KAPOW!
June 12 at 7:00 pm in NYC

Superman, Batman, Spider-Man, Wolverine, and�the Green Lama? The lesser-known, but equally lethal, Green Lama basks in the spotlight in this new Sympho event in June. Last season, Sympho introduced New Yorkers to this Buddhist crusader�s adventures, and the response was uniformly enthusiastic, with salon.com describing the �mixed-media sensory experience� as ��like nothing I�ve seen before and�even border[ing] on the spiritual.�

While �The Green Lama� presented Episode 2 of the Buddhist crusader�s adventures, �KAPOW!� presents the stand-alone Episodes 1 and 3. Seven musicians from Sympho will provide the live, polystylistic soundtrack -- both acoustic and electronic, pre-composed and improvised -- to projected images from the comic books themselves, while acclaimed actors will bring the words and images to life onstage. Narrated and directed by WQXR�s multifacted Elliott Forrest, �KAPOW!� brings Jethro Dumont�s � er...ahem...the Green Lama�s � crime-fighting escapades to life. Law and Order SVU�s Linus Roache will portray the Green Lama, and longtime Woody Allen collaborator Tony Roberts will play the villain's role.

As an enticing palette-cleanser between episodes, Sympho will take audience members through a sonic and visual �tour� of selections from the Rubin Museum�s past and current collections, pairing the projected images with a wide variety of improvised and commissioned musical selections. �Electric Sheep� fans will also find an extraordinary work by software artist Scott Draves included in the mix. Join the conversation at #greenlama!

Premieres June 12, 2013 at 7:00 P.M.
Rubin Museum of Art
150 West 17th Street
New York City