Talent Brothers Return to the Stage with The Broken Jump

Las Vegas' own Talented Talent Brothers return to the NYC stage in the World Premiere Production of The Broken Jump as part of the Midtown International Theatre Festival. Performances July 21st through August 5th at Where Eagles Dare Theatre, 347 West 36th Street, NYC.

"After successful off-off Broadway runs of the zany comedies Abnormal Stew (2005) and Weasel Erotica (2006), playwright and eldest sibling King Talent has created something of a departure for the group, a comedic drama … with songs … set in a vaudeville theatre in 1918," state press notes.  In the play, "Julius McGowen is a small-time vaudeville comic who has spent twenty years pursuing his dream of making the big-time and playing the Palace.  He arrives in Grand Rapids, Michigan at the end of a broken jump (a 'split week,' as it were) not to find a stepping stone to success, but rather that a child performer has taken his headlining slot, a long lost love struggling to be re-ignited, a politician trying to make a name for himself by any means necessary and an epidemic outbreak of the Spanish influenza.  Shaken to his core by these events, he must decide whether it's better to dream a dream he's always had or to live one he never knew existed."

The Broken Jump features The Talented Talent Brothers (King Talent, Melissa Jo Talent, Matt "Mo" Talent and Tony King) along with Jack Boice, Dan Hernandez, Greg Homison and Caitlin Meiner.  Direction by J.B. Lawrence, Musical Direction by Rebecca Sponseller and choreography by Naomi Austin.

"The Talent Brothers are sibling entertainers who originally hail from Las Vegas but have spent way too much time all over the United States. King Talent, the oldest, is an actor, writer and stand-up. Matt 'Mo' Talent is an actor with years of stage experience on both coasts. Melissa Jo Talent, the youngest, is an actress and director. Tony King...boy, can he act. And dance? Hoo, let me tell ya..."

General admission tickets are priced at $18 and are currently available at Smarttix.com. Visit www.babyhippopotamus.com for more information.