Poster for A Hunger Artist, an adaptation for the stage
based upon Franz Kafka’s short story by same name—written by Yibin Wang and Michael
Landes; directed by Yibin Wang; starring Carl Bindman
Columbia University School of the Arts 2025
The highly anticipated opening night at the Met each fall—a New York institution—is transmitted live in one of the world’s most special entertainment hubs: Times Square. The animated and still graphics—promoting the new season—play on a loop for the entirety of the performance across multiple giant screens. The 2021–22 season launched with the premiere of Grammy Award-winner Terence Blanchard’s Fire Shut Up in My Bones, an adaptation of Charles M.
Season Image: Detail of Airworthiness, Jorge Otero-Pailos, 2019.
Photo Credit: Audun Haugen. © Jorge Otero-Pailos.
