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On April 2, St. Ann's Warehouse in Dumbo will present a concert celebrating the 20th Anniversary of Hal Willner's Stay Awake, the producer's classic 1988 interpretation of the Vintage Disney Songbook, Brooklyn Vegan reports. Mr. Willner revived the project last June at the behest of former Pulp front man Jarvis Cocker, who invited Mr. Willner to present it live for the first time at London's 2007 Meltdown Festival, which Mr. Cocker curated.

The St. Ann's Warehouse concert will be the American premiere of Stay Awake, as well as a gala benefit for the venue, and will showcase artists from the original recording including Natalie Merchant and Suzanne Vega, with addtional appearances by Steve Buscemi, David Byrne and Beth Orton, among others.  read more »