CONCERT PRESENTATION OF
THE CAPEMAN
BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC
BAM - HARVEY THEATER
APRIL 1-6, 2008
| CONCERT PRESENTATION OF THE CAPEMAN BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC BAM - HARVEY THEATER APRIL 1-6, 2008 |
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Simon press photo by Mark Seliger |
Oscar Hernández
and the Spanish
Harlem Orchestra press photo by Jerry Lacay |
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STARRING:
FRANKIE NEGRON, OBIE
BERMUDEZ, JORGE MALDONADO
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 Danny Rivera - "Born In Puerto Rico" photo by Stephanie Berger for BAM |
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  Obie Bermudez, Frankie Negron - "Vampires" photos by Stephanie Berger for BAM |
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 Kelli Sae, Claudette Sierra "Aguinaldo" photo by Stephanie Berger for BAM |
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 Spanish Harlem Orchestra, cast, news footage photo by Stephanie Berger for BAM |
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  Jorge Maldonado "In Mayaguez" Luba Mason "Can I Forgive Him" photos by Stephanie Berger for BAM |
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 Finale: Ray de la Paz, Danny Rivera and cast "Nacio en Puerto Rico" photo by Stephanie Berger for BAM |
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 Finale: Paul Simon, Spanish Harlem Orchestra "Late In the Evening" photo by Stephanie Berger for BAM |
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| MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION |
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| BAM.ORG Love in Hard Times: The Music of Paul Simon | |
| Relix Magazine: Paul
Simon: Music From The Capeman The Improper Online: Paul Simon's Capeman Flies Again Columbia Spectator: At BAM, There's Much More Than The Sound of Silence Brooklyn Daily Eagle: Music Junkie New York Times: 'The Capeman' Revisited, Far From Broadway Lights The New York Post: Killer's Saga Resurrected ("a classic tragedy, firmly rooted in modern times") The Daily News: Paul Simon restages songs at BAM from his '90s flop 'Capeman' Guardian, UK: A Decade Late, the Capeman Flies ("Paul Simon had to wait ten years for vindication, and when it came, on Tuesday night in a theater in Brooklyn, boy, was it sweet.") Vivirlatino.com: What I Did This Weekend: Paul Simon's Songs from the Capeman at BAM |
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| The
Daily News: Simon
Revives his killer "Capeman" songs Jim Farber 1 April 2008 The mythic hype of Agron's story, as fanned by the press (most eagerly by the Daily News, truth be told) caught the imagination of millions, including one precocious Queens teen who would later become far more famous himself: Paul Simon. (excerpt) |
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| Newsday:
Brooklyn
Academy of Music Has 'Songs From the Capeman' Ed Morales 30 March 2008 ..[Obie] Bermúdez, who was barely 20 when "The Capeman" premiered, had just moved to New Jersey from Puerto Rico and became an immediate fan. "There's a line in 'I Was Born in Puerto Rico' that says 'we came here wearing summer clothes in winter,'" said Bermúdez, who will perform songs that Rubén Blades and Marc Anthony did in the original. "It almost makes me cry because when I first came here it was just like that." (excerpt) |
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| The
Daily News Español: Las
canciones de una capa negra |
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| New
York Times: An
Outsider at the Center of a Musical Universe |
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| Hollywood
Reporter: Simon's
No One-Trick Pony |
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| The
Daily News: "Songs
From the Capeman:" The sound -- not the fury By Pablo García Gámez Tuesday, March 25th 2008, 4:00 AM Ten years later "The Capeman" is back in all its Latin-pop splendor - minus the infamously short-lived Broadway staging. As part of a series celebrating songwriter Paul Simon's 50-year musical career, the Brooklyn Academy of Music is producing "Songs from The Capeman," performed by The Spanish Harlem Orchestra starting Tuesday and through April 6. Singers Obie Bermúdez and Ray de La Paz will replace Marc Anthony and Ruben Blades' vocals on the original 1998 Broadway show, while jazz vocalist Claudette Sierra will reprise Ednita Nazario's. Oscar Hernández, the bandleader of The Spanish Harlem Orchestra, was the musical director on the Broadway show. "Having worked with him [Simon] in the musical made me better understand his musical genius, which I'm happy to revive with these concerts," says Hernández. "The Capeman" tells the story of Puerto Rican gang member Salvador Agrón, who was convicted of killing two teenagers in Hell's Kitchen in 1959. The original show was a huge Broadway flop, closing after only 68 performances. The $11 million production was assailed for its weak script - written by Derek Walcott and Simon - and accusations that it glorified gang violence. But audiences and critics alike widely praised Simon's score. Joseph Melillo, BAM's executive producer said in a press release that they are "honored" to reposition the score of the musical "so that the songs can truly be heard." |
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| Playbill: BAM to Present Concert Version of Simon's The Capeman | |
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| BACKGROUND INFORMATION |
 Rubén Blades, Marc Anthony
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| Videos: NY1 Review & David Letterman appearance Charlie Rose (first half, with Paul Simon, Derek Wolcott, & Mark Morris) Rehearsal clips Paul Simon performing "Bernadette" José Feliciano & Paul Simon (audio) "Born In Puerto Rico" SDRB #5 Parte 2: Rubén talks about The Capeman at approx. 02:35 |
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| Playbill: Original Cast Recording of The Capeman Now Available on iTunes | |
| IBDB.com: The Capeman | |
| Daily News Photo Gallery: the Capeman | |
| New York Times
Magazine Nov. 9, 1997 Stephen J. Dubner: The Pop Perfectionist On A Crowded Stage |
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| Paul Simon: The Story
of the Capeman |
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| Paul Simon: Lyrics
From The Capeman |
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| Talkin' Broadway: The
Capeman Speaks |
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| Talkin' Broadway: Who
Really Closed The Capeman |
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| The Smoking Gun: The Capeman
Files |
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| The Unofficial
Capeman Web Site |
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| Gothamist.com Feb. 22, 2008: Lin-Manuel
Miranda, In The Heights "I think Capeman had a gorgeous score but I’m not sure
what the
show was and I’m not sure they knew what the show was either. I saw it
my senior year in high school. If I made a list of my musical heroes
Ruben Blades, Marc Anthony and Paul Simon would all be on it. I went
into it thinking it would be the greatest show ever made! And when it
got the critical beating it did, I was really crushed. I saw it three
times in previews." (excerpt) |
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| Book:
Conversations With the Capeman by
Richard Jacoby July 2004 |
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