Presenting the 2008 Spring Musical:
"Songs For A New World" ||||
April 17, 18, 19, 2008
at 7:00 PM, Lincoln-Way East H.S. Auditorium
In 1995, at age twenty-five, songwriter Jason Robert Brown pulled together sixteen of the songs he had written for various projects (shows, cabaret, concerts), and director Daisy Prince found a common theme to connect them. That theme is the moment of decision, the point at which you transition from the old to the new. The change may be geographical, emotional, professional or marital but the result is the same--a new world where things are different than they were before. Songs for a New World is neither musical play nor revue, but is in reality, closer to an intensely theatrical song cycle, or a volume of short stories set to music. The Lincoln Way East High School musical staff, cast and crew have taken this concept, originally conceived for four singers and a small combo and re-invented it to make use of the large format of their auditorium and the impressive depth of their talent pool.
On April 17-19, 2008 at Lincoln Way East High School, audiences will be transported in time and place to experience each character's moment of decision through song-stories that range from fully choreographed production numbers to intimate, introspective ballads. The inner and outer journeys take place on a set that can at times evoke an explorer's ship, and at others, the streets of urban America or even the mind-scapes of a nameless political prisoner or the women left behind in times of war. Brown writes intensely personal, highly dramatic songs. Each song is musically distinctive and emotionally charged. The LWEHS production of Songs for a New World is entirely up to the task of bringing this unique musical to life.