Geriatric Cover Band: "End of the Road"

The Young@Heart chorus to perform musical theater piece at St. Ann's Warehouse April 21 - May 1.

By Blurt Staff

"Cover band for the ages" the Young@Heart Chorus will perform End of the Road, a musical theater collaboration with experimental company No Theater, at St. Ann's Warehouse NYC from April 21-25.

The group, whose members range in age from 73-90, came to fame performing "a set list of rock's greatest hits-including songs by Joy Division, Wilco, Nirvana, Sonic Youth, The Clash, and Outkast-in the 2008 Fox Searchlight documentary Young@Heart (see video below). With End of the Road, the group continues to explore "the power of music to transcend age" as they take audiences on "a journey through the 20^th Century, with ballads giving way to songs of sexual love and hardcore rock n' roll." Tunes featured in EOTR include The Pixies' "Monkey Gone to Heaven" and The Traveling Wilburys' "Handle With Care" as well as interpretations of Bruce Springsteen and the Buzzcocks.

"End of the Road is moving but unsentimental, honors life and death,
creativity and vitality, and challenges what happens on the life continuum when old people co-opt ‘youth' culture," reads the press release. "The piece concludes serenely, with a sense of wisdom that can come with age. A core value for Young@Heart can be summed up in one of its famous program notes: ‘We all have to die. Some of
us are lucky enough to grow old first.' They are having a ball and so are their audiences."

Show dates:

April 21-24, 8pm

April 25, 3pm (official opening)

April 27-30, 8pm

May 1, 2pm and 8pm

Tickets are $32-$65 online at www.stannswarehouse.org, by phone at 718.254.8779 or 866.811.4111, and in person at the St. Ann's Warehouse Box Office at 38 Water Street in NYC. See website for box office hours.

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