Morrison, Gambatese, Molina and More Jam for Godot, Jan. 16
By: BWW News Desk Jan. 10, 2006
Some of the brightest young voices of Broadway and jazz will perform in
Jammin’ for Godot, a benefit evening of jazz at the Culture Project, 45
Bleecker Street on Monday January 16th at 8PM. The performance
supports FourScore Productions, a new nonprofit theater.
Epic recording artist Jane Monheit, regarded as one of the fastest-rising stars in the jazz community, will be joined by Matthew Morrison (Tony-nominated for The Light in the Piazza, co-star of the original cast of Hairspray and ABC’s "Once Upon a Mattress" with Carol Burnett and Tracey Ullman). Also appearing will be Jenn Gambatese (just cast to star as Jane in Disney’s upcoming production of Tarzan), Kingsley Leggs (The Color Purple), Lauren Molina (Johanna in Sweeney Todd), Brian Charles Rooney (The Roundabout’s upcoming Threepenny Opera), Elena Shaddow (The Woman in White) and Exit 59 (the jazz combo recently recorded with noted poet Frank Reeve). The evening will be emceed by Jewtopia’s Michael Carbonaro.
Funds from this benefit evening will help underwrite FourScore’s Godot Has Left the Building, a new play by John Griffin that captures the spirit of Beckett’s masterpiece while posing new questions in the context of modern issues. Its world premiere at the Lex Theatre in Los Angeles was described by the Los Angeles Times as “cheeky and fresh” and “get(s) audiences thinking about those pesky, eternal questions Beckett posed.” It will debut in New York at The Culture Project in June.
For tickets please contact FourScore Productions at 718-768-0086 or e-mail godot@fourscoreproductions.com. Tickets for the event range from a general admission price of $50 to patron prices of $100 and $150 that include a pre-show reception and preferred seating.
Epic recording artist Jane Monheit, regarded as one of the fastest-rising stars in the jazz community, will be joined by Matthew Morrison (Tony-nominated for The Light in the Piazza, co-star of the original cast of Hairspray and ABC’s "Once Upon a Mattress" with Carol Burnett and Tracey Ullman). Also appearing will be Jenn Gambatese (just cast to star as Jane in Disney’s upcoming production of Tarzan), Kingsley Leggs (The Color Purple), Lauren Molina (Johanna in Sweeney Todd), Brian Charles Rooney (The Roundabout’s upcoming Threepenny Opera), Elena Shaddow (The Woman in White) and Exit 59 (the jazz combo recently recorded with noted poet Frank Reeve). The evening will be emceed by Jewtopia’s Michael Carbonaro.
Funds from this benefit evening will help underwrite FourScore’s Godot Has Left the Building, a new play by John Griffin that captures the spirit of Beckett’s masterpiece while posing new questions in the context of modern issues. Its world premiere at the Lex Theatre in Los Angeles was described by the Los Angeles Times as “cheeky and fresh” and “get(s) audiences thinking about those pesky, eternal questions Beckett posed.” It will debut in New York at The Culture Project in June.
For tickets please contact FourScore Productions at 718-768-0086 or e-mail godot@fourscoreproductions.com. Tickets for the event range from a general admission price of $50 to patron prices of $100 and $150 that include a pre-show reception and preferred seating.
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