viernes, 24 de junio de 2011

MUSIC REVIEW


MUSIC REVIEW

An Impish Creature That Won’t Be Fenced In

Ari Mintz for The New York Times
"The Cunning Little Vixen": Isabel Bayrakdarian in this New York Philharmonic production at Avery Fisher Hall.
The New York Philharmonic presents a colorful production of Janacek’s “Cunning Little Vixen” at Avery Fisher Hall.
MUSIC REVIEW

A Classicist Who Enjoys Wild Flights of Imagination

The great jazz pianist Barbara Carroll began an engagement at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola on Tuesday evening.
BOOKS OF THE TIMES

‘Fire and Rain’

The journalist David Browne recounts the stories behind four famous rock albums made in 1970.
MUSIC REVIEW

No Easy Road

The classical guitarist Milos Karadaglic performed at Le Poisson Rouge on Wednesday.

Turkish Singer Resurfaces After Violent Brush With Death

Ibrahim Tatlises made his first public appearance Sunday since being shot in the head three months ago. Mr. Tatlises may be able to sing again, but he may have to do it in prison.
FRONT ROW
POPPING UP A drawing of a kiosk at the Music to Know festival.

Rock and Rags Are Co-Stars

The Music to Know festival in East Hampton, N.Y., in August may be the first planned as a platform for fashion marketing as well.
MUSIC REVIEW
Swelter, an ambient sound work, being performed by brass players positioned around Central Park Lake. The event was part of the citywide Make Music New York.

Best Way to the Concert? Get Yourself a Rowboat

As part of the citywide Make Music New York, nearly 30 brass players performed “Swelter” at Central Park Lake.
MUSIC REVIEW

A Singer in No Rush, Deploying Her Big Gestures Carefully

Sade Adu and her band, on their first American tour in a decade, try turning the Nassau Coliseum into a club.
MUSIC REVIEW
The hip-hop star Pitbull.

Rootless Rapper Finds His Rhythm

“Planet Pit,” the sixth album by the Cuban-American rapper Pitbull, completes his long transformation from crunk-era curio to dance-rap star.
Shakira, the Colombian pop star and a Unicef ambassador, danced with Israeli and Palestinian children during her visit to a Bilingual school in Jerusalem on Tuesday.

Shakira Makes a Star Turn at an Israeli Conference

Israel’s octogenarian president, Shimon Peres, opened the Israeli Presidential Conference with Shakira by his side.
MUSIC REVIEW
Fred Sherry performing the solo piece

Talk Frames Performance of Recent Works

John Schaefer of WNYC radio hosted a League of Composers concert on Saturday night at the Miller Theater at Columbia University.
MUSIC REVIEW
Erik Friedlander, on cello, was joined by Doug Wamble on acoustic guitar in performing his new “Bonebridge” album at Joe's Pub.

Taking the Cello a Ways Down a Country Road

Erik Friedlander, showing off his pizzicato technique, covered all the songs of his new CD, “Bonebridge,” at Joe’s Pub.
Union negotiators and members on Tuesday at a meeting with City Opera management to talk about next year's plans.

Unions and Ailing City Opera Meet About Next Season

New York City Opera let some details about its next season dribble out on Tuesday during a meeting with its unions, which confronted the company’s leader, George Steel.
Katherine G. Farley, Lincoln Center chairwoman and an executive at Tishman Speyer.

Lincoln Center Chairwoman Plays Dual Role in China

Katherine Farley is helping Lincoln Center produce a performing arts center in China and create an adjacent commercial development.
Jill Scott performing at the release party for her new album, “The Light of the Sun,” in April at Dominion in Manhattan.

The Passions and Travails of a Jazzy Everywoman

Jill Scott’s “Light of the Sun,” like the rest of her catalog, is proudly and forthrightly feminine. Plus new albums by Chris Dingman and Justin Moore.

