David Byrne News

Jealous of the Birds – the musical project of Northern Ireland-based singer-songwriter Naomi Hamilton – announce  Peninsula: A Short Film.

While Broadway remains shut down, BroadwayWorld is keeping up with your favorite stars and giving you a peek at what they have been up to! Check out yesterday's highlights from some of your favorites, including Liz Callaway, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Neil Patrick Harris, and more!

David Byrne shares his hopes for the return of Broadway, talks about collaborating with Spike Lee to film his Broadway show David Byrne's American Utopia and his project, We Are Not Divided.

Today Reasons to be Cheerful, the solutions-based online magazine founded by David Byrne, has announced We Are Not Divided, a six-week collaborative journalistic exploration of our capacity to overcome division. 

Wesleyan Universitya??'s a??Theater Departmenta?? presents a??'Re-Evaluating the Ground on Which We(s) Stand(s): An Evening of August Wilson with Broadway's Crystal Dickinson and Brandon Dirden,' on a??Friday, September 25, 2020 at 4:30pm on Zoom. Registration is required for access to this free virtual event.

This October, National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene (Folksbiene)-led by Zalmen Mlotek, Artistic Director, and Dominick Balletta, Executive Director-presents Folksbiene! LIVE: 'Welcome to Our Suke/Sukkah', a four-day festival of family-friendly performances during Chol Hamoed (the intermediary days of Sukkos) from October 5th to 8th.

The 58th New York Film Festival, presented by Film at Lincoln Center, announces the addition of a new festival venuea?"the Bronx Drive-In at the Bronx Zoo.

American Utopia is coming! On October 17, HBO will release the filmed version of the acclaimed Broadway show 'David Byrne's American Utopia,' directed by Academy Award winning director Spike Lee. The film just premiered at TIFF and the critics have spoken ...

Stick Figure Entertainment, in association with American Masters Pictures, is proud to announce Twyla Moves (w.t.), a feature documentary

Sonos Radio drops the second episode of David Byrne’s new monthly show, Here Comes Everybody, today.

Over the last three decades, the celebrated East Village-based Canadian poet/performer Adeena Karasick and Grammy Award-winning composer/trumpeter Frank London have each transformed the worlds of poetry and music with work that is sensual and political, steeped in Jewish mysticism, exploding notions of high and low culture.

American Utopia is coming! On October 17, HBO will release the filmed version of the acclaimed Broadway show 'David Byrne's American Utopia,' directed by Academy Award winning director Spike Lee. 

The Paley Center for Media today announced a new selection to its Paley Front Row series: Coachella: 20 Years in the Desert.

The Paley Center for Media today announced a new selection to its Paley Front Row series: Coachella: 20 Years in the Desert. The conversation featuring the creative team behind the YouTube Originals documentary will be available for view on the Paley Center's YouTube channel on Friday, August 21, at noon EST. Paley Front Row is part of Paley@Home Presented by Citi, a new way to enjoy the behind-the-scenes stories of today's top shows from the comfort of home. 

David Byrne launches his new monthly radio show, a??Here Comes Everybody,' today, August 1.

TIFF Co-Heads Cameron Bailey and Joana Vicente today announced the lineup of titles selected for the 45th Toronto International Film Festival.

Today, acclaimed pianist/producer THOMAS BARTLETT shares a new song, 'Multiflora,' from his extraordinary debut solo album, SHELTER, which arrives via Modern Recordings/BMG this Friday, July 24. 

TIFF Co-Heads Cameron Bailey and Joana Vicente announced today that the HBO, Spike Lee directed filmed version of the Broadway-acclaimed David Byrne's American Utopia is the Opening Night Presentation of the 45th Toronto International Film Festival on Thursday, September 10. 

Today, acclaimed pianist/producer Thomas Bartlett shares a new song, 'Multiflora,' from his extraordinary debut solo album, SHELTER, which arrives via Modern Recordings/BMG this Friday, July 24

Fourteen major Broadway productions are partnering with HeadCount, a non-partisan organization that promotes civic participation through music, culture, and live performance, to encourage Broadway fans across the United States to register and vote.