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12.10.2020 / 22:11

New this week: David Byrne, 'The Amazing Race' & Tommy Lee

David Byrne’s American Utopia.” Spike Lee's concert film of Byrne's acclaimed stage show debuts Saturday at 8 p.m. on HBO and HBO Max, and it may be one of the best films of the year.

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Q&A: David Byrne on his festival hit 'American Utopia'

NEW YORK – In a film festival season that’s been turned largely virtual, Spike Lee’s “American Utopia,” a documentary of David Byrne’s concert musical and the opening-night film of the Toronto International Film Festival, has nevertheless supplied the giddy rush of live performance in a packed house. The film was shot during the late 2019-early 2020 run of Byrne's acclaimed Broadway show at the Hudson Theatre.

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TIFF kicks off pandemic film festival with drive-in screenings of ‘American Utopia’

Toronto International Film Festival kicked off Thursday night with a sea of moviegoers inside their vehicles instead of a darkened cinema.It was a TIFF opening night celebration unlike any other, with outdoor screenings of “David Byrne’s American Utopia” playing at three separate spots across the city, including at two drive-in theatres.The physically distanced edition start of the festival wasn’t ideal, but as organizers adhere to strict public-health protocols to reduce the spread of COVID-19, film buff Charles Stankievech was simply happy to have tickets.“I’m glad TIFF wasn’t cancelled,” he said, leaning out the window of his SUV at the Visa Skyline Drive-In.

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Spike Lee doc of David Byrne's Broadway show to open TIFF

NEW YORK – The 45th Toronto International Film Festival will be a much diminished event this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, but it has an opening-night film. Spike Lee's filmed version of David Byrne's Broadway theatrical concert “American Utopia” will kick off the largely virtual fall festival.Festival organizers said Tuesday that “American Utopia” will premiere on September 10 in Toronto, even if it remains unclear if it will be a physical screening.

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‘David Byrne’s American Utopia’ film heads to HBO with director Spike Lee

the Spike Lee-directed version of Broadway show “David Byrne’s American Utopia.”The film will launch on the premium cable network later this year and comes after Deadline revealed the filmed version of the show in January.The Broadway production, which opened October 2019 and ran through February 16 at the Hudson Theatre, features the Talking Heads cofounder accompanied by 11 musicians from around the world performing songs from Byrne’s 2018 album “American Utopia” as well as hits from his Talking Heads and solo periods.The stage musical is set to return to Broadway’s Hudson Theatre for a limited engagement beginning in September, though all Broadway immediate plans are more or less on hold as theaters remain closed due to the

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Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick’s ‘Plaza Suite’ postponed to 2021

With Broadway now shut down until Labor Day due to the coronavirus pandemic, Neil Simon’s play “Plaza Suite” has been pushed back a year. The revival will now run from March 19, 2021, through July 18 at the Hudson Theatre, with David Byrne’s “American Utopia” returning to the theater this fall.

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David Byrne’s new ‘Reasons To Be Cheerful’ edition documents the “collective visceral moment” of coronavirus

"The imperative of saving lives has swept away endemic government gridlock"

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David Byrne says the coronavirus pandemic shows “we’re all in the same leaky boat”

The Talking Heads icon has written an op-ed on the global crisis for his Reasons To Be Cheerful site

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David Byrne's `American Utopia' to come out in book form

NEW YORK, N.Y. – David Byrne is adapting his stage play “American Utopia" for the printed page.

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