ONE NIGHT ONLY! Funny lady Joan Jaffe storms the spotlight on Bastille Day! "Joan Jaffe Sings Funny!"
Funny lady, funny stuff...Tuesday, July 14, 2009 at 7:00 at The Triad Theater. Musical Director: Jerry Scott and directed by Hal Blankenship.
Viva la Joan! Good news for the city that never sleeps! The fun starts when popular musical comic Joan Jaffe (who never sleeps!) returns to cabaret with her new show, "Joan Jaffe Sings Funny!" on Bastille Day at the Triad Theater on Tuesday, July 14 at 7:00. Multi-award winner Jerry Scott is musical director for this show, along with director Hal Blamkenship. The Triad Theater is located at 158 West 72nd Street (2nd Floor.) There will be a $15 music charge and a two drink minimum; cash only. For this show, there is a $5 discount for MAC, Cabaret Hotline, AEA, AFTRA, SAG members. Reservations: (212) 362 2590 or www.triadnyc.com to order tickets online. Along with some surprises, "Joan Jaffe Sings Funny" will focus on mostly real fun songs and banter with four outstanding comic songs written by award winning songwriter Francesca Blumenthal as well as one by Allan Arkin and some sassy rarities that only Joan could pull off.
Ms. Jaffe has understudied some of the theater's "healthiest" women. She and husband Hal Blankenship were recently featured as Burt and Lizzie in the award winning film "The Savages," starring Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Laura Linney. She has also been featured in Disney's "Enchanted," "Approaching Union Square" and "The Producers." She has appeared on Broadway in "Much Ado About Nothing" and "Bajour." Off-Broadway, she was seen in "Trophy Wife," "The George M. Cohan Revue" and "Yankee Doodle Boy." On television, she has appeared on "Saturday Night Live," "Late Night With Conan O'Brien" and Comedy Central.
Ms. Jaffe, along with husband Mr. Blankenship, have frequently collaborated and brought their riotous cabaret act ("The Joan & Hal Show") to venues around the country, with critical success including an SRO night at the legendary Friar's Club. Recently, they co-hosted the popular Algonquin Salon Series along with Mark Janas and Peter Napolitano to a house packed with the cabaret coterie.
Musical director Jerry Scott remains one of Manhattan's most beloved nightlife fixtures with a long history of cramming crowds into numerous venues through the years. He is also the multi-award winner of a Back Stage Bistro Award, two Critics' Choice Awards as Entertainer of the Year and ten MAC Awards.
Savvy director Hal Blankenship is known as an oxymoron. He is a working actor with extensive Off-Broadway experience in tours and regional theaters in many shows including "Annie Get Your Gun," "Gigi," "Cat On A Hot Tin Roof" and "Gin Game."
This special evening is sure to sell quickly. Early reservations suggested.
