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One Night Only! – WORDTheatre & The Ford Present: JAZZ Re-EVOLUTION – A Literary & Musical Salute to Jazz Legends – July 22

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WORDTheatre is a 20-year-old non-profit producing events in London, New York and Los Angeles celebrating the literary word in music and books and utilizing acclaimed actors performing in their literary music productions. Our recent event in March at Hollywood Post 43 commemorated the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War. We had actors that included: Sharon Stone, Ed Harris, John Savage, Kathy Baker, Griffin Dunne, Bill Pullman and more performing works from renowned war authors. Attending were the authors, actors, WW11 and Vietnam vets and the general public in what turned out to be a most powerful and emotional evening for everyone. I have never experienced anything like that in all my years of producing events.

Please see below on the event plus details on WORDTheatre’s non-profit work taking celebrities into the LA schools to read literary works of renowned authors. Thank you for the review and let me know if you like to do a story on WORDTheatre and JAZZ Re-EVOLUTION.

JAZZ Re-EVOLUTION

A Literary & Musical Journey

into the world of Jazz!

– Celebrating the Legendary Artists & Rich History of Jazz through Words & Music under the Stars.

TICKETS AVAILABLE!

JAZZ Re-EVOLUTION

An Original WORDTheatre® Production

Presented in Partnership with The Ford.

SATURDAY, JULY 22nd – The Ford – Hollywood

 In an electrifying fusion of stories, songs, memoir and music, Jazz Luminaries from New Orleans to L.A.’s Central Avenue are brought to life by a world-class ensemble of actors, singers and musicians in this one-night-only celebration of America’s greatest original art form…

JAZZ Re-EVOLUTION is a benefit for this literary non-profit’s in-the-schools program, WORDTheatre Campus. For over 20 years, WORDTheatre events have been shining a spotlight on literary works brought to life in performances by acclaimed actors, musicians and dancers in Los Angeles, London and New York.

“Jazz has always been a man telling the truth about himself.”

Quincy Jones
The Ford – Saturday, July 22nd – 8:00pm – Hollywood

PREMIUM TICKETS ON SALE NOW

Enjoy the *BEST SEATS* in the house plus an Invitation to the Exclusive Afterparty with the cast and musicians.

Premium Tickets here!

General Public Tickets available via the FORD box office here!

Tickets start at $30+. For more info: visit WORDTheatre
JAZZ Re-EVOLUTION brings together acclaimed actors, singers, and world-renowned musicians on stage for an electrifying fusion of storytelling and jazz to convey the rich history and power of America’s greatest original art form. This one-night-only event shines a spotlight on many of the artists who have become jazz legends – from Buddy Bolden, Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, Jelly Roll Morton and Louis Armstrong to Nina Simone, Billie Holiday, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington and Wayne Shorter––through biographical and memoir excerpts, letters, and selections from the writings of literary luminaries such as W.E.B. DuBois, Stanley Crouch, Nora Zeale Hurston and Langston Hughes. Multi-generational audiences will be transported from the birthplace of Jazz in New Orleans to Harlem, to the Los Angeles clubs that thrived along Central Avenue and beyond.

Actors: Antonique Smith, Keith David, Glynn Turman, Gary Dourdan, Lisa Edelstein, Dave Fennoy, Jason George, Joseph Marcell, Reign Morton, Tracie Thoms, Leslie Grace, and Miguel Sandoval.

Narration: Dave Fennoy and Iona Morris.

Musicians: Suuvi – Cello, Wayne Bergeron –Trumpet, Nedra Wheeler – Bass, Terrace Martin – Saxophone with Starr Parodi – Piano & Musical Director. More TBA.

Orchestrations: Jonathan Sacks.

Curated, Produced & Directed by Cedering Fox.
About WORDTheatre

WORDTheatre is on a mission to make the world a better place –

one story at a time.

WORDTheatre, brings literature to life with unique theatrical events that engage, entertain, and inform by pairing the finest authors in the US and the UK with renowned actors, musicians, and dancers. These performers step into the story, live in the characters’ skins, feel their hidden yearnings, and transport audiences to a place of deep empathy. WORDTheatre presents themed literary productions that combine stories, music, dance, and poetry such as In the Cosmos, Mysteries of the Mind, A Tribute to Langston Hughes, and Witness: The John Edgar Wideman Experience.

Acclaimed actors that have participated in past WORDTheatre productions include Ed Harris, Jeff Goldblum, Alfre Woodard, Lily Tomlin, Bill Pullman, Alfred Molina, Brian Cox, John Savage, Griffin Dunne, Kathy Baker, Sharon Stone, Sterling K. Brown, Amanda Seyfried, Brian Cox, and many more.

WORDTheatre Campus:

Bringing great literature to high school and college students is central to our mission. Our objective is to partner with interested schools to make available the WORDTheatre resources that best serve a school’s curriculum. WORDTheatre Campus programs are tailored to support the needs of both public and independent high schools, as well as community colleges, four-year colleges and universities.

“It has been my honor to watch Cedering Fox and her performers and authors change the lives of students at Venice High School, through her amazing WORDTheatre productions. Her topics are always timely, touching and heart-wrenching, such that students, in their reflections, are left changed as they leave the room.”

– Wendy Sarnoff, Teacher at Venice High School, Venice, California, U.S.A.

For more information on WORDTheatre, please visit www.wordtheatre.org

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