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Art Review | Stuart Sherman: A Tabletop Conjurer, Rediscovered

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:06:06 +0000

Thanks to two exceptional exhibitions, the performance artist Stuart Sherman is back in a big way, big at least for him.

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Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0000

The Film File

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Me and Orson Welles

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0000

The Film File

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The Iron Giant

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0000

The Film File

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The Private Lives of Pippa Lee

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0000

The Film File

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Alex Ross: Rough Magic

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0000

Of the reams of argumentative modernist music that circulated through American universities after the Second World War, most is destined to gather dust on the same library shelves that contain the bustling Brahmsian symphonies and tidy Stravinskyan concertinos of previous generations. Ralph Shapey, the craggy Chicago composer who lived from . . .

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Andrea K. Scott: Earthly Delights

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0000

Carroll Dunham is working blue. That fact won’t shock fans of the painter—he arrived, in the eighties, with polymorphously perverse abstractions that gave way to a ribald world of phallus-faced men—but his new show at Gladstone just might. The best paintings of Dunham . . .

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Anthony Lane: "Up in the Air."

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0000

For those of us who look to the skies, two major releases compel attention. They make the perfect couple. One is “Up in the Air,” the new film from Jason Reitman, who made “Thank You for Smoking” and “Juno.” The other is “Come . . .

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Books: "The Book of Fathers"

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0000

Vámos’s novel chronicles a Hungarian family from 1705 until the present, as its members pass down their recollections of joy and hardship in the carefully preserved manuscript of the title. The novel proceeds via discrete episodes, each focussing on the life and death of a male . . .

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Books: "The Good Soldiers"

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0000

Finkel’s sad and wonderful account of soldiers’ experiences of war follows the 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry, which was thrown into one of Baghdad’s worst districts as part of the 2007 surge. The average age of its eight hundred soldiers was nineteen. Finkel, who spent eight . . .

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Books: "The Idea of Justice"

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0000

John Rawls’s “A Theory of Justice,” published in 1971, has cast a long shadow over modern political philosophy. Sen’s stimulating and eloquent new work is in some ways a commentary on Rawls, but its refinements give his arguments greater applicability. Rawls was a devotee . . .

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Books: "The Interrogative Mood: A Novel?"

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0000

This literary curiosity consists entirely of questions, vacillating between cocktail-party filler (“If you could see a large-animal trainer mauled in the middle of his or her show, perhaps even killed, would you prefer to see the mauling done by a lion, a tiger, or a bear?” . . .

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Goings on About Town: Above and Beyond

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0000

goatTitle-->VARIETY SHOW TELETHON BASH The Debutante Hour, a lively female vocal trio whose members play the accordion, the cello, and the drums, needs money to record a new album, so they’re putting on a show, with performances by other bands, jugglers, puppeteers, opera singers, and comedians. (The . . .

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Goings on About Town: Art

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0000

PageBreak --> MUSEUMS AND LIBRARIES METROPOLITAN MUSEUM Fifth Ave. at 82nd St. (212-535-7710)—“Velázquez Rediscovered.” Through Feb. 7. | “The ‘Young Archer,’ Attributed to Michelangelo.” Ongoing. | “Art of the Samurai: Japanese Arms and Armor, 1156-1868.” Through Jan. 10. | “American . . .

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Goings on About Town: Classical Music

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0000

PageBreak --> OPERA METROPOLITAN OPERA After Luc Bondy’s limp staging of “Tosca” flopped on opening night, the Met needed a solid hit, and it has one with Patrice Chéreau’s riveting yet humane production of “From the House of the Dead,” . . .

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Goings on About Town: Dance

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0000

goatTitle-->NEW YORK CITY BALLET Balanchine’s staging of “The Nutcracker” has been entertaining and delighting children (and adults) since its première, in 1954. It has also been a testing ground for young dancers in many featured roles, from Candy Cane to Sugarplum Fairy. (David . . .

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Goings on About Town: Movies

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0000

PageBreak --> OPENING BIG RIVER MAN A documentary, directed by John Maringouin, about Martin Strel, an endurance swimmer from Slovenia who attempts to swim the length of the Amazon. Opening Dec. 4. (In limited release.) BROTHERS A young man comforts the wife and children of his older brother, who . . .

