{"id":9158,"date":"2015-06-10T03:05:48","date_gmt":"2015-06-10T03:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/?page_id=9158"},"modified":"2020-09-12T18:40:03","modified_gmt":"2020-09-12T18:40:03","slug":"tennessee-williams-words-and-music","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/allisonleytonbrown.com\/tennessee-williams-words-and-music\/","title":{"rendered":"TENNESSEE WILLIAMS: WORDS AND MUSIC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row iron_row_type=&#8221;full_width&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1435085417867{padding-top: 100px !important;padding-bottom: 100px !important;background-image: url(https:\/\/allisonleytonbrown.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/TWSongbook0286-AlisonFraser-AllisonLeytonBrown-photo-by-Josh-Andrus.jpg?id=9616) !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;][vc_raw_html]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[\/vc_raw_html][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row iron_row_type=&#8221;in_container&#8221; iron_remove_padding_medium=&#8221;&#8221; iron_remove_padding_small=&#8221;&#8221; iron_overlay_pattern=&#8221;&#8221; iron_parallax=&#8221;&#8221; iron_bg_video=&#8221;&#8221; iron_bg_video_mp4=&#8221;&#8221; iron_bg_video_webm=&#8221;&#8221; iron_bg_video_poster=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;32px&#8221;][vc_column_text]This album is a vibrant document of celebrated performer <strong>Alison Fraser\u2019s<\/strong> concert<em>The Tennessee Williams Songbook<\/em>, which premiered at Tennessee Williams\/New Orleans Literary Festival last spring. David Kaplan \u2013 the show\u2019s writer and director, as well as a noted Williams scholar and curator of the Provincetown Tennessee Williams Theater Festival \u2013 has reunited the songs heard in Williams\u2019 plays with the words the playwright intended to join them. Together, <strong><em>Tennessee Williams: Words and Music<\/em><\/strong> tells a moving and passionate new story of their own.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ALLISON LEYTON-BROWN<\/strong>, who produced the album with Fraser, created the unique new arrangements and serves as Musical Director and pianist. 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