David Byrne was on CBS Saturday Morning to talk with Anthony Mason about bringing American Utopia to Broadway and took Mason on a walk through his new art exhibition at Pace Gallery in NYC. He was also joined by his Broadway cast mates to perform "Burning Down the House," "Everybody's Coming to My House," and "Marching Through the Wilderness" in a Saturday Sessions set from the St. James Theatre, where the show is running through April 3. You can watch the conversation and three performances here.
David Byrne was on CBS Saturday Morning to talk with Anthony Mason about bringing American Utopia to Broadway and took Mason on a walk through his new exhibition at Pace Gallery in New York City, How I Learned About Non-Rational Logic, which features works from his dingbats series of drawings made during the COVID-19 pandemic seen in his new Phaidon book, A History of the World (in Dingbats). He was also joined by his Broadway cast mates to perform three songs—Talking Heads' "Burning Down the House"; "Everybody's Coming to My House," from the original American Utopia album; and "Marching Through the Wilderness," from Byrne's album Rei Momo—in a Saturday Sessions set from the St. James Theatre, where the show is running through April 3. You can watch the conversation and three performances here:
Tickets are on sale now for David Byrne's American Utopia on Broadway at the St. James Theatre here. The cast album, available here, includes songs from his 2018 album, American Utopia, along with music from Talking Heads and Byrne’s solo career. Byrne shares the spotlight with a diverse ensemble of eleven musical artists from around the globe for an event that delivers "an experience unlike anything else," says Billboard. "Dazzling, rapturous and jubilant," exclaims the New York Times. "Astonishing," raves Hollywood Reporter. "A knockout celebration of music, dance and song. Pure bliss." Rolling Stone calls it "a tonic for our tumultuous times."
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