The Klein is excited to announce a new collaboration with the New Haven Symphony Orchestra

Aretha: A Tribute

Presented by The Klein and NHSO

featuring Capathia Jenkins and Ryan Shaw

Thursday, June 1, 2023

7:30pm

Celebrate the iconic music of Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Stevie Wonder & more! Conductor Chelsea Tipton II leads the 38-piece New Haven Symphony Orchestra plus 2 soulful vocalists: Broadway sensation Capathia Jenkins and 3-time Grammy nominee Ryan Shaw.

Tickets: $26, $38, $59

Student tickets: $10 at the box office (Must show valid student ID)

Ticket fees are waived for cash sales

Group discount: 15% off groups of 10 or more. Contact the box office at (800) 424-0160 x2 or enter the code GROUP10 at checkout.

ABOUT THE FEATURED ARTISTS

The Brooklyn-born and raised actress Capathia Jenkins most recently starred as ‘Medda’ in the hit Disney production of Newsies on Broadway. She made her Broadway debut in The Civil War, where she created the role of Harriet Jackson. She then starred in the Off-Broadway 2000 revival of Godspell, where she wowed audiences with her stirring rendition of ‘Turn Back, O Man’ which can still be heard on the original cast recording. She returned to Broadway in The Look of Love. Ms. Jenkins then created the roles of ‘The Washing Machine’ in Caroline, Or Change and ‘Frieda May’ in Martin Short-Fame becomes me where she sang ‘Stop the Show’ and brought the house down every night.  In 2007 she went back to Off-Broadway and starred in (mis) Understanding Mammy-The Hattie McDaniel Story for which she was nominated for a Drama Desk Award. She was also seen in Nora Ephron’s Love, Loss, and What I Wore. Her television credits include 30 Rock, the Practice, Law & Order SVU, the Sopranos, Law & Order. She can be seen in the film ‘Musical Chairs’  and can be heard on the soundtracks of Nine, Chicago, and Legally Blonde 2.

Ryan Shaw is a three-time GRAMMY® nominated artist for his solo projects, Columbia Records’ This is Ryan Shaw, his In Between and Dynotone’s Real Love.  He has shared the world stage with such artists as Van Halen, Bonnie Raitt, John Legend, B.B. King and Jill Scott. His music has been featured on FOX’s So You Think You Can Dance and ABC’s Dancing with The Stars, Grey’s Anatomy, and Lincoln Heights, and the films My Blueberry Nights and Bride Wars and the Sex and the City soundtrack.  Ryan has been a featured guest on national TV talk shows.  He starred as Judas in the Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Olivier Award-winning London production of Jesus Christ Superstar, as the original Stevie Wonder in Motown: The Musical on Broadway, and on London’s West End as the Soul of Michael Jackson in Thriller Live.   Ryan debuted at Radio City Music Hall in the Dream Concert benefit for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial.  His Carnegie Hall appearances include Elton John and Bernie Taupin Tribute, A Celebration of The African American Cultural Legacy, and a Nat King Cole 100th concert with the NY Pops.  His concert schedule includes Nat King Cole at 100 with the National Symphony Orchestra at The Kennedy Center, and A Tribute to the Queen of Soul:  Aretha Franklin with numerous orchestras throughout North America.  Ryan’s new album, Imagining Marvin, showcases Marvin Gaye hits alongside Ryan’s original songs and features multi GRAMMY Award-winning co-writers and special guests.

Thank you to our media sponsor, WPKN 89.5 Community Radio.

WPKN DJs will be spinning soul music in the lobby before & after the show!

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