BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York PRODID:-//Apple Inc.//iCal 3.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-APPLE-CALENDAR-COLOR:#222222 BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:711 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171214T190000 SUMMARY:Castleton College: A Star Has Burnt My Eye DESCRIPTION:An original play with music, written by Howard Fishman and featuring the songs and letters of the obscure American singer, guitarist and composer Connie Converse (1924-?). "Like stepping into a haunted dreamland." - New York Times CRITICS' PICK, November 2016 The World Premiere production opened on November 9, 2016, at The NEXT WAVE FESTIVAL at the BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC (BAM), directed by Paul Lazar. "The mystery of American composer Connie Converse's disappearance in 1974 is ongoing, and she may be lost forever. But her spectacular music has been rescued and elevated to a marvelous level - first by the music engineer Gene Deitch who recorded her in his kitchen in the 1950s, and very recently by Howard Fishman in a terrific evening in New York. These are great songs with unusual diversity, and the sweet and bluesy and classical voices with Fishman bring them vividly back to us. It's a great performance, and it demands more for Connie Converse - concerts, a Broadway show, a film musical. Her music belongs to an America that barely knows it exists.  It's time for someone to rectify this historical neglect of a remarkable artist of the song." - William Kennedy, Pulitzer-prize winning author of Ironweed Event Pricing: Adults $18 Alumni & Seniors $15 Students & Children $12 FREE for anyone with a valid Castleton ID END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR