The New York Times on CHERCHEZ LA FEMME!

Jon Pareles of The New York Times chronicled August Darnell's return to New York City for the world premiere of Cherchez La Femme: The Musical at La MaMa! Kid Creole himself gave all the behind the scenes details about his music career, inspiration for this new musical, and what's next after La MaMa!

"Kid Creole and the Coconuts always seemed like a musical waiting to happen. Now that musical was taking shape, to open May 20 at La MaMa. It’s a double time warp: the 2010s looking back on the 1980s looking back on the 1940s."Jon Pareles,The New York Times

Read the full article HERE! 

Cherchez La Femme the musical opens TONIGHT!

La MaMa presents

CHERCHEZ 

LA FEMME:

The Musical

Book by: August Darnell and Vivien Goldman

Music and Lyric by: August Darnell and Stony Browder Jr.

Directed by: Angie Kristic

Choreographed by: Kyndra 'Binkie' Reevey

May 20 - June 12, 2016

The Ellen Stewart Theatre

66 East 4th Street

(between Bowery and Second Avenue)

New York, NY 10003

Tickets: $35 Adults; $30 Students/Seniors

For Tickets and Info: CLICK HERE

First Look at MATERIAL WITNESS by Spiderwoman Theater

Material Witness by Spiderwoman Theater opens tonight at La MaMa!  Here is a first look at the show playing through May 29, 2016.

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La MaMa in association with Spiderwoman Theater 

and Aanmitaagzi presents

MATERIAL 

WITNESS

A Loose Change Production
by Spiderwoman Theater

Directed by Muriel Miguel
Written by Cherish Violet Blood, Penny Couchie, Donna Couteau, Angela Loft, Gloria Miguel and Tanis Parenteau with Muriel Miguel

Material Witness is part of La MaMa's Safe Harbors Indigenous Arts / Theatre Collective

May 12 - 29, 2016

Thursday - Saturday at 7:30pm, Sunday at 2pm

The First Floor Theatre
at La MaMa
74A East 4th Street
(between Bowery and Second Avenue)
New York, NY 10003

Tickets: $18 Adults; $13 Students/Seniors

For Info and Tickets: CLICK HERE

First Look at Supper, people on the Move

La MaMa presents
Supper, 
people on the Move

Choreographer/Director Silvana Cardell


Music: Nick Zammuto


Performers and movement collaborators: Bethany Formica,  William Robinson, Adrian Plascencia, Maria Urrutia, Zach Svoboda and Mackenzie Morris.

Featuring Merián Soto’s performance

Artist and Exhibit Curator: Jennifer Baker


Lighting designer and Technical Director: Conrad Bender


Photo documentation: Carlos Avedano
 and  Bill Hebert

Project Manger: Pablo Meninato


Two Performances Only!

Saturday, May 14th and Sunday May 15th

The Downstairs @ La MaMa

66 East 4th Street

(between Bowery and Second Avenue)

New York, NY 10003

Tickets: $25 Adults; $20 Students/Seniors

For Tickets and Info: CLICK HERE

Backstage at CHERCHEZ LA FEMME

 Terrific photos by Janette Beckman of the producers, creative team and cast of CHERCHEZ LA FEMME at La MaMa's Great Jones Rehearsal Space!

Vivien Goldman, August Darnell and Eva Tudor-Jones

Eva Tudor-Jones and August Darnell

Skyler Volpe as Deliciosa and Isaac Gay as Caufy Keeps

The Lemon Drops

Isaac Gay and August Darnell

The Cherchez La Femme Cast

La MaMa presents

CHERCHEZ 

LA FEMME:

The Musical

Book by: August Darnell and Vivien Goldman

Music and Lyric by: August Darnell and Stony Browder Jr.

Directed by: Angie Kristic

Choreographed by: Kyndra 'Binkie' Reevey

May 20 - June 12, 2016

The Ellen Stewart Theatre

66 East 4th Street

(between Bowery and Second Avenue)

New York, NY 10003

Tickets: $35 Adults; $30 Students/Seniors

For Tickets and Info: CLICK HERE

Portraits of People on the Move: Personal Stories of Immigration at La MaMa

"Supper, People on the Move is about mobility and decisions moving you: an action starts with a clear intention and it is carried away by a tide of impulses.”

-Silvana Cardell, choreographer

From choreographer Silvana Cardell, a new dance performance inspired by themes of migration, Supper, People on the Move explores the complex experience of dislocation. 

A photography installation, curated by artist Jennifer Baker, chronicles the stories of immigrants who came to the United States from all around the world. Several beautiful photographs of immigrants and their families living in the Philadelphia area are hung on the walls above text of their personal experiences. 

You can view the installation before and after the performances of Supper, People on the Move during the La MaMa Moves! Dance Festival in The Downstairs. A large book with more photographs and longer stories is also available to look through during the exhibition.

Giovanni Casadei from Italy

Physical bodies moving between physical places define migration, and the immigrant journey is at the heart of humanity’s ability to survive. These photographs chronicle the personal experiences of immigrants from a diversity of countries including Japan, Italy, Iraq, Ecuador, Cuba, Mexico, Jamaica, and more! 

CLICK HERE for more information about the project which started in Philadelphia.

Maria Jose, Angie, Dani from Ecuador

The dance by Cardell Dance Theatre is an examination of the human experience of all people on the move, looking for new horizons. From this rich and fertile history Cardell creates evocative forms of movement—abstract, personal, universal—performed with unrelenting physicality and striking moments of beauty.

Silvana Cardell, the choreographer, and two of the dancers in the performance (Maria Urrutia & Adrian Plascencia) are themselves immigrants from Latin America. Their personal stories are included in Jennifer's installation with their photographs and details of their migration to the United States.

Maria Urrutia from Cuba

Adrian Plascencia from Mexico

Photos by Jennifer Baker

Cardell Dance Theater ｜ Supper, people on the Move

May 14 - May 15, 2016

Saturday at 8pm; Sunday at 7pm

Downstairs | 66 East 4th Street

Adult: $25 / Student & Seniors: $20 - limited availability, advance purchase recommended

Click HERE for more information and tickets