The Shakespearean Jazz Show (NYMF)
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The Shakespearean Jazz Show (NYMF)
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The Shakespearean Jazz Show (NYMF) NYC Reviews and Tickets

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Members say
Delightful, Great singing, Must see, Clever, Enchanting

About the Show

Part of the New York Musical Festival: The Nine Worthies provide a parade of Shakespearean sonnets, songs, and scenes set to original New Orleans-style jazz.

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Critic Reviews (1)

Cabaret Scenes
July 26th, 2017

"The players in this New York debut were young, attractive, enthusiastic, charming, and in fine voice, if not always up to the challenge of enunciating the poetry and putting it across…To realize its potential, the show needs a seasoned stage director....The band, especially the drummer, almost always overwhelmed the voices and therefore blotted out the words—always a sin in sung music. But when the words are Shakespeare’s, it felt more like a crime.”
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