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Talking Heads frontman David Byrne issued a lengthy apology Tuesday for wearing black and brown face in a decades-old video for the rock band. Byrne appeared in the racist makeup in the 1984 concert film “Stop Making Sense,” in which he portrays a number of different people interviewing himself while wearing his iconic “big suit.” …
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Last year, the Broadway musical “American Utopia” charmed audiences. Spike Lee signed on to direct the film version. Amy Schumer became such a groupie, she saw it six times and made Jennifer Lawrence and Phoebe Waller-Bridge attend with her. Fans raved about the optimism of David Byrne’s feel-good show. However, a former bandmate told The …
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HBO has landed 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, …
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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. The show, starring real-life …
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David Byrne has revealed how Jerry Seinfeld re-wrote a joke in Byrne’s hit Broadway show “American Utopia” after seeing it. The Talking Heads legend, 67, appeared on Amy Schumer’s podcast, “3 Girls, 1 Keith,” where Schumer admitted she had been to see Byrne’s show so many times that the backstage crew came to greet her. …
Talking Heads frontman David Byrne issued a lengthy apology Tuesday for wearing black and brown face in a decades-old video for the rock band. Byrne appeared in the racist makeup in the 1984 concert film “Stop Making Sense,” in which he portrays a number of different people interviewing himself while wearing his iconic “big suit.” …
