Box Five Presents: A Dream within a Dream: The Edgar Allen Poe Tour

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Appropriately, during the month of October, Box Five will be presenting an evening celebrating one of New England’s most eccentric, brilliant and creepy writers, Edgar Allen Poe. A Dream within a Dream: The Edgar Allen Poe Tour will debut at the Somerville Theater on October 5th at 8:

They are putting on a concert in nearly every city Poe called home (Boston MA, New York NY, Philadelphia PA, Baltimore MD, and Richmond, VA), inviting both local and nationally-touring ensembles to perform new, specially-composed musical works inspired by the author’s short stories and poems, in addition to their regular repertoire.

The acts include:

Box Five

What Time is it Mr. Fox? 

Why Are Those Girls SO LOUD it’s cos we’re jewish 

Molly Zenobia

Alexandra Day

UnAmerika’s Sweetheart Karin Webb 

Jill Gibson 

At the end of each concert, the evening’s ensembles will collaborate on a sewn-together musical performance of one of Poe’s most famous poems, The Raven. Each act will set 3-6 of the stanzas to music, which will then be performed in sequential order as a whole, complete work. A “dream within a dream” that had been floating through Box Five frontwoman Mary Bichner‘s head since 2009, the tour was finally made a reality through the collaborative efforts of jazz-pop chanteuse Alexandra Day and smoldering piano songstress Ms. Fridrich, who will be joining Box Five at nearly every concert.

Wednesday, October 5th @ 8:00pm (doors @ 7:30pm) | Somerville Theatre (55 Davis Square, Somerville, MA 02144) |  $11.00 All Ages |

 ($10.00 + $1.00 theatre restoration fee), and can be obtained via the Somerville Theatre Box Office between 4pm and 8pm daily, or by visiting the official Somerville Theatre website (http://www.somervilletheatreonline.com/).

— The Deli Staff