A Dream Fight Made Real Onstage
Charles IsherwoodJanuary 7, 2014: The sweat, the combativeness and even the body blows feel mighty real, but the fight itself is pure fantasy in Tyson vs. Ali, a sleek mixed-media meditation on a boxing bout that never was, and never could have been. Currently bobbing and weaving around a simulated ring at the 3LD Art & Technology Center in Lower Manhattan, the production is conceived and directed by Reid Farrington, who deftly splices together video footage and live performance to offer a prismatic take on a theoretical matchup of Mike Tyson and Muhammad Ali, two of the great names in boxing history.
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