Then Heaven tries earth if it be in tune, And over it softly her warm ear lays:
Whether we look, or whether we listen, We hear life murmur, or see it glisten.
-James Russell Lowell
Brilliant Voices, Brilliant Comedy Darby Tench and Diana Jacklin, in scenes and selections from The Marriage of Figaro, Shawshank Redemption, The Great Gatsby, Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow, and More!
Saturday
June 3, 8pm
Tickets $15
Jennie
Litt & David Alpher's "Smart Alecky Songs for Serious
Times"
An all-original satirical revue, a program of original
cabaret songs (lyrics by Litt, music by Alpher) addressing
topics as diverse as the weaponization of space, water-borne
pathogens, and first-date disasters. Smart Alecky
Songs is entertainment in the
tradition of another great New England-bred talent, Tom
Lehrer—comic songs and social satire, to the tune of a
virtuoso piano.
Alpher and Litt
have been called a
perfect musical ensemble," and one critic
wrote, "Jennie Litt's lovely voice is
perfectly suited to her repertoire... .
She can really sell a song, like
Barbara Cook can sell a song."
Alpher's playing
has been described as
"brilliant... and idiomatic," and the
Newark Star-Ledger said
"Alpher’s music is all his own, and it
is remarkably good...remarkably rare."
Saturday
June 10, 8pm
Sunday
June 11, 5pm
Tickets $15
The Nat
Simpkins
Henri Smith Band
Hot horns! Mardi Gras energy!
Songs
popularized by Dr. John, Professor Longhair, Fats Domino,
Paul Barbarin, Earl King, Louis Armstrong, and Donald Harrison,
Jr.
Saxophonist
Nat Simpkins, a resident of Manchester,
and vocalist Henri Smith,
who relocated to Gloucester from New Orleans
Return Engagement
ONE NIGHT
ONLY!
Saturday
June 17, 8pm
Tickets $15
The Black
Jew Dialogues
Return Engagement!
Written and performed by Larry
Jay Tish and Ron
Jones, directed by Margaret Ann Brady,
The Black Jew Dialogues is an extraordinary multi-media
two-actor comedy on the absurdity of prejudice and the
commonality between American Blacks and Jews.
Friday
June 30, 8pm
Saturday
July 1, 8pm
Tickets $15
THE WEST END THEATER 1 WASHINGTON STREET GLOUCESTER, MA 01930
Call anytime 978-281-0680
Reservations preferred but not necessary. Come on a whim. Do the pop-in.
Box office opens one hour before showtime.