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Musical Adaptation of Chelsea Clinton's Book 'She Persisted' Sets New York Debut
Hollywood Reporter ^
| November 7, 2019
| Evan Real
Posted on 11/07/2019 12:36:42 PM PST by EdnaMode
The Atlantic Theater Company's Atlantic for Kids division on Wednesday announced that She Persisted the musical adaptation of Chelsea Clinton's children's book She Persisted: 13 American Women Who Changed the World will debut in New York next year. Performances will begin Feb. 22 at Atlantic's Linda Gross Theater in Manhattan.
She Persisted centers on a fourth-grader named Naomi, whose field trip to a Womens History Museum turns into a time-travel adventure where she encounters inspirational women who have overcome barriers and made waves throughout U.S. history. The musical features the stories of female trailblazers such as Harriet Tubman, Helen Keller, Clara Lemlich, Nellie Bly, Virginia Apgar, Maria Tallchief, Claudette Colvin, Ruby Bridges, Margaret Chase Smith, Sally Ride, Florence Griffith Joyner, Oprah Winfrey and Sonia Sotomayor.
(Excerpt) Read more at hollywoodreporter.com ...
TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Chit/Chat; Music/Entertainment; Society; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: chelsaclinton; chelsea; chelseabook; clinton; hillaryclinton; shepersisted
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What? No Hillary on that list? Or RBG?
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posted on
11/07/2019 12:36:42 PM PST
by
EdnaMode
To: EdnaMode
Here's a sneak preview of what the adaptation will sound like:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jORlu9P81TQ
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posted on
11/07/2019 12:39:53 PM PST
by
relictele
To: EdnaMode
Potential names for a Chelsea sequel
- She was Trumped
- She was dragged into a van
- She blamed
- She Arkancied
- She sold them out
- She rich off of public service
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posted on
11/07/2019 12:41:31 PM PST
by
DannyTN
To: EdnaMode
Using mandolins and accordions.
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posted on
11/07/2019 12:42:01 PM PST
by
SkyDancer
( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
To: EdnaMode
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posted on
11/07/2019 12:42:57 PM PST
by
Fido969
(In!)
To: DannyTN
- She bought a dossier
- She planned a coup
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posted on
11/07/2019 12:44:41 PM PST
by
DannyTN
To: DannyTN
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posted on
11/07/2019 12:47:53 PM PST
by
DannyTN
To: EdnaMode
All I can hear is the Twilight Zone theme song..
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posted on
11/07/2019 12:48:26 PM PST
by
SueRae
(An administration like no other.)
To: DannyTN
- She wiped her email server with a cloth
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posted on
11/07/2019 12:48:45 PM PST
by
DannyTN
To: EdnaMode
Heres a picture of the cast at a recent rehearsal.
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posted on
11/07/2019 12:48:56 PM PST
by
Leaning Right
(I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
To: EdnaMode; Gamecock; Larry Lucido; KC_Lion; FredZarguna; PROCON; raygunfan
[ Musical Adaptation of Chelsea Clinton’s Book ‘She Persisted’ Sets New York Debut ]
It’s MUST MISS! /Seinfeld
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posted on
11/07/2019 12:49:03 PM PST
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: EdnaMode
Click the Pic
It's Chelsea Doody time!
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posted on
11/07/2019 12:49:31 PM PST
by
Fiddlstix
(Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
To: DannyTN
“She was dragged into a van”
You mean,
Midget tossed into a vanbulance.
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posted on
11/07/2019 12:58:02 PM PST
by
Eddie01
(My very first mistake in life was believing that life was fair.)
To: EdnaMode
Female trailblazers like Phyllis Schlafly and Marva Collins conveniently left out.
To: EdnaMode
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posted on
11/07/2019 1:03:36 PM PST
by
rktman
( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
To: EdnaMode
Don’t recognize most of the names. The wise Latina is on the list.
Niche audience.
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posted on
11/07/2019 1:04:55 PM PST
by
lurk
To: Lizavetta
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posted on
11/07/2019 1:09:06 PM PST
by
DannyTN
To: DannyTN
My favorite: Shes in jail!
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posted on
11/07/2019 1:09:26 PM PST
by
FES0844
To: FES0844
"My favorite: Shes in jail!"That's a good one, but it's before its time or it would end up in fiction.
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posted on
11/07/2019 1:12:33 PM PST
by
DannyTN
To: DannyTN
LOL. Those are hilarious. :D
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11/07/2019 1:24:53 PM PST
by
EdnaMode
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