More About Governors State University Presents “Lizzy & The Triggermen,” April 25 at 7:30 p.m.
Governors State University’s Center for Performing Arts, 1 University Parkway, is proud to present Lizzy & The Triggermen, Saturday, April 25 at 7:30 p.m.
Lizzy & the Triggermen transport you back to the glamour of the Prohibition Era, but with a sound and swagger that is thrillingly new. As NPR raves, they are “one part Eartha Kitt, one part Ella Fitzgerald, on part Amy Winehouse.”
The show is a “joyously subversive” (Broadway World) mixture of vintage pop, show tunes, and biting originals that highlight Lizzy's wicked sense of humor (which she previously used to create Emmy-nominated TV shows). Like the great tunes of the 1930s which so inspire them, their music boldly tackles our modern troubles and turns them into killer dance songs that fill you with joy the way only a wailing horn section can. As their debut EP succinctly states: they make “Good Songs for Bad Times.”
The band is helmed by operatically-trained Lizzy Shapiro, who Broadway World hailed as "a powerhouse vocalist and songwriter" and the New Times raved is "dripping with badittude." She teamed up with legendary musician and arranger, Dan Barrett (who played with and arranged for Benny Goodman). Their 2020 debut album, "Good Songs for Bad Times," hit #3 on the iTunes Jazz Charts alongside jazz royalty Miles Davis and Kamasi Washington. They quickly went from performing in speakeasies to selling out top venues across the country, playing sold out shows at top jazz festivals (Tucson Jazz Festival) and breaking glass ceilings for swing music, including touring with Squeeze, co-headlining festivals alongside Samara Joy, Nancy Sinatra, and be chosen for SXSW.
But the star power doesn’t stop with Lizzy. It emanates through her entire incredible band, a multi-generational dream team of crushers who have played with everyone from Harry Connick Jr. to Woody Herman to Rachel and Vilray.
Tickets are $20 - $64 and may be purchased by calling 708.235.2222 or visiting CenterTickets.net. Patrons may also make purchases at the box office. Box office hours are Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.; Thursdays: 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. and two hours prior to all performances. For more information on Governors State University’s 30th season visit Click for Details.
Lizzy & the Triggermen transport you back to the glamour of the Prohibition Era, but with a sound and swagger that is thrillingly new. As NPR raves, they are “one part Eartha Kitt, one part Ella Fitzgerald, on part Amy Winehouse.”
The show is a “joyously subversive” (Broadway World) mixture of vintage pop, show tunes, and biting originals that highlight Lizzy's wicked sense of humor (which she previously used to create Emmy-nominated TV shows). Like the great tunes of the 1930s which so inspire them, their music boldly tackles our modern troubles and turns them into killer dance songs that fill you with joy the way only a wailing horn section can. As their debut EP succinctly states: they make “Good Songs for Bad Times.”
The band is helmed by operatically-trained Lizzy Shapiro, who Broadway World hailed as "a powerhouse vocalist and songwriter" and the New Times raved is "dripping with badittude." She teamed up with legendary musician and arranger, Dan Barrett (who played with and arranged for Benny Goodman). Their 2020 debut album, "Good Songs for Bad Times," hit #3 on the iTunes Jazz Charts alongside jazz royalty Miles Davis and Kamasi Washington. They quickly went from performing in speakeasies to selling out top venues across the country, playing sold out shows at top jazz festivals (Tucson Jazz Festival) and breaking glass ceilings for swing music, including touring with Squeeze, co-headlining festivals alongside Samara Joy, Nancy Sinatra, and be chosen for SXSW.
But the star power doesn’t stop with Lizzy. It emanates through her entire incredible band, a multi-generational dream team of crushers who have played with everyone from Harry Connick Jr. to Woody Herman to Rachel and Vilray.
Tickets are $20 - $64 and may be purchased by calling 708.235.2222 or visiting CenterTickets.net. Patrons may also make purchases at the box office. Box office hours are Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.; Thursdays: 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. and two hours prior to all performances. For more information on Governors State University’s 30th season visit Click for Details.
Date & Time
April 25, 2026
7:30pm
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