Jazz/Kharkiv/1929/Today
Yara Arts Group + Serhiy Zhadan + Anthony Coleman
Mar 10, 2023-Mar 19, 2023

La MaMa ETC
Ellen Stewart Theatre
66 East 4th Street, 2nd floor
New York, NY 10003

TICKETS Adults: $30, Students/Seniors: $25, First 10 tickets are $10 (limit 2 per person)
Ticket prices are inclusive of all fees.

About

In 1929, Ukrainians were discovering the joys of jazz and singing the stories of their city of Kharkiv. The audiences loved the show’s catchy songs, wild dances and dazzling sets. The Communist Party bosses did not, so the show and its artists disappeared in Stalin’s purges. A few years ago, Virlana Tkacz, Yara’s director, discovered the conductor’s score hidden in an archive.

Radio 477! is a new show created by Yara Arts Group and Ukrainian artists about the city of Kharkiv, its jazz history, and how it stood up to Putin today. With texts and lyrics by award-winning Ukrainian poet Serhiy Zhadan, music by Anthony Coleman, it is directed by Virlana Tkacz.

Lead image: Photo of 1929 show, graphic by Waldemart Klyuzko.

Credits

Yara Arts Group, a resident company at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club in New York, creates visually stunning theatre pieces that explore contemporary and traditional cultures of the East.

Polish Cultural Institute New York produced the work-in-progress of “Radio 477” that was showcased at the Rehearsal for Truth Theater Festival at the Bohemian Hall on June 17, 2022.