A Tale of Two Cities Perfoms for Peace

This morning the Broadway cast from “A Tale of Two Cities” will be performing for the United Nations Stand up for Peace event in the the United Nations Lawn near the Peace Bell. The show, which is about the poverty and inequality that led to the French Revolution, is an excellent choice to promote this event. Participants will be responding to a global call for action, they will be standing up against poverty, and standing up for the Millennium Developement Goals.

The STAND UP innitiative is now in its third year, the innitiative was started as a way for people around the globe to request that their leaders take action against poverty and inequality. With 50,000 people dying each day because of poverty, and the socio-economical gap between classes widening, close to half of the world’s population now live in poverty. October 17-19 are now labeled the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.

The choice of A Tale of Two Cities as the show to promote Stand Up, is a poignant one. The it is  the tale of a group of upper and middle class poeple struggling with conflict and intriuge as France balances on the verge of civil unrest. As the plot unfolds we find that while one character has denounced his inheritance, another is planning to destroy him for the crimes of his wealthy uncle. This is an intruiguing marriage between the stage and a socio-economic event, and will be intersesting to see how it influences the choices of the world’s population.

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