PERFORMANCE
SATURDAY & SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2 & 3, 2019
5:00 - 8:00 PM SATURDAY
4:00 - 7:00 PM SUNDAY

Samson Young: The Immortals
Performa 19
Castle Williams, Governors Island, Manhattan

$45; $25 students
http://performa19.org/tickets/the-eight-immortals

Hong Kong's Samson Young started out as a composer but moved on to (fascinating) multimedia pieces. Here, he turns the Chinese Tao myth of The Eight Immortals — eight godlike entities, each with its own power represented by a special tool (sounds like a Marvel movie!) — into a latent critique of the schizophrenic role of artists in a Capitalist society. Expect spectacle, though — and intriguing performances by the electric (in more ways than one) guitar quartet Dither, a Cantonese opera singer, and a jazz singer.

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: Governors Island is closed for the season; the start times listed above are the times special ferries leave Manhattan for the shows (and the end times are the times the return ferries depart). Afterward, stop for cocktails and snacks at Momofuku's Bar Wayō near the Manhattan ferry landing.