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posted 08-23-2018 07:20 AM
"1969: The Second Man," a new folk-rock musical, premieres Aug. 24 through Sept. 9, 2018 at Fourth Street Theatre as part of New York Theatre Workshop's Next Door series.
After he became the second man to walk on the moon, reporters asked Buzz Aldrin if he wished he had been the first.
"I really didn't want that," Buzz claimed, "because of the added heartache."
Why is it so hard to believe him? A folk-rock fable for the runner-up in all of us, "1969: The Second Man" explores competition and collective achievement through the story of one small man who became one giant myth.
The cast, which includes Jacob Brandt, Paris Ellsworth ("Go! Go! Gilgamesh"), Lizzie Hagstedt ("Sweeney Todd" national tour), Angel Lin ("Interstate"), Maya Sharpe ("Hair") and Tony Aidan Vo ("The Great Leap") performed four of the songs ("Stuff Up Here," "Takeoff," "Zero Gravity" and "Moon Facts and Fictions") from the production for Paste Magazine:
posted 08-23-2018 07:20 AM
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