The metropolitan opera at Manhattan’s Lincoln Center is hosting a musical adaptation of Michael Chabon’s novel, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay.
The story takes place just before World War II and follows a young escape artist and magician named Joe Kavalier, and his cousin, Sammy Clay, as they travel across Manhattan (including a stop at Tannen’s magic shop) to realize their dreams of making it in the comics industry.
Here’s the official description of the production: “In this exhilarating new adaptation of Michael Chabon’s Pulitzer Prize– winning novel, set shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War, two Jewish cousins invent an anti-fascist superhero and launch their own comic-book series, hoping to recruit America into the fight against Nazism. Incorporating scintillating electronic elements and a variety of musical styles, composer Mason Bates’ eclectic score moves seamlessly among the three worlds of Gene Scheer’s libretto: Nazi-occupied Prague, the bustling streets of New York City, and the technicolor realm of comic- book fantasy.”
Tickets to The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay start at $35. The show runs from September 21 through October 11, 2025.
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