Laurie Anderson Homeland
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Jul 22, 2008
Closed Jul 26, 2008

Playing at
Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center

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Running Time:
1hr. 30min.

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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?

Laurie Anderson, described by The Boston Globe as the "reigning performance artist of her time," returns to the Festival with her most sophisticated production to date, Homeland, a "concert poem" driven by the political urgency of contemporary American culture.

Weaving a conceptual sonic tapestry through spoken word, music and technology, Anderson, backed by a complement of top-notch New York musicians, offers audiences an editorial narrative on the delivery of information and control, the push and pull of freedom and fear, and today's omnipresent context of war. Homeland is a mesmerizing and intriguing turn on the reflection of life in art.

THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:

Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center
Broadway
New York, NY 10023

WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?

In 1981, Laurie Anderson had a surprise hit single with "O Superman." Chart lightning struck again in 1984 when her "Sharkey's Day" reached Top 40 status. With Homeland, the mesmerizing project she's presenting at the Rose Room as part of the Lincoln Center Festival (and which she will reprise at Princeton's McCarter Theatre on September 20), she could have another hit or two.

Were the word "homeland" brought up on a television game show like Match Game or Family Feud, participants would likely link it immediately with the word "security." But "insecurity" is more like what Anderson has in mind for this 90-minute song cycle. In her program notes, she talks about floating anxiety related[...]

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Reviewed by David Finkle on Jul 24, 2008