CAROLE KING: HOME
AGAIN – LIVE IN CENTRAL PARK
Friday, February 17th at 7:00 PM (Sold Out)
Saturday, February 18th at 6:30 PM
Sunday, February 19th at 12:10 PM
Members $10 | Public
$15
The brand-new feature-length concert documentary Carole
King: Home Again - Live in Central Park, which presents musical
icon Carole King’s triumphant May 26, 1973 homecoming concert on
The Great Lawn of New York City’s Central Park before an estimated audience of
100,000. The film presents the complete multi-camera 16mm footage filmed and
recorded by Lou Adler in 1973 but never before released.
Alongside the complete performance footage is the behind the
scenes story of King’s remarkable transformation from an in demand, staff
songwriter beloved for such timeless Goffin and King classics as “(You
Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman” and “Will You Love Me Tomorrow”
to an iconic artist in her own right. The May 1973 performance captured King at
her critical and commercial peak, basking in the enormous popularity of her
definitive album Tapestry.
New interviews with King, Adler, Ron Delsener and
legendary Woodstock and Monterey Pop lighting and stage manager Chip
Monck set the scene for her extraordinary performance. To the delight
of the audience, King moved easily between her signature classics and songs
from her soon to be released 1973 album Fantasy. King rarely performed in
concert during this era despite the enormous commercial success she had
enjoyed. However, on this special occasion, she presented her performance in
two parts—first alone, on piano and then fronting a powerhouse 11-piece band.
The resulting film, Carole King: Home Again -
Live in Central Park provides an inside view of a generational
talent in her prime, performing one of the biggest and most momentous concerts
of her career in the city where she was born. “Tapestry had become such
a huge hit, and I really wanted to give something back to the people,”
remembers King. “When I first walked on stage, in Central Park, in front of the
Great Lawn, and it’s full of people…it was kind of terrifying for a minute. Then
the crowd began to cheer and it was like a wave coming toward me. There was
just so much love. It was too much to take in but I realized all I had to do
was sit down and start playing. They were there to hear me. I knew how to
deliver, and that’s what I sat down to do.”
“I got in touch with Ron Delsener and told him that
Carole was coming home to New York. This was where her upbringing took place
and where she got her start in music. New York was everything to her and she
wanted to give something back to both her hometown and devoted fans.” -
Lou Adler, Producer
Adler and legendary New York concert promoter Delsener then
agreed to stage a free concert—the first ever—on Central Park’s famed Great
Lawn. The event changed the landscape of live performances in New York,
shepherding in an era of legendary performances in Central Park that continues
to this day. (USA, 2023, 80min., color, DCP)
