La Boheme (Spoken) Plays the cell 2/13-3/12

Jeremy Bloom's La Boheme (Spoken) - A lyrical dialogue loyally adapted from Puccini's original libretto to his iconic opera La Bohème. The result is a larger-than-life play, about young artists, mostly broke, hyper, and always on the brink of inspiration and death. The musical roots (repetitions and rhyme) and the awkwardness of translation enable a language that is poetically charged. Adapted by Brian Rady, and conceived & directed by Jeremy Bloom.

**Part of the Surviving Arts series featuring a variety of 12 events including lectures, readings, live music, art showings and musical theater taking place at the cell: A Twenty-First Century Salon, from February 13 - March 12, 2011 (details at www.thecelltheatre.org)

WHO: JEREMY BLOOM (Creator, Director) Directing and assisting credits include Metropolitan Opera, The Flea, NY Fringe, NYU Grad, Walkerspace, The Tank, The Access Gallery, Midtown Festival (award winner), and Planet Connections (award winner). Jeremy is a resident artist with the cell and Evenstar Films. Original works include Leaves of Grass, Peter~Wendy and The Wendy Complex. Currently in development, Walt and Emily: Between the Rooms.

BRIAN RADY (Poet, Writer) is a poet and playwright, and has authored and directed several lyrical multimedia plays including Anchor Women, Joan Mitchell Says I Love You, The Memory Furies, and The Harbormaster. He currently assists the curatorial team at The Kitchen Center for Art and Performance in Chelsea.

Giacomo Puccini (Composer) (22 December 1858 - 29 November 1924) was an Italian composer whose operas, including La bohème, Tosca, Madama Butterfly and Turandot, are among the most frequently performed in the standard repertoire. Some of his arias, such as "O mio babbino caro" from Gianni Schicchi, "Che gelida manina" from La bohème, and "Nessun dorma" from Turandot, have become part of popular culture.

FEATURING Ben Weber (Marcello), Lachrisha Brown (Musetta), Stephen Stout (Rodolfo), Stephanie Bratnick (Mimi), Katherine Folk Sullivan (Colleen), Brian Rady (Schaunard), Tommy Crawford (Alcindoro), Ian Quinlan (Benoit), Brett Aresco (The entire chorus)

GUITAR ACCOMPANIMENT by Stephanie Sherlane

WHEN: Thursday, February 24 @ 8:00 PM
Friday, February 25 @ 8:00 PM & 10:00 PM
Tickets are $20 (General Admission) & $10 Students/Artists/Unemployed
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/155393 by calling 1.800.838.3006 or at the door

WHERE: the cell: A Twenty First Century Salon^TM
338 West 23rd Street
(Between 8th and 9th Aves)
New York, NY
646.861.2253
http://www.thecelltheatre.org/bohemespokenfeb2011/

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