맨해튼 휘트니뮤지엄 인근 허드슨강 피어54에 자리한 리틀 아일랜드(Little Island, West 14th St.@Hudson River Park)에서 6월 1일부터 9월 22일까지 무용, 오페라, 연극, 재즈, 코미디 등 다양한 장르의 공연이 펼쳐진다. 올 섬머 시즌에선 트와일라 타프 안무작과 카운터테너 안소니 로스 코스탄조의 1맨 '피가로의 결혼' 등 9개의 위임작이 공개된다. 규모 2.4 에이커의 리틀 아일랜드는 2021년 5월 개발업자 벤 딜러와 패션 디자이너 다이앤 폰 퍼스텐버그 부부의 자금 지원으로 조성되어 이제까지 460만명의 방문객이 다녀갔다. 공연 티켓 $25, 무료. https://littleisland.org

 

 

리틀 아일랜드, 2021. 10. 8. Photo: Sukie Park/ NYCultureBeat

 

LITTLE ISLAND TO COMMISSION, PRODUCE AND PRESENT NINE WORLD PREMIERES

 

AS IT UNVEILS AN ANNUAL, SUMMER-LONG SEASON OF LIVE PERFORMANCES INCLUDING DANCE, OPERA, THEATER, JAZZ, COMEDY

ZACK WINOKUR NAMED PRODUCING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR INAUGURAL SEASON BOOKENDED BY TWYLA THARP’S NEWEST FULL-LENGTH DANCE AND ANTHONY ROTH COSTANZO’S ONE-MAN “MARRIAGE OF FIGARO”

 

JUNE 1 – SEPTEMBER 22

ALL ON LITTLE ISLAND, NEW YORK CITY

 

리틀 아일랜드, 2021. 10. 8. Photo: Sukie Park/ NYCultureBeat

 

New York, NY (May 6, 2024) — Little Island today announced that an annual, four-month-long summer season of world premieres, kicking off June 1, will feature a total of nine newly commissioned pieces. Little Island’s new arts program moves towards the future with a commitment to a multi-year roster of original work, all commissioned by and developed at Little Island. Bookended by the premiere of legendary choreographer Twyla Tharp’s newest full-length piece, titled How Long Blues, and a 90-minute remix of Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro in which outré opera diva Anthony Roth Costanzo sings every leading role, the season will offer premieres of varying scales across all areas of performance – including music, dance, theater, opera, comedy, jazz, pop, and funk, all outdoors and directly sited on the Hudson River at 14th Street in New York City. The Amph, the park’s 700-seat amphitheater, will house larger scale performances at a $25 ticket price, while The Glade, the park’s 200-seat venue, will be home to more intimate works, all of which will be completely free to the public.

 

 

 

리틀 아일랜드, 2021. 10. 8. Photo: Sukie Park/ NYCultureBeat

 

In addition to Ms. Tharp’s newest work, which marks her 60th year making dances and is a collaboration with T Bone Burnett and David Mansfield, the season will include: Robeson, a new work created and performed by star bass baritone Davóne Tines, co-created and directed by Zack Winokur, about events in the life of Paul Robeson; Open Throat by Henry Hoke, a theatrical experience based on the novella of the same name about a queer mountain lion living beneath the Hollywood sign, directed by Caitlin Ryan O’Connell; Day For Night, a dance by choreographer Pam Tanowitz that takes place before and after sunset and uses the cityscape as its score; Mama, an evening of all-new music about, and performed on, the water, written by Britton Smith, who performs alongside his funk liberation band, Britton & The Sting, with direction and choreography by Ebony Williams; The Oyster Radio Hour, a live three-act radio show combining science, story and song with special guest appearances to tell the captivating story of oysters in the Hudson River – a collaboration between RR Sigel, podcast producer Ana González and composer Angélica Negrón and Mark Sonnenblick, in partnership with Yo-Yo Ma’s Our Common Nature project; The Summer Legacy Ball, led by the stage and film costume designer and activist Qween Jean, and directed by a consortium of emerging young producers from across New York City; and The Manhattan Variations, a musical memoir that revolves around the legendary Lower East Side cocktail bar Milk and Honey, performed by the virtuoso mandolinist and acclaimed composer, Chris Thile, created by Thile and Claire Coffee. 

The season concludes with a 90-minute radically re-imagined adaptation of Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro, directed by Dustin Wills, with new arrangements by Dan Schlosberg, and costumes by Emily Bode, in which star countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo sings every leading role. 

 

 

리틀 아일랜드, 2021. 10. 8. Photo: Sukie Park/ NYCultureBeat

 

In July and August, The Glade will be home to a completely free-to-the-public performance series, in which a committee of New York cultural vanguards will each program one week of public events (to be announced shortly). The curators include Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning playwright, Suzan-Lori Parks, Grammy Award-winning artist Cécile McLorin Salvant, cabaret legend Justin Vivian Bond, comedy world sensation Morgan Jay, New Amsterdam Market founder and culinary world figure Robert LaValva, experimental musician, singer, and songwriter Gio Escobar and Standing on the Corner, and linguist Ross Perlin and the Endangered Language Alliance.

 

In a statement, Barry Diller, founder of Little Island said, “For the past three years, it’s been extraordinarily gratifying to see New Yorkers embrace Little Island – whether for a few moments, a few hours, an entire afternoon, or late into the evening. Now, with this inaugural slate of entirely original programming, we fulfill the initial intention and vision for the park. Little Island was incepted with the goal of becoming a permanent hub of cultural activity, excitement, and entertainment, constantly building and creating new work for the City to enjoy. There is going to be something great to see – all throughout the park – every night, all summer long.” 

 

Mr. Diller also announced that Zack Winokur has been named Little Island’s Producing Artistic Director.

 

In June and September, The Glade will be New York’s newest outdoor cocktail lounge, complete with a bar designed by Green River Project and a menu of beer, wine, cocktails and mocktails that can be consumed in The Glade or enjoyed anywhere on Little Island. This will be just one of the multiple food and beverage venues in the park, throughout the summer.

 

To reinforce Little Island's ongoing commitment to artists and audiences, the 2025 season (which will be announced fully at a later date) will be replete with an entire month of dance, a new reexamination of the music theater canon and eight other world premieres. While the 2024 season is currently in motion, workshops and development are also well underway for next year. That season will include a world premiere collaboration between dance world sensation Bobbi Jene Smith and Ringdown; Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Caroline Shaw’s new project with Danni Lee: a musical exploration of the life of disco superstar Sylvester written and conceived by Pulitzer Prizewinner Hilton Als; a new musical from Obie Award winner and Tony Award nominated Whitney White and director Taibi Magar; a new play from emerging writer Jacob Wasson; an adaptation of Ben Shattuck’s Six Walks: In the Footsteps of Henry David Thoreau by Sam Amidon and Amy Berryman; a commission from MacArthur Fellow Okwui Okpokwasili and Peter Born of Sweat Variant; and a reimagining of Benjamin Britten’s Peter Grimes conceived and arranged by Chris Thile.

 

 

리틀 아일랜드, 2021. 10. 8. Photo: Sukie Park/ NYCultureBeat

 

About Little Island 

Little Island is an award-winning public park, primarily funded by the Diller-von Furstenberg Family Foundation, in Hudson River Park. The park features a lush, seasonal, landscape with rolling hills, walking paths and open lawns, a range of performance spaces and dazzling views of New York City. Little Island is one of the latest additions to the four-mile-long Hudson River Park, which runs from Chambers Street to W. 59th Street. littleisland.org