At the Crossroads: Music for Faust

New York International Fringe Selection 2016

Explosions in the Sky meets 1926. Watch Murnau’s “Faust”, one of the beautiful classics of silent film with a gorgeous, moving new score performed live. Coming from the Edinburgh Fringe and Orlando Fringe, this is the New York premier of “At the Crossroads”.

UFA, the leading film production company of 1920’s Germany, turned to “Faust” as material for a world-wide blockbuster. Like UFA’s subsequent and more famous film, Metropolis, it did not take the world by storm, but it did run considerably over budget.

After a short, reverent prelude, a demonic gallop follows Mephisto and his skeletons across the sky. A bubbling texture under the Archangel’s and Mephisto’s gamble will come back as Mephisto lures Doctor Faust into his trap. A breezy samba accompanies the famous flying scene. And lurking behind each of Doctor Faust’s unfortunate decisions, a memorable and lyrical theme of inner turmoil.

Blending music, theater, film, and live performance, this is a mesmerizing experience.

Schedule and ticket links:
Wed 8/17 @ 3:00 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/26493809698
Thu 8/18 @ 5:45 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/26493812707
Sat 8/20 @ 3:15 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/26493813710
Mon 8/22 @ 9:30 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/26493814713
Wed 8/24 @ 8:00 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/26493815716

At DROM, FringeNYC venue #5, Avenue A (between 5th and 6th).