was born in the Bronx to parents from Charleston who fostered a great appreciation for the Arts. She began piano lessons at the age of 10 and viola lessons at 16.

The ‘singer’ was revealed when Alva was on tour in Europe playing viola with a chamber music ensemble. During a late night jam session in Switzerland, she was invited to sing ‘My Funny Valentine’. The feeling  was intoxicating. She was HOOKED!

 Back in NYC she began to frequent jam sessions and attend vocal and instrumental workshops with Barry Harris, Billy Taylor, Sheila Jordan. John Blake, Jimmy Seigler, Billy Mitchell, Jimmy Owens, and Turtle Island String Quartet.

    Alva holds degrees in Music and Education from Long Island and St John’s Universities. She taught music in the NYC public schools by day and gigged by night and created two one woman shows : The Elegant One, the Life in Music of Ella Fitzgerald and Fine Brown Frame, the Music of Ruth Brown. 

Alva and her husband Allen moved to Charleston 8 1/2 years ago and are proud and live in a city whose history and culture have brought so much to this nation and the world.

Manny Houston is a multi-talented musician, performer, and songwriter with a passion for creating unforgettable experiences. Throughout his career, Manny has led shows at Disney World, starred in off-Broadway shows, performed in residency in Las Vegas with Freestyle Love Supreme (performing with Lin Manuel and Wayne Brady), worked as a songwriter under the mentorship of Stargate, NeYo, and other industry heavyweights.

Fresh off his Christmas tour with acapella popstars, Rockapella, join us this festive season in the heart of Charleston for a one-of-a-kind Christmas musical experience, A Very Manny Christmas, hosted in the elegant lobby of the Queen Street Playhouse. Step into a world of holiday charm as Manny takes center stage, blending the warm, classic vibes of an Andy Williams Christmas special with his unique flair and talent. Manny will serenade you with a carefully curated selection of Christmas classics, from the soothing "Silent Night" to the jubilant "Jingle Bells," alongside heartfelt original pieces and surprising arrangements that will leave you with a renewed spirit of the season.

Don your festive attire, bring your Christmas cheer, and immerse yourself in the melodies that echo the very essence of this magical time of year.

Shows December 19th at 6:00pm & 8:00pm

TICKETS AND TABLES
This is a very limited seating event allowing for no more than 40 attendees. It is a speakeasy after all!
The bar will be open and accessible the entire show.

Single tickets $50 each - (only 18 seats available)
Single ticket seating is for our 2 top bar tables. We offer 9 tables with two seats at each table.
This ticket price includes:
One complimentary cocktail ticket

Table for 4 - $300 (only 3 tables available)
Includes:
Front row seating for 4
Open bar access
Lite bites at your table

Our first artist to repeat in the same season, Tonya Nicole is back by popular demand and this time she’s in the holiday spirit with a new speakeasy show A Holiday Happening with Tonya Nicole.

Tonya Nicole’s musical roots are planted in Gospel, Jazz, RnB, and Funk.  She is a true performer with an aura of old-school style and class. Recently nominated by Charleston’s City Paper for R n B Artist of the Year, the City Paper describes her voice best, "she is blessed with a deep, willowy voice capable of improv-inflected runs... her vocals gives her music a powerful immediacy".

Tonya’s Holiday Happening Speakeasy will not disappoint as she is accompanied by her immensely talented two-piece band; Jonathan Lovett on piano and Tim Khayat on bass. The night will be filled with some of her favorite holiday classics which will include fun, sultry, jazz and soul renditions of various songs from Ella Fitzgerald, Bette Milder, Eartha Kitt, and Anita Baker; to name a few.

Spend your post-Thanksgiving bliss with friends and family at the first event of our busy holiday entertainment season at the Queen Street Playhouse as one of Charleston’s most soulful and gifted vocalists sets you into a merry and festive Christmas-time vibe. Don’t miss out on this magical night.

TICKETS AND TABLES
This is a very limited seating event allowing for no more than 40 attendees. It is a speakeasy after all!
The bar will be open and accessible the entire show.

Single tickets $50 each - (only 18 seats available)
Single ticket seating is for our 2 top bar tables. We offer 9 tables with two seats at each table.
This ticket price includes:
One complimentary cocktail ticket

Table for 4 - $300 (only 3 tables available)
Includes:
Front row seating for 4
Open bar access
Lite bites at your table

ONE SHOW ONLY AT 7:30PM!

Tonya Nicole, is a beautiful breath of fresh air on stage. This small statured, powerhouse vocalist, who's originally from the tiny town of Holly Hill, SC, has been making her Lowcountry rounds and leaving audiences feeling more than satisfied for many years now. She's a true performer with an aura of old-school class and style. The City Paper describes her voice best, she is "blessed with a deep, willowy voice capable of improv-inflected runs... her vocals gives her music a powerful immediacy”.

Tonya, along with her 2 piece band, will bring her themed show Love, Life, and Loss to Queen Street’s Speakeasy Oct 22nd for a single engagement at 7:30pm. This show celebrates love, life and the heartbreak of loss, with songs from jazz and Neo-soul artists such as Billie Holiday, Nina Simone, Esperanza Spalding, Jill Scott, and many more. A must see for any jazz and R & B fan!

