David Driver’s “THERE’S A RIOT GOING ON!: The Real Music & True Story Of Stonewall”

An ecstatic musical performance shot through with true-life narrations, historical films, and images of the time, THERE’S A RIOT GOING ON!: The Real Music & True Story Of Stonewall tells the story of why and how the Stonewall uprising brought about seismic change in our national and global culture. With every day we see more evidence of our current political regime’s intention to erase and demoralize queer culture and its LGBTQ+ citizens. Like the events it honors, THERE’S A RIOT GOING ON!, is a clear and powerful rebuke to this.

Built around the fantastic late-60s songs that were actually on the bar’s jukebox at Stonewall in June of 1969, the show shines a light on the lives of the real people who changed the world for the better. It was their determination, passion, and action, along with a surprising set of fortuitous events, that created the potent recipe for queer empowerment that we’ve come to know as “Stonewall.”

THERE’S A RIOT GOING ON! includes songs originated by Stevie Wonder, Sly & the Family Stone, Judy Garland, The Flirtations, Petula Clark, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Lesley Gore, Harry Nilsson, Diana Ross & The Supremes, Frank Sinatra, Shirley Bassey, and The Beatles, among others. Performers have included Michael Musto, Stew, Everett Bradley, Machine Dazzle, David Driver, Maggie Moore, Nicki Richards, Tigger!, and Lenny Zenith.