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Goings on About Town: New-Time Religion

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0000

paragraph class="noindent">Until the crisis of modernism blew up the bridge that connected classical music and middle-class taste, a composer was expected to have a modicum of religious music in his catalogue; even the agnostic Brahms had his motets and Serious Songs. In contemporary America, most religious music . . .

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Goings on About Town: Night Life

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0000

PageBreak --> ROCK AND POP Musicians and night-club proprietors live complicated lives; it’s advisable to call ahead to confirm engagements. THE BELL HOUSE 149 7th St., between Second and Third Aves., Brooklyn (718-643-6510)—Dec. 2: The Mountain Goats, which is the name that John Darnielle, a . . .

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Goings on About Town: On the Horizon

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0000

DANCE HAIR TRIGGER Dec. 9-12 The Australian dance troupe Chunky Move is known for its cutting-edge multimedia experiments. In “Mortal Engine,” at BAM, the dancers’ movements on a steeply raked platform control green lasers and other lighting effects. (718-636-4100.) ART DR. J Dec. 9-Feb. 6 . . .

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Goings on About Town: Readings and Talks

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0000

goatTitle-->STRAND BOOK STORE The chefs David Chang and Mario Batali and the writer Peter Meehan talk about cookbooks and restaurants. (Broadway at 12th St. Dec. 2 at 7.) JOHN ASHBERY READINGS The poet reads from his forthcoming collection, “Planisphere,” at New York University’s Tishman . . .

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Goings on About Town: The Theatre

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0000

PageBreak --> OPENINGS AND PREVIEWS Please call the phone number listed with the theatre for timetables and ticket information. BRIEF ENCOUNTER The Cornwall-based Kneehigh Company presents Noël Coward’s play about an affair between a housewife and a doctor. Emma Rice directs. In previews. Opens Dec . . .

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Hilton Als: True Grit

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0000

The director-choreographer Michael Bennett was forty-four when he died, from AIDS-related lymphoma, in 1987. He was raised in Buffalo, the son of a working-class Jewish mother and Italian father. To say that he was filled with moxie from an early age would be an understatement. After . . .

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Joan Acocella: Bill T. Jones brings "Fela!" to Broadway.

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0000

8220;Fela!,” the musical, directed by Bill T. Jones, that opened Off Broadway last year and just reopened, at the Eugene O’Neill, begins with Fela Kuti, the father of Afrobeat and, in the nineteen-seventies, one of the most popular musicians in West Africa, performing in his . . .

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Nicholas Lemann: A newspaper legend recalls his ascent.

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0000

Twenty-five years ago, Harold Evans published a memoir called “Good Times, Bad Times,” which told about the fourteen years he spent as the editor of the London Sunday Times, and about losing his job after Rupert Murdoch bought the paper. In the memoir, he appeared as a . . .

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Sam Tanenhaus: Populism, politics, and the power of Sarah Palin.

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0000

The last time the publication of a political memoir aroused as much interest as Sarah Palin’s “Going Rogue: An American Life” (Harper; $28.99) was probably in 1995, when Colin Powell’s autobiography, “My American Journey,” came out. Like Palin’s bus . . .

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'New Moon' still reigns at box office, but football drama 'Blind Side' kicks in as a close second

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 02:42:23 +0000

"New Moon" took another bite out of the box office this weekend as the vampire flick remained the top earner over a record-breaking Thanksgiving holiday.

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The Neighborhood News

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:59:27 +0000

Our roundup of news from around the city.

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Tim Keller Wants to Save Your Yuppie Soul

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:58:42 +0000

The evangelical Christian preacher says the secular holy trinity of money, ambition, and achievement is the root of all evil. So why are so many New Yorkers flocking to him?

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Dance Review | 'The Nutcracker': Visions of Sugar Plums

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:38:43 +0000

The construction of Balanchine’s “Nutcracker” and its dramatic particulars are so masterly that you can watch it dozens of times and still see new details.

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Art Review | Artur Zmijewski: An Artist Turns People Into His Marionettes

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:05:17 +0000

Morally troubling, sociologically provocative videos by Artur Zmijewski are on view in two separately organized exhibitions.

