HER SOUND a new song cycle by
Ethan Carlson, will be presented June 2nd at Don't Tell Mama. The night is produced by
Ryan Scott Oliver.
Directed by
Sammi Cannold, with musical direction by Randi Ellen Rudolph, performers at the 9:30 PM concert include
Kerstin Anderson (The Sound of Music),
Morgan Keene (Newsies),
Allie Trimm (13, Bye Bye Birdie),
Ephie Aardema (Songbird),
Monet Sabel (Sweeney Todd),
Mary Claire Miskell (13),
Katy Rea, Bethany Perkins, Sandra Okuboyejo,
Ashley LaLonde, Sarah Hamaty, Kim Onah and Amy Button.
Solomon Hoffman orchestrates.
HER SOUND is a new song cycle that re-imagines ancient stories of women for a more contemporary context of what their stories actually would have been. It is a piece about injustice, sex, misogyny, feminism and the empowerment of women. Imagine if the famous woman truly loved the man whose strength she cut off; Imagine if a wife was not ready to be tied down on an ark without her say; Imagine if a prostitute had her choice to run away from the walls of the city that surrounds her.
Ethan Carlson is an up-and-coming musical theatre composer, and his unique, folky, electric songs have been featured at Don't Tell Mama, 54 Below, the Davenport Theatre and more. He was most recently a finalist in The Foundation for New American Musicals ShowSearch for his musical Blind Flight.
Don't Tell Mama is located at 343 West 46th Street. There is a $12 cover charge plus a two-beverage minimum, cash only. For more information, call
(212) 757-0788 or visit
http://www.donttellmamanyc.com/shows/main/her-sound-6-2.
