A Landmark Documentary Becomes a Ballet - Taking 'Titicut Follies' to the stage
Taking Titicut Follies to the stage---As collaborations go, this one is quite unexpected. The venerable and prolific documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman is joining forces with – wait for it – James Sewell, the contemporary ballet choreographer. Add in Lenny Pickett, a mainstay of the New York music scene who's the longtime bandleader for Saturday Night Live, and the possibilities seem especially wild…