Musical Theatre of Connecticut (MTC) presents Dr. Bradley’s Fabulous Functional Narcissism: The Psychoanalytic Odyssey of a Once Glorified Chorus Boy."
A Westport native and teenage star of the Staples Players, Jones’ hilarious and moving coming-of-age story chronicles his childhood as a budding theater queen, ten years on Broadway in A Chorus Line during a time of excessive drug use and the AIDS pandemic, through to the present and his successful, post-Broadway career as a psychoanalyst in New York City. Dr. Bradley’s Fabulous Functional Narcissism plays September 8th at 8pm at MTC, 509 Westport Avenue, Norwalk, CT 06851. Phone: 203.454.3883. Tickets may be purchased here
"I am happy to report that the Doctor is IN. IN-sync. IN-spiring. And just the teeniest bit IN-sane. Dr. Bradley Jones (yes, that shingle is real) has just the right amount of observation, rhythm and razzle-dazzle to charm anyone within earshot.” - Tulis McCall, The Front Row Center
“The evening was consistently surprising and clever, and often very touching…Dr. Jones is a definite remedy for the mid-summer blues.”
- Bart Greenberg, Cabaret Scenes
"A most complex, detailed, thought-provoking, whimsical, articulate, accurate, truthful and honest, lively, hilarious and touching 70-minute-long autobiographical adventure.” - Myra Chanin, Theater Pizzazz
"Dr. Bradley’s Fabulous Functional Narcissism is a fascinating, wildly entertaining show.” - Michael Barbieri, Nitelife Exchange
When Jones returned to his alma mater in 2013 for a second time to teach the Staples Players cast the stylized Michael Bennett choreography for their production of A Chorus Line, Dr. Bradley’s Fabulous Functional Narcissism had not yet taken root in Jones’ imagination. With story-telling that’s eccentric and true, poignant and captivating, nostalgic and jubilant, Dr. Jones exhorts us to understand narcissism not as a disease but more a means of survival. He regales the audience through 70 minutes, applying his rapier wit to true tales of backstage life and making his decision to pursue a new career, a choice made easier considering a “blown out knee.” Now Jones is back on his feet again, to perform a fifteen year recap of intensive psychoanalysis in under 7 minutes - in tap shoes. Dr. Bradley’s Fabulous Functional Narcissism: The Solo Show features mainly the music that underscored these decades and Jones’ milieu: Broadway standards including the music of Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Bernstein, George Gershwin, Rodgers and Hart, Harold Arlen, Ray Heindorf, Brian Yorkey and more. The show was directed by KT Sullivan, artistic director of the Mabel Mercer Foundation, and an internationally renowned performer. Jones is supported by The Freudians, a quartet led by pianist Chris Gurr, the show’s musical director, with Alden Banta on woodwinds, Jacob Silver on bass, and Zack Eldridge on percussion