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Central Standard

The Great Immensity: The Fine Art Of Edutrainment

Can any topic make a good song – even climate change? On this leap day edition of Central Standard, meet the cast from a musical mystery about the environment showing now at the Kansas City Repertory Theater.

We speak with The Great Immensity cast members Rebecca Hart and Todd Cerveris about how the show turns  the Copenhagen Accord into a dance, poll numbers into song, and the last living lemur into a love song.

Here's an example of some of the songs performed at the show --

http://vimeo.com/33631675

http://vimeo.com/34801325

SEE IT YOURSELF:
The Great Immensity will be showing through March 18th on the Copaken Stage. More info here.

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