Behind the Curtain Guide
JELLY'S LAST JAM
This Behind the Curtain Study Guide gives you an inside look to Encores! Jelly's Last Jam. This guide includes an interview with the Director, a timeline of jazz history, and activities and discussion questions for teachers and students.
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Community Night
This pre-show event will feature professional musicians from Brooklyn Music School as well as tasty New Orleans-inspired treats and a conversation with folks from MUSE (Musicians United for Social Equity) about honoring and preserving legacy.
Fri Feb 23 at 6:30pm
Grand Tier
Celebrate Black Theater Legacy Night
Join George C. Wolfe and Susan Birkenhead in a post-show conversation—Black Theater Legacy: Luther Henderson—moderated by Robert O’Hara. Enjoy special drink discounts and music.
Fri Mar 1 at 7:30pm
ASL Interpreted Performances
One signed performance will be offered for each production in the Encores! series, as well as the annual gala presentation. Tickets in view of the interpreters are $50 (plus a $3 facility fee per ticket) for all productions. Seats will be in Orchestra house right, which is the best view to ASL interpreters and the stage.
Encores! Jelly's Last Jam
Thu Feb 29 at 7:30pm
Encores!
Jelly's Last Jam is part of the 30th Encores! series, helmed by Artistic Director Lear deBessonet, Producing Creative Director Clint Ramos, Music Director Mary-Mitchell Campbell, and VP & Producer of Musical Theater Jenny Gersten.
This series of concert stagings revisits the archives of American musical theater. Centered around The Encores! Orchestra, these revivals are produced with limited runs and rehearsal schedules, spotlighting the vocal talents of star-studded ensembles.
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