The SHAKESPEAREAN JAZZ SHOW Returns with Emily Skeggs and More

The Shakespearean Jazz Show returns to the stage with several members of its original cast for two nights only, February 2nd and February 9th at The Green Room 42 inside YOTEL.

Tony Award-nominated Emily Skeggs (Fun Home, When We Rise) is included on the bill as well as Sheldon Brown, Daniel Irwin, Jenna Rogalski, Alex Bender (Bandstand), Adrian Aiello, Adam Salameh, Patrick Duffy, Patrick Greeley with live puppetry by Jeff Mitchell. The show is directed by Emily Grill, music directed and composed by Patrick Greeley and Produced by Ari Conte and Emily Grill.

From Broadway World: "this buoyant and charismatic troupe of performers entertain with ease... Whether singing lines from Twelfth Night or captivating the audience with a vibrant instrumental solo, each member of the band delivers powerful performances through dynamic musicianship. During each song, the varied individual presences on stage are smartly blended together to create stirring numbers that consistently thrill."

Composer Patrick Greeley began the show's performances in 2012 at The Shakespeare Festival at Tulane University in New Orleans. The show spent many years developing in Boston, Massachusetts and since then, it has been performed with varying casts at the Paramount and Majestic Theatres in Boston, 54 Below and The Cell Theatre in New York, and most recently as part of The New York Musical Festival during Summer 2017.

The production team hopes that with the return of the original cast, the show will continue to grow and develop in New York's off-broadway community.

Performances are February 2nd and February 9th at 9:30pm at The Green Room 42 on the fourth floor of YOTEL on 10th Avenue.

Tickets can be purchased at http://www.onfournyc.com/tickets.html

The Shakespearean Jazz Show reinvigorates and recontextualizes Shakespearean performance. The loose, improvisatory nature of jazz music frees Shakespearean text, allowing the feeling and intent of the words to be expressed in a completely new way. The show's ensemble provides a parade of Shakespearean sonnets, songs and scenes composed to original New Orleans-style jazz.

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