'Night Job' Returns Jan.17 with Rapp, Neuwirth, Kudisch & More!

Don't Quit Your Night Job, the critically acclaimed comedy variety show featuring a revolving cast of Broadway's brightest performing without a net, kicks off the new year at their monthly home The Zipper Factory (336 West 37th Street, between 8th & 9th Avenues) on Thursday, January 17 at 11:30PM. Tickets are $20.00 and proceeds go to benefit Wendy Wasserstein's TDF/Open Doors program.

Don't Quit Your Night Job is where Broadway goes to let its hair down. The late night happening of improv, music, sketches and stories was created by its stars: industry main stays Steve Rosen (The Farnsworth Invention, Spamalot), David Rossmer (Fiddler on the Roof, Titanic), Sarah Saltzberg (The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee) and music director Dan Lipton (The Coast of Utopia).

The January 17 performance features special guests Derrick Baskin (The Little Mermaid), Asmeret Ghebremichael (Legally Blonde), Jeff Hiller (MTV's "Boiling Points"), Tony nominee Marc Kudisch (The Glorious Ones), Norm Lewis (The Little Mermaid), J. Elaine Marcos (A Chorus Line), Tony-nominated director Jason Moore (Avenue Q), Maurice Murphy (Spelling Bee), Tony-winner Bebe Neuwirth (Chicago), Anthony Rapp (Rent), Greg Reuter (Spamalot) and Jennifer Simard (Spelling Bee).

Plus musical guests The Petersons, featuring Keira Naughton (Hunting and Gathering), Matthew Saldivar (Grease) and Adam Stein (The Lion King) with Damien Bassman on drums.

Open Doors is the Theatre Development Fund's theatre arts mentoring program for high school students, and was started in 1998 by TDF with playwright Wendy Wasserstein. Its goal is to explore the relevance of theatre in the lives of today's youth.

Tickets for Don't Quit Your Night Job are $20 and are now available by calling Ovation Tix at 212-352-3101, www.thezipperfactory.com. For pre-show dinner reservations at The Zipper Factory Tavern, please call 212-695-4600. View the menu online at www.thezipperfactory.com Visit www.myspace.com/dontquityournightjob

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