Merkin Hall to Premiere Aaron Siegel’s ‘I Will Tell You The Truth About This, I Will Tell you All About It’

Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center is set to present the world premiere of “I Will Tell You The Truth About This, I Will Tell you All About It,” a new oratorio by Aaron Siegel. The 10-poem work, which is set for Nov. 2, 2023, features poems from Tracy K. Smith and spotlights the lost voices and stories of African {…}

The Pleiades Project to Present ‘A Women’s Suffrage Splendiferous Extravaganza!’ Celebrating Women’s Right to Vote

The Pleiades Project will present a staged reading of “A Women’s Suffrage Splendiferous Extravaganza! (AWSSE!)” on Nov. 5 and Nov. 6, 2021, at The Lab at Alchemical Studios. “AWSSE!” is a music-theater work inspired by the 1920 ratification of the 19th Amendment, enfranchising women in the United States. Adaptations of suffrage propaganda, popular music from the Library of Congress Archive: {…}

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Merkin Hall to Premiere Aaron Siegel’s ‘I Will Tell You The Truth About This, I Will Tell you All About It’

The Pleiades Project to Present ‘A Women’s Suffrage Splendiferous Extravaganza!’ Celebrating Women’s Right to Vote