We are all big fans of Tonya here at the QSP and are thrilled to welcome her and her fabulous band for this one night only exclusive event!

TICKETS AND TABLES
This is a very limited seating event allowing for no more than 40 attendees. It is a speakeasy after all!
The bar will be open and accessible the entire show.

Single tickets $50 each - (only 18 seats available)
Single ticket seating is for our 2 top bar tables. We offer 9 tables with two seats at each table.
This ticket price includes:
One complimentary cocktail ticket

Table for 4 - $300 (only 3 tables available)
Includes:
Front row seating for 4
Open bar access
Lite bites at your table

TICKETS GO ON SALE MONDAY SEPT. 25TH

We’re kicking off the second season of our wildly popular Sunday Night Speakeasy series with a night of show-stopping Broadway excitement courtesy of Footlight Players mainstay and two time Best of Charleston Best Actress winner Madelyn Knight.

Charleston native Madelyn Knight has been a rising star on the Charleston theatre scene for many years, creating a large following for her incredible vocal skills and versatility. She has wowed audiences with memorable musical performances in Footlight Players’ A Gentleman’s Guide To Love and Murder, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, Head Over Heels and most recently surprised audiences with a terrifying turn as Annie Wilkes in last season’s Misery.

Join Madelyn for a cozy night of nostalgia, accompanied on piano by Anne Warf, as she looks back at some of her most cherished songs from her time at Footlight Players and other theatre adventures in Charleston. From songs she’s performed in the past to those she’s long been dying to sing, it will be an evening to remember with one of Charleston’s most gifted and celebrated musical theatre artists.

TICKETS AND TABLES
This is a very limited seating event allowing for no more than 40 attendees. It is a speakeasy after all!
The bar will be open and our 4 top tables receive special benefits include open bar the entire show.

Single tickets $50 each - (only 18 seats available)
Single tickets available for seating at our 2 top bar tables. 8 tables with two seats at each table.
Includes:
One complimentary cocktail ticket

Table for 4 - $300 (only 3 tables available)
Includes:
Front row seating for 4
Open bar access
Lite bites
Table concierge service

TICKETS GO ON SALE WEDNESDAY JULY 12

ONE SHOW, ONE NIGHT!
7:00PM

(Due to the Spamalot performance that afternoon, we have had to consolidate the two shows into one performance at 7:00pm)

For our upcoming April Sunday Night Speakeasy event we welcome back our friend Crystin Gilmore making her Speakeasy debut. Crystin recently also made her Queen Street Playhouse debut in Footlight’s acclaimed production of The Mountaintop, starring as the angel Camae. Now Crystin is set to share her soothing and beautiful vocal skills in her new cabaret show The Evolution of Love.

‘The Evolution of Love will take you on my journey of puppy lust, infatuation, heartbreak and self discovery.’ says Crystin. ‘It’s a collection of jazz standards that will touch your soul and pull at you heart strings. This cabaret will remind you that the most important person to love is you.’

Crystin is a New York based Actor/Singer who’s not afraid to bare her soul. She’s a lover of life and friend to the stage and screen. She’s also currently in Charleston as the director of Charleston Stage’s production of Once on This Island running through April 30th at the Dock Street Theatre.

Come out and allow Crystin to sing her heart out and celebrate love in all its many forms.

SHOW TIMES: 7:00pm (run time approx. 55 minutes each show)

SEATING IS EXTREMELY LIMITED

TICKETS AND TABLES
This is a very limited seating event allowing for no more than 40 attendees. It is a speakeasy after all!
The bar will be open and our 4 top tables receive special benefits include open bar the entire show.

Single tickets $50 each - (only 16 seats available)
Single tickets available for seating at our 2 top bar tables. 8 tables with two seats at each table.
Includes:
One complimentary cocktail ticket

Table for 4 - $300 (only 4 tables available)
Includes:
Front row seating for 4
Open bar access
Lite bites
Table concierge service

TWO SHOWS, ONE NIGHT!
Show #1: 6:00pm Show #2: 8:30pm

Unless you have been living under a rock for the past few years you already know our own Mayor Tecklenburg is a politician, leader, advocate and a trained pianist as well. On March 12th he will add Sunday Night Speakeasy featured artist to his resume as he performs a night of piano and song!

Mayor Tecklenburg attended Berklee College of Music in Boston where he studied jazz, so he knows a thing or two about a night of piano and fun amongst friends. He will perform two sets, one at 6:00pm followed by another at 8:30pm on Sunday March 12th right here in the Queen Street Playhouse lobby. Mayor Tecklenburg’s set will consist of piano playing, singing , telling stories about Charleston with an infusion of jazz, rock, and blues among his repertoire. He may welcome a guest or two as the night progresses.

*Mayor Tecklenburg will be donating his fee to Hope Center.

Tickets to the shows are very limited (see below) and are first come, first served.

