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Rick Berlin and Jeff Harris on
Aberdeen Street.
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"Things I Never Told U," an
outdoor, sing-along musical featuring live songs by Rick
Berlin and the Shelley Winters Project to be presented by
the Invisible Cities Group May 17 and 18 on Aberdeen Rd. in
Somerville
Featuring 13 songs by Rick Berlin, performed live by his
rock band the Shelley Winters Project, "Things I Never Told
U" invites the audience to take part in an outdoor,
sing-along musical by the Invisible Cities Group.
Set on Aberdeen Road in Somerville near Davis Square, the
musical follows the story of George, a 19-year-old kid who's
going nowhere fast, and how his neighborhood bands together
to save him.
Adapted from Bernard Malamud's short story "A Summer's
Reading," the script evokes nostalgia for a time when
everybody on their street knew each other. In the Invisible
Cities Group version, we watch George simultaneously at the
ages of 12, 19 and 48 try to figure out his life. Rick
Berlin, as the older George, acts as the narrator.
"For the audience, watching the play and singing along,"
says Lesley Bannatyne, co-creator, "it will be like being in
the middle of a movie, with scenes happening up and down the
street, in front yards, and on porches." A cast of 30,
playing neighbors, will make Aberdeen Road come alive with
all-singing, all-dancing production numbers. From their
vantage point on a corner, spectators will get a
street's-eye-view of the action.
Installations by Somerville artists Molly Van Nice and
Robert Goss (also a co-creator) will add to the
neighborhood's visual richness.
Playing twice only on Saturday, May 17 and Sunday, May
18, at 7 pm, the event is family-friendly. Aberdeen Road is
one block from the corner of Highland Ave. and Cedar St., a
10-minute walk from Davis Square. Tickets are $12
advance/$15 at the door, with children 12 and under 1/2
price, and are available at McIntyre & Moore Booksellers
in Davis Sq. For more info call (617) 628-1021 or email
icg@gate.net.
Seating is limited and advance tickets are encouraged.
Bring lawnchairs or a blanket for seating. In case of
rain, call or go to the web site.
"Things I Never Told U" is presented by the
Somerville-based Invisible Cities Group, a consortium of
visual and performing artists founded in 1994 by codirectors
Lesley Bannatyne, Gary Duehr and Robert Goss. ICG's mission
is to create large-scale outdoor events in which the
spectator is the center of the action. This is the group's
seventh original performance. Past performances include
"Impossible Library," "Watching the Detectives," and "Dream
House."
Things I Never Told U is produced by Studebaker Theater
and supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC), a
state agency, and by a grant from the Somerville Arts
Council, a city agency supported by the MCC.
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directions
Aberdeen Road is a ten-minute
walk from Davis Square, Somerville, one block from the
corner of Highland Avenue and Cedar St.
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RED LINE
Coming from Davis Square, Somerville:
walk/drive down Highland Avenue towards Boston.
Aberdeen is on your right shortly after you pass
the Diamond Club (on your left).
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Coming from Boston: Exit the expressway to the
Museum of Science. Follow the McGrath/O'Brien
highway past the Museum (it will be on your left)
and on into Somerville. Pass Twin Cities Plaza
(again, on your left) and at the next light, bear
left onto Highland Avenue. The Somerville public
library main branch, the high school, and City Hall
will be on your right. Continue down Highland until
it crosses Cedar (there's a light at the
intersection). Aberdeen is one block past Cedar on
your left.
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From the North: Take 93 S towards Boston.
Take the Rte. 28/38 exit in Somerville. Go left at
the end of the exit ramp. Take a right onto Temple
Street (there is a light at the intersection) and
follow Temple to Broadway. Take a right onto
Broadway, go to the top of the hill and turn left
onto Central. Follow Central to Highland Ave., and
take a right onto Highland. Continue down Highland
until it crosses Cedar (there's a light at the
intersection). Aberdeen is one block paste Cedar on
your left.
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From the West: Take the Mass. Pike into
Boston and get on the Expressway north (93N).
Follow directions from Boston, above.
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if it
rains?
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It never rains the third weekend in May.
BUT.
The raindate for the Saturday, May 17th show is Sunday,
May 18th at 5:00 pm.
If Sunday May 18th's show is rained out we will move it
to an indoor location. Check here for details at noon on the
18th.
IF BOTH SHOWS ARE RAINED OUT, we will have several shows
at an indoor location on Sunday, May 18th and we'll make the
best of it.
It never rains the third weekend in May.
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