SONDHEIM, TONY AWARDS, GLTF, MUSIC AND MORE...

FINALLY, THE STEPHEN SONDHEIM 90^TH BIRTHDAY TRIBUTE

If you, like me and many thousand others, waited and waited for the Take Me to The World:  Stephen Sondheim 90^th Birthday Tribute to start and then finally watched as the over-half hour late production “mumphered” (stumbled and messed up) through the production, here is the link to the show as it should have been:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A92wZIvEUAw

••••••••••••••••••••••SEE ACTUAL SHORT PERFORMANCES AS YOU LOOK BACK AT THE BEST MUSICAL TONY AWARD WINNERS FROM THE PAST 10 YEARS   
       
Click on this link, read the intro to each show and see a segment of the Broadway production:

https://broadwaydirect.com/a-look-back-at-the-tony-award-for-best-musical-winners-from-the-past-10-years/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=marketingcloud&utm_campaign=BD377&mcid=dk1aOFpyaVFZUUtET0RZcHYyMkQ5OEVNcEZsaFdhYUI=

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 A message from Charles Fee, artistic director, Great Lakes Theater

https://mail.yahoo.com/d/folders/1/messages/97723?.src=fp

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 A musical interlude for the day, a message of hope for these days of angst:  The Crossing performs “Rising,” a commissioned choral piece composed by Solon’s Emmy award winning composer Alex Berko 

How do we answer yesterday’s Rising w/? Its declarations ring in our ear. You can do much to lessen the danger to yourself.  We answer with a work about Truth. It’s all about Truth. The Sun is with us. (Good morning.) If only we could thank it for what it brings us daily. Alex Berko’s Lincoln demands we focus on the longevity of Truth, steadfast friend of Democracy, patient partner to humanity, lifeline to the desperate, their conflict healed by the truth that marches on We love to sing it because, after we defiantly acclaim “the truth that marches on,” Alex takes us to a place we recognize and desire: the quiet place of contemplation and study, the melancholy place, where the real work gets done in the minds of deep thinkers. Thinkers who care profoundly about The Other. Thinkers who sacrifice their privacy, time – sometimes, their lives – to make the world a better place. Lincoln. whose lonely soul God kindled In the Lincoln Bay at Washington National Cathedral stands a statue of the President, consecrated on the day of his birth in 1948 with a Dedication Tablet. We thought the words on that tablet speak to our day. We thought they would make a good piece of music. We thought Alex Berko would be the right composer to tackle them. We think we were right. Lonely Souls, we. a people We seek Truth. Together. We demand it. We. Come. Rise. Now.

Turn up the volume and tick on this link to hear a performance of the composition

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmEBAF9oWvA

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FREE! Watch the New Israeli Documentary, Sustainable Nation

Sustainable Nation is a new hour-long documentary that follows three individuals who are doing their part to bring sustainable water solutions to an increasingly thirsty planet. Using solutions developed in water-poor Israel, they are working to change the status quo of a world where one in ten people lacks access to safe drinking water, showing how fixing global water issues is not only a matter of life and death but the start of healing the world. Maltz Museum is proud to offer this free film screening to the community as a partner of Open Dor Media.  Click on this link:  http://www.maltzmuseum.org/event/film-screening-sustainable-nation/ ••••••••••••••••••• Looking for ever more reads? Click on this link for 45 theatre books from 2019. You might be interested in these forthcoming books:   Dutch Girl: Audrey Hepburn and World War II By Robert Matzen with a foreword by Luca Dotti While the Tony and Oscar winner’s life in Hollywood and as a goodwill ambassador have been pored over in detail, little has been shared about Hepburn’s life in the Netherlands under Nazi occupation. Using archives, personal interviews, photos, and diaries, Matzen uncovers the story of a young artist coming of age during the darkest period in modern history while contributing to the Dutch resistance. The book is available now in Kindle and hardcover formats and will be released in paperback May 12. The Summer Set By Aimme Agresti Movie star Charlie Sutton finds herself almost 40 and frankly exhausted. Having depleted her share of goodwill in Hollywood, she retreats to a theatre in the Berkshires to rekindle her love of performing and possibly a romance with an old flame. But then her arch rival shows up and things go awry in this comedy of manners set at a theatre company that sounds remarkably similar to the Williamstown Theatre Festival. Available May 12. ••••••••••••••••••••••