Manhattan鈥檚 Park Avenue Armory has revealed its 2018 programming, a lineup that spans theatre, dance, and music. The season includes the North American premiere of Simon Stone鈥檚 acclaimed adaptation of Federico Garcia Lorca鈥檚 play Yerma, starring Billie Piper, as well as the U.S. debut of Ivo van Hove鈥檚 adaptation of The Damned.
The 2018 season will kick off in March with Yerma, marking the U.S. debuts of director Stone and Olivier Award winner Piper. Lorca鈥檚 1934 tragedy is about a woman desperate to bear children. Set in the present day and staged inside a glass encasement, Stone鈥檚 contemporary staging examines the perils of a life lived online. The show arrives in the U.S. following an acclaimed debut at London鈥檚 Young Vic; performances will be in the Armory鈥檚 Wade Thomspon Drill Hall.
In July, Tony winner van Hove brings his chilling adaptation of Luchino Visconti鈥檚 1969 screenplay, The Damned, to the Drill Hall. The tale of moral corruption and extremist politics is performed by Com茅die Fran莽aise, returning to New York for the first time in over a decade.
Further highlights from the season include a site-specific work by Nick Cave; choreographer Anna Teresa De Keersmaeker鈥檚 evening-length dance work set to Bach鈥檚 Six Brandenburg Concertos and performed live by B鈥橰ock Orchestra; and William Kentridge鈥檚 The Head and the Load, a new Armory commission that will transfom the Drill Hall with a musical theatre performance that examines the more than two million Africans that served in the First World War.
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