Klezmer Guy at Nighttown on June 14

Bert Stratton (L) and Alan Douglass

Bert Stratton, the leader of the klezmer band Yiddishe Cup, performs Klezmer Guy, an original prose-and-music show at Nighttown, Cleveland Heights, 7:30 p.m., on Tuesday, June 14.

Stratton reads comedic prose sketches and plays clarinet, accompanied by Alan Douglass on vocals and piano. This fuel-injected show has no brakes. It is a nudnik/beatnik show, with music ranging from “St. James Infirmary” to “The Berkowitz-Kumin Rag.”

Stratton's son, Jack, is on drums. Jack Stratton produced, recorded and played on the album “Starship,” which is currently #1 on Billboard’s “Top Cast Albums” chart.

Bert Stratton’s prose pieces have appeared most recently in The New York Times and The Forward.

(Tickets are $10. For information, visit www.nighttowncleveland.com or call 216-797-0550)