Neil Gaiman will get out from behind the signing table and hop onstage at the WFC to read PETER AND THE WOLF (photo by twi-ny/mdr)
PETER AND THE WOLF & AND BOLD TO FALL WITHAL — HENRY HUDSON IN THE NEW WORLD
World Financial Center Winter Garden
220 Vesey St.
Saturday, January 16, free, 7:00
212-417-7050
www.artsworldfinancialcenter.com
Neil Gaiman (SANDMAN, STARDUST) has been having quite a time of late. He won the coveted Newbery Medal for THE GRAVEYARD BOOK, his creepy tale CORALINE was turned into a Golden Globe-nominated film, he gets to hang around a lot with close friend Tori Amos, and he’s engaged to singer Amanda Palmer. Gaiman, the rock star of the literati, will be in New York on January 16, reading Sergei Prokofiev’s PETER AND THE WOLF, accompanied by the Knickerbocker Chamber Orchestra. Following that performance, the orchestra, with tenor Jason Danieley, will continue with the world premiere of Gary S. Fagin’s AND BOLD TO FALL WITHAL — HENRY HUDSON IN THE NEW WORLD, in celebration of the 400th anniversary of Hudson arriving in New York harbor.