SHOW TIMES: 6pm and 8:30pm (run time approx. 70 minutes each show)

TICKETS AND TABLES
This is a very limited seating event allowing for no more than 40 attendees. It is a speakeasy after all!
The bar will be open and our 4 top tables receive special benefits include open bar for the entire show.

Single tickets $50 each - (only 16 seats available)
Single tickets available for seating at our 2 top bar tables. 8 tables with two seats at each table.
Includes:
One complimentary cocktail ticket

Table for 4 - $300 (only 4 tables available)
Includes:
Front row seating for 4
Open bar access
Lite bites
Table concierge service

TWO SHOWS, ONE NIGHT!
Show #1: 6:00pm Show #2: 8:30pm

Maggie Worsdale has performed at many of the major concert halls, cabarets and jazz venues around the country and in Europe. She has released four studio albums and has appeared as a guest artist on three others and has a voice that defies categorization. Jazz, Broadway, standards and novelty songs are all part of her repertoire. In 2009 and 2010 Maggie was selected as one of the 10 Best Jazz Singers in NY/NJ area and was featured in the annual Sinatra Birthday Bash Celebration at the world famous Count Basie Theater.

Join us for the February installment of our popular Sunday Night Speakeasy Series as Maggie, and her longtime accompanist Rocky Tucker, serve up an evening of intimate cabaret that includes ‘songs from the silver screen, Broadway, a little Gershwin, a little Berlin, a little sweet, and a little spicy. ‘

Mr. Tucker has been accompanying Maggie Worsdale both nationally and internationally for over 2 decades. From Cabaret Clubs in San Francisco, Dallas, New York, Cape Cod, Paris, London, and Madrid, Maggie and Rocky have been singing the tunes and tickling the ivories and now they are here in Charleston.

SHOW TIMES: 6pm and 8:30pm (run time approx. 70 minutes each show)

TICKETS AND TABLES
This is a very limited seating event allowing for no more than 40 attendees. It is a speakeasy after all!
The bar will be open and our 4 top tables receive special benefits include open bar the entire show.

Single tickets $50 each - (only 16 seats available)
Single tickets available for seating at our 2 top bar tables. 8 tables with two seats at each table.
Includes:
One complimentary cocktail ticket

Table for 4 - $300 (only 4 tables available)
Includes:
Front row seating for 4
Open bar access
Lite bites
Table concierge service

To purchase tables or tickets click the button above and select either 6pm or 8:30pm show

TWO SHOWS, ONE NIGHT!
Show #1: 6:30pm Show #2: 8:30pm - BOTH SHOWS SOLD OUT

Beloved Charleston & New York City cabaret artist Peggy Lewis has been charming patrons of both cities for decades, bringing with her a unique and authentic brand of jazz performance unlike any other.
Peggy has performed all over the country from Hawaii to Memphis and all over the east coast spending many years in Manhattan headlining in supper clubs, cabarets and working as a demo singer and advertising jingle composer. Her many specialized cabaret shows have been auctioned off in major fundraisers throughout the Lowcountry including gigs for the Gibbes Museum of Art, Spoleto Festival USA and What If? Productions to name a few.

Join Peggy, accompanied by Misha Pekar on the keys, for a one-of-a-kind evening of cozy jazz standards, hilarious holiday tunes and bawdy stories of her adventures as a traveling musician from the Big Apple to the Holy City. There is nothing like a Peggy Lewis show, especially during the holiday season!

Seating for this series is very limited with only 4 tables for four and 8 bar tables seating two guests each with a full bar open for business.

Our 4 top tables also receive concierge service and full open bar access.

SHOW TIMES:

Show #1 - 6:30pm - 7:30pm - SOLD OUT

Show #2 - 8:30pm - 9:30pm - SOLD OUT

TICKETS:

Individual bar table ticket: $50 each (High tops seat 2 people each)

Table for 4: $300 (includes full open bar, personal concierge and light hors d’oeuvres )

SISTER ACT SUNDAY!
Join us for our second event of our new Sunday Night Speakeasy series as renowned Lowcountry sister act Gracie and Lacy , accompanied on piano by Frank Duvall, share an cozy jazz-soaked night of familiar standards and classic pop hits in our beautiful and historic Queen Street Playhouse lobby.

With rave reviews in New York City, and hailed as "one of the most celebrated teams" in the Lowcountry (Lowcountry Today), sisters Gracie & Lacy engage audiences with a fresh take on jazz standards and classic pop.  Known for their signature harmonies and tap dancing flair, the sisters have been performing together for over 25 years.  The award-winning duo have appeared on stage and screen, including NYC's legendary 54/Below, NASA's Apollo Saturn V, Charleston Gaillard Center, TEDx Charleston, Mar A Lago, HBO, NBC, FOX and ABC.

TICKETS AND TABLES
This is a very limited seating event allowing for no more than 40 attendees. It is a speakeasy after all!
The bar will be open and our 4 top tables receive special benefits include open bar the entire show.

Single tickets $50 each - (only 16 seats available)
Single tickets available for seating at our 2 top bar tables.
Includes:
One complimentary cocktail ticket

Table for 4 - $300 (only 4 tables available)
Includes:
Front row seating for 4
Open bar access
Lite bites
Table concierge service