Choreography and Musical Staging is by Annie-B Parson. Karl Mansfield and Mauro Refosco are Musical Directors. The show’s design team includes Rob Sinclair (lighting) and Pete Keppler (sound). The British publication NME said it “may just be the best live show of all time,” and it was named Best International Contemporary Concert at Australia’s 2019 Helpmann Awards.ĭavid Byrne’s American Utopia features David Byrne with Jacquelene Acevedo, Gustavo Di Dalva, Daniel Freedman, Chris Giarmo, Tim Keiper, Tendayi Kuumba, Karl Mansfield, Mauro Refosco, Stéphane San Juan, Angie Swan, and Bobby Wooten III Davi Viera also performs on the album. Byrne and the ensemble performed more than 150 dates in twenty-seven countries over nine months. The concert tour in support of American Utopia, which inspired the Broadway show, included songs from the new album along with music from Talking Heads and Byrne’s solo career. "The concert-theater-dance spectacle finds solace in human connections … a tonic for our tumultuous times."Īmerican Utopia began as an album, also released by Nonesuch, which received a Grammy nomination and was the first by Byrne to reach #1 on the Album Chart it was also his first to reach the Top Five on the Billboard 200 chart. "A heady swirl of hope for our anxious times," says Rolling Stone. "A knockout celebration of music, dance and song. "Byrne puts the central tenet of making contact with a world outside your mind into dynamic, sensory practice onstage." "Dazzling, rapturous and jubilant," exclaims the New York Times of the show. The two-CD version was released on November 15 the vinyl edition is due December 27. Nonesuch releases the cast album for the current critically acclaimed Broadway production of David Byrne’s American Utopia, with music and lyrics by David Byrne it is available digitally now.
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