Photo Preview: LingoLand at the York Theatre

For five decades a leading figure in the New York School of Poetry, Kenward Elmslie is also a librettist, lyricist, playwright, composer and visual artist. LingoLand reflects the breadth of Elmslie's work. It includes theater songs, opera arias, poems, poem songs, tall tales, memories, and scenes from plays all woven together, and includes projections of works by some of the artists with whom Mr. Elmslie has worked, including Joe Brainard, Red Grooms, Larry Rivers and Alex Katz. The show features music by Claibe Richardson as well as such composers as Ned Rorem, Jack Beeson and Steven Taylor. 

Jeanne Lehman and Kenward Elmslie in LingoLand: Photo by Carol Rosegg @2005 The cast of LingoLand: Photo by Carol Rosegg @2005 The cast of LingoLand: Photo by Carol Rosegg @2005 Kenward Elmslie in LingoLand: Photo by Carol Rosegg @2005