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domingo, 20 de febrero de 2011

Rocker From the Heartland, Aging Brashly

By JON PARELES

Richard Perry/The New York Times

John Mellencamp during his show at Radio City Music Hall on Friday, with Dane Clark on drums.

Getting older was on John Mellencamp’s mind during his Radio City Music Hall show, but he didn’t discard the past.

EXHIBITION REVIEW

Aruna Sharkey, 6, looked at a female mummy at the “Secrets of the Silk Road” exhibit at the Penn Museum in Philadelphia.

Another Stop on a Long, Improbable Journey

By EDWARD ROTHSTEIN

What astonishes in the exhibition “Secrets of the Silk Road” at the Penn Museum in Philadelphia is that its ephemeral artifacts — brocaded cloth, felt hats, even fried dough — still exist.

Slide Show

BOOKS OF THE TIMES

Donovan Hohn, a writer fascinated by the Duck Armada fable.

‘Moby-Duck’

Reviewed by JANET MASLIN 4:59 PM ET

Donovan Hohn’s “Moby-Duck” is a book that works as a lively travelogue as well as a voyage of discovery and a philosophical inquiry.

MUSIC REVIEW

“Lucrezia Borgia”: Michael Fabiano and Claire Rutter star in this Mike Figgis production at the English National Opera in London.

O, Unsmiling Villainess!

By ANTHONY TOMMASINI

The film director Mike Figgis’s staging of Donizetti’s “Lucrezia Borgia” at the English National Opera in London involves projected films that overwhelm the stage action.

Scott Shepherd, left, and Ari Fliakos in the Wooster Group's take on Tennessee Williams's “Vieux Carré,” opening Tuesday.

Drama Revived by the Kindness of Strangeness

By CLAUDIA LA ROCCO

The Wooster Group’s new production of Tennessee Williams’s 1977 play “Vieux Carré” draws from various influences, including Chinese opera, the films of Paul Morrissey and the videos of Ryan Trecartin.