photo: Jini Sachse
Jesse Malin’s Silver Manhattan debuted at the Gramercy Theatre back in September. Malin has described the show as “a play, a story and a concert performed live on stage with a full band.” The theatrical performance draws on music from his bands Heart Attack and D Generation, as well as his solo career. The show will now move to the Bowery Palace for a limited six-week run, where he will present it five nights a week from February 18 through March 29.
Malin reveals, “Silver Manhattan is the most personal thing I’ve ever done on stage. I want to run it in a smaller theater, and look into the eyes of everyone in the room. I have so much history on the Bowery—I played CBGB’s as a kid, and grew up in the neighborhood. My grandfather sold liquor to the bars up and down the Bowery. It’s nice to go back to the scene of the crime. There are a lot of beautiful ghosts and spirits on this sacred ground.”
On April 7, Malin’s first book, Almost Grown: A New York Memoir, which served as inspiration for Silver Manhattan, will be released by Akashic. Earlier this year, Malin wrote an essay for Relix about his initial performance after suffering from a spinal stroke in 2023 that rendered him paralyzed from the waist down.
Malin wrote Silver Manhattan with Lauren Ludwig and the show is produced by Tony-nominated ArKtype/Tommy Kriegsmann (Illinoise) and David Bason. It’s directed by Ellie Heyman, with music direction by Tony-nominated Justin Craig (Stereophonic), and Derek Cruz. Silver Manhattan will be produced in association with Peter Shapiro, Charley Ryan, Dave Moore/Bunker Street Music, Harper House Music Foundation & The Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation.
