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Be Astounded By Eric Whitacre’s Virtual Choir 2.0 Released
Almost one year ago, Eric Whitacre put together 165 voices performing his piece ‘Lux Aurumque‘ from around the world to create the first YouTube Virtual Choir. Besides being a beautiful piece of music, what was so special about the piece is the scope and idea behind the project. These vocalists were alone, in their room, singing to a webcam. And in the end, their voice was put together with 164 other voices, all of whom did the exact same thing in another part of the world, to create something that can only be described as magical.
Now, Eric Whitacre is back with the Virtual Choir 2.0, a collection of over 2,000 videos from 58 countries around the world. This time, they are performing his piece ‘Sleep‘. Check it out after the jump.
The video for ‘Sleep’ is a beautiful representation of the interconnection that occurs between us all as we interact on the Internet. It embodies the very concept of what stares us in the face every day: ‘www’, World Wide Web. Many of us have lost sight of what that means because, on the Internet, there are no borders. For a great many of us, we don’t even realize that what we’re reading might have been written in another town, state, country or even continent.
The World Wide Web is exactly that, a web of virtual connections that stretches across the face of Earth, allowing me in Michigan, USA to write this article for you readers to (hopefully) enjoy, wherever you might be.
The Lost Boys: A New Musical officially kicked off on Broadway last month, and Deadline now reports that the show’s Broadway run has been extended into next year.
The show was originally set to run through November, but Deadline reports that The Lost Boys: A New Musical “has released a block of tickets through Sunday, March 7, 2027.”
The news comes in the wake of The Lost Boys: A New Musical becoming the most Tony-nominated musical of the season with twelve nominations including Best Musical.
Additionally, “The Lost Boys will launch a North American National Tour in Spring 2028, at Playhouse Square in Cleveland. Additional cities and tour dates will be announced later.”
The Lost Boys: A New Musical is of course an adaptation of the 1987 horror classic from director Joel Schumacher, with the cast including Ali Louis Bourzgui as lead vampire David (originally played by Kiefer Sutherland), Maria Wirries as Star (originally played by Jami Gertz), and LJ Benet as the soon-to-be-turned Michael (originally played by Jason Patric).
The horror musical’s cast also includes Shoshana Bean as Lucy Emerson, Benjamin Pajak as Sam Emerson, Paul Alexander Nolan as Max, Jennifer Duka as Alan Frog, Miguel Gil as Edgar Frog, Brian Flores as Marko, Sean Grandillo as Dwayne, and Dean Maupin as Paul.
The Lost Boys: A New Musical is Directed by Michael Arden, featuring Music and Lyrics by The Rescues, Book by David Hornsby & Chris Hoch, Story by James Jeremias & Janice Fischer, and Produced by James Carpinello, Marcus Chait & Patrick Wilson (The Conjuring) by special arrangement with Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures.
When a mother and her two teenage sons move to Santa Carla in desperate need of a fresh start, they soon uncover the darker side of this sunny coastal community. While Lucy tries to piece her family’s life back together, Michael keeps pulling away in search of belonging.
As he finds connection with a local rock band and its charismatic leader, his younger brother Sam comes face-to-face with a terrifying reality: When night falls, Michael’s new friends are even more dangerous than they first appeared.
Joel Schumacher directed the original The Lost Boys vampire movie in 1987, wherein two brothers move to a new town and discover that the area is a haven for vampires.
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