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September 9, 2011 Jack appears as Edgar in Midsummer Madness, a musical retelling of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Directed by Cynthia Meryl and with musical direction by Jack Bender, Midsummer Madness features Karen Mason, William Michaels, Teri Hanson, and Sean MacLaughlin. Midsummer Madness performs at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center on September 9th at 7PM and at Pearl Studios on September 13th at 7PM.

July 25, 2011 Jack returns to the Peccadillo Theater Company to play Mr. Rogers in a reading of Pulitzer Prize winner George Kelly’s The Show Off. A richly comic caricature of the bluff and bragging of American business life, The Show Off was one of the most popular and successful comedies of the 1920s. Directed by Dan Wackerman and featuring Joyce Van Patten as Mrs. Fisher, The Show Off  performed at the Theatre at St. Clements.

November 8, 2010 Jack starts rehearsals for Bells Are Ringing, his sixth City Center Encores! concert. Jack plays Morty Hopper. The show stars Kelli O’Hara (South Pacific, The Light In The Piazza), Will Chase (Rent, Billy Elliot), and Bobby Cannavale (Mauritius, Will & Grace) and is directed by Kathleen Marshall. Performances run from November 18th through November 21st.

June 22, 2010 Jack starts rehearsals for Gypsy, the production that reopens the North Shore Music Theatre. Jack plays Webber and Goldstone and understudies Herbie. The show stars Vicki Lewis (News Radio, Damn Yankees, Chicago), Catherine Walker (Ragtime, Mary Poppins), and Kirby Ward (Crazy For You, Never Gonna Dance) and is directed by Richard Sabellico. Performances run from July 6th through July 25th.

June 16 & 17, 2010 Jack participates in a second industry reading of A Day In Gloucester, a new musical by Jim and Bob Walton. The reading features Kerry O’Malley, Christopher Sieber, and Michael McCormick and is directed by Lonny Price.

May 27, 2010 Jack appears at the York Theatre in a second reading of The Age Of Innocence, a new musical composed by Ted Kociolek. Based on the novel by Edith Wharton, it features Michael Halling, Lynne Wintersteller, and Kelly Francis and is directed by Pamela Hunt. 

May 23, 2010 Jack performs at the Nuyorican Poets Café for the Broadway Alumni Connection cabaret. Other performers include J. Eliane Marcos (A Chorus Line), Joan Barber (Man Of La Mancha), Amy Dolan (42nd Street), Pat McRoberts (Miss Saigon) and Jessica Leigh Brown (Nine). Musical direction by Michael Lavine.

March 29, 2010 Jack starts rehearsals for the Pioneer Theatre production of 42nd Street in Salt Lake City, Utah. Jack plays songwriter Bert Barry, appearing with Dennis Parlato (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Graduate, The Sound Of Music), Beth Glover (Grey Gardens, Take Me Along), and Lea Kohl (42nd Street Revival, White Christmas). The production is directed by Charles Morey and choreographed by Patti D’Beck, with musical direction by Michael Rice. Performances run from April 23 through May 8th.

January 25, 2010 Jack starts rehearsals for his fifth City Center Encores! concert, Harold Rome’s Fanny. Jack plays Brun, appearing with Fred Applegate (The Producers, Young Frankenstein), George Hearn (Sunset Boulevard, La Cage aux Folles), David Patrick Kelly (Twelfth Night), Michael McCormick (Curtains, The Pajama Game) Pricilla Lopez (In The Heights, A Chorus Line), Elena Shaddow (Fiddler On The Roof, Nine), and James Snyder (Cry-Baby). The production is directed by Marc Bruni and choreographed by Lorin Latarro, with musical direction by Rob Berman. Performances run from February 4th through February 7th.