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Events for Monday, May 21, 2012
Uncle Jacques' Symphony
Location: Robert Shackleton Theater, Bank & Lafayette, 609-884-1341 Sponsored by: Cape May Stage Cost: Ticketed event Cape May Stage is pleased to present the New Jersey premiere of Uncle Jacques’ Symphony: the inaugural production of their 2012 Main Stage season. Featuring music by Branford Marsalis, this tour-de-force performance about the life of a Chicago jazz drummer stars double Ovation Award winner Dominic Hoffman in his self-penned masterpiece. This Equity production opens Friday, May 11 at 8 p.m. at the Robert Shackleton Playhouse on Bank and Lafayette Streets.
Hailed by Variety as “humorous, insightful and an often affecting one-man show,” Uncle Jacques’ Symphony tells the tale of seven diverse characters who shared in the friendship of drummer Jacques Hoffman. Facing the responsibilities of raising a family, Hoffman chooses to leave the late night jazz clubs of the 50s. The music torn from his soul, he spends the remainder of his days absorbing the sounds of humanity, orchestrating the lessons of life into an opus of success and failure, of exultation and degradation, of the pursuit of passion, and, ultimately, of the desperation to stay alive.
Uncle Jacques’ Symphony will run from Friday, May 11 to Saturday, June 15 at the Robert Shackleton Playhouse at the corner of Bank & Lafayette Streets in downtown Cape May. Performances are Thursdays through Saturdays at 8 p.m. with Saturday and Sunday matinees at 3 p.m. Beginning June 4, performances run Wednesdays through Saturdays at 8 p.m. and matinees on Sundays at 3p.m. through June 15. Tickets are $35 adults, $30 seniors, and $15 students. Friday, May 11 is a half-price preview, official opening/press night is May 12, and the Sunday, May 27, 3 p.m. performance will be half-price for senior citizens. Call (609) 884-1341 for reservations and information or visit the theatre’s website, www.capemaystage.org.
"Uncle Jacques' Symphony"
Location: Robert Shackleton Theater, Bank & Lafayette, 609-884-1341 Sponsored by: Cape May Stage Cost: Ticketed event “Uncle Jacques’ Symphony” written and performed by Dominic Hoffman |
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