Kate Rockwell & Arbender Robinson Set for RUSS KAPLAN'S BROADWAY JAZZ SESSION This Weekend

Kate Rockwell (Legally Blonde, Rock of Ages) and Arbender Robinson (In Transit, Shuffle Along, Les Miserables) will be the featured vocalists this week at "Russ Kaplan's Broadway Jazz Session," the new monthly series which presents In Transit composer Kaplan's innovative jazz interpretations of Broadway favorites.

Also featured will be violinist Sara Caswell (Downbeat Magazine's 4-time "rising star violinist") and jazz vocalist Valentine Biollay.

The show - which this month will focus on selections from this season's Tony-nominated shows - will be held at The Green Room 42 [570 10th Ave, New York, NY 10036] on Sunday, June 4 at 7:00 PM (doors are open at 5:30). Tickets are $20 and available at web.ovationtix.com/trs/pe.c/10171857. There is no food and drink minimum.

Composer Russ Kaplan has always had a love of both musical theater and cutting-edge jazz. His concert series brings together his two passions, as he and his eight-piece band offer innovative instrumental interpretations of tunes from the current Broadway season - from new (Dear Evan Hansen, Hamilton) to classic (Chicago, Hello Dolly).

As a theater writer, Kaplan is the co-creator of Broadway's In Transit (Drama Desk, Outer Critics' Circle, Drama League and Lortel nominations), family musical Dear Albert Einstein (Off-Broadway Alliance Award nominee) and play-with-music High School Confidential, among other works. His debut jazz album The Ulysses Cycle was released on Ropeadope Records and includes the Independent Music Award-winning track "Pigz in Space?." The band was a finalist in WNYC's 2015 Battle of the Boroughs.

More information is available at www.russkaplanmusic.com and www.greenfignyc.com/thegreenroom42.

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