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David Byrne

Shows · David Byrne

ComposerLyricistBook Writer b. 1952 On stage 19362021

David Byrne (; born May 14, 1952) is an American musician, writer, visual artist, and filmmaker. He was a founding member and the principal songwriter, lead vocalist, and guitarist of the rock band Talking Heads. Byrne was born in Dumbarton, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, and moved to the U.S. with his family as a child. He co-founded Talking Heads in 1975 in New York City. After releasing eight studio albums, including seven certified gold or platinum, Talking Heads disbanded in 1991. Byrne has released solo recordings and worked with media including film, photography, opera, fiction, and non-fiction. He has collaborated with artists including Brian Eno, Fatboy Slim, X-Press 2, Ryuichi Saka…

On stage 4 productions, 85 years

1936 Mid-West Booth Theatre · Original · directed by Melville Burke 22 perf.
1937 Susan and God Plymouth Theatre · Original 288 perf.
2019 American Utopia Hudson Theatre · Original 106 perf.
2021 American Utopia St James Theatre · Return-Engagement 134 perf.

Each row is a staging this name appears in the cast list of, read from the production record rather than from the person record. The person record names works instead, and a work cannot say which run somebody was in — that is how Elaine Stritch ends up filed under Show Boat 1927 when she was in the 1994 revival. No row here says what part was played, because no cast list records it.

Worked with more than once9 names

Tim Keiper 2 productions
Tendayi Kuumba 2 productions
Stephane San Juan 2 productions
St Phane San Juan 2 productions
Jacquelene Acevedo 2 productions
Gustavo di Dalva 2 productions
Daniel Freedman 2 productions
Bobby Wooten Iii 2 productions
Angie Swan 2 productions

Both names in the same cast list, more than once. It is not evidence of a partnership — a long-running company puts the same forty people together every night — but it is where one would start looking. 9 of these names are not links because we hold no record behind them; the name is set from the identifier and its punctuation may be wrong.

Also credited on1 work

Here Lies Love

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In the literature1 passages

  • THE FOREST by Robert Wilson and David Byme; Book/Design/Direction, Robert Wilson; Music, David Byrne; Text, Heiner Muller, Darryl Pinckney; Assistant Director, Julia Gillett; Choreography, Suzushi Hanayagi; Set, Tom Kamm, Robert Wilson; Costumes, Frida Parmeggiani; Lighting, David Byrne, Jimmie Haskell; Hair/Makeup, Vito Mastrogiovanni; D…theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1988-89 Season, v. 45 (Willis).txt

Passages naming this person, found by keyword across 178 books. A keyword match is not a biography, and a common name will pull in the wrong one.

What this page does not know

  • What this person played. No cast list we hold records a character against a performer.
  • Which of the credits above the roles on this record — composer, lyricist, book writer — apply to. The roles sit on the person and never on a credit, so a director who also acted looks the same here as one who did not.

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