STAGE TUBE: Bobby Lewis Ensemble and Flamenco Vivo Featured in Public Works' THE ODYSSEY
By: Michael Dale Sep. 02, 2015
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This weekend director Lear deBessonet and composer Todd Almond's adaptaion of Homer's The Odyssey marks the third year the Public Theater's Public Works hits Central Park's Delacorte Theater with a brand new musical spectacular based on a classic piece of literature, mixing the talents of a handful of Equity actors with performing arts groups and community organizations from throughout New York's five boroughs.
In part two of a three part series, BroadwayWorld provides video introductions for two of the groups who will be featured in cameo performances. Click here for part one.
Under the guidance of Pastor Bobby Lewis of the New Light Baptist Church in Harlem, the Bobby Lewis Ensemble is a group of singers with extensive vocal talent and a heart for God.
Now in their 32nd season, Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana is one of the nation's premier flamenco and Spanish dance companies. They believe that the universal spirit of flamenco, a multicultural art form, has the power to build bridges between cultures and inspire audiences from diverse backgrounds.
Inspired by the historical pageantry movement of the early 1900s-known for blending mass spectacle with community engagement-this final work in deBessonet and Almond's grand trilogy reimagines the Greek epic with Public Works' signature blend of professional actors, community members and special guests. Man-eating Cyclops, a sorceress that turns sailors to beasts and the deadly sweet song of the Sirens explode onto the stage with spectacular numbers in this joyful, larger-than-life musical about finding your way home-no matter where fate may lead you.
THE ODYSSEY will feature cameo group performances by The Bobby Lewis Ensemble; The D.R.E.A.M. Ring;Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana II; The Marching Cobras; The New York Youth Symphony; and TADA! Youth Theater. The five Public Works community partner organizations are Children's Aid Society (Manhattan); DreamYard Project (Bronx); Fortune Society (Queens);Brownsville Recreation Center (Brooklyn); and Domestic Workers United(all boroughs, including Staten Island).
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