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June 22, 2011
1937 Pro-Union Musical Pins and Needles Will Get a 2011 Update at the Foundry
Playbill.com
by Adam Hetrick
"Bruce Ratner" is now a cultural touchstone.
Brooklyn's theatrical collective The Foundry will re-examine Pins and Needles, the 1937 Broadway revue first written for the International Ladies Garment Workers’ Union, for a contemporary audience beginning June 22.
Pins and Needles: A New Revolutionary Musical will unite pre-existing musical material by Harold Rome and original book material from Arthur Arent with updated sketches by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage, Hallie Flanagan, Sara Zatz/Ping Chong & Co., and members of FUREE.
Ken Rus Schmoll (Middletown) will direct the June 22-July 9 run at Brooklyn's Irondale Center.
...The updated production will incorporate roughly 10 original songs and sketches from the original, while adding music by Josh White and Lead Belly to explore the African-American experience of the period. References have also been updated to include Donald Trump, Atlantic Yards developer Bruce Ratner, the anti-union legislation in Wisconsin, as well as the passing of the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights.
Posted by eric at June 22, 2011 1:04 PM