Randy Weiner News

On March 25, 2010, General Director Brian Dickie announced Chicago Opera Theater's (COT) 2011 Spring Festival Season: the Midwest Premiere of Tod Machover's Death and the Powers, the Chicago Premiere of Marc-Antoine Charpentier's Medea (Médée), and 'HE/SHE' featuring Leoš Janá?ek's The Diary of One Who Disappeared (Zápisník zmizelého) and Robert Schumann's A Woman's Love and Life (Frauenliebe und Leben).

The first thing you'll notice when entering The House of Yes for Caligula Maximus is that you are staring at a fully naked man.

EMURSIVE (Randy Weiner, Arthur Karpati, and Jonathan Hochwald, principals) announced today that the New York premiere of Punchdrunk's Sleep No More has extended its run through Saturday, June 25, 2011. This decision follows on the heels of last week's unanimous rave reviews, which have created overwhelming demand for tickets. The production began performances on Monday, March 7 at The McKittrick Hotel (530 W 27th Street, New York, NY), and officially opened on Wednesday, April 13.

Industrial-Pop musician, performance artist and one of NYC's biggest underground stars- KAYVON ZAND will lead the cast of Alfred Preisser and Randy Weiner's CALIGULA MAXIMUS feat. KAYVON ZAND at House of Yes, 342 Mauer St. in Brooklyn, New York, beginning March 31st through April 17th.

Chicago Opera Theater (COT) opens their 2011 Spring Festival Season with the Midwest Premiere of Tod Machover's Death and the Powers, The Robots' Opera on April 2, 6, 8 and 10 at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance in Millennium Park.

Industrial-Pop musician, performance artist and one of NYC's biggest underground stars- KAYVON ZAND will lead the cast of Alfred Preisser and Randy Weiner's CALIGULA MAXIMUS feat. KAYVON ZAND at House of Yes, 342 Mauer St. in Brooklyn, New York, beginning March 31st through April 17th.

Industrial-Pop musician, performance artist and one of NYC's biggest underground stars- KAYVON ZAND will lead the cast of Alfred Preisser and Randy Weiner's CALIGULA MAXIMUS feat. KAYVON ZAND at House of Yes, 342 Mauer St. in Brooklyn, New York, beginning March 31st through April 17th.

Chicago Opera Theater (COT) opens their 2011 Spring Festival Season with the Midwest Premiere of Tod Machover's Death and the Powers, The Robots' Opera on April 2, 6, 8 and 10 at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance in Millennium Park.

Industrial-Pop musician, performance artist and one of NYC's biggest underground stars- KAYVON ZAND will lead the cast of Alfred Preisser and Randy Weiner's CALIGULA MAXIMUS feat. KAYVON ZAND at House of Yes, 342 Mauer St. in Brooklyn, New York, beginning March 31st through April 17th.

Industrial-Pop musician, performance artist and one of NYC's biggest underground stars- KAYVON ZAND will lead the cast of Alfred Preisser and Randy Weiner's CALIGULA MAXIMUS feat. KAYVON ZAND at House of Yes, 342 Mauer St. in Brooklyn, New York, beginning March 31st through April 17th.

When the eccentric patriarch Simon Powers departs his physical being and downloads himself into The System, his house assumes his immortal presence around his family and friends... So begins DEATH AND THE POWERS, a groundbreaking new opera created by Tod Machover and his Opera of the Future Group at the MIT Media Lab, which receives its North American premiere at the American Repertory Theater. Performances take place at the Cutler Majestic Theater in Boston on March 18 (press opening), March 20, March 22, and March 25.

When the eccentric patriarch Simon Powers departs his physical being and downloads himself into The System, his house assumes his immortal presence around his family and friends... So begins DEATH AND THE POWERS, a groundbreaking new opera created by Tod Machover and his Opera of the Future Group at the MIT Media Lab, which receives its North American premiere at the American Repertory Theater. Performances take place at the Cutler Majestic Theater in Boston on March 18 (press opening), March 20, March 22, and March 25.

The American Repertory Theater and filmmaker Johnathan Carr seek robotic, sci-fi, and cyberpunk acts for two high-concept variety shows

Tony Award-nominated choreographer Karole Armitage will again work with director Diane Paulus for American Repertory Theater's production of DEATH AND THE POWERS: THE ROBOTS' OPERA during the 2011 season.

Chicago Opera Theater (COT) opens their 2011 Spring Festival Season with the Midwest Premiere of Tod Machover's Death and the Powers, The Robots' Opera on April 2, 6, 8 and 10 at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance in Millennium Park.

When the eccentric patriarch Simon Powers departs his physical being and downloads himself into The System, his house assumes his immortal presence around his family and friends... So begins DEATH AND THE POWERS, a groundbreaking new opera created by Tod Machover and his Opera of the Future Group at the MIT Media Lab, which receives its North American premiere at the American Repertory Theater. Performances take place at the Cutler Majestic Theater in Boston on March 18 (press opening), March 20, March 22, and March 25.

THE MAN WHO ATE MICHAEL ROCKEFELLER - Jeff Cohen's play that enjoyed great success during its world-premiere at the West End Theatre off-off-Broadway in Manhattan in the fall - will return for a limited engagement Off-Broadway at the Arclight Theatre (152 W. 71 St.) with previews starting February 2, 2011 prior to a press opening on Wednesday, February 9.

THE MAN WHO ATE MICHAEL ROCKEFELLER - Jeff Cohen's play that enjoyed great success during its world-premiere at the West End Theatre off-off-Broadway in Manhattan in the fall - will return for a limited engagement Off-Broadway at the Arclight Theatre (152 W. 71 St.) with previews starting February 2, 2011 prior to a press opening on Wednesday, February 9.

THE MAN WHO ATE MICHAEL ROCKEFELLER - Jeff Cohen's play that enjoyed great success during its world-premiere at the West End Theatre off-off-Broadway in Manhattan in the fall - will return for a limited engagement Off-Broadway at the Arclight Theatre (152 W. 71 St.) with previews starting February 2, 2011 prior to a press opening on Wednesday, February 9.

BLACK NATIVITY NOW by Alfred Preisser and Tracy Jack, is set to end its Off-Broadway run on January 2, 2011, at the Theatre at St. Clement's, 423 West 46th Street in New York City.