{"id":374210,"date":"2026-10-15T21:02:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T21:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/374210\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T21:02:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T21:02:09","slug":"brooklyn-academy-of-music-to-premiere-erotic-julie-taymor-musical-and-fellow-travelers-opera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/374210\/","title":{"rendered":"Brooklyn Academy of Music to Premiere &#8216;Erotic&#8217; Julie Taymor Musical and Fellow Travelers Opera"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Brooklyn Academy of Music has announced its 2026\u20132027 season, which includes a new musical, operas, and dance performances. In the musical category is the world premiere of\u00a0The Grand Delusion\u00a0from Tony winner <a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/julie-taymor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Julie Taymor<\/a> (<a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/production\/the-lion-king-new-amsterdam-theatre-vault-0000008729\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Lion King<\/a>) and Academy Award-winning composer <a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/elliot-goldenthal-vault-0000006085\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Elliot Goldenthal<\/a> (Frida).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Grand Delusion\u00a0will run May 11\u2013June 6, 2027. Billed as an &#8220;erotic musical fantasy,&#8221; the new work combines\u00a0dance, immersive\u00a0design, puppetry, and music to tell a love story that is set\u00a0across contemporary New York City, India, and a magical,\u00a0mythical plane, The Grand Delusion. The work is\u00a0produced by special arrangement with <a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/chunsoo-shin-vault-0000023860\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chunsoo Shin<\/a> (<a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/production\/the-great-gatsby-broadway-broadway-theatre-2024\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Great Gatsby<\/a>)\u00a0and <a data-crosslink=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\/person\/od-company\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">OD Company<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Fellow Travelers\u00a0opera will also play BAM in 2027, from April 23\u201325. The opera from\u00a0Gregory Spears and\u00a0Greg Pierce is based on\u00a0the novel\u00a0by Thomas Mallon about two gay men working for the\u00a0American government during the Lavender Scare of the 1950s. The 10th anniversary production of the opera is\u00a0led by director Kevin Newbury and producer\u00a0Jecca Barry.<\/p>\n<p>Other performances in BAM&#8217;s 2026\u20132027 season include dance works by\u00a0Urban Bush Women,\u00a0Mark Morris Dance Group and Music Ensemble,\u00a0Tanztheater Wuppertal performing Pina Bausch,\u00a0Big Dance Theatre,\u00a0DanceAfrica 50, and\u00a0Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bam.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Visit BAM.org.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brooklyn Academy of Music has announced its 2026\u20132027 season, which includes a new musical, operas, and dance&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":374211,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-374210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=374210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374210\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/374211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=374210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=374210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}