Side Man

1st Stage Theatre
1524 Spring Hill Road Tysons

Journey through three decades of the Jazz era in the Tony award winning play, Side Man. Clifford narrates a tender but difficult tale of his parents' tortured relationship with each other and with the music that defined a generation. Experience a time before Elvis, when one trumpet solo could change a life and when sidemen were celebrities. This semi-autobiographical play is an inspired look at the joy of Jazz, the despair of broken families and the determination of love.

Thru - Apr 22, 2012

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Washington Post - Highly Recommended

"...Director Michael Dove has put together a fun trio of actors as Gene’s jazz compadres: Sun King Davis as Al, a slouchy guy who fancies himself a ladies’ man; Kevin Hasser as Ziggy, a comically edgy player; and Maboud Ebrahimzadeh as the hipster Jonesy, a hopeless heroin addict. As Clifford explains to the audience, for guys such as these, you were “clean” if you just stuck to booze and weed. Jjana Valentiner has a nice been-there-done-that take on Patsy, the bar waitress."

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- Jane Horwitz

DCTheatreScene - Recommended

Patrick Bussink plays Clifford, the narrator and son of the two main characters, with depth and striking appeal. Clifford opens the show, introduces the characters at their later stages, relates what happened when his parents met, and is the trusty guide interpreting all the emotional gyrations and turmoil of their nearly thirty year marriage which started crumbling soon after the “I-Do”’s.

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- Debbie Jackson

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