Sylvia Milo in “The Other Mozart.”If you go
› What: Sylvia Milo’s “The Other Mozart”› When: 7:30 p.m. CST Wednesday and Thursday, Jan. 20-21› Where: Tennessee Williams Center, University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn.› Admission: $25 adults, $20 ages 65+, $10 non-Sewanee students› Phone: 931-598-1770› Website: www.sewanee.edu
Sylvia Milo will present her solo play, “The Other Mozart,” in two performances next week in Sewanee, Tenn., as part of the University of the South’s Performing Arts Series.
“The Other Mozart” is the true story of Nannerl Mozart, the forgotten sister of Amadeus Mozart. A prodigy, keyboard virtuoso and composer, she performed throughout Europe with her brother to equal acclaim, but her work and her story faded away, lost to history.
Milo is an actress, playwright and producer. Originally from Warsaw, Poland, she now lives in New York City, where “The Other Mozart” had a critically acclaimed off-Broadway run. The production received a Drama Desk nomination for Outstanding Sound Design in a Play and an Off-Broadway Alliance nomination for Best Solo Performance.
The New York Times described Milo’s portrayal as “charming and funny.”
Milo has played Bob Dylan in the Obie Award-winning “The West Village Fragments,” Ophelia in “The Ophelia Landscape” and Hamlet in an all-female version of “Hamlet.” She is also a violinist, playing acoustic and electric violins. She studied classical music in Poland, then jazz at Milton Academy and at New York University. She has performed with various rock, jazz and avant-garde bands.