A love letter to New Orleans, BETTER GET RIGHT features Howard backed by his New Orleans-style brass band “The Biting Fish,” in a set of new originals interspersed with new takes on traditionals and gospel from the "street" repertoire of the Big Easy. New Orleans was the singers's home as a struggling street musician when he first began, a place whose mystery and gravitational pull have continued to exert an indelible mark on his music.
A STAR HAS BURNT MY EYE PRODUCTION HISTORY
Howard Fishman and Charlotte Mundy, photo by Rebecca Greenfield
A STAR HAS BURNT MY EYE began as a documentary concert, with work-in-progress showings in New York City at The Rattlestick Theater, Abrons Arts Center, Joe's Pub at The Public Theater, featuring Howard Fishman and a variety of musical performers including Anastasia Barzee, Rob Adkins, Jean Rohe, Susan Oetgen, Charlotte Mundy, and Russell Farhamg.
Further development at the Vox Festival at Dartmouth College led to a dramatized version of the piece, with an original script by Fishman, who appeared alongside performers Charlotte Mundy, Liam Robinson, and Jean Rohe, culminating with a workshop production at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn, NY, directed by Sarah Hughes.
The project's next stage of development included residencies at Celebration Barn in Maine, and at the Orchard Project in Saratoga Springs, NY. A STAR HAS BURNT MY EYE received its world premiere at the 2016 NEXT WAVE FESTIVAL at the BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC (BAM), in a production staged by Paul Lazar, where its sold-out run was a New York Times "Critic's Pick."
Recent touring has included performances at Skidmore College, Vermont Arts Exchange, and at Castleton University.
For information about touring this production: shows@howardfishman.com