Side Man

Archive Listings for Side Man

T1716897097 (APOLLO00) The original New York cast will play for a 12-week limited season of Side Man in London.Performer Jason Priestley. Performer Jeff Binder. Performer Edie Falco. Performer Kevin Geer. Performer Michael Mastro. Performer Angelica Torn. Performer Frank Wood. Director Michael Mayer. Design Neil Patel. Costume Tom Broecker. Lighting Kenneth Posner. Sound Scott Myers. Producer Ron Kastner. Producer Anita Waxman. Producer Elizabeth Williams (in association with the original New York producers).

17 Feb 00 to 10 Jun 00

Apollo Theatre, West End :: V383 listing details L057582493

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Play :: Warren Leight's autobiographical play Side Man won the 1999 Tony Award for 'Best Play'. Set in New York, Side Man is about jazz musicians from their heyday in the 1950's through to their dark years in the 1980's. This covered the period when many great musicians had to cobble together a mix of club dates, unemployment cheques and cash gigs to make a living. These musicians, known as sidemen, and their families made great sacrifices to serve their passion for music. Side Man includes jazz classics by Roy Eldridge, Miles Davis, Clifford Brown, Lee Morgan, Donald Byrd, Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington. BMG Records have issued a recording of the jazz classics from Side Man.

Author

Warren Leight