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Children’s musical series at NY Public Library
The Bronx Arts Ensemble and the
Children’s Theatre Company at Lehman
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College will perform several performances
of each of three musicals
this spring at local branches of the
New York Public Library in a newly
offi cial and ongoing partnership.
These musicals have a long history
with the Bronx Arts Ensemble, going
back to the fi rst performance of Peter
and the Wolf in 1980, and in recent
years the musical series has evolved
to the commissioning of fully original
scores.
On Wednesday, March 11, BAE and
the Lehman Children’s Theatre will
present the World Premiere of Penelope’s
Rainy Day, with book and lyrics
by Dante Albertie and music by Mary
Ann McSweeney, at Edenwald Library,
with performances to follow at
the Bronx Library Center and Wakefi
eld Library.
All performances listed below are
free and open to the public.
The shows began with the desire
of BAE founder William J. Scribner—
who recently received a street naming
in the Bronx—to acquaint children
with a small group of instruments at-
The Bronx Arts Ensemble and the Children’s Theatre Company at Lehman College will perform
several performances at the New York Public Library.
Photo courtesy of the Bronx Arts Ensemble
tached to a familiar story.
Scribner made many of the arrangements
for the early shows for
fl ute, oboe, bassoon, and clarinet,
and each show included a moment for
the players to introduce their instruments.
The early theatrical collaborators
included The New York Lyric Circus,
storytellers, mimes, jugglers, and acrobats.
This evolved into a steady relationship
with Dante Albertie and the
Lehman Children’s Theatre, with
performers from Lehman College’s
theatre program telling familiar stories
with a twist, including The Three
Little Pigs (which returns this season),
Hansel and Gretel, Rapunzel,
etc., with a more recent turn to original
stories, including Jasmine’s Song
and the new premiere.
From the beginning, children
were invited to participate with the
musicians and storytellers in each
show. Shows have been presented at
the Bronx Zoo, Bronx Community
College, New York Botanical Garden,
Wave Hill, and schools all over the
borough.
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