From Baghdad to Brooklyn by Michelle Azar
When:
Sunday, Mar 16, 2025 5:00p -
8:00p
Sunday, Mar 16, 2025 5:00p -
8:00p
Where:
Center for the Arts at the Armory
191 Highland Ave
Somerville, Massachusetts 02143
Admission:
$34.00
Hosted by:
Categories:
Art, Music, Shows
Event website:
https://the-center-for-arts-at-the-armory.ticketleap.com/from-baghdad-to-brooklyn/details
From Baghdad to Brooklyn is Michelle Azar’s story of her ancestors’ immigrant journey; charted in a map of music traditions and cultural celebrations. Arts at the Armory’s Spotlight Series is thrilled to present Azar’s original one-woman show on March 16, 2025.
With an angelic voice, deep sentiment and humor, Michelle tells a timely story of a family's love and dysfunction set against an historical and redemptive background.
Azar describes the evolution of From Baghdad to Brooklyn since its inception in 2017: "The show has morphed and continues to do so. Sometimes the story is more about fear. Sometimes it is more about redemption. Sometimes the story tracks more my Ashkenazi background, and sometimes, more my Sephardic. Whatever the course this show takes, it is an ongoing discovery of what it still means to live in vague prejudice, in moments of hidden fears and intolerance as fueled by the historical backdrop that I never lived."
Azar’s performance will be accompanied by Oud player Yonatan Battat and a soon-to-be announced pianist.
From Baghdad to Brooklyn is presented by Arts at the Armory in partnership with the Boston Festival of New Jewish Music. A special performance by a local Klezmer band will follow Azar’s play - stay tuned for more details!
Doors will open at 5:00pm, music will start at 5:30pm followed by the performance at 6:00pm.
Tickets purchased for From Baghdad to Brooklyn are non-refundable. All sales are final.
