Tag: music
FOLLOW MY VOICE : WITH THE MUSIC OF HEDWIG
Back in 2003 Chris Slusarenko a record producer had the idea of getting some cutting-edge musicians to record a tribute album consisting of all the songs from ‘Hedwig and The Angry Inch’. And all the proceeds from the sales of the album would go towards helping fund the Harvey Milk School for gay, bisexual and…
Been Rich All My Life
In my continuing quest to catch up with American Cultural Icons that never featured anywhere in my Brit upbringing, I discovered this wee gem of a documentary from 2006 about 5 octogenarian ex-chorus dancing girls from Harlem who are still dancing professional. The Silver Belles may be falling apart physically and ‘can’t remember shit’, but…
THE CONCERT
Thirty years ago Andrei Fillipo was the renowned director of the Bolshoi Orchestra when his starry career was abruptly cut short and he was dramatically fired mid concert for hiring Jewish musicians. He has now been reduced to being a janitor at the Bolshoi Theater and when he’s cleaning the Director’s Office one day a…
FOR COLORED GIRLS
This is a melodrama about 14 different African-American women loosely connected who are united by their color and all the bad things men have done to them. Based on an award winning Play from the 1970’s (full title For Colored Girls who have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow is Enuf), which was technically a choreo-poem,…
