Spertus to honor Justice Ginsburg in song

(Published May 6, 2019)

By Jesse Wright, Staff Writer

The Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership, will honor Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg with the musical “Notorious RBG in Song.”

The musical will be performed once, May 19 at 2 p.m.

Ginsburg has served on the high court for 25 years and in recent years Ginsburg has become a pop-culture icon known to fans as Notorious RBG, a wry nod to fellow Brooklynite, rapper Biggie Smalls, the Notorious B.I.G.

Ginsburg’s life and work are celebrated in this one-act dramatic concert featuring soprano/composer Patrice Michaels, who has been called “a formidable interpretative talent” by “The New Yorker” with her collaborative pianist Kuang-Hao Huang and their guests, soprano Michelle Areyzaga, tenor Matthew Dean, and baritone Evan Bravos.

Justice Ginsburg, this concert and the accompanying CD are personal. These songs about her life are presented (and in many cases, written) by her daughter-in-law, Michaels, and produced by her son, Cedille Records founder James Ginsburg.

James Ginsburg will sit for a post-show question and answer session and an accompanying CD will be for sale at the post-program reception.

Performance is 75 minutes long and there is no intermission. Tickets are $18, $10 for Spertus members and $8 for students and Spertus alumni. They’re available at spertus.edu.