Turn My Life Around - Paradise Square

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New York, 1863. As the Civil War rages on, free Blacks Americans and Irish immigrants live and love together in the unlikeliest of neighborhoods - the dangerous streets and crumbling tenement houses of Lower Manhattan’s notorious Five Points slum. The amalgamation between the communities took its most exuberant form with raucous dance contests on the floors of the neighborhood bars and dance halls. It is here in the Five Points where tap dancing was born. But this racial equilibrium would come to a sharp and brutal end when President Lincoln’s need to institute the first Federal Draft to support the Union Army would incite the deadly NY Draft Riots of July 1863.
Within this galvanizing story of racial harmony undone by a country at war with itself, we meet the denizens of a local saloon called Paradise Square. These characters include the indomitable Black woman who owns it; her Irish-Catholic sister-in-law and her Black minister husband; a conflicted newly arrived Irish immigrant; a fearless freedom seeker; an anti-abolitionist political boss; and a penniless songwriter trying to capture it all. They have conflicting notions of what it means to be an American while living through one of the most tumultuous eras in our country’s history.
With visceral and nuanced staging and choreography that captures the pulsating energy when Black and Irish cultures meet and set to a contemporary score that reimagines early American song, Paradise Square depicts an overlooked true-life moment when hope and possibility shone bright.

[@JP-sj5zn]

Erm … where is the cast recording - it was promoted to be available in May. We’re now a week or so into June!!!!!

[@Vertigotheatre1]

The show is making an abysmal 240 thousand a month, they probably can't afford to do one.

[@thelivesofme1]

I know.. they recorded it. We’re now at the end of July and it hasn’t surfaced. I hope we don’t have another Lestat situation on our hands (where they recorded the cast recording and then never released it)

[@jscooks1995]

The show is incredible. I’ve seen it 3x(4th next week). But this video on the other hand. SUCKS! Wish they captured the magic of the show properly. Looks like something from a high school film class.

[@EmilyofREL]

The story looks incredible and I like the music I've heard so far, but there are NO good videos of live performances or dancing.

[@alyshaedelman4301]

AMAZING SHOW!!!!!!!!

[@hummersd]

Good number to feature on the channel, but recommend re-editing. The switch from live audio to recording is odd. The camera views rapidly changing from full body shots to close-ups of so many things (not just feet) is jarring and causes some motion sickness, making it difficult to watch. The show deserves more attention, especially the dance numbers, and the 11 o’clock number.

[@Abbysue114]

I guarantee it’s because this is older footage. They completely changed this song from Chicago to Broadway. You can tell they’re singing the lyrics to Oh Susanna. They’re probably switching quickly so the average man can’t see that

[@valeriescott6683]

Why are the comments soooo negative? Grow up and enjoy the effort!

[@Vertigotheatre1]

Whoever is in charge of marketing this musical needs to be fired. This is the clip you put out, a generic dance number, your show is making about 250k a week, plays are making more money, yet you put this out and continue to use s poster that features a damn street light? Good or bad show, everybody deserves better who has worked their ass off on this. I will do a new damn poster for free that would sell this show way more.