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THE ESSENTIAL A&E PICKS FOR APRIL 9 - APRIL 15
SLAC: Murder Ballad, Ballet West: West Side Story Suite: Broadway and Beyond, Arms Around America @ Kingsbury Hall, and more.
SLAC: Murder Ballad The rock-opera musical Murder Ballad by writer/lyricist Julia Jordan and composer/lyricist Juliana Nash isn’t inspired by a specific “true crime” story. Yet as Jordan shared in a 2012 interview coinciding with the show’s premiere, its themes are inspired by the same concepts that have made such narratives so fascinating, particularly to women.
“I think there’s something in [women] that is brought up to be afraid,” Jordan said. “Women have to be on their guard and protective. And it’s true—it’s out there, it’s real. It’s something that we’re constantly being told about.
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