Here's how David Byrne’s American Utopia pulled off its (truly once-in-a-lifetime) run of unplugged shows. devonsaysrelax reports
An early performance of American Utopia: Unplugged. Photo: Shira Friedman When the first wave of the coronavirus hit New York in early 2020, it shuttered Broadway indefinitely. Doors wouldn’t partially reopen until the summer of 2021, returning to full-scale only by October. Well, that “return to normal” was short-lived; by mid-December, both the city and state had logged a record number of positive cases, fueled by the arrival of Omicron. Broadway was starting to go dark again.
December 23–25, preparations David came to me and reminded me that we performed at Carnegie Hall a few years ago. It was very acoustic. It was just David playing guitar and singing, and I was playing a little percussion with him. He said, “We did this once, and there were some benefits, and we did it really well. Maybe we could do that again?” I was like, Wow, that would be amazing.
December 26–27, rehearsals We all met in person at the theater. We had a list of songs that we were planning to do, but not the order in which to do them. So we went song by song so David could refresh his memory on how to play them. He was going to play much more guitar; he basically played guitar for every song. He had to relearn a few things; it’s not like he’s playing those songs every day.
December 28, opening night We weren’t absolutely 100 percent sure how the arrangements would be, but it just comes to you. We had an afternoon rehearsal, and in that time, we went through the beginnings and endings of songs. How are we going to finish this? What instrument should have the last sound? We were more specific about the songs now. Once we did that, we went to our dressing rooms and got ready.
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