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Michael Gordon
Tuesday, September 19, 2006 to Sunday, October 1, 2006
Michael Gordon and Richard Foreman:
What to Wear
Michael Gordon and Richard Foreman:
What to Wear
"Foreman is the mind-roiling warlock of avant-garde drama." The New York Times
"Gordon weds the hypnotic aura of minimalism to the detuned snarl of highbrow punk… A visceral thrill." The New Yorker
World premiere
Production of the Center for New Performance at CalArts, in conjunction with the New Century Players
The raucous, bitingly funny post-rock opera from avant-garde theater icon Richard Foreman and celebrated composer Michael Gordon marks the Los Angeles debut of the Center for New Performance. A pageant of seductiveness gone wrong -- as everyone on stage turns less and less beautiful, something more ecstatic that beauty slowly reveals its awesome 21st-century face. Foreman’s brilliantly staged action is set to a powerful score by Gordon, a cofounder of the Bang on a Can Festival, who has been widely lauded for bringing the unruly vitality of popular forms to contemporary art music.
Developed at CalArts with generous support from the Audrey Skirball Kenis/REDCAT Music-Theater Program, funded by The Skirball Foundation. Commissioned by the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, with funds provided by the Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust, and by Meet The Composer Commissioning Music/USA. Produced with the support of The Shubert Foundation.
Associated Images:
| Date/Time | G | ST | CA |
|---|---|---|---|
| TUE 9/19 8:30 pm | $24 | $16 | $12 |
| WED 9/20 8:30 pm | $36 | $28 | $18 |
| THU 9/21 8:30 pm | $40 | $32 | $20 |
| FRI 9/22 8:30 pm | $40 | $32 | $20 |
| SAT 9/23 8:30 pm | $40 | $32 | $20 |
| SUN 9/24 8:30 pm | $40 | $32 | $20 |
| TUE 9/26 8:30 pm | $36 | $28 | $18 |
| WED 9/27 8:30 pm | $36 | $28 | $18 |
| THU 9/28 8:30 pm | $36 | $28 | $18 |
| FRI 9/29 8:30 pm | $40 | $32 | $20 |
| SAT 9/30 3:00 pm | $40 | $32 | $20 |
| SAT 9/30 8:30 pm | $40 | $32 | $20 |
| SUN 10/1 3:00 pm | $40 | $32 | $20 |
G - General Audience
M - REDCAT Members
ST - Students
CA - CalArts Students/Faculty/Staff
