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:
Why Are Those Girls SO LOUD it’s cos we’re jewish
UnAmerika’s Sweetheart Karin Webb
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