Name: "Anything Goes, and How Did We Get Here?"
Start: 2026-01-17T19:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-01-17T21:00:00-05:00
Location: The Cutting Room

"Anything Goes, and How Did We Get Here?"

Jen Chapin, accompanied by GRAMMY© nominated bassist Stephan Crump and “impeccable melodist” (New York Times) Jamie Fox on electric guitar, is touring a cabaret-style performance of her "potent, jazzy, layered folk” (Newsday) entitled Anything Goes, and How Did We Get Here? The two-set show weaves history-infused, jazz-inspired, hope-targeted questions and answers about our current and rapidly-changing political moment around old and new selections from Jen’s catalog of “brilliant soulfully poetic urban folk music” (NPR), earning rave reviews from concert goers across the USA and Canada.
"With songs delivered in a style that ranges from tender fragility to unexpected steeliness, Chapin brings a jazzy edge to the folk form. Sometimes she explores a fleeting emotion, sometimes she weaves a solid narrative—not at all surprising from the daughter of Harry Chapin, a master musical storyteller.” - The New Yorker
Nurtured in and around NYC by a large family of artists, writers, and musicians, Jen's “observant, lyrically deft, politically aware and emotionally intuitive” (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel) songwriting features both her "“uncommon wit and sweetly supple singing” (Entertainment Weekly) and her “astonishing jazz band” (popmatters) while “crossing multiple musical boundaries ..mesmerizing” (Time Out London). As much as an artistic legacy, the roots of Jen's upbringing have inspired her “subtle, sophisticated” (Robert Myers, Elmore Magazine) songs and a lifetime of passionate activism, through ongoing work with WhyHunger (founded by her late father Harry Chapin), and teaching global history at a public high school in Brooklyn. Since 2023, she has also led the J. Chapes Jazz Band, playing spontaneous traditional arrangements from the classic American songbook. jenchapin.com
VENUE DETAILS
The Cutting Room is New York's legendary dinner theater and event space. All shows have a $25 food and/or beverage minimum per person (unless otherwise indicated on your ticket.) Please note the ticket price goes mostly to the performers and production staff. The club sells food and beverages to continue to bring live music to NYC. (https://thecuttingroomnyc.com/eat-and-drink/)
We do not take reservations and seating is first come, first seated.
Thank you for your understanding.