Cuccioli, Marshall and Diaz Team Up for Jacques Brel at the Zipper

Robert Cuccioli, Gay Marshall and Natascia Diaz will star in the upcoming off-Broadway revival of Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris. The show, directed by Gordon Greenberg, is scheduled to begin performances at the Zipper Theater on March 5.

Cuccioli received a 1997 Tony Award nomination and Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for his dual performance in Jekyll & Hyde. He also appeared on the Great White Way in Les Miserables. His off-Broadway credits include Temporary Help, Enter the Guardsman, And The World Goes 'Round and The Rothschilds. This fall he appeared in the Actors' Fund benefit concert performance of On the Twentieth Century.

Marshall appeared in Greenberg's mounting of Jacques Brel at the Capital Repertory Theatre in Albany. She was also featured at the Paper Mill Playhouse last season in The Baker's Wife, which was also directed by Greenberg. Mashall had previously appeared in Greenberg's staging of The Baker's Wife at Goodspeed Musicals. She was seen on Broadway in A Chorus Line and has written and performed two one-woman shows, Piaf: La Vie l'Amour and If I Were Me.

Diaz has appeared on Broadway in Carousel, The Capeman, Seussical and Man of La Mancha. Her off-Broadway credits include Bright Lights, Big City, Saturday Night and tick, tick… BOOM!. Other notable theatrical credits include the Kennedy Center Sondheim Festival mounting of A Little Night Music, the Paper Mill Playhouse mounting of Pippin, the last US tour of West Side Story which won her a Jeff Award for her performance as Anita and the pre-Broadway tour of Sweet Charity.

With a cast of four actors and four musicians, the show celebrates Brel's relevance and enduring passions. Translated from the French by American poet Eric Blau and lyricist Mort Shuman, the show is a blend of ballads, tangos, boleros, rock and classics. Each piece tells a story, examining themes of love, war, adventure, broken dreams, people from all classes, being young, growing old and death, but always remembering life has much humor in it.

Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris is expected to open on March 27.