Zipper Theatre Presents March Madness March 16-19 - Ripley, Kushnier, Price and More

The Zipper Theatre is pleased to present "March Madness" a week of eclectic musical performances featuring acclaimed rock & pop artists known from both the Downtown and Broadway music worlds. "March Madness" kicks off at The Zipper, located at 336 West 37th Street (between 8th and 9th Avenues) on Wednesday, March 16th with Ripley (The Band, fronted by Alice Ripley), and continues through Saturday, March 19th with a different musical line-up every night.

The lineup for "March Madness" is as follows:

Wednesday, March 16th at 9:00 P.M. – Ripley

Thursday, March 17th at 9:00 P.M. - Jeremy Schonfeld (Drift)

Friday, March 18th at 9:00 P.M. – A double bill featuring Paige Price (Saturday Night Fever) and Jeremy Kushnier (Footloose, Rent) fronting their respective pop and rock flavored bands

Saturday, March 19th at 10:00 P.M. – A double bill featuring Lisa Jackson & Girl Friday and Bridget Everett and Kenny Mellman (Herb of Kiki & Herb) in At Least It's Pink

Tickets for all "March Madness" shows are $20.00 (general admission). Tickets are available at The Zipper Theatre Box Office. Please call 212-563-0480.

The Zipper Theatre is a renovated zipper factory that features theatrical productions, special events, comedy and live music. Musical artists that have performed at the Zipper include Henry Rollins (also appearing at The Zipper in March in Caught in the Zipper), Scissor Sisters, Euan Morton, Idina Menzel, Michael Cerveris, Adam Pascal, BETTY and Marshall Crenshaw. Other artists who have performed and created at The Zipper include Bebe Neuwirth, Roger Rees and Ann Reinking (Here Lies Jenny), Alan Cumming, Stephen Spinella and Vivienne Westwood (Elle), Sarah Silverman (Jesus is Magic) Bob Balaban, Mark Lundholm, Michael Greif and John Cameron Mitchell, among others.

For more information about the Zipper Theatre, please go to www.zippertheater.com.

BIOGRAPHIES

RIPLEY is a New York City-based, self-produced rock band whose sound features layers of soaring vocals/crunchy guitars, big fat drums and bass, and spastic keyboards. The band features Alice Ripley (vocals, guitars), Shannon Ford (drums), Christopher Schelling (keyboards) and Skip Ward (base). Alice Ripley is a Tony Award nominee who also previously released a critically acclaimed solo CD, "Everything's Fine."

JEREMY SCHONFELD is a critically acclaimed singer/songwriter/composer whose current theatrical concept album "Drift" is available on Sh-K-Boom Records, and whose collaboration with Renee Flemings, Heart and Home, is currently represented in the Atrainplays festival at Playwrights Horizons.

Paige Price has been seen on Broadway in Saturday Night Fever, Smokey Joe's Cafe and Beauty and the Beast (original cast). Paige produced and sang in Hat Trick, an L.A.-based female vocal trio and is currently gigging in New York with her pop band.

Jeremy Kushnier was recently seen as Roger in Rent and originated the role of Ren in Footloose on Broadway. On tour he played Radames in Aida as well as Roger in Rent. Regional credits include the Signature Theatre's Rhythm Club. A native of Winnipeg, he was seen in the Canadian companies of The Who's Tommy and Rent. Jeremy's CD, "In Time" is currently available and he is working on his second.

LISA JACKSON & GIRL FRIDAY are quickly becoming one of NYC's most buzzed about rock acts, combining a perfect mix of punk rock energy with that late 70's/early 80's brand of arena rock you know you wanna' raise your lighters to. Playing regularly to packed houses at New York's CBGBs, Tranny Rock Princess Lisa and her boys have also started to take the rest of the country by storm - playing to thousands at The Milwaukee Pride Fest with Pat Benatar and The Motels, becoming a major fixture in the Minneapolis music scene (where they will be headlining the Pride Fest with The Psychedelic Furs this summer), as well as making new fans in Los Angeles, Chicago, Colorado, Boston, Philadelphia, and Provincetown, just to name a few. "I-AM-A-OK" is the first release from the band, with a new CD, "The Beautiful Freak" available in June.

BRIDGET EVERETT AND Kenny Mellman. Comedienne and cabaret songstress Bridget Everett and pianist Kenny Mellman (Herb of Kiki & Herb) will perform tender, shameful selections from their show, At Least It's Pink, a sordid small-town girl journey that includes some jaw-dropping originals along with covers of Hall & Oates to Blondie to Bruce Springsteen.