Almost Almost Famous at Players Ring Theatre

Playwright, Director and Actor/Singer JACK NEARY weaves stories from his showbiz career ion and out of songs from Broadway and the Great American Songbook. Here's what audience members have to say:

Christine Petrucci

Thank you, Jack for yet another fine performance! We laughed, cried, and empathized. Your vocal selections were just the right medicine. Kudos to Jon for his piano playing and musicianship!

Mara Bonde Ricker

Congratulations Jack!! What a fantastic show-thank you for taking us on your journey-and you and Jon sound soooo great. A treat to have a great catch up after-and a bonus to s Beth, John, Deirdre and reminisce over the Summer Theater pictures -thank you!

Gretchen Stone

I ushered for the performance yesterday, and I am so glad I said "YES"! It was fantastic. Wonderful stories, incite, humor and music. I really wanted to dance and kinda did in my seat. Thanks for all the creativeness you have shared with the Newburyport theater community!

Cheryl McMahon-fraser

So much heart and history in Jack’s show - the self-deprecating humor, a Jack Neary trademark- wrapped up with Jon Abram’s skill at the piano, and Jack’s top-notch crooning. See this if you want to laugh and cry.

Tommy Carnes

Jack Neary's Almost Almost Famous is a hilarious, heartfelt, and utterly disarming look into his unconventional life. With the ease of a veteran storyteller and the raw honesty of someone who's paid his dues one laugh at a time, Neary takes the audience on a victory lap of his life. It is nothing short of a privilege to be along for the ride. The show moves effortlessly from gut-busting comedy to moments of genuine, aching tenderness, sometimes within the same breath. This is the kind of performance that stays with you long after the lights come up.

Ashley Risteen

"I've had the joy of working with Jack Neary many times over the years; but seeing him take the stage in ALMOST ALMOST FAMOUS was truly like getting to meet the whole bright, beating heart behind the plays. The show is part memoir, part concert, part comedy set, part love letter to a lifetime in the theatre- and somehow, all of it is unmistakably Jack. The show lets us spend an evening with him at his most present and generous as he takes us through a life spent writing, acting, directing, collaborating, remembering, and loving this strange, impossible art form. ALMOST ALMOST FAMOUS is the Jack-Neary-est show imaginable, in the best possible way. It's a celebration of theatre, friendship, love, and the stubborn, joyful devotion it takes to spend a life making things. I was delighted and grateful I got to be in the room."