Bijou Theatre Presents SNOOTY GARLAND's SPRINGTIME OPUS Tonight

The Bijou Theatre presents a Snooty Garland's Springtime Opus starring the incomparable Lady Liz! Snooty returns to the stage tonight, March 21st at 7pm. Tickets are $20 for theatre seats and $25 for table seats.

Intoxicate thyself with soul. Dance under the waxing, crescent moon in defiant celebration of Lady Liz's return! Witness the triumphant, live RE-BIRTH of SNOOTY GARLAND!

Experience a lush, original celebration of music in glorious expressions of light, color and sound. It was once a fictitious band written into one of Liz's old screenplays. Elizabeth Dellinger (a genre-bending vocalist, songwriter, author and therapeutic musician from the New Haven CT area), realized that by simply singing her truth aloud in the wild, she had attracted her family of characters (and she would never finish that screenplay anyway)...thus, the live birth of SNOOTY GARLAND.

A Note from Lady Liz... In the past 3 months, I have survived 2 Cancer surgeries, one of which left me with bi-lateral vocal paralysis. For the first time, I have had to experience life without my voice. In addition to healing from a total thyroidectomy (botched) and then the risky removal of 28 lymph nodes from my neck, I endured the loss of the true love of my life, the deepest instrument of my creative expression, and the primal vibration in my throat which connects me to all living things. As a therapeutic musician, I was unable to teach or help others. I cancelled and postponed my life as I have known it. As a vocalist, I have been unable to perform. As a mother, I've been unable to so much as yell across the room at my kids. I have LOTS of therapy ahead, but today, I begin this new year cancer free! My voice improves by the day and I will perform again in MARCH 2015! SNOOTY LIVES. The immense support from the CT music community has carried me through each moment of this. They never let my feet touch the ground.

The Snoots and I begin rehearsals in February and we will commence with the 2015 tour as planned. Music heals. Somehow, this most challenging experience is making me a better artist, a finer human being and a higher version of myself.

The Ensemble:
Sparked by the divinely improvisational spirit of jazz, Snooty Garland features versatile talents: Lady Elizabeth Dellinger- Vocals Nicholas Biello- Saxophones David Davis- Saxophone, Ewi Joshua Bruneau- Trumpet Mark Lyon- Guitar Ed Soufer- Guitar Fred DiLeone- Fender Rhodes, Keys Corey Claiborne- Bass Dexter Pettaway- Drums Jocelyn Pleasant- Percussion Www.reverbnation.com/snootygarland The Bijou Performing Arts Center is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to providing visual and performing arts programs and events for the community. The Bijou Performing Arts Center offers educational programs in Dance though New England Ballet, Music & Theatre, as well as special events and live theatre performances. Private donations, grants, tuition fees & ticket sales fund the Bijou Arts Center, which is located at 275 Fairfield Avenue in Downtown Bridgeport. The Bijou Theatre, one of the oldest buildings in the country used as a movie house, reopened its doors in 2011. In addition to continuing its historic character of showing movies, the Theatre offers a full repertoire of live music, comedy, theater and dance, which can be enjoyed in either theater seating or cabaret style. The Bijou Theatre is a multi-functional venue with integrity and an open-minded philosophy- a symposium for film, theatre, art, comedy and music. The Theatre is available for private rentals, holiday parties, corporate events, and much more. For further information, call (203) 332-3228 or visit thebijoutheatre.com.