{"id":21885,"date":"2024-04-19T03:21:13","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T07:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multi.nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/?p=21885"},"modified":"2025-02-13T09:40:33","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T14:40:33","slug":"watch-mark-ruffalo-jessica-hecht-in-ironweed-at-bam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/watch-mark-ruffalo-jessica-hecht-in-ironweed-at-bam\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Mark Ruffalo, Jessica Hecht in IRONWEED at BAM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) presents <em>IRONWEED: An Evening of Art &amp; Humanity<\/em>, starring four-time Academy Award nominee\u00a0Mark Ruffalo\u00a0and two-time Tony Award nominee\u00a0Jessica Hecht on May 17.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget-dfp gam widget-inject widget-inject-centre empower-local widget-injected\" data-id=\"834050\" data-widget=\"41\" data-per=\"10\" data-min=\"\" data-path=\"\/21842630800\/NET_Empower_Stories\" data-lazy=\"true\" data-targeting=\"[]\" data-dim-m=\"[1,1]\" data-dim-t=\"[1,1]\" data-dim-d=\"[1,1]\" data-size=\"[1,1]\">\n<div class=\"teads-inread sm-screen\">\n<div>\n<p>This preview, based on\u00a0William Kennedy\u2019s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, will be an innovative mix of live performance and recorded sound, featuring scenes from the new play,\u00a0<em>IRONWEED<\/em>, adapted by Kennedy and director\u00a0Jodie Markell, according to a news release.<\/p>\n<p><em>IRONWEED<\/em>\u00a0opens as All Hallow\u2019s Eve descends upon the city of Albany in 1938. Ruffalo portrays Francis Phelan whose heartbreaking story unfolds as he returns to his hometown after living on the streets for many years. Audiences witness his deeply personal end-of-life reckoning, his journey through purgatory\u00a0and his struggle for redemption.<\/p>\n<p>Hecht takes on the role of Helen Archer who once was a classical pianist studying at Vassar, but is now Francis\u2019 loyal friend and drinking companion, accompanying him as they roam familiar haunts.<\/p>\n<p>Woven into the performance are never-before-heard excerpts from the soon-to-be-released audio recording of the play that Kennedy narrates.\u00a0<em>IRONWEED<\/em>\u00a0the audio recording is a cinematic experience in sound that upholds the brilliance of Kennedy\u2019s language and the voices of these timeless characters that will be heard in a new way. It is produced by the AudioFilm division of Gilbert\u2019s Autonomy Productions and will be released fall 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The performance will be followed by a conversation with Ruffalo and Hecht moderated by author and\u00a0<em>The New Yorker<\/em>\u00a0writer,\u00a0Vinson Cunningham. They will be joined by advocates and experts to discuss the crisis of the unhoused in today\u2019s communities. During the Great Depression, two million homeless people were migrating around America. Today more than half a million Americans are unhoused, and that number is increasing every day.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>IRONWEED<\/strong><\/em><strong>:\u00a0An Evening of Art &amp; Humanity<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The evening includes a post-show discussion with the cast moderated by Vinson Cunningham<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>BAM Strong, Harvey Theater, 651 Fulton St.<\/li>\n<li>Friday, May 17 at 7:30 pm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tickets start at $35. Tickets went on sale April 15 at 1 pm\u00a0for BAM Members &amp; Patrons. General public tickets go on sale on April\u00a018 at 1 pm.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) presents IRONWEED: An Evening of Art &amp; Humanity, starring four-time Academy Award nominee\u00a0Mark Ruffalo\u00a0and two-time Tony Award nominee\u00a0Jessica Hecht on May 17. This preview, based on\u00a0William Kennedy\u2019s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, will be an innovative mix of live performance and recorded sound, featuring scenes from the new play,\u00a0IRONWEED, adapted by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5904,"featured_media":21886,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,524,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dance","category-brooklyn-events","category-whats-buzzin"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v26.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Watch Mark Ruffalo, Jessica Hecht in IRONWEED at BAM - Brooklyn News and Events<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nycnewsnetwork.com\/brooklynbuzz\/watch-mark-ruffalo-jessica-hecht-in-ironweed-at-bam\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Watch Mark Ruffalo, Jessica Hecht in IRONWEED at BAM\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) presents IRONWEED: An Evening of Art &amp; Humanity, starring four-time Academy Award nominee\u00a0Mark Ruffalo\u00a0and two-time Tony Award nominee\u00a0Jessica Hecht on May 17. 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