Anthony Roth Costanzo: Glass Handel

MUSIC
MONDAY & TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26 & 27, 2018
7:00 & 9:00 PM

Cathedral of Saint John the Divine
1047 Amsterdam Avenue, Morningside Heights, Manhattan

$20-$75; $10 student rush standing room
MONDAY 7PM:
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MONDAY 9:30PM:
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TUESDAY 7PM:
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See if you can wrap your head around this:  not content with merely trying to demonstrate that the vocal/orchestral music of Handel and Philip Glass have something to do with each other (which I, for one, am perfectly willing to believe) (they both have lots of ostinatos, right?), the very theatrical countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo enlisted VISIONAIRE to design the production; George Condo to create live projected visual art as the music is being performed; David Hallberg, Patricia Delgado, and a winner of So You Think You Can Dance to dance; Justin Peck to choreograph; Calvin Klein 's chief designer, Raf Simons, to dress him, his backup band The Knights, and the other performers (including the people who throughout the show wheel around the chairs in which the holders of the best tickets are sitting!); and a whole galaxy of people you know to create videos (and if you look at any of them on YouTube, I can pretty much guaranty that you won't be able to wait to get to these shows).  The Cathedral of Saint John the Divine won't be big enough to hold this!  The prime seats -- the ones where you get wheeled around during the show -- are all sold out.  But there are some standing room seats (many with limited views, though) still available.

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT:  I can't send you to The Cathedral of Saint John without also sending you to the wonderful Hungarian Pastry Shop across the street.  I mean, how much are you going to be able to eat in combination with all this?  (I should talk:  I'm going Downtown to Frenchette afterwards.)