Bebe Neuwirth to Star in Here Lies Jenny in San Francisco

HERE LIES JENNY, the smash theatrical event starring two-time Tony and Emmy Award winner Bebe Neuwirth and featuring the music of Kurt Weill will play San Francisco's Post Street Theatre (450 Post Street) for a strictly limited engagement, with previews on Sunday, May 1st and Monday, May 2nd, and a press opening on Tuesday, May 3, 2005. Presented by The Zipper Theatre, Brent Peek and Maria Di Dia, HERE LIES JENNY is conceived and directed by Tony Award winner Roger Rees, features choreography by Tony Award winner Ann Reinking and has music direction and supervision by Leslie Stifelman. Tickets for HERE LIES JENNY go on sale Friday, April 8th at the Post Street Theatre box office, by phone at 415-771-6900 and on the web at www.ticketmaster.com.

In HERE LIES JENNY, Jenny, following her guiding star, roams the dark city streets and, drawn in by its haunting music, she tumbles down into a dock-side gin joint. As she gives herself to the spinning songs - and to the darkly handsome men that have now fallen under her spell - Jenny confronts the romantic pulse of her poignant, funny and turbulent existence. As she and her lovesick companions beat out the soundtrack of her life on the worn wooden floors, Jenny discovers a strength that even she didn't know she had - the courage to face the dawning of another day.

HERE LIES JENNY features the music of Kurt Weill with the lyrics of Bertolt Brecht, Roger Fernay, Ira Gershwin, Langston Hughes, Alan Jay Lerner, Maurice Magre, Ogden Nash, Franz Werfel and Kurt Weill.

HERE LIES JENNY played Off-Broadway's Zipper Theatre (336 West 37th Street) from May 7 – October 3, 2004. Originally presented by Maria Di Dia, Kathryn Frawley, Hugh Hayes, Martin Platt and The Zipper Theatre, HERE LIES JENNY's original 35-performance limited engagement was extended twice due to popular demand.

The remaining cast members for HERE LIES JENNY will be announced shortly. HERE LIES JENNY has scenic design by Neil Patel, costume design by Kaye Voyce, lighting design by Frances Aronson and sound design by Tony Meola.

HERE LIES JENNY will play San Francisco's Post Street Theatre (450 Post Street, ? block west of Union Square) Sunday, May 1st through Wednesday, May 25th. There will be two reduced priced preview performances on Sunday, May 1st at 7 p.m. and Monday, May 2nd at 8 p.m., with a press opening on Tuesday, May 3rd at 8 p.m. The regular performance schedule is: Tuesday through Friday evenings at 8 p.m., Saturday evenings at 5 p.m. and 9 p.m., and Sunday matinees at 3 p.m. There will be no performance on Wednesday, May 4th and two added evening performances Sunday, May 22 at 7 p.m. and Monday, May 23rd at 8 p.m. Tickets for HERE LIES JENNY range in price from $35 - $55 and are available beginning Friday, April 8th at The Post Street Theatre Box Office, by phone at 415-771-6900 and on the web at www.ticketmaster.com.

Biographies

Bebe Neuwirth (Jenny). Broadway: Chicago, Velma (Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, Fred Astaire Award); Fosse, Soloist; Damn Yankees, Lola; Sweet Charity, Nickie (Tony Award); Dancin', Principal; Little Me, Monique; A Chorus Line, Sheila. London's West End: Kiss of the Spider Woman, Aurora/Spider Woman. Regional: The Taming of the Shrew, Katherine (Williamstown); The Threepenny Opera, Jenny (A.C.T.); West Side Story, Anita (Cleveland Opera). Film: Le Divorce, Tadpole, Summer of Sam, Celebrity, Liberty Heights, Malice, Jumanji, Bugsy, Green Card, etc. Television: "Law and Order: Trial By Jury," "Cheers" (two Emmy Awards), "Dash and Lily" (Emmy nomination). Ms. Neuwirth is an Honorary Zeigfeld Girl.

