Jewish Music Festival: A Night in the Old Marketplace, Berkeley, CA, Mar 22, 2008
Frank London's A Night in the Old Marketplace
Sat, Mar 22, 2008 8:00 PM
Saturday, March 22nd, 2008 8:00pm
Roda Theatre of the Berkeley Repertory Theatre:
2025 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA 94704
Opening Night of the 23rd Annual Jewish Music Festival – West Coast Premiere
Klezmer giant Frank London has teamed up with acclaimed lyricist Glen Berger and conceiver and director Alex Aron to create twenty-one unique songs based on the legendary 1907 Yiddish play by I.L. Peretz. The groundbreaking score mixes Jewish music, jazz, classical, rock, and world beats with a dose of Kurt Weill and Tom Waits. A stellar group of international musicians come together to spin this magical tale of villagers who wrestle with ghosts in order to right a past wrong, in a fantastic journey to rediscover the meaning of faith.