Shirley Chisholm, Robert E. Lee, & Me (Dream Up 2019) NYC Reviews and Tickets

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(10 Reviews)

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Members say

Thought-provoking, Absorbing, Clever, Relevant, Intelligent

About the Show

This world premiere solo piece for Theater for the New City's Dream Up Festival explores the lives and legacies of black congresswoman Shirley Chisholm and confederate general Robert E. Lee.

From the show:

As one statue goes up, another statue is torn down. Shirley Chisholm, Robert E. Lee, & Me seeks to demonstrate how both Chisholm and Lee transcended the constraints of their time and made unpopular decisions that spoke to their humanity rather than the contemporary ideologies they commonly represent.

Relating their stories with his own life, Ashley Christopher Leach celebrates the unpopular choices each of these Americans made and reinterprets how each of them should be viewed. Shirley Chisholm, Robert E. Lee, & Me urges Americans to seek commonalities, even amongst the most unlikely characters, in hopes of healing an already divided nation.

Member Reviews (10)

Entertaining, Clever, Absorbing, Intelligent, Thought-provoking

See it if you would enjoy juxtaposing the words and thoughts of two very different historical figures with keen insight and performance by one person.

Don't see it if you are looking for a complete biography of with person or characters playing them and interacting-this is written and acted by one person.