[FA Worldmusic] And on a completely unrelated note...

[The Silver Nightingale]

I recently started taking acting classes for fun and a new creative 
outlet, so I watched the Tony Awards - not usually on my radar.

And the little bit I saw of Stew and Passing Strange was amazing, 
transfixing! This was my first knowledge of Stew and definitely made me 
want to see more of his work. Bill's show synopsis makes me even more 
interested!

I don't think I'll make it to Broadway from Florida, do you know if 
there are any plans for a video/film/DVD of the show? Or perhaps a 
touring company?

I was also really taken with excerpts from "The Heights", which won a 
lot of stuff and definitely seemed to have multi-cultural/World music 
aspects. Anyone have any info to share about that show?


On Jul 2, 2008, at 1:33 PM, Bill Bragin wrote:

> Thanks!  It's been thrilling to see a piece this artistically 
> inventive be received the way it has. The cast recording is currently 
> on iTunes exclusively and then comes out as a physical object in 2 
> weeks, on July 15, so even those not in NY will be able to hear it. I 
> actually wrote the liner notes for the CD.
>
> For those not familiar, Passing Strange is about a black middleclass 
> youth from LA who feels contrained by the conservatism of his 
> community, and discovers rock and roll, foreign film, drugs..... He 
> decides to become an expatriate artist in Europe like Josephine Baker 
> or James Baldwin and travels to Amsterdam and then Berlin, to search 
> for "the real" and figure out who he is as an artist, and as a person. 
>  It's a very rich piece that has a lot to say about being an artist, 
> about the struggles to balance love and work, life and art, about what 
> does it mean to be authentically "black"....and all told through a 
> kick-ass rock show with an all-african american cast playing multiple 
> roles of various races.
>
> It's on Broadway now, but not sure how long it's going to run, so if 
> anyone is intrigued, I suggest seeing it soon. It also rewards repeat 
> viewing - I've seen it more times than I care to admit, and still see 
> new things in it - it's a very rich piece, that's both hilarious and 
> moving.
> All the best,
> Bill Bragin

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	Laura Sue

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