National Catholic Reporter

The celibate, dancing Shakers were once seen as a threat to society — 250 years later, they're part of the sound of America

The trailer for the film "The Testament of Ann Lee" is riveting and unsettling — just as the celibate Shakers were to the ...
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How Mona Fastvold and Daniel Blumberg Adapted Shaker Hymns for ‘Ann Lee’: ‘The Film’s Pretty Extreme. How Can We Push It Further?’

Mona Fastvold’s set on “The Testament of Ann Lee” is much like the world of her subject, the founder of the Shaker religious movement in the 18th century: Immersive, wildly ambitious, utopian even, ...

Making a bold musical about the Shakers? Daniel Blumberg's songs brought the world in tune

After winning an Oscar for "The Brutalist," the English composer takes on a musical about the founder of the Shakers — a ...

How the testament of Ann Lee brought the world of the Shakers to life

Production designer Sam Bader tells AD how the religious group’s villages and beautifully crafted furniture were recreated ...
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'The Testament of Ann Lee' review: Amanda Seyfried astounds in stirring, religious biopic

From the first musical moments of The Testament of Ann Lee, I was enraptured. Admittedly, I went in knowing nothing of its subject, an 18th-century religious figure who led the Shakers, a sect also ...
Concord Monitor

$2.5M grant to reinvigorate Canterbury Shaker Village

Canterbury Shaker Village has received a $2,500,000 grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. through its Religion and Cultural Institutions Initiative. The grant will support the Village’s reinvigoration of ...