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Gateway to showcase songs from famous musicals
Published 11:36 PDT, Thu April 19, 2018
Richmond audiences can expect a treat,
usually reserved for televised concerts in England where skilled performers
give concerts of songs from famous musicals.
From Thursday, April 26 to Saturday, April 28,
four performances of From Broadway with Love at Richmond’s Gateway Theatre will offer lovers
of musical theatre an opportunity to hear their favourite songs in concert.
Circle Bright Productions offers an evening
with a live orchestra, choir and soloists who perform songs from classics such
as West Side Story, Les Miserables and A Chorus Line as well as more recent
Broadway hits including The Book of Mormon, Legally Blonde and Dear Evan
Hansen.
While these haunting and powerful songs have
entered our popular culture as entertainment, many have their roots in human
rights, marking injustice, and spurring social change.
Les Miserables, Victor Hugo’s magnum opus,
quickly led to legislated changes in its day.
West Side Story, a 20th century
interpretation of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, shone a light on conflict
between the youth from different immigrant groups.
Even Hairspray, often thought of as trite,
has at its roots in the fight for human rights in a racially divided America.
Rent explores the need for compassion for
LGBTQ people, particularly those living with HIV in the early days of the AIDS
epidemic.
See Circlebrightproductions.com for more
information
Tickets at Gatewaytheatre.com
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