David Byrne's American Utopia

<div style="font-size: 12pt; direction: ltr; font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;‘Do we get stupider as we grow up?’ In his wildly popular Broadway show <i>American Utopia</i>, <b>David Byrne</b> reflects on human connections, life and how on earth we work through it.</div><div style="font-size: 12pt; direction: ltr; font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He joins the dots with his music and it all starts making sense. <b>Spike Lee</b> here transforms the production into immersive, dynamic cinema that radiates with astounding performances,inventive contemporary dance and political urgency. <i>American Utopia </i>flows like an iridescent dream vision. Work by <b>James Baldwin, Janelle Monáe</b> and<b> Kurt Schwitters</b> is highlighted among exhilarating renditions of Byrne’s solo work, as well as <i>Talking Heads</i> classics.</div><div style="font-size: 12pt; direction: ltr; font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">According to the multi-hyphenate, we love looking at humans more than anything else. Anti-fascist and anti-racist, Byrne illuminates our responsibility to care for one another as he and his co-performers burn down the house.</div>MusicPT1H45M12A2026-08-05
David Byrne
Chris Giarmo
Tendayi Kuumba
Spike Lee
David Byrne's American Utopia"David Byrne's American Utopia"

Showtimes

August 5, 8:20 pm

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