LITTLE ISLAND SUMMER SEASON TO BEGIN WITH WORLD PREMIERE OF TWYLA THARP’S “HOW LONG BLUES”; PERFORMANCES BEGIN TOMORROW, JUNE 1
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FOR RELEASE ON FRIDAY, MAY 31, 2024
LITTLE ISLAND TO BEGIN SUMMER SEASON WITH
THE WORLD PREMIERE OF
TWYLA THARP’S
“HOW LONG BLUES”
PREVIEW PERFORMANCES BEGIN TOMORROW EVENING, JUNE 1
WITH OPENING NIGHT SET FOR NEXT THURSDAY, JUNE 6
MUSIC ARRANGEMENTS BY
T BONE BURNETT & DAVID MANSFIELD
New York, NY – Little Island will begin its summer-long season of world premieres with the first performance of How Long Blues, the new full-length dance piece conceived, choreographed, and directed by Twyla Tharp. Beginning with the first of three preview performances tomorrow, June 1, the production will officially open next Thursday evening, June 6. Performances of How Long Blues will run on Little Island through June 23.
How Long Blues is an epic narrative on the theme of resiliency inspired by American Jazz and the writing of Albert Camus.
Music arrangements are by T Bone Burnett and David Mansfield. The design team includes Scenic & Costume Design by Santo Loquasto, Lighting Design by Justin Townsend, and Sound Design by Scott Lehrer. Music Direction is by Dan Lipton.
How Long Blues is performed by Michael Cerveris, Piper Dye, Jourdan Epstein, Oliver Greene-Cramer, Kyle Halford, Colin Heininger, Daisy Jacobson, Claude CJ Johnson, Pomme Koch, Skye Mattox, Nicole Ashley Morris, Hugo Pizano Orozco, Ryan Redmond, Victoria Sames, Frances Lorraine Samson, John Selya, Reed Tankersley, Andromeda Turre, John Bailey, Justin Goldner, Wayne Goodman, Dan Lipton, Mark Lopeman, Jay Rattman, George Rush, and Paul Wells.
Little Island recently announced that an annual, four-month-long summer season of world premieres, kicking off June 1, will feature a total of nine newly commissioned pieces. Little Island’s new arts program moves towards the future with a commitment to a multi-year roster of original work, all commissioned by and developed at Little Island. Bookended by the premiere of Ms. Tharp’s newest work and a 90-minute remix of Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro in which outré opera diva Anthony Roth Costanzo sings every leading role, the season will offer premieres of varying scales across all areas of performance – including music, dance, theater, opera, comedy, jazz, pop, and funk, all outdoors and directly sited on the Hudson River at 14th Street in New York City. The Amph, the park’s 700-seat amphitheater, will house larger scale performances at a $25 ticket price, while The Glade, the park’s 200-seat venue, will be home to more intimate works, all of which will be completely free to the public.
Little Island, the 2.4-acre park that sits along the Hudson River, opened in May 2021 and has since been enjoyed by 4.6 million visitors. In 2013, Barry Diller, in partnership with Hudson River Park Trust leadership, embarked on the unique opportunity to envision a solution for the repair and reactivation of Pier 54, which had been badly damaged by Hurricane Sandy. The park was designed as an entirely new type of public space for New York, one that would create an immersive experience of nature and art. Born from a collaboration of the UK-based Heatherwick Studio and the New York-based landscape architecture firm MNLA, led by Signe Nielsen, the park’s imaginative design offers all New Yorkers and visitors a new public space that is dynamic, captivating, and restorative.
Little Island is operated year-round by a 50-member staff co-helmed by Producing Artistic Director Zack Winokur and Executive Director Laura Clement.
KEY ART FOR SUMMER SEASON AVAILABLE HERE
IMAGE OF LITTLE ISLAND AVAILABLE HERE
Tickets to Little Island’s summer season of performances are available for purchase on littleislandtickets.com, TodayTix.com, or by downloading the TodayTix app.
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