ENCORE! NYC Calls For More Of Dr. Bradley's Fabulous Functional Narcissism

Dr. Bradley Jones returns to Don't Tell Mama on July 26th with an encore performance of Dr. Bradley's Fabulous Functional Narcissism: The Solo Show. The hilarious and moving coming-of-age story chronicles Jones' childhood as a budding theater queen, ten years on Broadway in A Chorus Line, right through the present and his successful, post -Broadway career as a psychoanalyst in New York City. Reservations for this show are absolutely essential. Don't Tell Mama is at 343 West 46th Street between 7th and 8th Avenues. For online reservations visit: https://tinyurl.com/ycm4k5kw or call: 212.757.0788. Don't Tell Mama is a CASH ONLY room. There's a $20 cover charge and a 2-drink minimum per person.

"Dr. Bradley's Fabulous Functional Narcissism is a fascinating, wildly entertaining show." - Michael Barbieri, Nitelife Exchange

With music and deft story-telling that's eccentric and true, poignant and captivating, nostalgic and jubilant, Dr. Jones exhorts us to understand narcissism not as a disease but more a means of survival. He regales us through 70 minutes, applying his rapier wit to true tales of backstage life, excessive drug use, living through the AIDS pandemic and making his decision to pursue a new career, a choice made easier considering a "blown out knee." But Jones is back on his feet again, to perform a fifteen year recap of intensive psychoanalysis in under 7 minutes - in tap shoes!

Jones is supported by The Freudians, a quartet led by pianist Mike Pettry, the show's music director, with Alden Banta on woodwinds, Jacob Silver on bass, and Zack Eldridge on percussion. Dr. Bradley's Fabulous Functional Narcissim: The Solo Show features mainly the music that underscored these decades and Jones' milieu: Broadway standards including the music of Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Bernstein, George Gershwin, Rodgers and Hart, Harold Arlen, Ray Heindorf, Brian Yorkey and more. The show was directed by KT Sullivan, artistic director of the Mabel Mercer Foundation, and an internationally renowned musical performer.

Dr. Bradley's Fabulous Functional Narcissim: The Solo Show makes a visit this fall to Musical Theatre of Connecticut for one night with music director Chris Gurr, and Sterlings Upstairs at the Federal in Los Angeles, with musical director Mike Pettry.

Established in 1982, Don't Tell Mama is celebrating over 35 years as a world famous entertainment destination. Located on renowned Restaurant Row in the heart of New York's theater district, Don't Tell Mama is one-of-a-kind - a veritable nightlife mall with four individual spaces: a piano bar, a restaurant and 2 separate cabaret showrooms: a cineplex of cabaret! Countless luminaries have come through our doors such as Liza Minnelli, Paul Newman, Joan Rivers, Bette Midler, Rosie O'Donnell, Chita Rivera, Kathy Griffin, Audra MacDonald, Kristin Chenoweth, Mario Cantone, & Cuba Gooding Jr., to name but a few.

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