Jacques Brel to Close Off-Broadway on 2/25

The acclaimed off-Broadway revival of the Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living In Paris will close after the February 25 performance at the Zipper Theatre. The production opened on March 27, 2006, and will have played a total of 384 performances. There are plans to mount productions of Brel throughout the country Boston, Cleveland, South Florida, as well as in Toronto and at the Menier Chocolate Factory in London.

Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living In Paris is directed by Gordon Greenberg, with music direction by John O¹Neill and choreography by Mark Dendy. The musical is produced by Dan Whitten, Bob and Rhonda Silver, and Ken Grossman in association with Tiger Theatricals. The current cast includes Robert Cuccioli, Constantine Maroulis, Gay Marshall and Jayne Paterson. The original production opened in 1968 at The Village Gate in Greenwich Village and ran for more than four years.