Featuring book and lyrics by Jay Falzone and music by Jason Loffredo, You Don't Know Jack will be presented at 7:30 PM. Those scheduled to lend their talents to the musical, which was developed by Casey Hushion, include Christian Anderson, Felicia Finley, Ann Harada and Kevin Kern. John Simpkins will direct the evening, which boasts musical direction by Gary Adler. Matt Gallagher will be featured on piano with Arnold Gottlieb on bass and Joe Choroszewski on drums.
"Mother Goose would have you believe that 'Jack & Jill' is just another harmless childhood nursery rhyme," read press notes. "Or is it just another fairy tale? As Mother Goose begins to compose the story of their lives, Jack and Jill long to escape Nursery Rhyme Land to live their own Happily Ever After. Their best friends, Bo Peep and Georgy Porgy, try to protect the couple, knowing all too well what a foul, tyrannical duck-tator Mother Goose can be. Accompanied by the famous jazz trio, The Three Blind Mice, these four friends sort through jealousies, fears, sexual indiscretions, and a political conspiracy involving one rather well-known Egg."
The York Theatre Company is located at Saint Peter's Theatre in Citigroup Center at 619 Lexington Avenue. Call (212) 935-5824, ext. 24 for reservations or e-mail [email protected]. Visit www.yorktheatre.org for more information.