Oratorio For Living Things Tickets
About Oratorio For Living Things
Set an alert for when Oratorio for Living Things tickets go on sale to see the singularly theatrical event The New York Times calls “profoundly strange and overwhelmingly beautiful." The unique musical Oratorio for Living Things returns off Broadway after its successful run at Ars Nova, now coming to the Pershing Square Signature Center at Signature Theatre where Christian is an artist in residence. A classical oratorio with a captivating blend of blues, gospel, jazz, and soul, Oratorio for Living Things in New York is not to be missed.
Christian is an Obie Award winner known for her distinct and spiritual musical vocabulary that touches on the profoundness, strangeness, and beauty of human life. Obie Award winner Lee Sunday Evans directs a virtuosic company of singers and instrumentalists who lead the audience through this sacred concert life no other, the exquisite Oratorio for Living Things off Broadway. See it for a strictly limited run only this fall.
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Oratorio For Living Things cast and creative team
By: Heather Christian
Songs by: Heather Christian
Director: Lee Sunday Evans
Producer: Signature Theatre
Venue
The Pershing Square Signature Center
Accessibility
Wheelchair access, assisted listening devices; open caption, audio described, and ASL performances
More information about Oratorio For Living Things
Heather Christian writes the music and lyrics for this show that, if you missed it at Ars Nova or want to see it again, now comes to Signature as part of its 2025-26 season. Both otherworldly and achingly intimate, Oratorio for Living Things surrounds and uplifts the audience, creating a concert that is also an embrace thanks to the intimate staging that peels back complex layers of what it means to be alive on both a human and a cosmic scale.
This fall for a limited run, Oratorio for Living Things makes its highly anticipated return, celebrating our curiosity, wonder, and all we’re capable of becoming when in communion with each other. While the audience does not have to sing along in any fashion, you will become part of a thrilling community, highlighting the power of music as a vehicle for celebrating our shared history and creating a wondrous sense of togetherness.
What to watch for
- Heather Christian is a Drama Desk and two-time Obie Award-winning composer who is known for making music-centered shows and rituals.
- Lee Sunday Evans is a new-play director who staged the Pulitzer Prize finalist Dance Nation.
- Christian's musical podcast episode "Prime" for Soundstage was listed as one of Indiewire's favorite podcast episodes for 2020.
- Christian is also the composer and lyricist of upcoming Broadway-bound adaptation of A Wrinkle in Time written with Lauren Yee.
Frequently asked questions
What is Oratorio For Living Things about?
Oratorio for Living Things is a kind of thrilling concert, a special music-theatre event in which Heather Christian, and a live choir, celebrate organisms that have endured across eons and eons.
Which theatre is Oratorio For Living Things at?
Oratorio For Living Things is at New York's The Pershing Square Signature Center, which is located at 480 West 42nd Street, New York, 10036.
How do you get tickets for Oratorio For Living Things?
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