STAGE TUBE: Watch Highlights from 'VOX POP' with David Davila at 54 Below
By: Stage Tube Dec. 11, 2014
David Davila, the zany, not-so-hip-hipster from South Texas made his 54 Below debut on November 18th when he premiered songs from his upcoming musical, VOX POP: a musical revolution. Click below (and keep clicking "next" under the bottom, far right corner of each video) to watch all of the performances!
Featuring songs with Music & Lyrics by David Davila and arrangements by Karl Hedrick & Charles Barksdale, VOX POP was directed by Jay Levy with music direction by Karl Hedrick and included accompaniment by Andrew Zinsmeister (guitar), Zachary Stehura (drums), Douglas Waterbury-Tieman (violin), and Jacob Yates (cello).
The concert featured Michael McCorry Rose (Wicked), Daniel Quadrino(Newsies), Desi Oakley (Evita), Brian Charles Rooney (Bed Bugs), Jaime Cepero(SMASH), Jenna Leigh Green (Wicked), Brandon Ellis (Once), Caitlyn Caughell(Newsies), Dana Costello (Jeckyll and Hyde), Cicily Daniels (Porgy and Bess), N'Kenge (Motown), Charles Barksdale (Sister Act), Ben Roseberry (Guys and Dolls), Jose Sepulveda (Altar Boys), Darryl Williams (Smokey Joe's Cafe), Lindsay Hicks, Mariela Flor Olivo, Vanessa Theus, Brendan Daugherty, Stephanie Nash, Michelle Caniglia, and Michael Muenchow.
In a dystopian future where bees are extinct and humans slaves must pollinate the crops, a young slave girl must choose to accept her circumstances or join the revolution to overturn her oppressive government. But when she suddenly becomes the key to an ancient religion's "Vox Pop" prophecy, the lines between good and evil, truth and lies blur as endless war becomes the only way to ensure every person's voice is heard.
The musical, which features the songs "Be The Change," "Closer," "Normal Heart," "All Good Things," "Propaganda," "The Voice of the People" and others, has a book, music and lyrics by David Davila based on a story developed by Davila and Mark Andrew Garner.
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