I know a number of you are coming into town for Comicon. Why not take a break from all that industry stuff and come see a show? I’m puppeteering Peter in Peter and the Wolf.
Sergei Prokofiev’s classic Peter and the Wolf is re-imagined by Mabou Mines co-artistic director Terry O’Reilly and Jane Catherine Shaw to speak to the experience of children newly immigrated to the USA as well as young native New Yorkers. The Matrix Music Collaborators is a playground for the puppets – a garden of delight for Peter and his animal friends and safety from the wolf outside the gate.Matrix Music Collaborators, a New York-based innovative chamber ensemble presents interdisciplinary collaborations through the unique approach of bridging dance, theater, visual art, film and poetry with classical, experimental, contemporary and world music, sharing the stage with an international roster of accomplished musicians.
Program:
W.A Mozart Excerpts from Eine Kleine Nachtmusik featuring ‘Rainy Nights’ (2002) by Hong Kong artist, Eric Siu
Sergei Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67 – a staging with Chinese Puppets directed by Terry O’ Reilly and Jane Catherine Shaw
Paul Wiancko Hip Hop Cello Concerto No. 1
John Williams Music from the Movies
Instrumentation for Matrix: violin, cello, flute, oboe, horn, clarinet, bassoon and piano under the direction of Sheryl Lee.
Tickets: $10 Individual | $30 Family of four
Free family workshop Saturday, April 19 | 1 pm
theatermania.com | 212.352.3101Wolf image: Simon Wong
Sounds great, if I was anywhere near I would be there.
Are you doing both shows back to back on the 19th?
Yes. I’m trying not to think about that schedule.