YOUNG GIFTED & BLACK Returns To Green Room 42!

"Beautiful," "brave," and "brilliant" are just a few of the words audience members are using to describe the inaugural YOUNG GIFTED & BLACK, held his past September at Green Room 42.

Back by popular demand, Green Room 42 and Iris Productions present the next in their popular "YGB" concert series: YOUNG GIFTED & BLACK: CHRISTMAS - an evening celebrating both black excellence and the black experience, while inviting audience members to reminisce with some of their favorite Christmas Hits.

On Tuesday, December 11th at 7 PM, don your ugliest Christmas Sweater and settle into the warm holiday stylings of some of New York's finest known and unknown talent, singing songs from the heart and full of soul. "YGB is truly a village," says Motown's Devin Price, one of the featured performers in the original YGB. Price will be returning for the second installment. "You are surrounded with love and support while meeting new faces and catching up with familiar faces you've met along this journey."

Hosted by Iris Productions' Wesley J. Barnes and Olivia Griffin.

Tickets start at $20 with no food/beverage minimum. Tickets and information are available at www.thegreenroom42.com.

Iris Productions is a community of working artists who prioritize diversity and inclusivity in the projects they create and commercially produce. A company dedicated to exploring where arts and media intersect and interact. Most recent Iris Events: YOUNG, GIFTED & BLACK; We Write Good: The Songs of Thomson and Desmon (54 Below) and "Incubate," a monthly networking event for working artist/producers in New York City.

The Green Room 42 is Broadway's newest urban entertainment cabaret club, that since its opening on Valentine's day has featured Broadway names like Alice Ripley, Telly Leung, Josh Groban, Eva Noblezada, Lillias White, James Snyder, The Skivvies (Lauren Molina & Nick Cearley), Matt Doyle, Constantine Maroulis, and many more. Located on the fourth floor of YOTEL NYC, The Green Room 42 boasts a funky new vibe, and no food or beverage minimum-- opening up the cabaret industry to an affordable, relaxed atmosphere, perfect for theatre people and theatre fans alike.

Looking for something to warm your heart while actively creating social change? Share the evening with us on December 11th at 7PM. Our audiences say it best: "I left with a spring in my step and hope for the future in my heart."