Exclusive: Tony-winner Rachel Chavkin is behind a new tween-aimed podcast series based on Greek myths.
Live from Mount Olympus is co-directed by Chavkin (Hadestown) and Zhailon Levingston, who currently serves as the Resident Director for Broadway’s Tina: The Tina Turner Musical and hosted by Broadway’s Hadestown star André De Shields.
The series comes from The Onassis Foundation and Trax from Prx, the podcast network that is run by the This American Life radio distributor and cast members of Broadway troupe Team.
When young Perseus, voiced by actor Divine Garland, makes a rash promise to save his mother from the clutches of an evil king, he has to strike out on a dangerous quest. Hermes, god of luck and thieves, voiced by De Shields, narrates this tale of terrifying monsters, powerful gods, and a brave girl who will changes Perseus’ life forever.
The six-part series also features Vinie Burrows,...
Live from Mount Olympus is co-directed by Chavkin (Hadestown) and Zhailon Levingston, who currently serves as the Resident Director for Broadway’s Tina: The Tina Turner Musical and hosted by Broadway’s Hadestown star André De Shields.
The series comes from The Onassis Foundation and Trax from Prx, the podcast network that is run by the This American Life radio distributor and cast members of Broadway troupe Team.
When young Perseus, voiced by actor Divine Garland, makes a rash promise to save his mother from the clutches of an evil king, he has to strike out on a dangerous quest. Hermes, god of luck and thieves, voiced by De Shields, narrates this tale of terrifying monsters, powerful gods, and a brave girl who will changes Perseus’ life forever.
The six-part series also features Vinie Burrows,...
- 1/26/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
In “Feast of the Epiphany,” a narrative-documentary hybrid, the line between fiction and reality is demarcated quite clearly, even as those two modes remain in constant dialogue — and the conceit is entrancing precisely because of its elusiveness. Beginning as the overtly make-believe story of a dinner party before segueing into surprising verité terrain, this unique feature from directors Michael Koresky, Jeff Reichert and Farihah Zaman is too unconventional to court more than an art-house audience. Still, those interested in experimental works that incite contemplation and debate will find much to chew on throughout the course of this concise, canny effort, which recently premiered at BAMcinemaFest.
Koresky and Reichert are the co-founders of Reverse Shot, an online New York film journal to which Zaman is a contributor. Koresky is also director of editorial and creative strategy at the Film Society of Lincoln Center, and Reichert and Zaman co-directed 2013 doc “Remote Area...
Koresky and Reichert are the co-founders of Reverse Shot, an online New York film journal to which Zaman is a contributor. Koresky is also director of editorial and creative strategy at the Film Society of Lincoln Center, and Reichert and Zaman co-directed 2013 doc “Remote Area...
- 7/3/2018
- by Nick Schager
- Variety Film + TV
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