The experimental La MaMa Theatre in New York’s Lower East Side in association with GOH Productions & The Dvorák American Heritage Association proudly present the world premiere of the Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theatre’s new production The New World Symphony: Dvorák in America.
A press releases description of the upcoming world premiere event reads:
"The New World Symphony: Dvorák in America is a puppet and object theater work examining the influence of African-American and Native American music upon the great 19th-century Czech composer Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904). The piece is written and directed by Vít Horejš and performed by Czechoslovak American Marionette Theatre. It traces how Dvorák helped America accept its beautiful multicultural musical traditions by his enthusiasm for African-American and Native American music during his short but influential time in the USA. La MaMa Theatre will present the play's world premiere run March 10 to 27, 2016 in its Ellen Stewart Theatre, 66 East 4th Street (East Village). Composer and Musical Director is saxophonist James Brandon Lewis.
“The piece depicts Dvorák's creative and family life during his tenure as the Director of the National Conservatory of Music of America in NYC, and the highlights of his three-year stay in the US (1892-1895) in NY and in the ‘little Bohemia’ of Spillville, Iowa where he spent the summer of 1893."
The world premiere of The New World Symphony: Dvorák in America March 10 -- 27, 2016 at the La MaMa E.T.C. (Ellen Stewart Theatre), 66 East 4th Street, NYC
Show times run from Thursdays through Saturdays at 7:00 PM and Sundays at 4:00 PM. Performances run approximately 95 minutes. All ages 7 and above are welcome.
Ticket prices are $25 for general admission and$20 seniors and students.
Ten $10 tickets will be available to every performance on a first-come, first-served basis.
There will be a special benefit performance March 18 priced at $55.
For more information you can call the Box Office (646) 430-5374 or visit www.lamama.org.
