A new musical inspired by the 1997 hit album gives a fictional back story to the veteran performers of the Havana music scene.
Category: Peck, Justin
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‘Illinoise,’ a Sufjan Stevens Dance Musical, Is Moving to Broadway
The production will make its transfer unusually fast, with an opening set for April 24, just 29 days after it wraps up a sold-out run at the Park Avenue Armory.
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In Justin Peck’s ‘Illinoise,’ Dance On and Feel It
This narrative dance musical, set to Sufjan Stevens’s album, is a coming-of-age story and a meditation on death, love, community, politics and zombies.
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‘Buena Vista Social Club’ Review: Bringing a Classic Record to Life
A new Off Broadway musical adds the thrill of intimacy and the weight of history to the Cuban songs popularized on a 1997 album.
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‘Buena Vista Social Club,’ Gets Another Life as a Musical
The best-selling album turned veteran Cuban musicians into global stars and inspired a documentary almost 30 years ago. Now it’s an Off Broadway musical.
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Philip Glass’s Piano Etudes: A Diary of an Influential Life
Begun to improve his own technique, piano exercises that Glass wrote over decades are the subject this month of a new book, a concert and dances.
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Park Avenue Armory Will Host ‘Illinoise’ and ‘Indra’s Net’ in 2024
The Armory’s upcoming season also includes the North American premiere of ‘Inside Light.’
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Justin Peck’s New Americana, ‘Copland Dance Episodes’
The New York Times – Music:At New York City Ballet, Peck’s “Copland Dance Episodes” brings the composer’s three classic ballet scores under one roof, at last.