Jessica Burrows Van Kipp to Join Jonathan Brielle for I SAW BROADWAY at Birdland, 11/25

Jessica Burrows Van Kipp will join Jonathan Brielle & Friends In I Saw Broadway on Monday, November 25 at 7pm. The night also features Deborah Cox, Matt Bogart, Veanne Cox, Rose Hemingway, and Ken Prymus.

Jonathan Brielle has his Nora once again. Jessica Burrows Van Kipp stunned audiences in her award winning turn as Nora in Brielle's critically acclaimed musical Himself and Nora about the romance of James Joyce and the chambermaid Nora Barnacle. In performances at NYMF and The American Theater Group presentation at Hamilton Stage earlier this year. The actress also distinguished herself as Lara in Des McAnuff's Zhivago and Baz Luhrman's La Boheme and in club appearances at Feinstein's and the Laurie Beechman Theatre. Now the comely redhead with the electrifying voice will join with Brielle for his evening of song Jonathan Brielle's I Saw Broadway.

Ms Burrows Van Kipp was formerly known as Jessica Burrows before wedding the dashing Christian Van Kipp this summer. She joins the previously announced Deborah Cox, Veanne Cox, Rose Hemingway and Ken Pyrmus and her Himself and Nora co-star Matt Bogart

Composer Jonathan Brielle's I Saw Broadway features songs and stars from three of his new musicals, including Himself and Nora, which, following its critically acclaimed run at The American Theatre Group's Hamilton Stage, is rounding the corner for Broadway; 40 Naked Women, a Monkey & Me, recently seen in a staged reading, and Nightmare Alley a hit at this summer's New York Musical Theater Festival.

These talented performers will be solidly backed by Brielle and his New York hard swinging extraordinary group of musicians who have among them scores of Broadway show credits and hit records. The band includes Musical Director Jeff Klitz on piano, Paul Pizzutti on drums, Ira Siegel on guitar, Jim Hynes on trumpet, Mike Davis on trombone, Dan Willis on reeds and Andy Snitzer on saxophone.

Jonathan Brielle's work has been seen on Broadway: Foxfire (music & lyrics); Off-Broadway: The Great Grandson of Jedidiah Kohler and Besides Herself (music & lyrics). Regional: Himself & Nora (book, music, lyrics) American Theater Group, NYMF, Dublin, Old Globe; 40 Naked Women, A Monkey and Me (book, music, lyrics) Eugene O'Neil Conference; Nightmare Alley (book, music, lyrics), Geffen Playhouse, NYMF; US and UK Tours: Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus; Rugrats; Goosebumps Live. Las Vegas: Enter The Night - 12yrs Stardust Hotel (book, music, lyrics), MadHattan, (book, music, lyrics) New York, New York Hotel. Honors: Board Vice President, Johnny Mercer Foundation; former Nat'l Projects Director, Songwriters Guild of America.

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