It changes whenever it is interpreted, no matter how many times it has been explored. Still, music that has been in our consciousness for some time contains themes, colors and reference points we anticipate. When hijackers plowed commercial jetliners into the Pentagon and the World Trade Center Sept. 11, they did more than kill thousands and bring the nation to a halt. They assaulted city life, public space and the sense of safety Americans have long considered a birthright. The skies no longer seem as safe.
Every tall building brings to mind images of crashing jets, fireballs and doom.
Broadway Valerie Harper is a W.O.A.C.A. and not terribly shy about it. The musicians of the Cleveland Orchestra are organizing a benefit concert at Severance Hall to raise money for families of victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The musicians of the Cleveland Orchestra are organizing a benefit concert at Severance Hall to raise money for families of victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Once displaced men find a home on the boards For Chip Joseph, the idea of a play inspired by, and starring, homeless men came in 1999 while watching Shakespeare at the Cleveland Public Theatre. That planted the seed.