BGMC will Raise You Up with music from Kinky Boots, Christina Aguilera, Whitney Houston and the choral theatre piece Seven Last Words of the Unarmed and its companion piece Glory from Selma. Multi-talented singer, rapper, actor, director, choreographer, and YouTube personality Todrick Hall joins 200 members of the Boston Gay Men’s Chorus as Special Guest.
Showtimes
- Saturday March 16, 2019 at 8pm
- Sunday March 17, 2019 at 3pm
The show runs approximately 2 hours including an intermission.
TicketsTheater
New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall
30 Gainsborough St.
Boston, MA 02116
Photo Album
Program
Media Coverage
- January 18, 2018—In Spring Concert, Boston Gay Men’s Chorus to Give Voice to Black Lives Tragically Lost
- Rainbow Times, “Raise You Up – Q&A with Reuben Reynolds,” March 5, 2019
- Outtake, “Giving Voice to Black Lives Lost,” February 27, 2019
- Broadway World, “BGMC Spring Concert will give Voice to Black lives tragically lost,” January 25, 2019
- Edge, “BGMC Spring Concert will give Voice to Black lives tragically lost,” January 24, 2019
- Rainbow Times, “BGMC Spring Concert to give voice to black lives tragically lost,” January 23, 2019
- Bay Windows, “BGMC Spring Concert will give Voice to Black lives tragically lost,” January 22, 2019
Preview/Outreach
The Boston Gay Men’s Chorus will Raise You Up with a program of music including the Last Words of the Unarmed and the anthem Glory from the movie Selma.
The one-hour program includes a Town Hall discussion on issues of equality and inclusion co-facilitated by Rev. Kim Crawford Harvie and Rev. Lauren A. Smith.
When: Sunday, March 3, 2019
Time: 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Where: Arlington Street Church
(Arlington Street T station; enter at the Great Doors at 25 Arlington Street)
Boston, MA 02116
Cost: Free
Repertoire
- Never Get Lost/Take Me To the World
- We Sang Our Songs
- Spirituals
- If I Got My Ticket
- Deep River
- Go Down Moses
- Harriet Tubman
- It Takes A Village
- Seven Last words of the Unarmed
- Glory from Selma
- Intermission
- Todrick Hall solo set
- I Just Wanna Dance With Somebody
- I’m Not My Father’s Son from Kinky Boots
- Beautiful (Christina Aguilara)
- Raise You Up/ Just Be from Kinky Boots