Musical Shares: David Rousseve/REALITY

David Rousseve/REALITY wlil be presenting the world premiere performances of Stardust here on January 31 and February 1. Choreographed, written and directed by David Rousseve, Stardust follows a gay African American teen as he navigates a difficult adolescence. Never seen onstage, he is present only by the unanswered, emotion-laden text messages he sends to a random number.

Stardust's sound score juxtaposes the intimate romanticism of Nat King Cole standards with the rough-edged, hip-hop inflected original music of d. Sabela Grimes. Because they have such great taste in music, we've asked David, REALITY and their collaborators to put together a playlist of their current musical obsessions. (You're welcome!)

Click here to listen to it, and keep reading to see who picked what.

David Rousseve

• "Royals" by Lorde
• "When I Fall in Love" by Nat King Cole
• "Casta Diva" by Maria Callas

Company

Charisse Skye Aguirre

• "Flawless" by Beyonce *
• "Drunk in Love" by Beyonce

Emily Beattie

• "Limpop" by John Wizards
• "Cupid" by Amy Winehouse
• "Come Over" by Estelle

Leanne Iacovetta

• "Reflections" by MisterWives
• "I See Fire" by Ed Sheeran *
• "Fallen" by Imagine Dragons *

Jasmine Jawato

• "Alive" by The Green
• "Palea" by Dobet Gnahore

Nehara Kalev

• "Play" by Goapele D by Coco Mbassi
• "Yumjei’s Theme" by Theme from ‘In the Mood For Love’ (Original Soundtrack)

Kevin Le

• "Reflection Eternal" by Nujabes *
• "Sleepyhead" by Passion Pit

Nguyen Nguyen

• "Honeybee" by Steam Powered Giraffe
• "Wolf" by First Aid Kit

Taisha Paggett

• "War" by Bob Marley
• "An Island" by Devendra Banhart
• "Only Shallow" by My Bloody Valentine

Kevin Williamson

• "Sun Blindness Music" by John Cale
• "I Want You" by Luke James

Collaborators

Lucy Burns, dramaturg

• "Nature Boy" by Nat King Cole
• "Royals" by Lorde
• "Dance Apocalyptic" by Janelle Monae

Leah Piehl, costumes

• "Eyes Be Closed" by Washed Out
• "Will Calls" by Grizzly Bear Diplo Remix
• "Do I Wanna Know?" by Arctic Monkeys

Cari Ann Shim Sham, video

• Everything That Happens Will Happen Today Full Album by David Byrne and Brian Eno *
• "If It Be Your Will" cover by Antony, originally by Leonard Cohen
• "Thrift Shop" by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

* song is not available on Spotify; link to its purchase page on Amazon or iTunes or a YouTube video has been provided

Listen to David Rousseve/REALITY's playlist

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