Event Program
Eric Idle, Idle in Provence
ERIC IDLE, IDLE IN PROVENCE
TUE, SEP 29 | 7PM
DISCUSSION
Eric Idle and Adam Gopnik
A CONVERSATION WITH THE AUDIENCE
Look for the table in the back of the theater to submit your question for Eric!
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The Artists
Eric Idle
Eric Idle is a comedian, actor, author, and singer-songwriter who found immediate fame on television with the sketch-comedy show Monty Python’s Flying Circus. Following its success, the group began making films that include Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Monty Python’s Life of Brian, and Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life. Eric wrote, directed, and created The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash, the world’s first-ever mockumentary, as well as the Tony Award–winning musical Spamalot. His memoir Always Look on the Bright Side of Life was a New York Times bestseller. Idle in Provence was published on September 8th.
Eric Idle is a comedian, actor, author, and singer-songwriter who found immediate fame on television with the sketch-comedy show Monty Python’s Flying Circus. Following its success, the group began making films that include Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Monty Python’s Life of Brian, and Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life. Eric wrote, directed, and created The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash, the world’s first-ever mockumentary, as well as the Tony Award–winning musical Spamalot. His memoir Always Look on the Bright Side of Life was a New York Times bestseller. Idle in Provence was published on September 8th.
Adam Gopnik
Adam Gopnik is a staff writer at The New Yorker. He has won three National Magazine Awards for essays and criticism and is the author of numerous bestselling books, including Paris to the Moon and Americans in Paris: A Literary Anthology. His many writings on France also include introductions to works by Proust, Victor Hugo, Balzac, and Maupassant. In 2013 he was made a chevalier of Arts et Lettres, and in 2021 he was named an officer in the Legion d'honneur. He is also the author of many librettos and lyrics for musical theater, including Our Table with David Shire and Fairy Tale with Andrew Lippa.
Adam Gopnik is a staff writer at The New Yorker. He has won three National Magazine Awards for essays and criticism and is the author of numerous bestselling books, including Paris to the Moon and Americans in Paris: A Literary Anthology. His many writings on France also include introductions to works by Proust, Victor Hugo, Balzac, and Maupassant. In 2013 he was made a chevalier of Arts et Lettres, and in 2021 he was named an officer in the Legion d'honneur. He is also the author of many librettos and lyrics for musical theater, including Our Table with David Shire and Fairy Tale with Andrew Lippa.
MORE INFORMATION
This program is made possible thanks to the generous support of the Seedlings Foundation, The Estate of Jean M. McCarroll, Howard Gilman Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund, Charina Endowment Fund, Susan Bay Nimoy, The Isambard Kingdom Brunel Society of North America, PECO Foundation, Coastal Community Foundation of South Carolina, Joseph and Joan Cullman Foundation, Jody and John Arnhold and the Arnhold Foundation, The Grodzins Fund, and the Seedtime Fund.
Programming is also made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
Symphony Space thanks our generous supporters, including our Board of Directors, Producers Circle, and members, who make our programs possible with their annual support.
Kathy Landau Executive Director
Peg Wreen Managing Director
Isaiah Sheffer*
Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director (1978-1990)
Artistic Director (1990-2010)
Founding Artistic Director (2010-2012)
Allan Miller
Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director (1978-1990)
Jennifer Brennan Director of Literary Programs
Drew Richardson Lead Producer of Literary Programs
Vivienne Woodward Senior Producer of Literary Programs
Mary Shimkin Director of Broadcast & Literary Initiatives
Matthew Love Consultant for Literary Programs
Magdalene Wrobleski Program Associate
Diana Juarez Literary Intern
Zeni Bollock Literary Intern
*in memoriam
