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SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT
A stage artist is a cross between a poet and a shaman. Spinning beautiful illusions, artists transport us to higher realms while linking us to human connectedness hiding under the surface of our daily lives.
Under the bright lights of a stage, an artist stands, naked and vulnerable, while we in the audience, sit unexposed in darkness. But as if watching a magic mirror, we are suddenly moved when we witness our own deep unarticulated feelings played out before us -- audience and performer, interdependent spirits groping in the night for meaning and transformation.
Backstage 1973
Bette Midler & Bruce Springsteen
PHOTOGRAPHS OF PERFORMING ARTISTS BY PETER CUNNINGHAM. A BOOK: Volume 1 / Volume 2
MUSIC BY JANIS IAN / PHOTOGRAPHS BY PETER CUNNINGHAM. A FILM: 7 minutes.
In order of first appearance: Bob Dylan, Janis Ian, Marvin Gaye, Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, Lena Horne, Van Morrison, Julio Iglesias, Richie Havens, Elton John, Bo Diddley, Carlos Santana, Bill Graham, Rod Stewart, Miles Davis, Capt. Beef heart, Neil Young, Rufus Wainwright, Loudon Wainwright, Peter Tosh, Tanya Tucker, Roberta Flack, Dizzy Gillespie, Aretha Franklin, Barry Manilow, Bruce Springsteen, David Bromberg, Ashford&Simpson, Placid Domingo&Gloria Estefan, Jesse Winchester, Tom Waitts&Bette Midler, James Taylor, Carly Simon, Lou Reed, Patti Smith, Bette Midler, Mandy Patinkin, Stephen Sondheim, Stephan Grappelli, Richard Thompson, Mark Knopfler, Jack Bruce, Thelonious Monk, Van Morrison, Tom Waits, Randy Newman, Johnny Winter, Edgar Winter, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Taj Mahal, Dr John, John Belushi, Joe Cocker, Madonna, Mariah Carey, George Benson, Pete Townshend, Doc Watson, Dion Warwick, Dolly Parton, Kris Kristofferson, Odetta, Bonnie Raitt, Darlene Love, Elvis Costello, Stevie Wonder, Jackson Browne, T-Bone Burnett, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Laura Nyro, Peter Allen, Ry Cooder, Jimmy Cliff, Al Jarreau, John Prine, Earth Eind and Fire, Heart, Tony Bennett, The Clash, Meatloaf, Peter Wolf, Joe Jackson, Bette Carter, Robbie Robertson, Levon Helm, K.D.Laing, Paul Simon, David Bowie, Laurie Anderson, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Elvis Presley, Neil Diamond, Janis Ian.
In order of first appearance: Bob Dylan, Janis Ian, Marvin Gaye, Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, Lena Horne, Van Morrison, Julio Iglesias, Richie Havens, Elton John, Bo Diddley, Carlos Santana, Bill Graham, Rod Stewart, Miles Davis, Capt. Beef heart, Neil Young, Rufus Wainwright, Loudon Wainwright, Peter Tosh, Tanya Tucker, Roberta Flack, Dizzy Gillespie, Aretha Franklin, Barry Manilow, Bruce Springsteen, David Bromberg, Ashford&Simpson, Placid Domingo&Gloria Estefan, Jesse Winchester, Tom Waitts&Bette Midler, James Taylor, Carly Simon, Lou Reed, Patti Smith, Bette Midler, Mandy Patinkin, Stephen Sondheim, Stephan Grappelli, Richard Thompson, Mark Knopfler, Jack Bruce, Thelonious Monk, Van Morrison, Tom Waits, Randy Newman, Johnny Winter, Edgar Winter, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Taj Mahal, Dr John, John Belushi, Joe Cocker, Madonna, Mariah Carey, George Benson, Pete Townshend, Doc Watson, Dion Warwick, Dolly Parton, Kris Kristofferson, Odetta, Bonnie Raitt, Darlene Love, Elvis Costello, Stevie Wonder, Jackson Browne, T-Bone Burnett, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Laura Nyro, Peter Allen, Ry Cooder, Jimmy Cliff, Al Jarreau, John Prine, Earth Eind and Fire, Heart, Tony Bennett, The Clash, Meatloaf, Peter Wolf, Joe Jackson, Bette Carter, Robbie Robertson, Levon Helm, K.D.Laing, Paul Simon, David Bowie, Laurie Anderson, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Elvis Presley, Neil Diamond, Janis Ian.
Glenda Jackson
Amy Irving & Rex Harrison
Robin WIlliams
Glenn Close
Al Pacino in American Buffalo
Raul Julia in Nine
Into the Woods
Stephen Sondheim
Nine
Miss Piggy
Penny Marshal & Melanie Griffith
Bebe Neuwirth
Rosemary Harris
Barney Hughs, Mary-Louise Parker, and Tim Hutton
Chris Eliot and his father Bob Eliot
Ellen Foley in Beehive
Derek Jacobi in The Suicide
Brooke Adams (The Heidi Chronicles)
Chita Rivera in Merlin
Tyne Daley
Phantom of the Opera
Carie
Ron Rifkin & Sara Jessica Parker in Substance of Fire by Robbie Bates
Gary Sinese & Terry Kinny
Sid Ceasar
August Wilson - Nat Turner is Come and Gone
Mandy Patinkin
Sam Waterston & Robert Prosky in A Walk in the Woods
Richard Nelson
Jason Robarts & Colleen Dewhurst in Long Days Journey into Night
Ed Asner
Tommy Tune and the cast of Nine
A Day in the Life of Martha Myers (a booklet)