The Boston Tea Party Opera

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Just found out about this write-up of the premiere of The Boston Tea Party Opera at FringeNYC - The New York International Fringe Festival last year! "And now for something … completely different!... There’s much to enjoy in its rhythmic riffs, vocal pyrotechnics, and harmonic sonorities. And the music is extremely well served by a young, enthusiastic cast of a dozen or so prodigious vocal talents. In short, it was certainly worth my time and may well be worth yours."

The Broadside: EXTRA! The Boston Tea Party ... Opera ... 2014

Today is the one-year anniversary of the world premiere of the Boston Tea Party Opera at the NY International Fringe Festival! Great memories. Stay tuned for more info about the future of the show...

The Boston Tea Party Opera "Opera with a conscience" - CurtainUp.com

"The famous cry at the Boston Tea Party of “no taxation without representation” in 1773 reflected one of the major grievances of American colonists and provided a direct link back to Sir Edward Coke’s interpretation of Clause 12 in Magna Carta from the original 1215 manuscript." http://www.lynnnews.co.uk/news/local/latest-local-news/holkham-s-role-in-the-revival-of-magna-carta-1-6793360

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“It’s a great way to instill the feeling of history,” Gries said. “The kids have to really get in the mind-set of how the colonists were feeling when the British were imposing acts to take away their rights. It makes them have to feel history rather than just recite it.”

Boston Tea Party stars in Northfield musical NORTHFIELD — Students in Ellenjo Gries’ fifth-grade class will perform “The Destruction of the Tea,” a musical based on the

"n 1860 the Boston historian and activist William Cooper Nell received new information about Crispus Attucks and his family. It doesn't appear to have been analyzed by more recent historians."

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"If the Boston Tea Party taught us anything, it’s that people love tea. That cold, December morning, however, almost ruined its reputation forever. " http://www.bustle.com/articles/75321-is-tea-better-for-you-than-coffee-tea-is-definitely-having-a-moment-and-here-are

Is Tea Better For You Than Coffee? Tea Is Definitely Having A Moment, And Here Are 5 Reasons Why... If the Boston Tea Party taught us anything, it’s that people love tea. That cold, December morning, however, almost ruined its reputation forever. By the time the sun rose, coffee — which was seen as an obvious break from stuffy British rule — had become the drink of choice for patriotic

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"The new History Channel mini-series “Sons of Liberty” gives the Hollywood treatment to the revolutionary secret society. So were these freedom fighters brawling hunks, or just concerned patriots?"

The real story of the Sons of Liberty and their fight for freedom The new History Channel mini-series “Sons of Liberty” gives the Hollywood treatment to the revolutionary secret society. So were these freedom fighters brawling hunks, or just concerned patriots?...

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