The Eyes of the World: From D-Day to VE Day (WALLCAST® Concert)

Kenneth C. Griffin, in partnership with Griffin Catalyst, presents a WALLCAST® Concert of the American History Unbound Production of The Eyes of the World: D-Day to VE Day. Pack a picnic, bring a blanket and folding chair, and experience history like never before on the New World Center’s soaring 7,000-square-foot projection wall in SoundScape Park.

Please note: New World Symphony Fellows will not perform at this free event presented by American History Unbound, Kenneth C. Griffin, and Griffin Catalyst.

Through stirring music, rare archival photos, film and personal accounts, The Eyes of the World tells the dramatic story of the final 11 months of World War II in Europe through the words and images of Ernest Hemingway, Life magazine daredevil war photographer Robert Capa, Vogue model-turned-photojournalist Lee Miller, and a young soldier, named Jerry, who landed on Utah Beach on June 6, 1944.

Historian John Monsky narrates and leads audiences through the stories of these remarkable figures. Their journeys intersect as they report on the War from D-Day to VE Day, trying to stay alive in their search for the truth to get the story out. And maybe, even save the world.

Along the way, their stories cross paths with such remarkable characters as Pablo Picasso; General Dwight D. Eisenhower; Marlene Dietrich; Hemingway’s estranged wife, war correspondent Martha Gellhorn; the 761st Tank Battalion, dubbed “The Black Panthers,” for their bravery and heroism; and the all-female, all-Black 6888 Central Postal Directory Battalion.

Music captures the essence of the times and drives the emotion of the story home, featuring compositions from Glenn Miller, Richard Rodgers, Frank Loesser, Edith Piaf and Jerome Kern. We hear Aaron Copland’s Letter from Home as the boys in the Hürtgen receive long-awaited mail. Fred Ebb and John Kander’s “Tomorrow Belongs to Me,” from Cabaret, is combined with haunting images establishing Hitler’s rise to power. “Freedom’s Road,” with lyrics by Langston Hughes, reminds us of the double V campaign: the fight against fascism aboard and racism at home.

American History Unbound
The American History Unbound series combines live music, performed by leading orchestras and celebrated Broadway actors, lecture, photographs and film from the National Archives, historic American flags, and material culture to explore watershed moments in American history.

These symphonic and visual journeys through history are commissioned by the Carnegie Hall Presents series. Created and narrated by historian John Monsky, programs to date have explored the Vietnam War, the race to the moon, D-Day, and World War I.

These works have been presented at Carnegie Hall, Boston’s Symphony Hall, the John F. Kennedy Center Opera House, the New-York Historical Society, Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill, New York, Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, Florida, Yale University, New York University’s Skirball Center for the Performing Arts and the New York Stock Exchange.

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