A holiday classic returns to a special venue in Manhattan on Thursday, but this unique version of a decades-old opera gives it new meaning, putting a spotlight on housing instability in the city. JennaMDeAngelis has a preview from Chelsea.
-- A holiday classic returns to a special venue in Manhattan on Thursday, but this unique version of a decades-old opera gives it new meaning, putting a spotlight on housing instability in the city.
"When people leave the theater, they're changed, and for me, that is, that is what it's about," said Chrystal E. Williams, who stars as"The Mother." "We ended up dissecting the piece, turning it on its head a little bit and thinking about who would these characters be if they were in New York City today," said Eric Einhorn, general artistic director for On Site Opera."It struck me that a possibility would be that they would be a mother and son who frequent and are beneficiaries of a place like Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen."
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