The New Yorker has announced the program for the 2014 New Yorker Festival, taking place October 10–12, in New York City, which includes four artists familiar to readers of the Nonesuch Journal: Randy Newman in conversation with Susan Morrison, Jeremy Denk giving a talk on Comedy and Convention from Mozart to Seinfeld, Laurie Anderson with Alex Ross, and Stephen Sondheim with Adam Gopnik.
The New Yorker has announced the program for the 2014 New Yorker Festival, taking place October 10–12, 2014, at venues throughout New York City, and included among this year's participants are four artists familiar to readers of the Nonesuch Journal: Randy Newman, Jeremy Denk, Laurie Anderson, and Stephen Sondheim.
Randy Newman and Stephen Sondheim help kick off the weekend's events with (unfortunately) concurrent conversations Friday evening at 7 PM. Newman talks with New Yorker editor Susan Morrison at the Gramercy Theatre, while Sondheim engages in a conversation with longtime New Yorker staff writer Adam Gopnik at SIR Stage37.
Sunday's schedule offers an opportunity to experience two events back-to-back: pianist Jeremy Denk, a contributor to The New Yorker, presents a talk invitingly titled Comedy and Convention from Mozart to Seinfeld, in the SVA Theatre 2 on October 12, at 2 PM, after which Laurie Anderson joins New Yorker music critic Alex Ross in conversation, also at the SVA Theatre 2, at 5 PM.
For tickets and additional details on these events and the complete New Yorker Festival schedule, visit festival.newyorker.com.
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