![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The benefit concert is titled American Utopia Farewell! and will share its proceeds with Byrne’s non-profit, Arbutus, which helps lead projects that inspire and educate artists, scientists, journalists, donors, designers, students and more. The company standbys are Renée Albulario, Alena Ciera, Chris Eddleton, Evan Frierson, and Natalie Tenenbaum.Today, Talking Heads frontman David Byrne announced that to celebrate the conclusion of his broadway show American Utopia he and his company plan to put on a special benefit performance, on March 30. This temporary production included songs not featured in the regular production.Īmerican Utopia features David Byrne with band members Jacquelene Acevedo, Gustavo Di Dalva, Daniel Freedman, Chris Giarmo, Tim Keiper, Tendayi Kuumba, Karl Mansfield, Abe Nouri, Mauro Refosco, Stéphane San Juan, and Angie Swan. Byrne called this more informal version of the show American Utopia Unchained. In December 2021, with cast members testing positive during a COVID surge, Byrne temporarily continued performances of American Utopia with a reduced cast. The show was honored with a Special Tony Award in September 2021. The film is nominated for a 2022 Grammy Award in the Best Music Film category.įollowing the 18-month pandemic shutdown, the show returned to Broadway on September 17, 2021, moving to the St. The film won two 2021 Creative Arts Emmy Awards. The film opened the Toronto International Film Festival and had a limited theatrical release in the United States in September 2021. In 2020, Spike Lee filmed American Utopia for cable television. It produced a cast recording, American Utopia on Broadway, released in 2019. After a successful five month run, the show closed on February 16, 2020. ![]() Byrne and company previewed an altered version of the concert at the Colonial Theatre in Boston in September 2019.ĭavid Byrne’s American Utopia previewed on Broadway at the Hudson Theatre starting on Octoand officially opened on October 20. Small changes to the repertoire and to the structure of the show achieved a transition closer to that of a musical stage production. The American Utopia tour inspired what became a long-running Broadway production. The concert included songs from American Utopiaalong with songs from his former band, Talking Heads, Byrne’s solo career, and a cover of Janelle Monáe’s “Hell You Talmbout.” The tour played more than 150 performances in 27 countries. That year, Byrne and company promoted the album with a touring theatrical concert, in which Byrne performed a choreographed show alongside 11 musicians, all performing with wireless and portable equipment. “The proceeds from the event on March 30th will allow Arbutus to continue our work at Reasons to be Cheerful and our world premiere of Theater of the Mind, hopefully making the world a little lighter and a little brighter.”Īmerican Utopia started as Byrne’s 10th studio album, released in 2018. “I created American Utopia with the seeds of curiosity and imagination, and those same seeds are why I founded Arbutus,” Byrne stated in a press release. Theater of the Mind, a new immersive theater piece inspired by neuroscience research, will have its world premiere at the Denver Center this fall. Reasons to be Cheerful Is Byrne’s website, is a solutions-based, online magazine with uplifting success stories. Arbutus’ two current projects are Reasons to be Cheerful and Theater of the Mind. No mention or presentation was added to the program.įounded by Byrne in 2018, Arbutus celebrates, re-presents and amplifies ideas found in surprising places, ensuring that our picture of the world contains the joy that it should, and is accessible to everyone. Theater-goers might not have realized that the evening’s performance was a benefit. Proceeds from this show supported Byrne’s non-profit, Arbutus. Prior to closing the show, Byrne and his cast staged American Utopia Farewell!, a special benefit performance on March 30. David Byrne’s American Utopia will close its long-running Broadway engagement at the St. ![]()
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