The veteran Broadway chorus boy Bradley Jones, who segued into a career as a psychoanalytic clinician and author, continues his comeback to the stage over three nights this May and June. Dr. Bradley’s Fabulous Functional Narcissism: The Solo Show, Jones’s insightful, comedic coming of age story, moves through the 1960s of his childhood, through the ‘70s and ‘80s of his Broadway years, all the way to the present. The show plays two nights at The Laurie Beechman Theatre (at the West Bank Café, 407 West 42nd Street), on Friday, May 11, at 7 PM and Saturday, May 19, at 1 PM and continues for a third date at Don’t Tell Mama (343 West 46th Street), on Friday, June 15 at 8 PM.
Jones is supported by a quartet, The Freudians, led by Mike Pettry, the show’s music director, on piano, with Alden Banta on woodwinds, Jacob Silver on bass, and Zack Eldridge on percussion. Dr. Bradley’s Fabulous Functional Narcissim: The Solo Show features a panorama of mostly Broadway-derived standards that pulsed through these formative years, including the music of Rodgers and Hart, Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Bernstein, Ray Heindorf, Brian Yorkey and more.
Combining two careers–psychoanalysis and musical theater–Dr. Bradley’s Fabulous Functional Narcissism: The Solo Show is a thought-provoking and poignant chronicle of a developmental odyssey that is both outlandish and relatable. Mixing song, dance, storytelling and quips out of school, Dr. Bradley recounts how a precocious 6-year old theater queen became a glorified Broadway chorus boy (parking himself for a decade in a legendary Broadway hit), made it through the AIDS crisis and excessive drug use, to his current role today as a successful psychoanalytic clinician. Dr. Bradley also performs 15 years of intensive psychoanalysis in under 5 minutes with tap shoes!
Dr. Bradley’s Fabulous Functional Narcissism: The Solo Show, The Laurie Beechman Theatre in the West Bank Café, 407 West 42nd Street, on Friday, May 11, at 7 PM and Saturday, May 19, at 1 PM
Don’t Tell Mama, 343 West 46th Street on Friday, June 15 at 8pm. The cover charge for all three shows is $20. There is a 2-drink minimum at both clubs… Mama’s is cash only
For tickets visit www.westbankcafe.com or call 212-352-3101 and www.donttellmamanyc.com or call 212-757-0788.
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