Wide Awake: A Civil War Cabaret

27 Mar 2013
00:00:00 - 00:00:00

Innovation Studio at the Kimmel Center

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

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Innovation Studio at the Kimmel Center
300 South Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102

Around any physical war there is another war occurring: a war of popular culture. In collaboration with the Kimmel Center, Inc., the Bearded Ladies present Wide Awake: A Civil War Cabaret, an evening of song that is part Gone With the Wind, part folk-punk extravaganza. With music ranging from 1827 to 2013, from the Beatles to the Band, this cabaret will bring you the musical legacy of one of the most defining and enduring conflicts in American history.

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