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Jazz Masters: Marlene VerPlanck at Westchester Collaborative Theater

Jazz Legend Marlene Verplanck, Dubbed the Finest Canary in Captivity, To Perform at Westchester Collaborative Theater on Saturday, October 14

Ossining, NY - On Saturday, October 14, Westchester Collaborative Theater will continue its acclaimed Jazz Masters series with two sets from jazz and pop legend Marlene Verplanck of whom The New York Times wrote She may be the most accomplished interpreter of popular material performing today. Jazz Journal International Review called her the finest canary in captivity and Downbeat Magazine rated her recently released CD, The Mood Im In as one of 2016s best making her the only singer to be included in the prestigious listing. Verplanck will perform at WCTs Black Box performance space at 7:30pm and at 9pm.

The internationally known songstress has performed at such venues as Carnegie Hall, the Rainbow Room, and on numerous TV programs including Entertainment Tonight and The Today Show. Verplanck has recorded with such music luminaries as Mel Torme, Julius LaRosa and the Glenn Miller Orchestra.

The Westchester Collaborative Theater is a multicultural, cooperative theater company located in Ossining, NY, dedicated to developing new work for the stage and bringing live theater to the community. It is comprised of local playwrights, actors, and directors who employ a Lab approach in which new stage works are nurtured through an iterative process of readings, critiques, and rewrites. When work is ready for production, it is produced for the public at various local venues.

WCT is committed to furthering theater arts in our community. It is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation and a recipient of production grants from ArtsWestchester and New York State Council on the Arts.