David Byrne’s ‘American Utopia’ to Return to Broadway in September 2021
David Byrne‘s American Utopia live show is set to return to Broadway in New York City next September.
Byrne’s stage show/“rock spectacle” is a live adaptation of the artist’s 2018 solo album ‘American Utopia’ along with hits from his time as Talking Heads frontman and throughout his solo career.
The acclaimed show was previously set to return to New York last month, but those plans were scrapped due to the coronavirus pandemic. Broadway shows are currently expected to be suspended until May 2021 due to the pandemic. The latest announcement said that the show intends to return to the Broadway stage on September 17, 2021.
Details of a venue have yet to be confirmed, with the show’s original theatre, the Hudson Theatre, already booked.
Earlier this year, Spike Lee directed and produced American Utopia, a concert film based on a screenplay by David Byrne. The film is a live recording of a Broadway performance of American Utopia’s run at Broadway’s Hudson Theatre. Byrne is joined onstage by 11 musicians, singers and dancers, “inviting audiences into a joyous dreamworld where human connection, self-evolution and social justice are paramount.”
It had its world premiere at the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival on September 10, 2020. The movie also premiered on HBO on October 17.
Byrne said he contacted Lee about directing the film before it was even on Broadway, when it was being workshopped in Boston.
Meanwhile, Lee said in a statement: “It is my honor and privilege that my art brother, Mr. David Byrne, asked me to join him in concert, to invite me into his magnificent world of American Utopia.”
“Spike and I have crossed paths many times over the years,” Byrne added. “Obviously I’m a huge fan, and now finally here was an opportunity for us to work together. I am absolutely thrilled with the result.”
All available ticket info can be found here.
