June 20th at 8:30 Richmond Shepard Theatre
309 E 26th St. (@ 2nd Ave) New York, NY 10010 (Last show sold out!)
beatnikcafemusical.com
The NYC Off Broadway Show live at the Regent!
June 25th at 8 PM Regent Theater
7 Medford Street Arlington, Massachusetts
regenttheatre.com
781-646-4TIX (4849)
The Beatnik Cafe by Namaya live from New York! A musical revue of the Jazz Beat Generation an off Broadway revue has played to a sold out audience in NYC with terrific reviews. The Beatnik Cafe is the scene of cool jazz music, Jack Kerouac, Lord Buckley and the culture of the 40s to the 60s that bred the baby boomers.
Beatnik Cafe stars living legends of the Beat Generation and an outstanding band. Lillie Bryant Howard jazz & blues singer of Swan Records fame with her hits in the l950's; Richmond Shepard appearing as Lord Buckley who performed with Lord Buckley in the l950's, will perform the Nazz. The all star jazz ensemble led by Chris Sullivan on bass, http://www.myspace.com/christopherdeansullivan), Andrew Bemkey on piano (http://andrewbemkey.com/), Joe Rigby on saxophone Maggie Kus and Taeko Fukao are the other featured jazz vocalists. Jake Lewis portrays Jack Kerouac. Namaya, the playwright, is the Beat Poet who guides the audience through the culture and stories of the beat era.
Reviews
NiteLife Exchange, “The heart of the Beat Generation was recreated by intertwining it with authentic bebop jazz running from 1940's to 1960's....The music was terrific. Richmond Shepard portraying Lord Buckley (the hipster monologist). His jazzed up, skewed retelling of the Biblical story regarding “Jonah and the Whale" was a delightful sort of verbal be-bop'"
Joe Franklin said, “Riveting! I loved it."
Ovation: “With reverence, fun and a hip style Beatnik Cafe salutes an era."
The Rutland Herald said: “The Beatnik Cafe is an artistic simpatico that's tough to cultivate in a multimedia ensemble piece of such complexity." Beatnik Cafe “Is one hip, high-caliber theatrical event." This unconventional cabaret is part homage, part history lesson, part pop-culture happening, weaving renowned gems such as “Take Five," Monk's “Round Midnight" into the socio-political fabric of Ginsburg's “Howl, Beatnik Cafe is an engaging timeline of the musical, literary, and trend-setting luminaries."
If you liked Smokey Joe's Cafe, you will love this!
The audience is invited to dress in their beatnik & hipster threads and finger pop themselves back in time. Go - daddy o'! Prize for the hippest dressed beatnik.
