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NYC Musical Marathon & Jack Dallas presents Repertoire 2025

Wednesday, January 29, 2025 @ 7:30pm



Divinity Hall @ Centennial AME Zion Church
5 Lewis Place, Closter, NJ 07624

Musical Comedy Bard Series

Musical Comedies - radio style. Join the Musical Marathon Fun!

The NYC Musical Marathon and composer Jack Dallas  presents 4 nights of musical comedies:

“Uncle Bob” & by Dallas. Musical Comedy Bards recreate Uncle Bob Beddoe, a generous, talented, high end functioning alcoholic from his adoring nephew. (2M, 1F, 44 minutes) 2024

“Bridal Whites” A skittish Couple deals with Bridal gowns, bounds and downs.  Both are 20+ years out of high school with little baggage, no marriages nor kids. Both have a load of lonely hurt (2M, 1F, 45 minutes; 25 minutes) 2024

Jessica’s Smile & Factor Tats, Jack Dallas.  Zack & Davis Music Comedy Mavens preside, Sci Fi resides in the past and present. A wedding is requested, after mucho problem quests block the romantic union. (60 minutes, & 25 minutes) 2022

Jen – X with David Beddoe - Bards Jack Zack and Craig A. Davis guide Lost Lovers in war zones. (3M, 2F, 100 minutes) 1998

Humor, Babes, Wisdom, Brevity by Dallas - Firemen, EMTs, Teachers in NYC scramble to emergencies and romance. Bards Jack Zack and Bruce Excuse Davis musicalize. (3M, 3F, 100 minutes) 2003

Jack Dallas Beddoe is a Northern Valley resident, Demarest Norseman and Upsala College Viking alum. He is an Exempt Firefighter, and Life member EMT. In his early post college years, he was an “on the road” musician. He is Music Minister of Centennial AME Zion Church in Closter and previously served Baptist, Methodist, Reform and AME churches.  Dallas taught the Blind for years.

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