Wednesday, June 24 at 7 pm only
(Long Island, NY) Julie Taymor, famed creator of Broadway’s long-running hit The Lion King, The Metropolitan Opera’s The Magic Flute, and such visionary films as Frida, Titus, and Across The Universe, brings her dramatic brilliance and stunning visual style to Shakespeare’s beloved tale of love and magic. Filmed live at the Theatre For A New Audience in Brooklyn, New York, it will screen on Wednesday, June 24 at 7 pm T Cinema Arts Centre, 423 Park Ave, Huntington, NY. 631-423-7611 www.CinemaArtsCentre.org.
Tina Benko and Max Casella in A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM. Photo Credit: Theater For a New Audience.
Members $20 / Public $25. Tickets can be purchased online, www.CinemaArtsCentre.org or at the box office during theater hours.
Of all Shakespeare’s plays, A Midsummer Night’s Dream is the most phantasmagorical, featuring fairies, spells, and hallucinatory lovers. Julie Taymor turns out a production that’s visually breathtaking, funny, sexy, and darkly poetic. With cinematography by Rodrigo Prieto (Argo, Frida) and music by Academy Award-winning composer Elliot Goldenthal, this is an immersive, inventive cinematic experience that was filmed during the show’s highly acclaimed inaugural run. The feats of visual imagination are ingenious and plentiful, but beating at the center of the film is an emotionally moving take on the deeper human aspects of this beloved tale. (USA, 2014, 148 min., DCP | Dir. Julie Taymor)
Julie Taymor’s A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM. Photo Credit: Theater For a New Audience.
Since 1973, presenting the best U.S., International, Independent & Repertory films on 3 screens 365 days of the year, in a comfortable ambience including the sculpture garden & The Sky Room Café, the Cinema Arts Centre is located at 423 Park Ave (just south of 25a), Huntington, NY 11743 (25 miles east of New York City). Admission for regular programs $12. Discounts for members, seniors, students & children. CAC is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization. For further information call 631-423-7610. To sign up for weekly email schedule: info@CinemaArtsCentre.org Membership and Schedule: www.cinemaartscentre.org.
The mission of the Cinema Arts Centre is to bring the best in cinematic artistry to Long Island, and use the power of film to expand the awareness and consciousness of our community.
