Side Man

The Pulitzer Prize-nominated and Tony Award-winner for Best Play Side Man is the heartbreaking story spanning three decades of a splintered family as told through the eyes of Clifford (Michael Mahler), the only son of Gene (Michael Ehlers), a jazz trumpet player, and Terry (Kate Buddeke), an alcoholic mother. Alternating between their New York City apartment and a smoke-filled music club, Clifford narrates the story of his broken family and the decline of jazz as popular entertainment. In Side Man “The joy and despair of the musicians is skillfully illustrated,” according to Variety.