The New Yorker
Issue of 2005-03-07
Posted 2005-02-28
“PALLADIO”
Jonathan Dee’s 1998 novel about the intersection of art and advertising
is the basis for a new music-video performance work by the avant-garde
composer Ben Neill and the media artist Bill Jones (which includes
songs with lyrics written by Lance Jensen, the creative director at
Modernista who designed Volkswagen’s “Drivers Wanted” campaign). Mikel
Rouse, the composer-performer best known for his cutting talk-show
opera “Dennis Cleveland,” leads the cast. (Thalia Theatre, Symphony
Space, Broadway at 95th St. 212-864-5400. March 4-5 at 8:30.)









