Weinstein To Hold Q & A After THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY On 3/15

By: Mar. 11, 2009
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The Vineyard Theatre will welcome one of the real-life subjects depicted in its production of THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY, Michael "Mikey" Weinstein -- well-known and recently profiled in the New York Times as founder of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation -- at a post-performance Q&A about the play and its subject matter, the mega-church movement in Colorado Springs, following the Sunday, March 15 3pm matinee performance of THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY at The Vineyard Theatre. (108 East 15th Street) in Manhattan.

Mr. Weinstein will join members of The Civilians, the documentary-theatre company that created and performs THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY.

THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY is based on interviews conducted by The Civilians about the mega-church movement in 2006, and Michael "Mikey" Weinstein was one of those interviewed at that time. Mr. Weinstein is founder of Military Religious Freedom Foundation and leader of the national movement to restore the separation of church and state in the US Armed Forces. Author of the book "With God on Our Side: One Man's War Against an Evangelical Coup in America's Military," he was named one of the 50 most influential Jews in American by The Forward, and reviled by the fundamentalist Christian right as "The Most Dangerous Man in America."

Created by The Civilians, written by Steven Cosson and Jim Lewis, with music and lyrics by Michael Friedman, THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY is a provocative new play with music about the growth of the evangelical movement in Colorado Springs, created by the documentary theatre company The Civilians.

Directed by Steve Cosson, the cast of THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY includes Emily Ackerman, Rebecca Naomi Jones (of Broadway's PASSING STRANGE), Brad Heberlee, Brandon Miller, Stephen Plunkett and Alison Weller, along with musicians Chris Biesterfeldt, Benjamin Campbell and Richard Huntley.


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