The following email came to me today, and I pass it on to you--it tells of an event I have good reason to know will be stupendous--not only is it filled with great music, wonderfully performed, it explains the reason for, and answer to "The Great Fight of Ego vs. Truth." As a performer with the company I want to personally invite you.

You’ll hear, through songs—including some of the most popular and beautiful songs—what the biggest fight is within every person and America herself. Eli Siegel, the great American critic, philosopher, and poet, founder of Aesthetic Realism, explained it. It’s the fight between contempt for the world and respect for it. It’s the fight of Ego—lying about the world to suit yourself—vs. Truth.

Songs about love, justice, people’s feelings—these will tell about that Great Fight of Ego vs. Truth as it goes on, sometimes humorously, and delicately, and intensely, in the dear self of each person.

We’re proud to sing and comment on them—and to give the following news: Whatever the subject, every good song tells the truth about what reality is and who we are! The reason is in this Aesthetic Realism principle— The world, art, and self explain each other: each is the aesthetic oneness of opposites.

Through this matinee, as you laugh and are stirred by songs, you'll know yourself and all people better. And you’ll find out why art and honesty are stronger than contempt and lies—no matter who’s telling them!

Cast: ANNE FIELDING • BENNETT COOPERMAN • CARRIE WILSON ANN RICHARDS • TIMOTHY LYNCH • DEREK MALI • KEVIN FENNELL ALAN SHAPIRO • MARION FENNELL • MERYL NIETSCH-COOPERMAN LYNETTE ABEL • CHRISTOPHER BALCHIN • SALLY ROSS BARBARA ALLEN, flute • EDWARD GREEN, piano ROBERT COLAVITO, percussion

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