The Observer Features Steven’s Directorial Debut at Feinstein’s/54 Below…
“In anticipation of a glass-ceiling shattering that never happened, a musical fittingly titled Onward Victoria launched the club’s popular Second Act Series. You probably never heard of the show or Victoria Woodhull. In 1871, she became the first woman to run for U.S. President. Jill Eikenberry played her for 23 previews and one performance at the Martin Beck—but showed up to narrate its club reprise…Steven Carl McCasland, who founded Second Act Series with arranger James Horan, also brought back Henry, Sweet Henry, Shelter, Eating Raoul, The Fix and 70, Girls, 70. On June 11, he will produce and direct A Salute to Charles Strouse: A 90th Birthday Celebration there. The composer of Applause, Annie and Bye Bye Birdie is, by far, the most favored creative in the Second Act Series, which reprised his Nick and Nora, Charlie and Algernon, Bring Back Birdie and A Broadway Musical—a quartet whose collective runs on Broadway total a full month of 31 performances. Next up, on Jan. 24, is Strouse’s first collaboration with lyricist Lee Adams, A Pound in Your Pocket…”