Address: 240 West 44th Street - New York, NY 10036 - Theatre District - South side of West 44th Street, between Broadway & 8th Avenue.

Closest subway: A, C, E to 42nd Street. Exit 44th Street and walk east towards Broadway.

Now Playing: Jay Johnson - The Two and Only.

PERFORMANCES:

Tue - Thu at 7pm

Fri at 8pm

Sat at 2pm & 8pm

Sun at 1pm & 5pm

Seating Capacity: 597

Jay Johnson - The Two and Only:

This is from the press materials: "In his 30-year career, Jay Johnson has converted generations of ventriloquist-avoiding Americans with his unique blend of charm, anarchy and innovative wit. In Jay Johnson: The Two and Only!, he deconstructs and demonstrates his lifelong obsession, aided by a 'cast' that includes Bob, Amigo, Darwin, Long John La Feat, Nethernore (the bird of Death), Spaulding, Arthur Drew, Jackie and Ga Ga, Squeaky.

"Best known for playing the schizophrenic role of Chuck and Bob on the groundbreaking television comedy Soap, Jay Johnson is widely regarded as one of the world's great living ventriloquists. The ancient craft was discovered thousands of years ago and was used by early chieftans and tribesmen, who acted as mediums between men and supernatural forces. The case has also been made that diviners in many religions, including the Oracle of Delphi, were ventriloquists. With his dummy Bob, Jay Johnson follows in the footsteps of such performers as Jules Vernon, Fred Russell (and Coster Joe), The Great Lester (and Frank Byron, Jr.), Edgar Bergen (and Charlie McCarthy), and Paul Winchell, who have all helped to define ventriloquism as a bona fide modern art form."

WRITTEN & PERFORMED BY:
Jay Johnson

CONCEIVED BY:
Jay Johnson, Murphy Cross, Paul Kreppel

DIRECTOR:
Murphy Cross & Paul Kreppel

SETS:
Beowulf Boritt

LIGHTING:
Clifton Taylor

SOUND:
David Gotwald

MUSIC:
Michael Andreas

STAGE MANAGER:
Lori Ann Zepp