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Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
Thursday, Jun 14, 2012 7:30p
Blue Theatre
Austin,
TX
“Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson.” It’s a Broadway rock musical about the beginnings of the Democratic Party. It imagines President Andrew Jackson — aka “Old Hickory” — as an emo rock star. It’s a comedy and a Wild West show. Nothing is sacred in “Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson,” the musical that was an alt hit on Broadway when it opened in 2010. Now, award-winning direct Michael McKelvey gives his spin to a new production of a show that upends the niceties of American history. 7:30 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays,… Show more
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Typically, our encounters with revisionary histories veer in the direction of hyper-sensitivity: correcting the racism and xenophobia of earlier times. Typically, these approaches also don’t deck out our American forefathers in skinny jeans and guyliner.
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