Seasonal & Holidays

Secaucus Broadway Actress Performs Holiday Show In NYC

Lisa Howard Masiello​, a Secaucus resident who is an accomplished Broadway actress, will do two holiday shows at upscale cabaret 54 Below:

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SECAUCUS, NJ — Lisa Howard Masiello, a Secaucus resident who is an accomplished Broadway actress, will do a holiday show this December at 54 Below, the upscale cabaret bar in the Theater District (254 W 54th St, New York, NY 10019).

There are two dates for her show: December 19 and 20, both at 7:00 p.m. This is her return at 54 Below; she did her show there last year.

"If you love Hallmark Christmas movies or love poking fun at Hallmark Christmas movies, then this show is for you! I promise you’ll have fun!" says Howard.

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Get tickets here: https://54below.org/events/lisa-howards-holiday-special/

Howard is an accomplished actress both on and off Broadway. She just spent summer 2023 on a national tour of "Wicked the Musical," playing Madame Morrible. Prior to that she was in a revival of "42nd St." at Goodspeed Opera House, and she has toured with the national company of "Les Miserables."

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In 2022, she released her debut Christmas album “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year” available on all services. You can find her album here: https://fatlab.com/MostWonderfulTime She's sung the National Anthem at Rangers games and more in the past; see it here.

On Broadway, Howard was last seen as Tammy in "Escape to Margaritaville." Before that, she was a Drama Desk Nominee for her starring role of Jenny Steinberg in the musical comedy, "It Shoulda Been You," directed by David Hyde Pierce. Other Broadway roles include Diva 1 in "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert," Missy Hart in "9 to 5" the musical, head nurse in Lincoln Center’s revival of "South Pacific" and Rona Lisa Peretti in the "25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee," for which she won a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Ensemble Performance.

Howard has also appeared in movies as Siobahn in the Twilight saga, "Breaking Dawn" and can also be seen in the indie psychological thriller, "Decay."

TV credits include: Ugly Betty, Power, Madame Secretary, The Good Fight and Julian Fellows' "The Gilded Age." Her first solo CD, “Songs of Innocence and Experience” is available on itunes. Lisa is a graduate of the Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music.

When she's not performing in New York City and on Broadway, Howard is a busy Secaucus mother of two. She is well known as the best singer in her church, Our Saviour Episcopal Church of Secaucus, where she also is the Sunday school teacher.

Here's a preview of her holiday show at 54 Below:

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