Conceived and performed by Laurie Anderson

BAM Harvey Theater
Feb 22—26, Mar 1—5 at 7:30pm
Feb 27 & Mar 6 at 3pm
Tickets: $20, 30, 45, 50
90 min, no intermission

BAMdialogue with Laurie Anderson
Mar 1, post-show (free to ticket holders)

No wonder NASA chose Laurie Anderson as its first artist-in-residence. An intrepid multimedia pioneer long obsessed with our ever-changing romance with technology and how we think about ourselves in relation to the rest of the planet, Anderson weaves stories, music, songs, and words into epic portraits of American culture.

The End of the Moon, the second in a series of intentionally low-tech solo works featuring her remarkable music for violin and electronics, marks Anderson’s fifth BAM production. A decidedly more contemplative sister to her first solo effort, the extraordinary, sharply observed Happiness, The End of the Moon turns to the incisive power of words to convey how we feel about ourselves at this complex juncture. Drawing from her NASA-inspired travels and research, impression-packed journals, dreams, and theories, Anderson takes us on a music-theater journey that examines, among many other compelling themes, 21st-century perceptions of beauty and time, and the stories we exchange to help us along the way.

Lighting designed by Jennifer Tipton
Sound designed by Jody Elff

Leadership support for BAM Theater:
The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation
The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Inc.
The Shubert Foundation
The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation

Commissioned in part by: BITE ‘05 Barbican, London; Cal Performances, University of California, Berkeley, CA; University of Florida Performing Arts, Gainesville, FL; Society for the Performing Arts, Houston, TX; and Auditorium Parco della Musica, Roma

Photo: Kevin Kennefick