In The Lesbian Songbook, singer-songwriter Matthew Brookshire performs the music of the Indigo Girls, Tracy Chapman, boygenius, and more, and shares stories about his search for a queer identity while growing up in North Carolina in the early 90s. Heartbreaking and laugh-out-loud funny, the show is a meditation on music, memory, and the Methodist Church.
About the Artist:
Matthew Brookshire’s pop piano arrangements have been called “stripped down and seductively vibrant” by Brian Seibert of The New York Times. His song “Belly Breathe” was featured in the 50th anniversary season of Sesame Street, and later in Sesame Street: The Musical, which ran off-Broadway and toured the United States. Brookshire collaborated with acclaimed choreographer Keely Garfield on the Bessie Award-nominated Twin Pines (Joyce Theater, Danspace Project) and Wow, where Brookshire interpreted the songs of Kate Bush. With composer Curtis Moore, he wrote original music for the film Palindromes (directed by Todd Solondz), pop songs for drag icon Kevin Aviance and others, and created a musical about a woman’s obsession with Lifetime Movies, For The Love of Tiffany (book co-written with Thomas Mizer and lyrics by Amanda Green). He is a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill and the North Carolina School of the Arts.
Excerpts from The Lesbian Songbook recorded at Pangea, NYC.
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