New York Clamors For More Of Dr. Bradley's Functional Narcissism At Don't Tell Mama

"Dr. Bradley's Functional Narcissism...The Psychoanalytic Odyssey of a Once Glorified Chorus Boy" has been packing in SRO crowds in a series of cabaret evenings in NYC, offering a hilarious and touching combination of psychotherapy, (of which Dr. Bradley Jones is a bona fide, longstanding practitioner in New York City) and song and dance (of which he was a bona fide practitioner in Broadway's "A Chorus Line" for nearly ten years). He'll return, by popular demand, to Don't Tell Mama on September 16th at 7pm for an encore performance. If you want to attend, reservations are essential.

"The Doctor is IN. IN-sync. IN-spiring. And just the teeniest bit IN-sane. Dr. Bradley Jones (yes, that shingle is real) has just the right amount of observation, rhythm and razzle-dazzle to charm anyone within earshot." - Tulis McCall, The Front Row Center

"The evening was consistently surprising and clever, and often very touching...Dr. Jones is a definite remedy for the mid-summer blues." - Bart Greenberg, Cabaret Scenes

Dr. Jones regales the audience through 70 minutes of music and deft story-telling that's eccentric and true, poignant and captivating, applying his rapier wit to a true-life, scripted tale. His parents, his emergence as a budding theater queen at age six, negotiating life as a gay teen in the early 1970s, getting to Broadway, backstage life, excessive drug use, living through the AIDS pandemic and his decision to pursue a new career - a choice made easier for an aging chorus boy by a blown out knee - are all fodder for a completely unusual and entertaining public examination of self.

Jones will be supported by The Freudians, a quartet led by pianist Mike Pettry, the show's music director, with Alden Banta on woodwinds, Jacob Silver on bass, and Zack Eldridge on percussion. Dr. Bradley's Fabulous Functional Narcissim features mainly the music that underscored Jones' milieu: Broadway standards including the music of Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Bernstein, George Gershwin, Rodgers and Hart, Harold Arlen, Ray Heindorf, Brian Yorkey and more. The show was directed by KT Sullivan, artistic director of the Mabel Mercer Foundation, and an internationally renowned musical performer.

"Dr. Bradley's Fabulous Functional Narcissim...The Psychoanalytic Odyssey of a Once Glorified Chorus Boy" makes a visit this fall to Musical Theatre of Connecticut for one night September 8th, and to Sterlings Upstairs at the Federal in Los Angeles on October 7th.

Established in 1982, Don't Tell Mama is celebrating over 35 years as a world famous entertainment destination. Located on renowned Restaurant Row in the heart of New York's theater district, Don't Tell Mama is one-of-a-kind - a veritable nightlife mall with four individual spaces: a piano bar, a restaurant and 2 separate cabaret showrooms: a cineplex of cabaret! Countless luminaries have come through our doors such as Liza Minnelli, Paul Newman, Joan Rivers, Bette Midler, Rosie O'Donnell, Chita Rivera, Kathy Griffin, Audra MacDonald, Kristin Chenoweth, Mario Cantone, & Cuba Gooding Jr., to name but a few.

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