i’m going to be posting a bunch of videos from the concerts of “elegies for angels, punks and raging queens” at feinstein’s/54 below on jan. 18th, 2018 … here is emma hunton singing the opening song “angels, punks and raging queens”
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With a cast consisting of over 40 current students, recent alumni, and distinguished faculty, and helmed by Tony Award -nominated book writer and lyricist Bill Russell and music director Paul Jacobs (composer), the song and poetry cycle played 4 total performances (1 preview and 3 regular performances) at the National Dance Institute in Harlem. This production marks the first time that the show was used as an educational course for students. After auditions were held and the piece was cast, it was announced that students would be able to earn credit towards their degrees provided they followed the course outline in the syllabus, which included daily reflections in the form of journals, analysis of poetry from Edgar Lee Masters ‘