world premiere
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Phoenix and Mara were in attendance when the film received a record 23-minute standing ovation following its September world premiere at the Venice Film Festival, where it also won the grand jury prize.
From BBC
Tiler Peck’s “Real Truth,” a world premiere, was accompanied by a tape of Gregory Porter speaking and singing a piety-filled statement about truth versus make-believe.
“Precipice,” given its world premiere on Thursday at the La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, is billed as an object-theater/chamber opera.
After its world premiere in California, the work will be staged on Jan. 31 at Casa de Cultura in Tijuana, Mexico.
“Difference Between,” a 23-minute world premiere by Matthew Neenan, holds the stage intriguingly until losing momentum and feeling strung out as it presents an artful, communal gathering that dwindles to a somewhat puzzling conclusion.
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