World PremierenTHE FORTRESS OF SOLITUDEnBook by Itamar MosesnMusic and lyrics by Michael FriedmannConceived and directed by Daniel AukinnBas...
World PremierenTHE FORTRESS OF SOLITUDEnBook by Itamar MosesnMusic and lyrics by Michael FriedmannConceived and directed by Daniel AukinnBased upon the novel by Jonathan LethemnChoreographer Camille A. Brownn nFeaturing Ken Barnett, Kyle Beltran, Adam Chanler-Berat, André De Shields, Carla Duren, Stephane Duret, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Jahi Kearse, Kevin Mambo, Malaiyka Reid, David Rossmer, Conor Ryan, Kristen Sieh, Britton Smith, Brian Tyree Henry, Akron Watson, Alison Whitehurst, and Juson WilliamsnnConceived and directed by Daniel Aukin (Bad Jews, 4000 Miles), based on the acclaimed novel by Jonathan Lethem, the soaring new musical The Fortress of Solitude makes its World Premiere at The Public with a dynamite creative team including composer/lyricist Michael Friedman (Love’s Labour’s Lost, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson), bookwriter Itamar Moses (“Boardwalk Empire,” The Four of Us), and choreographer Camille A. Brown.nnThe Fortress of Solitude is the extraordinary coming-of-age story about 1970s Brooklyn and beyond — of black and white, soul and rap, block parties and blackouts, friendship and betrayal, comic books and 45s. And the story of what would happen if two teenagers obsessed with superheroes believed that maybe, just maybe, they could fly…nnpublictheater.org Less
