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Performance Network came up with a low key New Years Eve option for those who wanted to celebrate in style but soak in some culture as well. A reading from a production called Striking 12 which combines an orchestra, singing, dancing, and candid and humorous dialogue. The production was inspired by Hans Christian Anderson's book The Little Match Girl. The play, music and lyrics are by Brendan Milburn, Rachel Sheinkin, and Valerie Vigoda. In Striking 12 new years eve, office politics, awkward relationships, pop culture, corny television advertisements, loneliness, seasonal affective disorder, and door to door salespeople are referenced. A song about Hans Christian Anderson's life Screwed Up People Make Great Art was a winner. Other popular artists with troubled lives were mentioned as a well as a zinger about Justin Bieber being completely well adjusted. The main character decides to work late at the office, is grossed out by his new years eve options, and goes home and reads The Little Match Girl. Anderson's tale moves him and he makes an unlikely friend with a girl selling door to door light bulbs. Striking 12 is clever and culturally dynamic.
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