Set contained in the Studio 54-esque Membership Millennium, Right here Lies Love — the Broadway musical from David Byrne and Fatboy Slim — is already a celebration.
Now, the revelry will proceed even after curtains shut with a collection of post-show DJ units occurring after choose dates.
Known as the Folks Energy Disco Hour in homage to the present, these occasions will rework the Broadway Theater right into a full-on dance flooring, with audiences invited to remain after and boogie for 50 minutes.
The collection kicks off this Saturday (Oct. 7), with a set by Right here Lies Love co-producer, New York Metropolis native and Filipina American DJ CherishTheLuv. This set will begin instantly after the 8 p.m. efficiency in celebration of Filipino American Historical past Month.
“Fatboy Slim handed the baton to me and it’s an honor to be the primary ever lady DJ on Broadway,” CherishTheLuv says in a press release. “Dancing for a trigger and to teach is my absolute favourite type of activism! Welcome to NYC’s latest dance scene.”
This collection will proceed after performances on Oct. 12, Oct. 19, Oct. 25 and Oct. 31. Visitor DJs for these reveals will likely be introduced within the coming weeks. The Folks Energy Disco Hour follows a DJ set hosted by Fatboy Slim after the Aug. 31 efficiency of Right here Lies Love.
Designed as an immersive expertise inside a disco, Right here Lies Love tells the story of the Marcos regime of the Philippines and its first girl Imelda Marcos. The present was conceived of and developed by Byrne with musical enter from Fatboy Slim. It options the primary all Filipino forged to ever seem on Broadway.
“The one that’s most impressed me is David Byrne,” Fatboy Slim not too long ago informed Billboard. “He musically impressed me, then I labored with him penning this musical 15 or 20 years in the past. Working with him actually set me on a [path] of the place I’m at present, doing different issues outdoors music.”
