Patti Smith held her daughter Jesse Paris Smith’s hand as she walked onto the small stage of the Minetta Lane Theatre in Greenwich Village on Monday night. Rather than the rock & roller, she appeared as the sweet mother, long silver hair plaited into two braids, a woman meant to deliver wisdom. It was the final night of Patti Smith: Words and Music, an intimate performance that included poetry, passages from her two critically acclaimed memoirs — Just Kids and M Train — and nine songs spanning more than 40 years of creative output.
- 9/25/2018
- by Jerry Portwood
- Rollingstone.com
Two chords of Patti Smith’s brilliant and multifaceted career harmonize and ring out in Patti Smith: Words And Music, a three-night-only Off Broadway production that, like the show uptown starring her old Jersey pal and “Because the Night” cowriter, combines storytelling with well-chosen samples of a 40-year-plus rock & roll repertoire.
The performances (the third and final is set for tonight) are being recorded by Audible, the Amazon audio books division that has made Greenwich Village’s Minetta Lane Theatre its home base for public recordings as varied as these evenings with Smith and an upcoming star-packed reading of a new Billy Crystal play.
Whether reading short excerpts from her award-winning memoir Just Kids or recounting some wonderfully shaggy and moving anecdote about loved ones she’s lost – husband Fred “Sonic” Smith and photographer friend Robert Mapplethorpe, chiefly – Smith creates an immediate and intimate rapport with her audience. First-night jitters...
The performances (the third and final is set for tonight) are being recorded by Audible, the Amazon audio books division that has made Greenwich Village’s Minetta Lane Theatre its home base for public recordings as varied as these evenings with Smith and an upcoming star-packed reading of a new Billy Crystal play.
Whether reading short excerpts from her award-winning memoir Just Kids or recounting some wonderfully shaggy and moving anecdote about loved ones she’s lost – husband Fred “Sonic” Smith and photographer friend Robert Mapplethorpe, chiefly – Smith creates an immediate and intimate rapport with her audience. First-night jitters...
- 9/24/2018
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Rocker, author and poet Patti Smith will stage a three-night spoken word and music performance at the Off-Broadway Minetta Lane Theater.
Patti Smith: Words and Music will be presented by Audible, the Amazon provider of digital spoken audio content. Performances at the Minetta Lane – Audible’s home theater – are recorded as Audible Original productions.
Smith’s three-night stand – Sept. 22-24 – was one of four productions announced by Audible today for the Minetta Lane: Former Daily Show correspondent Aasif Mandvi will re-stage his Obie Award-winning one-man show Sakina’s Restaurant; playwright Chisa Hutchinson’s Proof of Love will be the inaugural production of Audible’s Emerging Playwright program, debuting late 2018; and the New York premiere of Isaac Gomez’s one-woman play the way she spoke, will take place in early 2019, with casting and dates to be announced.
“Announcing Aasif, Chisa, Isaac, and the legendary Patti as the next artists to...
Patti Smith: Words and Music will be presented by Audible, the Amazon provider of digital spoken audio content. Performances at the Minetta Lane – Audible’s home theater – are recorded as Audible Original productions.
Smith’s three-night stand – Sept. 22-24 – was one of four productions announced by Audible today for the Minetta Lane: Former Daily Show correspondent Aasif Mandvi will re-stage his Obie Award-winning one-man show Sakina’s Restaurant; playwright Chisa Hutchinson’s Proof of Love will be the inaugural production of Audible’s Emerging Playwright program, debuting late 2018; and the New York premiere of Isaac Gomez’s one-woman play the way she spoke, will take place in early 2019, with casting and dates to be announced.
“Announcing Aasif, Chisa, Isaac, and the legendary Patti as the next artists to...
- 8/20/2018
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Time’s Up will host what it’s calling its inaugural New York event during the Tribeca Film Festival, featuring a program of conversations with organization supporters including Ashley Judd, Julianne Moore, Sarah Jessica Parker, Amber Tamblyn, Marisa Tomei, among others.
In addition to the actresses, the April 28 Time’s Up event will include activists and business leaders (see below for complete list).
“In response to the growing national movement, Tribeca Film Festival has partnered with Time’s Up to host a day of conversations with the outspoken women playing a pivotal role in raising awareness about inequality in the workplace,” the fest announced today in a statement. “Activists, storytellers, business leaders, filmmakers, lawyers, media figures, and more share their stories, seek next steps to establish the parameters for lasting change across industries and the pay spectrum.”
The day-long even “will explore how we got here, the women who came...
In addition to the actresses, the April 28 Time’s Up event will include activists and business leaders (see below for complete list).
“In response to the growing national movement, Tribeca Film Festival has partnered with Time’s Up to host a day of conversations with the outspoken women playing a pivotal role in raising awareness about inequality in the workplace,” the fest announced today in a statement. “Activists, storytellers, business leaders, filmmakers, lawyers, media figures, and more share their stories, seek next steps to establish the parameters for lasting change across industries and the pay spectrum.”
The day-long even “will explore how we got here, the women who came...
- 3/29/2018
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
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