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Music Review | New York Philharmonic: Muti Indulges a Love of Honegger: Who’s to Say No?

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:02:09 +0000

Riccardo Muti conducted the second and last outing of a shortish program, consisting of Honegger’s Second Symphony and the “Eroica,” to a large and mostly enthusiastic audience.

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Theater Review | 'Zero Hour': That Bellow, That Beard: An Actor’s Life and Hair

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:59:24 +0000

Jim Brochu’s monologue about the great actor Zero Mostel brings the actor back to life.

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Oprah Winfrey's enthusiastic welcome for celebrity guests comes to an end

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:57:44 +0000

It's the shout heard around the world: Oprah Winfrey's enthusiastic welcome for her celebrity guests has become notorious for being over-the-top.

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Books of The Times: The Delicate Arithmetic of Love and Independence

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:27:21 +0000

Alice Munro’s latest collection features a high proportion of extreme situations and deeply troubled individuals.

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Coming Next Year: ‘Nutcracker’ Competition

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:27:21 +0000

American Ballet Theater, New York City Ballet and the Mark Morris Dance Group will all present their own versions of “The Nutcracker” next year.

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‘New Moon’ Leads at Box Office; ‘The Blind Side’ Surprises at No. 2

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:27:20 +0000

“The Twilight Saga: New Moon” led at the movie box office for the second weekend in a row. But “The Blind Side” was close behind.

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Julie Andrews to make stage return in one-time concert

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:10:44 +0000

The hills are alive with the sound of Julie Andrews once again. The 74-year-old actress will return to London's O2 arena for a single night of song.

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Theater Review | 'Under the Gaslight': Exit, Pursued by Swells and Lowlifes

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:06:40 +0000

Augustin Daly’s “Under the Gaslight” demonstrates that 142-year-old melodrama can still be fun.

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Critics’ Choice: New CDs

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:05:04 +0000

New releases from R. Kelly, OneRepublic, Juvenile and Kim Fowley.

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Theater Review | 'Biography': She’s Writing Her Tell-All Memoirs, Guys

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:58:32 +0000

There are many pleasures in the cheeky production of S. N. Behrman’s 1932 play.

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Bridge: The First Winners Are Crowned at the Fall Championships

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:57:28 +0000

At the Fall North American Championships in San Diego, the first two national championships were decided.

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Theater Review | 'Post No Bills': Singing for Their Supper Underground

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:54:39 +0000

Mando Alvarado doesn’t have nearly as much to say as he thinks he does in “Post No Bills.”

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Rays of Light Amid the Gloom

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:35:38 +0000

Some things seem doomed in the digital age, and the atlas is one. Who needs to plow through a book to track down a map, when you can call it up within seconds on Google Maps? An online map is also likelier to be up-to-date than the printed one, which could have been published years ago.

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Rays of Light Amid the Gloom

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:35:38 +0000

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Chef on the Grill: Todd English

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 17:44:49 +0000

The celebrated Boston chef and runaway groom goes from out of the tabloid fire and back to selling frying pans (and opening restaurants). He recently spoke to Jada Yuan.

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Theater Review | Connecticut: Romeo and a Boy Named Juliet

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 17:17:33 +0000

Juliet was always played by a boy in Shakespeare’s days. But the Juliet in a play being performed in Hartford raises new issues to ponder.

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Theater Review | Westchester: Behind the Curtain, a Peek at Creation

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 17:16:28 +0000

A preview of “The Really Big Once” at the Emelin Theater in Mamaroneck celebrates the collaboration of Tennessee Williams and Elia Kazan in creating “Camino Real.”

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Theater Review | New Jersey: Vocal Versatility, in a Familiar Form

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 17:15:29 +0000

“3 Mo’ Divas,” in New Brunswick, N.J., presents pop, blues, gospel, soul, disco and rock ’n’ roll, through a proven formula.

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Theater Review | New Jersey: A Libertine’s Reckoning

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 17:15:01 +0000

The veteran actress Jane Alexander brings to life Frieda Lawrence, the wife and muse of D. H. Lawrence, on stage in New Brunswick.

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