Elegies For Angels,Punks and Raging Queensis a song cycle with music by Janet Hood and lyrics andadditional text by Bill Russell. The work features songs and monologues inspired by the Names ProjectAIDS Memorial Quilt and Edgar Lee Masters' Spoon River Anthology. Each of the monologues is writtenfrom the perspective of characters who have died from AIDS and the songs represent the feelings of friendsand family members dealing with the loss.
- 6/2/2015
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Site-specific theater is often gimmicky at best, but staging Edgar Lee Masters' 1915 classic poetry cycle "Spoon River Anthology" in a cemetery is such a natural, it's hard to believe it hasn't been done before. It could undoubtedly be the final resting place for the residents of the mythic Midwestern town who in death come back to reveal the turmoil, secrets, and pain that defined their lives. As far as adaptor-director Tom Andolora knows, his production, dubbed "The Spoon River Project," now being performed at the Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn through June 26, is the first site-specific version of the piece. Though he previously mounted it in the Lake View Cemetery in Jamestown, New York, Green-Wood Cemetery is perhaps an even more resonating backdrop. A national historic landmark, Green-Wood dates back to1838 and is known for its Gothic mausoleums and weather-beaten headstones. In Andolora's tightened adaptation that strives to connect...
- 6/16/2011
- by help@backstage.com (Simi Horwitz)
- backstage.com
The Strand Theater is proud to present Graves in the Water, an original piece adapted from Edgar Lee Masters' Spoon River Anthology. The Spoon River Anthology is a classic piece, rarely performed, being re-envisioned by two local artists for the Baltimore stage. In keeping with the mission of the Strand Theater, this piece will be a generative ensemble piece that will focus on the stories of the women who lived in Edgar Lee Master's fictional rural town.
Graves in the Water was conceived by director Lynn Morton, and local theater favorite, Alex Hewett. Lynn Morton was recently awarded third Best Production from the Baltimore Playwrights Festival for her production of Leap Day by local playwright Lee Sapperstein . Lynn is a Strand Theater Company Member, as well as Board Member of the Baltimore Theater Alliance. By day she works with a non-profit association as a social media marketer and has...
Graves in the Water was conceived by director Lynn Morton, and local theater favorite, Alex Hewett. Lynn Morton was recently awarded third Best Production from the Baltimore Playwrights Festival for her production of Leap Day by local playwright Lee Sapperstein . Lynn is a Strand Theater Company Member, as well as Board Member of the Baltimore Theater Alliance. By day she works with a non-profit association as a social media marketer and has...
- 10/31/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
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