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Backstage Stories
Thu, Dec 2, 2021 21:00 PM
- Interview with Richard and Taran -
- Part 1 -
- Background -
- Those seminal moments that led you to this time in your journey -
- Discovering your gift/purpose and then stepping into it (historically accurate work, social justice and reform -
- Partnership -
- Interview with Richard and Taran -
- Part II -
- Let’s talk about Freedom Riders -
- Synopsis -
- Coming up with/developing the project – The production and then the album -
- Talent involved -
- Collaborating: With whom, the process, the rhythm -
- How do we get the album? -
- Interview with Richard and Taran -
- Part III -
- What’s next for FREEDOM FIGHTERS and other projects from Allen and Gray Musicals -
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In Conversation With Richard Allen and Taran Gray
FREEDOM RIDERS: The Civil Rights Musical
Allen and Gray’s FREEDOM RIDERS: The Civil Rights Musical tells the true story of the college age activists who boldly challenge the legality and optics of the Jim Crow Laws in 1961 by riding buses in mixed groups through the South; a soaring portrait of the fearless voices who used nonviolent direct action to initiate change. The show won the 2016 Beta Award at the New York Musical Festival. The show returned to the festival the following year and took home the award for “Outstanding Music” as well as a special honors award for “Social Impact and Relevance”. The 2017 Festival production was visited by Congressman John Lewis who said of the show, “extremely accurate. It brought tears to my eyes.”
We'll hear the music and speak with creators Richard Allen and Taran Gray about the 18-song world premiere recording of this stunning work.
- Richard Allen, Allen and Gray Musicals -
- Taran Gray, Allen and Gray Musicals -
- Cuts from the world premiere recording of -
- THE FREEDOM RIDERS: The Civil Rights Musical -
- Upside -
- Come Down To The River -
- The Call -
- Allen and Gray Musicals
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