SPECIAL EVENTS FOR THE 2006-2007 SEASON

Shlemiel the First
Theater J Benefit: BETTY in Concert
South Side Stories
Shylock

October 8–13, 2006
The Robert Brustein Residency

SHLEMIEL THE FIRST
Staged Concert Reading
Based on the Play by I.B. Singer
Conceived and Adapted by Robert Brustein
Music by Hankus Netsky and Zalman Mlotek
Lyrics by Arnold Weinstein

One of the great Chelm stories set to vibrant life as a klezmer musical. Hailed for its performances at Lincoln Center's Serious Fun Festival and Brustein's own American Repertory Theatre.

October 23, 7:30 pm
The Brustein Lecture:
“DRAMA AS SECULAR RELIGION”
Tickets available starting in August at (888) 621-2230 on weekdays between Noon and 4pm, or online at www.nextbook.org

NEW DATE!
A Benefit for Theater J!

Monday, January 22, 2007
BETTY'S EXCELLENT
BAT MITZVAH PARTY CONCERT!

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March 25, 2007
Capathia Jenkins and Louis Rosen in
SOUTH SIDE STORIES
Music and Lyrics by Louis Rosen
Presented in conjunction with 6th in the City

Tickets: $25

The team of outstanding Broadway vocalist CAPATHIA JENKINS and award-winning songwriter/performer LOUIS ROSEN perform the Washington, D.C. premiere of the new song suite, South Side Stories, songs of youth and coming of age that explore the distance from innocence to experience. South Side Stories is a companion piece to Rosen's book The South Side: The Racial Transformation of an American Neighborhood, the stage version of which had its world-premiere presentation at Theater J. The concert will also include the D.C. premiere of Rosen's Twelve Songs on Poems by Maya Angelou; selections from his song cycle Dream Suite, on poems by Langston Hughes; and a preview of songs from his newest work, Giovanni Songs, with words by Nikki Giovanni, all work with a musical sound that strikes a fresh blending of jazz, blues and popular styles.

Admission to the concert at Sixth & I Historic Synagogue includes a ticket to the Monday night, March 26 reading at the Washington DCJCC of Rosen's play The South Side.

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May 13–15, 2007
Theodore Bikel in
SHYLOCK
by Arnold Wesker

NOW OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Tickets: $50
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Theodore Bikel headlines a multi-night staged reading of Arnold Wesker's Shylock, a landmark reimagining of The Merchant of Venice. This three-day festival will also include a reading of Michael Olmert's Shakespeare and Dr. Lopez, and a lecture on Shylock in history.

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