United Solo Theatre Festival
Friday, October 18, 2024 at 07:00pm
United Solo Theatre Festival
Theatre Row
410 West 42nd Street
The 17th Annual United Solo Theatre Festival
Featuring shows from across the country and around the globe, the world's largest solo theatre festival is entering our seventeenth season!
Schedule of Events
7pm: Jenny Lind Presents P.T. Barnum - Starring Shelley Cooper
This award winning one woman opera show, fact checks “The Greatest Showman” movie, and that the real reason Jenny Lind (also known as the “The Swedish Nightingale”) quit the tour. When Jenny Lind came to America, to tour with “The Greatest Showman”, P.T. Barnum, she witnessed a nation torn apart over slavery. She embarked on headline-grabbing tour that shared the spotlight with a political maelstrom. Jenny Lind was uncomfortable with Barnum's relentless marketing of her and his questionable moral compass, or lack there of. Eavesdrop on Jenny's final, brave confrontation of PT Barnum and enjoy some operatic gems from Jenny Lind. Come witness a part of HER-story! Couldn't get a ticket to the Taylor Swift Eras tour? No problem! Check out the original touring girl boss, Jenny Lind!
Cooper's show La Divina: The Last Interview of Maria Callas won Best One Woman Show at the 2022 Festival.
