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The musical 1989 became a runaway hit in Poland when it premiered in 2022. Inspired by Hamilton, the Gdańsk Shakespeare Theatre and the Juliusz Słowacki Theatre in Kraków revisited Poland’s Solidarity movement through a mixture of hip-hop, rap, and pop. The Segal screened a filmed-for-TV version of the production and hosted a panel discussion with Agata Grenda (Director of the Gdańsk Shakespeare Theatre), Mirosław Wlekły (co-librettist), and others. Placing the events of 1989 in conversation with contemporary United States politics, the panel discussion will be followed by an Election Watch Party. Only the panel discussion was streamed.
Supported by the Polish Cultural Institute New York.
6:30 p.m. EST: Panel discussion
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