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TIGHTROPE

"Travelling street performers reunite in New York City,
talk, sing, dance, get arrested, spend the night in jail,
dream about their heroes in a series of trial sequences
and are inspired to invent the future."
Washington Square Park, NYC

INTRODUCTIONS - THE SONGS:
ARTIE - TIGHTROPE
CHARLIE - MOVE ON
BESSIE & CAMILLE
HENRY & GEORGIA
JACK & ANNIE - DON'T YOU WORRY MAMA
ARTIE & VINNIE
PABLO & SAL - THE TEASE
ISADORA - SNOW WHITE

THE TRIALS
:
VINCENT VAN GOGH - RHYTHM VAN GOGH
JACK KEROUAC - HOOP FOR THE LOWLY
ARTHUR RIMBAUD - I'LL NEVER LOVE AGAIN
ANAIS NIN - HOUSE OF SEX
GEORGIA O'KEEFE - GEORGIA
CHARLIE PARKER - SHADES OF BLUE
HENRY MILLER - BLUSHES LIKE AN ANGEL
ISADORA DUNCAN
CAMILLE CLAUDEL - PANDORA'S JUG
BESSIE SMITH - A WOMAN CAN BE LIKE COFFEE
PABLO PICASSO - PICASSO'S MUSKETEERS
SALVADOR DALI - DADA DADDY

THE FUTURE:
SAY A PRAYER FOR NYC
PICK THAT LOCK
ATOMIC BOMB BABIES
PELICAN NIGHTS
BASEBALL & ROCK & ROLL

All songs copyright 1999 by Ken Post (except "A Woman Can Be
Like Coffee," written by Bonnie Burns, and "Pandora's Jug"
co-written by Ken Post and Bonn
ie Burns.)

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