And Now: A Cartoon Moment!

With the exception of last week's article about the Brooklyn Philharmonic, I don't normally post cartoons on this blog. And I generally keep politics out of Superconductor.

That said: the following, drawn by Jersey cartoonist Jimmy Margulies for the Hackensack Record is too awesome not to share with the readers. And I got it from NPR.Org.

Image © 2011 Jimmy Margulies/The Hackensack Record.

Songs from Steeltown, USA

Two songs from Marc Blitzstein's superb (and pro-union) musical Cradle Will Rock, which was subject to a government shutdown before its premiere, and then taken down the street and performed anyway. Ms. Patti LuPone as Moll.




"I'm Checking Home Now"




"The Nickel Under Your Foot"

Two songs from Marc Blitzstein's superb (and pro-union) musical Cradle Will Rock, which was subject to a government shutdown before its premiere, and then taken down the street and performed anyway. Ms. Patti LuPone as Moll.

The story of the show was made into a movie by Tim Robbins, also called Cradle Will Rock. For the movie, Emily Watson played Moll opposite John Turturro as the actor who originated the role of Larry Foreman in the show. Hank Azaria played piano and did his own singing as Marc Blitzstein.

Posted in support of the Wisconsin union workers, and their struggle in the streets of Madison, Wisconsin against Governor Scott "Mr. Mister" Walker.

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Concert Review: Knickerbocker is a Slam Dunk

Broadway stars light up a Kurt Weill rarity.

by Paul J. Pelkonen

The Arrival of Peter Stuyvesant at New Amsterdam. 
From Our Country by Benson J. Lossing. Pub. Johnson & Bailey, © 1895.

As the snow battered New York on Wednesday night, the Collegiate Chorale warmed Alice Tully Hall with the second of two performances of Kurt Weill's 1938 musical, Knickerbocker Holiday.