Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens

by Bill Russell, Janet Hood (Composer)

Overview

Musical

Book and Lyrics by Bill Russell. Music by Janet Hood.

Characters: 20-25 males, 11-16 females (doubling or expanding possible.)

Unit set

A celebration of lives lost to AIDS told in free verse monologues with a blues, jazz and rock score, this piece is designed to include the community in a theatrical response to the AIDS crisis. It is often performed as a benefit for fund raising and consciousness raising.

"Dramatic."---Spectator

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780573695698
Publisher:	Samuel French, Incorporated
Publication date:	11/24/2010
Pages:	90
Sales rank:	716,070
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.19(d)

About the Author

Bill Russell has had a Hall of Fame basketball career. He won eleven championships in thirteen seasons with the Boston Celtics and coached the team to two of those championships. He was named the Twentieth Century's Greatest Champion by Sports Illustrated, and is the subject of an HBO documentary.