A playful and joyous homage to growing up in Queens, NY.
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Bridge and Tunnel
2002 Music - Paul Simon Lighting - John Imburgia Costumes - Laura Vanner, after Cindy Darling Dancers - 8 TRT - 12:45 "The virtues of Bridge and Tunnel – set in working-class New York to music by Paul Simon – are even more apparent now that it can be compared to Twyla Tharp’s Movin’ Out, set in working-class New York to music by Billy Joel. Tharp’s show is spectacular–and you’ve got to love a woman who can fill a Broadway house for a dance concert with people who would never go to a dance concert.
But Lehrer’s piece has two advantages: its uncondescending use of colloquialism and its taste in music. Bridge and Tunnel betters Movin’ Out the same way Paul Simon outstrips Billy Joel. - Kelly Kleiman, Chicago Reader |
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"Jon Lehrer's delightful Bridge and Tunnel is a playful hymn to the sidewalks of the outer boroughs. It's a first rate sample of American vernacular dance, a genre whose distinguished heritage includes Jerome Robbins's Fancy Free, Agnes DeMille's Rodeo, and Gene Kelley's
Singin' in the Rain solo." - Kelly Kleiman, Chicago Reader |
Photo by Kiesha Stephens
