The Connection February 5, 2009

The audience encounters a group of junkies and a group of jazz musicians waiting in a loft for "Cowboy" to bring them a fix, while they are being filmed for a movie about their lives. It is the entrance to a complex world, which mirrors many aspects of the human condition from the burning despair of the addict to the glorious redemption of the jazz music. ''The Connection' occupies a critical role in the history of theatre in New York, the Beat generation, and jazz music. Its improvisational style of acting and its exciting use of live jazz changed the course of theater and performance.