Roger Rees (Director). Mr. Rees directed "Oz" for HBO; Arms and the Man at the Roundabout; Love's Labour's Lost and The Merry Wives of Windsor at the Old Globe; The Taming of the Shrew, The Rivals, The Film Society and Simon Grey's The Late Middle Classes at Williamstown. He was the Associate Artistic Director at the Bristol Old Vic from 1985-87 where he directed many productions. As an actor, his credits include Broadway: A Man of No Importance, Uncle Vanya, The Rehearsal (Roundabout), Indiscretions (Tony and Drama Desk nominations), The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (Tony Award, Olivier Award, Emmy nomination). Off-Broadway: The End of the Day (Obie Award), The Uneasy Chair (Playwrights Horizons), The Misanthrope (CSC). For the RSC (where he is an Associate Artist): Hamlet, Love's Labour's Lost, Cymbeline, Much Ado About Nothing, The Suicide, Nicholas Nickleby. West End: Tom Stoppard's The Real Thing and Hapgood; Double Double, co-authored with Eric Elice. Film: Peter Greenaway's The Tulse Luper Suitcases, Julie Taymor's Frida, The Scorpion King, The Emperor's Club, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Next Stop Wonderland, Trouble on the Corner, Mel Brooks' Robin Hood: Men in Tights, Bob Fosse's Star 80, If Looks Could Kill. Television: "West Wing," "Cheers," "Boston Common," "My So-Called Life," "The Crossing," "Double Platinum," "Titanic," "Liberty," "Oz," "Law and Order."

Ann Reinking (Choreography). Ms. Reinking was the director/co-conceiver/co-choreographer of Fosse, which won the Tony for Best Musical in 1999. In 1997, she won the Tony for her choreography of Chicago, as well as a Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, Astaire Award, and a NY Drama Critics Award. She received Tony nominations for both her leading performance in Dancin' and as Best Actress for Goodtime Charley, as well as a Theatre World, Clarence Derwent and Outer Critics Circle Awards for her work as Maggie in Over Here. Film credits: Movie, Movie; All That Jazz; Annie; Micki and Maude. Recent credits include - Choreography: Here Lies Jenny, The Harrison Tribute (American Ballet Theatre), The Visit (Goodman Theatre), Suite Kander (Missouri State Ballet), Ritmo Y Ruido and Slices (Ballet Hispanico), Songs without Words (Jean Ruddy Company), Legends (Joffrey Ballet of Chicago), Threepenny Opera (Williamstown Theatre Festival); Nilsson/Schmillson (Seattle's Spectrum Dance Theatre); Bye Bye Birdie for ABC-TV; national tour, revival of Applause. Co-choreographed: Caution: Side Effects (Melissa Thodos Dancers). Directed & Choreographed: Tonight at 8:30 (Williamstown Theatre Festival), No Strings City Center Encores!). Upcoming: direction & choreography for The Man in the White Suit. Ms. Reinking is Founder and Artistic Advisor of the Broadway Theatre Project, a musical theatre program for young people. She is the recipient of an Honorary Doctorate for Contribution to the Arts; Rolex Award for Outstanding Contributions to Dance; Elan Award for Outstanding Choreographer,; Distinguished Artist Award Los Angeles Music Center; National Broadway Theatre Award for Best Choreography for Fosse; Olivier Award, Best Theatre Choreography, Fosse; Helpmann Award, Best Choreography, Chicago, Australia; Dance Magazine Award for Choreography; Drama League Award for Distinguished Achievement in Musical Theatre; Musical Hall of Fame Award; Dance Library of Israel Award; Distinguished Artist Award; School of American Ballet Artistic Achievement Award; National Artists Club Award for Service to the Arts and a Governor's Award-Ambassador of the Arts for the State of Florida.

LESLIE STIFELMAN (Music Director). Currently Music Director for Chicago on Broadway. Associate Conductor for Wonderful Town on Broadway. As member of the Green Moon Gang (with Bebe Neuwirth, Roger Rees and Ann Reinking) Music Director and Supervisor of Here Lies Jenny at the Zipper Theatre. Assistant Conductor/Pianist Chicago (original Broadway company). Pianist eight City Center Encores! productions. Music Director and Conductor An Orchestral Evening with Bebe Neuwirth currently touring the U.S. Has collaborated with some of the world's most esteemed performers including Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Dawn Upshaw, Marin Alsop, Dick Hyman, Janis Siegel, Mark O'Connor and recently vocal coach on Broadway for Melanie Griffith, Brooke Shields, Patrick Swayze and Wayne Brady. Piano soloist with the London Symphony (Andrew Litton, conductor), the Concordia Orchestra at Lincoln Center, the Colorado Symphony, the Richmond and Eugene Symphonies, the New York City Ballet Orchestra, the Oregon Festival of American Music (all with Marin Alsop, conductor) and the EOS Orchestra at Lincoln Center (Jonathan Sheffer, conductor). Producer/Pianist for over 50 Lincoln Center concerts and theatrical events including premieres of rediscovered works by George Gershwin, Paul Bowles, James P. Johnson, Oscar Levant and the music of the Paul Whiteman Orchestra. Discography: BMG, RCA Victor, Angel, Nonesuch, Decca Broadway, DRG, Koch International Classics, Albany Records and MusicMasters. President of Symfunny Toons™, a company dedicated to creating television and interactive products for children to learn about music, currently in development for a documentary television series called Finding the Groove™.