It will be a lucky Friday The 13th for anyone who can score tickets to this rare, sure-to-be high-demand concert: for one night only, on April 13 at 7 p.m., Elvis Costello and Rosanne Cash will team up for an acoustic show at New York City's Rubin Museum of Art. How rare, you ask? The Rubin seats only 144 people.
The duo plans to do selections from their own back catalogues as well as by other artists in what's sure to be one of the year's most unique and intimate performances. The theme of the evening is being billed as "Magic Numbers." And in a nod to the inevitable rush for tickets, the concert will also be broadcast live over a series of large flat-screen televisions situated around the K2 Lounge of the museum.
In a press release it was noted that this will mark the seventh time Cash has visited the museum for a concert: "She was the first artist to perform at RMA in October 2004. In this series of musical 'talk-shows' Cash spins songs in the pop and country idiom off themes inherent in the works of art in the Museum's collection. Many of her new songs on her successful recent album: Black Cadillac were introduced to the public for the first time in this series. Her past guests have included: Teddy Thompson, Larry Kirwan, and The Holmes Brothers."
Tickets will run $65 and will go onsale Tuesday, Feb. 27 at 11 a.m. The only way to get them is by calling the museum box office at that time at 212-620-5000, ext. 344. The ticket price includes admission to the museum's galleries; among the exhibitions on view will be The Missing Peace: Artists Consider the Dalai Lama, an exhibition that reflects artists' interpretations of the Dalai Lama.
For more information about the museum itself—exhibitions, performances, etc.—go to the Rubin Museum of Art website.
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