MUSIC FOR PLAYS

 

World Premiere at Soho Rep
by Branden Jacobs Jenkins
Directed by Sarah Benson
Music by César Alvarez

Drama Desk Nomination: Outstanding Music in a Play

NY times Review HERE.

From left, Chris Myers, Danny Wolohan and Amber Gray
(below) Branden Jacobs-Jenkins | Photos by Pavel Antonov 

 An Octoroon

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Good Person of Szechwan

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by Bertolt Brecht
The Foundry Theatre Production at LaMaMa and The Public Theater

Directed by Lear deBessonet
featuring Taylor Mac
Music by César Alvarez w/ The Lisps

Drama Desk Nomination:
Outstanding Music in a Play

New York Times REVIEW

photos by Carol Rosegg

 

 The Skin of Our Teeth

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by Thornton Wilder
at Theater for a New Audience
directed by Arin Arbus
Music by César Alvarez

New York Times Feature: "Why Thornton Wilder Matters in the Trump Era"

New York Times Review: "In ‘The Skin of Our Teeth,’ the End of the World as We Know It"

Photos by Henry Grossman
(below) Eric Farber and Fred Epstein

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Washeteria

produced by Soho Rep

Created by Louisa Thompson
Lead Artists: Sarah Benson, Adrienne Kapstein and Louisa Thompson

With episodes by:
César Alvarez, Charise Castro Smith, Adrienne Kapstein and Louisa Thompson

Directed by:
Tea Alagić, Adrienne Kapstein and Annie Tippe

Danaya Esperanza | photo by Jason Andrew for The Wall Street Journal

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3 2’s; or AFAR

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by Mac Wellman
at Dixon Place
directed by Meghan Finn
music by César Alvarez

New York Times Review

photo by Jim Moore

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