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Nightingale
Nightingale, by Charles Strouse,
is a musical based on Hans Christian Andersen's "The Emperor and the Nightingale."
I have always loved Chinese painting, done with ink, brush, and "slight color;" this seemed a good choice for a production set in China.
The large production number, "Let's go to the Forest!" had the forest coming to the cast as the trees slid in from Stage Right.




Fan Kuan's ninth century masterpiece, and a detail from it

Using real ink and Chinese brush for authenticity.
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