SIMON GREEN: TRAVELING LIGHT Closes 1/3

59E59 Theaters (Elysabeth Kleinhans, Artistic Director; Peter Tear, Executive Producer) is thrilled to present the US premiere of Simon Green: TRAVELING LIGHT at Brits Off Broadway. Performed by Simon Green with musical arrangement and accompaniment by David Shrubsole, Simon Green TRAVELING LIGHT began performances on Tuesday, December 15 for a limited engagement through Sunday, January 3.  

 The ticket price is $30 ($21 for 59E59 Members). To purchase tickets, call Ticket Central at (212) 279-4200 or go to www.ticketcentral.com.  For more information, visit www.59e59.org or www.britsoffbroadway.com.

Following last year's sold out Coward at Christmas, Simon Green and David Shrubsole return to celebrate Brits Off Broadway. Simon and David bring their cabaret skills to some of the greatest musical writings of the 20th Century, balancing the heartfelt sentiment of Ivor Novello with the contemporary freshness of Lennon and McCartney, the melodic vigor of Leslie Bricusse with the lyricism of Rudyard Kipling and uncovering an inspired piece of collaboration between J.R.R. Tolkien and the musical magic of Donald Swann.

Simon Green TRAVELING LIGHT touches and alights on special moments and feelings, spontaneously stirred by the anticipation of arrival, of departure, of simply travelling through life. A treat for those who enjoy cabaret with a British flair!

Among Simon Green's many London and West End credits are the originAl West End productions of three Stephen Sondheim musicals. He appeared as Young Ben in Follies with Dolores Gray and Diana Rigg (Shaftesbury Theatre), Torasso in Passion (Queen's Theatre) and as Jules/Bob Greenberg in the recent multi award winning Sunday in the Park with George (Menier Chocolate Factory and Wyndham's Theatre). Simon made his West End debut playing Tony in Sir Cameron Macintosh's 30th anniversary production of The Boyfriend and went onto play Robespierre in The Scarlet Pimpernel (Her Majesty's); Merrythought in The Knight of the Burning Pestle (Young Vic at the Barbican); Lumiere in Disney's Beauty and the Beast (Dominion); Brian in  Elegies for Angles, Punks and Racing Queens (Criterion);  Titus Lartius in Coriolanus (Young Vic);   Alone Together (King's Head). For the Royal Shakespeare Company he played the Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz (Stratford and Barbican) and Frank Schultz in Showboat, co-production with Opera North (London Palladium and national tour).

Together with his musical director and arranger, David Shrubsole, Simon's cabaret, Simon Green-Solo, has been seen extensively in London at the Pizza on the Park, The Café Royal, Leighton House, The October Gallery, Riverwalk at The Oxo Tower, LauderDale House, Belair House, The Talk of London, Jermyn Street Theatre and at Cliveden. In 1999 he was invited to sing in Mad About the Boy, Noel Coward's centennial gala celebration at Carnegie Hall with, amongst others, Barbara Cook, Elaine Stritch and Helen Hunt. He returned to New York to perform his solo show at Carnegie's Weill RecitAl Hall for the Hawthorn Foundation. For the holiday season 2008 Simon and David performed a sold-out run of Coward at Christmas at 59E59 Theaters. They have recorded two CDs; Take Me to the World (2005) and A Changing World, the words and music of Noël Coward (2009).

At Christmas 2008 Simon and David Shrubsole devised and compiled Let's Face the Music and Dance – a return to Irving Berlin for the Salisbury Playhouse directed by Simon and with musical arrangements by David.

As an orchestrator/arranger David Shrubsole's credits include Sing For Your Supper (Cadogan Hall, London), Hello Dolly (Regent's Park Open Air Theatre), Latin Fever (Peacock Theatre, London), Let's Face The Music & Dance (Salisbury Playhouse), The Importance of Being Earnest (Vaudeville Theatre, London), The Three Musketeers (Chicago Shakespeare Theatre), Annie Get Your Gun (National Tour), and Take Me To The World (Album). David has worked extensively as an arranger for Simon Green and together they have played many venues around the world including the Firebird Café and Carnegie Hall. Their most recent show, Coward At Christmas played a record breaking, sell out season at New York's 59E59 Theaters.

Conducting credits include: Matthew Bourne's Dorian Gray (Edinburgh International Festival and World Tour), Major Barbara, The Alchemist (NT), Ragtime (Piccadilly, London), Miss Saigon (National Tour), My Fair Lady (NT and Theatre Royal, Drury Lane), The Christmas Carol (Royal FestivAl Hall), Dick Whittington (Sadler's Wells), Master Class (Queens, London).

Composition for plays include Much Ado About Nothing, Romeo & Juliet (Regent's Park Open Air Theatre), The Enchantment (National), Gaslight (Old Vic, London), Total Eclipse (Menier Chocolate Factory), Troilus and Cressida, co-composed with George Stiles and nominated for a Chicago Jeff Award (Chicago Shakespeare Theater), Epitaph for George Dillon (Comedy Theatre, London), Of Mice And Men (Mercury Theatre, Colchester), A Streetcar Named Desire (Clwyd Theatr Cymru) and Unless (Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough).

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