New York theater play with Radiohead music

Posted on April 4th, 2004.

In New York City at the Manhattan Ensemble Theater, there is a new play based on the true love affair between the greatest 20th century philosopher, Martin Heidegger, and his former student, the political theorists Hannah Arendt. For Radiohead fans, there will be a pleasant surprise. The production company appears to be fans of Radiohead and there are many Radiohead songs played before the play starts. One can hear “Creep”, “Fake Plastic Trees”, “How to Disappear Completely”, etc. mixed with classical compositions.

One might hear over half of a Radiohead song fading into to a classical song and then a minute later will fade back to the Radiohead song just previously played to finish the song.

As “Hannah and Martin” finishes its last scene with the main character, Hannah, struggling with Heidegger’s mistaken political choices, the lights fade to black and one hears the discordant but stirring opening guitars to “Let Down”. As the song continues being played, the actors gather and the actors bow to the audience.

All this is presented by the Epic Theater Center @ the Manhattan Ensemble Theater in SoHo, 55 Mercer Street, New York, NY.


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