David Cale is a Golden Boy of the solo performance world, gifting us with solo shows since 1986. In his most recent solo show, We Are Only Alive For A Short Amount Of Time, Cale invites us into his past, which is part truth and part myth. I say "myth" because that is the style of Cale's presentation. Cale is in his own very particular world, and he is not unaware of his location.
The Public Theater presents the New York premiere of David Cale's musical memoir We're Only Alive for a Short Amount of Time, directed by Robert Falls.
Performances are staged at the Public's Anspacher Theater.
(Photos by Joan Marcus)
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Running time:
1hr 25mins (no intermission)
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Growing up, writer/performer David Cale escaped his parents’ fraught marriage by singing in his bedroom and tending to birds in his backyard animal hospital. Lush songs, featuring a six-piece orchestra, and an intimate portrait of his mother unite in Cale’s vivid musical memoir of hope, family, and transcendence.
We're Only Alive for a Short Amount of Time CAST AND CREATIVE
By:
David Cale
Producer:
Public Theater and Goodman Theatre
Director:
Robert Falls
Songs by:
Music by David Cale and Matthew Dean Marsh, Lyrics by David Cale
Lighting:
Jennifer Tipton
Sound:
Mikhail Fiksel
Design:
Kevin Depinet
Costume:
Paul Marlow
Cast list:
David Cale
Other info:
Arrangements & Music Direction by Matthew Dean Marsh
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