Dreams of a Kitten by Edward Drobinski - HTML preview

Dreams of a Kitten

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night in the late 1970s, Purdie mentioned that he was the

uncredited drummer for Orpheus. Nyro got excited and brought him

into a room where she kept her record collection. She pulled out

well worn copies of every Orpheus LP, as well as copies sealed

for posterity.”

Diane Paulus and Bruce Buschel co-created “Eli's Comin',” a

musical revue of the songs of Nyro, which, among others, starred

Anika Noni Rose.

Louis Greenstein and Kate Ferber wrote “One Child Born: The

Music of Laura Nyro,” a one woman show featuring Ferber and

directed by Adrienne Campbell-Holt. “One Child Born” was

developed at CAP21 in New York City and has sold out “Joe's Pub”

and the “Laurie Beechman Theatre” in New York, “World Cafe Live”

in Philadelphia, and other venues.

The “Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater” and the “National

Ballet of Canada” have also included her music in their

performances; notably, "Been On A Train" from “Christmas and the

Beads of Sweat,” in which a woman describes watching her lover

die from a drug overdose, comprises the second movement of

Ailey's 1971 solo for Judith Jamison, Cry. “Alvin Ailey

choreographed Quintet” in 1968 with 5 female members of his