After an unbelievably successful run in Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and Buenos Aires, THE OLD WOMAN came stateside for two shows at Los Angeles' Royce Hall. A marvelous review from the Los Angeles Times can be found !
The production, starring Mikhail Baryshnikov and Willem Dafoe, will come to Zellerbach Hall in Berkeley, California for three nights, with shows on November 21st, 22nd, and 23rd. Tickets are available for purchase at through Cal Performances.
The performance "Cheek to Cheek" with Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett, featuring my own lighting and set design, finally premiered on PBS on October 24!
It can be viewed here, in entirety, until November 22, 2014, so watch now!
Shakespeare's Sonnets made its US premiered and New York debut on Tuesday night at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) and to great success! This piece is a collaboration between Rufus Wainwright and myself and was originally performed in Berlin–by the Berliner Ensemble–in 2009.
You can hear more about the production on the radio program that Rufus and I recorded the other day at the WNYC studios. Take a listen here.
Shakespeare's Sonnets runs until Sunday, October 12, so don't miss it! Tickets and information can be found here.
Tonight marks the first preview of Jean Genet's THE BLACKS at the Theatre de l'Odeon, with more previews to follow on Sep. 28th, 30th and October 1st & 2nd.
Come see the piece when it opens on October 3rd, or catch it during its run from October 4th - November 22nd. More information and tickets here
This past week I received the Goethe-Medaille, an official decoration of the Federal Republic of Germany, honoring services for the German language and for international cultural relations. The two other esteemed awardees this year were the Polish theatre manager and festival director Krystyna Meissner and my close friend, the late Belgian opera director Gerard Mortier. Former awardees included Daniel Barenboim, Pierre Bourdieu, Agnés Heller, György Ligeti, Ariane Mnouchkine, Billy Wilder and Helen Wolff.
I was very touched by Thomas Oberender's laudatory speech, which can be found here (in German). Thank you to the Goethe-Institut for this exceptional honor.
Here are some images from the first day of Stage A for ADAM'S PASSION. A new production I am working on with ARVO PÄRT in Tallinn, Estonia.
Photograph © Kristian Kruuser
"Cheek to Cheek," a new installment in the PBS "Great Performances" series, featuring the duets of Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett, as well as my own lighting and set design, taped just a few weeks ago at Lincoln Center.
The production will premiere on October 24 at 9:00 pm EST on PBS. Tune in!
