A podcast about repertory cinema in NYC featuring conversations with the experts and tastemakers behind the screens. Hosted and produced by Alec Rodriguez.
A podcast about repertory cinema in NYC featuring conversations with the experts and tastemakers behind the screens. Hosted and produced by Alec Rodriguez.
This week’s guest is the Tony award-winning Founder of THE SINFONIETTA — an all-women and majority WOC Orchestra renowned for reimagining the music of popular culture in a symphonic setting — MACY SCHMIDT. They’re bringing Disney/Pixar’s Coco in Concert LIVE TO FILM to Town Hall on Dia de los Muertos (Nov 1) and joining them is NYC’s first and only all-women and GRAMMY-winning Mariachi group, FLOR DE TOLOACHE!
Listen to her and Host Alec Rodriguez discuss the journey she and the Sinfonietta have taken this past year by reimagining fan-favorite movies and anime series like SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE, BARBIE, COWBOY BEBOP, and AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER — performed at historic landmark venues and movie palaces like The Kings Theater in Brooklyn, The Hollywood Bowl, and The Town Hall. Then get a glimpse at what will unfold for audiences at Town Hall during the ONE NIGHT ONLY event on Dia de los Muertos!
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🎟Get tickets HERE for Disney/Pixar’s Coco in Concert Live to Film at Town Hall on Nov 1
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Credits: Produced by Alec Rodriguez, original artwork by Cristina Montes.
Music excerpts from the soundtrack to Disney/Pixar’s Coco by Michael Giacchino.