Tony Kushner's
one-act opera Brundibar will be onstage at New
York's New Victory Theater, Friday, April 28, through
Sunday, May 21. Adapted from the German children's opera
that was performed by concentration camp children
during the Nazi era, Kushner's piece features
production design by Maurice Sendak. Presented in tandem
with the opera will be Kushner's But the Giraffe, a
Curtain Raiser to Hans Krasa's Brundiba r, which tells the story of conductor Rudolph
Freudenfeld, who smuggled the Brundibar score into
the Terezin concentration camp. Euan Morton, who
played Boy George in Taboo on Broadway and in London,
stars in Brundibar. The New Victory is located at 209
W. 42nd St.; for tickets and more information, call
(212) 239-6200 or visit www.NewVictory.org.