Sneak Peek of Gavin Creel in Prometheus Bound at the A.R.T. (from a developmental workshop)

A sneak preview of the song "With Your Fingers Pale and Numb" from the new rock musical Prometheus Bound, premiering at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, MA, in February 2011. Music composed by Grammy Award-winning System of a Down lead singer Serj Tankian, with lyrics by Grammy Award winner Steven Sater (Spring Awakening). Featuring Gavin Creel as Prometheus. Recorded at a developmental workshop in December 2010, with performances by Celina Carvajal, Gavin Creel, Michael Cunio, Gabe Ebert, Jo Lampert, Hoon Lee, Euan Morton, and Christina Sanjous. Band members: Charlie Chronopolous, Tom Duprey, David Finch, Jeff Muzerolle, Vincent Pedulla, and Rob Simring.
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An outcry against tyranny, Prometheus Bound illustrates one man's struggle against the brute force of a ruthless dictator. Written by Tony and Grammy Award-winning lyricist and playwright Steven Sater (Spring Awakening) with music composed by Grammy Award-winning System of a Down lead singer Serj Tankian, this new musical is inspired by Aeschylus's ancient Greek tragedy about the suffering of Western civilization's first prisoner of conscience. A.R.T. Artistic Director Diane Paulus stages this world premiere production in OBERON, immersing the audience in an environment that has the Dionysian energy and rebelliousness of a rock concert.
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Learn more about Prometheus Bound at http://www.americanrepertorytheater.org/events/show/prometheus-bound

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• Prometheus Bound
• Gavin Creel
• Serj Tankian
• Steven Sater
• Diane Paulus
• System of a Down
• Spring Awakening
• American Repertory Theater
• A.R.T.
• rock musical
• Aeschylus
• greek drama
• greek plays
• greek tragedy
• behind the scenes
• world premiere

[SpeakMeASpeech]

What a way to DESTROY classical art. Aeschylus is turning in his grave.

[That70sShowgurl88]

This was the best musical evvveeeeerrrr

[nebenan123]

@TheMfish you bet ;)

[Bound4Bway21]

Woo hoo!! Sounds AH-MAZING! Thank God I live in the Boston area.

[NakedAleks]

Do you know if the music will be available for purchase?

[TheMfish]

@nebenan123 my audio recording doesn't do the performance justice, I was too far away and wasn't riding levels -- but believe me the music is unbelievably powerful, it's going to be a fantastic show!

[nebenan123]

crappy cacofonia