Steel Hammer

First Preview: Nov 10, 2015

Opening Date: Dec 02, 2015

Closing Date: Dec 06, 2015

Running Time: 01:55

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BAM Harvey Theater

651 Fulton St Brooklyn, NY 11217

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Who was John Henry? According to Johnny Cash, Bill Monroe, Pete Seeger, and Bruce Springsteen, he was a steel-driving railroad man who outperformed a steam drill before dying with his hammer in hand. But versions of the indelible American myth vary.

In this staged incarnation of her work Steel Hammer, 2015 Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Julia Wolfe teams with director Anne Bogart and SITI Company to distill the discrepancies of over 200 variants of the classic ballad and legend into a theatrical post-minimalist mountain-music hybrid. Playwrights Kia Corthron, Will Power, Carl Hancock Rux, and Regina Taylor provide additional texts as three singers and the Bang on a Can All-Stars—fortified with banjo, bones, mountain dulcimer, and other Appalachian instruments—give the folk hero a newfangled song for a new century.

Julia Wolfe and SITI Company
Bang on a Can All-Stars
Directed by Anne Bogart
Original text by Kia Corthron, Will Power, Carl Hancock Rux, and Regina Taylor
Choreography by Barney O’Hanlon

Part of 2015 Next Wave Festival

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:
WEDNESDAY thru SATURDAY @ 7:30 PM
SUNDAY @ 3 PM

Regional Concert Performance Art

Age Guidance: 13

Show Notes: No Intermission

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Accessibility:

Wheelchair Info

Four locations. Two areas in aisle of orchestra. Can accommodate two wheelchairs each.

Elevator\Escalator

Elevator: Automatic. Accesses orchestra level (2nd floor only). Raised lettering.

Passenger Loading Zone

Front.

Parking

Lots: Two, both marked BAM across street. Spaces on street close to main entrance can be reserved.

Curb Ramps

Corner of Ashland Pl. & Fulton St.

Entrance

Double doors in series: 1st set (each 28.5) has one pair of automatic doors from 44th St. to Ticket Lobby with push-button control. 2nd set (each 28", attended by ushers) to inner lobby. Doors wide and heavy, but usually open during performances. Marked with large lettering.

Box Office

Ticket Lobby. Counters 38.5", 41.5", 47". Accessible pass-through with writing shelf at 32". Assistance available.Main level. Counter less than 48".

Restroom

Womens: 1st floor. Outer door wider than 32". Stall door 29". Stall size less than 60". Commode 18". Grab bars.Mens: 1st floor. Outer door wider than 32". Stall doors 31". Stall size less than 60". Commode 18". Grab bars.