Jane Lynch’s A Swingin’ Little Christmas on December 2 at The Ridgefield Playhouse

It’s a night of music and comedy with Jane Lynch’s A Swingin’ Little Christmas on December 2 at The Ridgefield Playhouse

For those of you who may be experiencing varying levels of nausea and depression because of the holiday season — people get bummed out around Kwanzaa, too — comedian Jane Lynch brings her new tour A Swingin' Little Christmas! to The Ridgefield Playhouse on Saturday, December 2 at 8pm as part of the Ridgefield Magazine Broadway and Cabaret Series. 

This comically kitsch throwback to the old WWII USO canteen and 1960s’ Christmas specials of yore, features Kate Flannery (Meredith on The Office) and Tim Davis (former Glee vocal arranger) backed by The Tony Guerrero Quintet. Flannery and Davis operate in comedic counterpoint to Lynch, whose gift to you this horrible year is a kind of empathy that really swings!  When you throw in her five-piece backup band The Tony Guerrero Quintet plus and all her favorite holiday tunes, what you get is the same giddy feeling you had as a kid when you saw that Santa had come. This show will get you 100% into the holiday spirit. Prepare for a side-splitting evening of musical comedy, with more than a dash of wit as Lynch offers original tunes, including the comedic “Sentimental Christmas” and the more elegant “Winter’s Never Cold (When You’re Around)” and her own spin on seasonal favorites “We Three Kings” and an especially jaunty “Up on the Housetop.”

JANE LYNCH is an Emmy and Golden Globe winner for her portrayal of Sue Sylvester on Glee and she is currently the two-time Emmy Award-winning host of NBC's Hollywood Game Night. In 2015, Jane embarked on her own live concert tour, See Jane Sing with Kate Flannery, Tim Davis and The Tony Guerrero Quintet. Their holiday album, A Swingin' Little Christmas is available from iTunes, Amazon and other outlets.

KATE FLANNERY is best known for her 9 seasons as Meredith the drunk on NBC’s THE OFFICE.  Recent TV appearances include THE NEW GIRL, AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE, ANOTHER PERIOD and BROOKLYN NINE NINE. Kate is currently Jane Lynch’s sidekick in her anti cabaret act, SEE JANE SING having played the Kennedy Center, Joe’s Pub and 30 cities across the country. Her original cult comedy lounge act, the Lampshades regularly plays comedy festivals and in and around Hollywood.

TIM DAVIS has been singing and touring for the past three years in See Jane Sing. Tim’s music producing and singing credits include all six seasons of "Glee", ABC’s “Boy Band”, the feature film  "Love Is Afoot", Lady Gaga’s Super Bowl 2017 halftime show, Pentatonix Christmas, Barbra Streisand’s 2017 concert tour, Jane Lynch’s “Swingin’ Little Christmas”, The People’s Choice Awards, Josh Groban’s “Stages”, Childish Gambino, the feature film “Beauty and The Beast”, TV's “The Americans”, and "The Goldbergs”.

THE TONY GUERRERO QUINTET has been a staple of the Southern California jazz scene for many years. Featuring Tony Guerrero (trumpet and piano), Matt Johnson (drums), Mark Visher (woodwinds), Dave Siebels (keyboards) and David Miller (stand-up bass), they are currently touring the country with  "See Jane Sing" with Jane Lynch, Kate Flannery and Tim Davis. This past Christmas they released their holiday album "A Swingin' Little Christmas” that landed a spot in the top twenty of the Billboard charts. The single "Winter's Never Cold" (an original Tony Guerrero composition) went to #8 on the Billboard charts. The album is available on iTunes.

For tickets ($75), call the box office at 203-438-5795, or visit ridgefieldplayhouse.org.  The Ridgefield Playhouse is a non-profit performing arts center located at 80 East Ridge, parallel to Main Street, Ridgefield, CT.