"J. Edgar Hoover", NYC, 4-7 Jun 2015
"J. EDGAR KLEZMER: Songs from My Grandmother's FBI Files"
Thursday, June 4 - Sunday, June 7 (five shows only!) @ 7PM & Sunday matinee @ 2PM
HERE Arts Center
145 Sixth Avenue (enter on Dominick St, one block south of Spring)
NYC
Tickets: $25 general, $20 student/senior
box office: 212.352.3101
here.org/shows/detail/1641/
Musical documentary theater! Explore the declassified archives of Dr. Adele Sicular, grandma to Isle of Klezbos drummer/bandleader & composer/lyricist Eve Sicular. Featuring musical genres from klezmer to Kodaly, baroque to boogie-woogie and beyond to investigate Cold War surveillance on the Upper West Side, derelict theories of homosexuality, Hazel Scott's cancelled TV show, and family gossip.
Missy Fogarty, lead vocals & investigator 1
Yelena Shmulenson, vocals & investigator 2
Debra Kreisberg, clarinet & saxophone
Reut Regev, trombone
Shoko Nagai, accordion & piano
Eve Sicular, drums |bandleader & grandchild/lyricist/composer