Returning for his fourth appearance at 54 Below, Jonathan Poretz, the San Francisco Bay Area’s favorite crooner, will channel Bobby Darin’s swagger and swing with an all-new, high intensity show, “Happy Birthday, Bobby: Darin at 90!,” commemorating Darin on what would have been his actual 90th birthday. The show makes its world debut on Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 7 pm.

Many consider Bobby Darin to be one of the greatest showmen and entertainers who ever graced a stage. A celebrated singer, songwriter, multi-instrument musician, and Oscar-nominated actor, Darin could really do it all. Now, with the success of “Just In Time,” the Tony nominated show about Darin’s life, which starred Jonathan Groff in the lead role, Darin, a NYC native, has finally become the King of Broadway, some 53 years after his way too-early death.

Poretz is no stranger to the music of Bobby Darin, having created and starred in “Sinatra vs. Darin: Sex, Swagger & Swing,” which he’s performed at nightclubs and theaters throughout California as well as to a sold-out audience at 54 Below in 2019.

Among the nearly two dozen songs featured in this musical tribute are some of Darin’s most beloved and well-known hits, including: “Beyond The Sea,” “Mack The Knife,” “As Long As I’m Singing,” “Splish Splash,” “Dream Lover,” “Clementine,” “Artificial Flowers,” “Sunday In New York,” “The Curtain Falls,” and many more.

Accompanying Poretz will be an all-star, three horn mini-big band, featuring some of Broadway’s most in-demand pit players, as well as some of the first call musicians who help make NYC the jazz capital of the world.