Sheen Center for Thought and Culture presents
IS ANYBODY LISTENING?
Starring JENNY BURTON and JULIA WADE
With
FREEDOM BREMNER, BRIAN COLLAZO, TANESHA GARY, ELLE GREEN
SOLANGE PRAT, JONATHAN SINGLETARY, ANNE FRASER THOMAS
Director: PETER LINK
Choreographer: DELL HOWLETT
Associate Choreographer: HOLLIE E. WRIGHT
Set and Video Designer: WILLIAM
BARCLAY
Lighting Designer: PHIL MONAT
Projections Designer: GIL SPERLING
Sound Designer/Engineer: STEFAN BENSAID
Production Stage Manager: JUSTYN WADE
Vocal Arrangements: CELISSE HENDERSON & MARGARET DORN
Loreto Theater
18 Bleecker Street
www.SheenCenter.org or (212) 925-2812
September 22, 23, 29, 2016 @ 7:30 PM; October 4, 2016 @ 8:00 PM
There is a perfect storm going on over at the Sheen Center, and you are going to want to be totally immersed in the experience. Two-time TONY nominee Peter Link (www.watchfiremusic.com) has long known the power and universality of music, and in IS ANYBODY LISTENING? his songs address the current and ongoing issues of racism, sexism, and water using a brilliant combination of pop and gospel. To deliver the message he employs powerhouse Jenny Burton of the unforgettable Jenny Burton Experience. Ms. Burton can sing the planets out of orbit, encouraging you to “Tear Down The House” and inspiring you to jump up and volunteer with “Who Will Heal The World.” The heaven-sent voice of Julia Wade hauntingly asks “How Are We Raising Our Sons” and lifts “A Still Small Voice” up to dimensions beyond. The other singers on stage (you can’t call them back-up because each one has a voice that can easily knock your socks off) are Freedom Bremner, Brian Collazo, Tanesha Gary, Elle Green, Solange Prat, Jonathan Singletary, and Anne Fraser Thomas. Collectively these forces have come together to remind us that there are issues that must be acknowledged. They do that with songs of celebration, hope, and cohesion. To call IS ANYBODY LISTENING? a concert is doing it a disservice. It’s a bone-chilling soul-searching arousal of humanity and its ability to survive and thrive. EVERYBODY should be listening. One more show – go, go, go!
- Laurie Lawson -