Teatro


From left, Ian Smith, 29, and Patrick Sullivan, 21, gay men with an opinion on “The Normal Heart.”
Gabe Johnson/The New York Times
From left, Ian Smith, 29, and Patrick Sullivan, 21, gay men with an opinion on “The Normal Heart.”
The Broadway revival of Larry Kramer’s 1985 play “The Normal Heart” draws varied reactions from gay people too young to remember the era in which it is set.
THEATER REVIEW | 'UNNATURAL ACTS'
Jess Burkle, left, and Nick Westrate in “Unnatural Acts.”

Behind the Closed Doors of Harvard, 91 Years Ago

While “Unnatural Acts” is a docudrama, based on real events of 1920, it often has the aroma of a ripe, lurid melodrama of a slightly later vintage.
ARTSBEAT BLOG

Theater Talkback: Storytelling, More or Less

The most powerful theater often spins magic from just a sliver of experience.
THEATER REVIEW | 'THE SPOON RIVER PROJECT'
Tabatha S. Skanes and Carl Deforrest Hendin in “The Spoon River Project” at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn.

Good Place for Ghost Stories, Complete With Tombs

“The Spoon River Project,” adapted by Tom Andolora from “Spoon River Anthology” by Edgar Lee Masters, is performed in Green-Wood Cemetery.
Sets, costumes and shoes alone added about $9 million to the record-breaking cost of “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark.” Julie Taymor, one of its creators, received a director's fee of $125,000.

How the Numbers Add Up (Way Up) for ‘Spider-Man’

An untangling web shows how $75 million was spent on “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark,” more than twice as much as any production in Broadway history.

Stagehand’s Death Leads to Cancellation of ‘How to Succeed’ Performance

The Wednesday night performance on Broadway was cancelled after a stagehand died from what the police said was a drug overdose he suffered backstage.
THEATER REVIEW | 'SEX LIVES OF OUR PARENTS'
From left, Lisa Emery, Ben Rappaport and Virginia Kull in “Sex Lives of Our Parents.”

That Worst Nightmare, This Time Even Worse

“Sex Lives of Our Parents,” by Michael Mitnick, deals with a young couple meeting and courting.
Euston James and Marilyn Charles in “Furee in Pins & Needles,” at the Irondale Center in Brooklyn.

Cut, Baste, Stitch, Sing!

The 1937 revue “Pins and Needles,” about garment workers and unions, has been given a new rendition by the Foundry Theater and Families United for Racial and Economic Equality.
Arts & Leisure
Jenny Gersten left the Public Theater in New York to return to the Williamstown Theater Festival, which is housed at Williams College in Massachusetts.

Second Act for New Chief of Festival

This season marks the start of Jenny Gersten’s second act at Williamstown Theater Festival, where she got her start.

Theater Listings: June 24 — 30

A selected guide to theater in New York.
Multimedia
Young Gay People and 'The Normal Heart'
Patrick Healy, theater reporter for The New York Times, heads to the Tony Award-winning revival of "The Normal Heart" to see if the play is relevant to younger gay people today.
A Look at the Finances of 'Spider-Man'
Annotated financial documents from the Broadway musical “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark.”
‘Pins and Needles’
A 1930s revue is getting new life at a theater in Brooklyn.
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow
An interactive look at 43 girls waiting in line for an open casting call for the coming Broadway revival of “Annie.”

Travel


PRACTICAL TRAVELER

Pack a Picnic for Your Next Flight

Secrets from chefs on how to eat well on planes.
FRUGAL TRAVELER BLOG
The harbor of the small town of Prozurska Luka on Mljet, a Croatian island on Dalmatian Coast.

Croatia: Take Your Parents to Work Week

The Frugal Traveler hits the Dalmatian Coast with his mom and dad, the Frugal Parents.
Multimedia

SLIDE SHOW: Why We Travel

“For me, this picture represents what Paris is all about; love, art and joie de vivre.”

INTERACTIVE FEATURE: Why We Travel: Readers’ Photos 2010

We asked readers to submit their best travel photos and share the back story. Here is a curated selection of the images.


INTERACTIVE FEATURE: A Directory of Rare Wonders

A regional guide of endangered species.
BUSINESS TRAVEL

A Return to Spending and the Front Rows

The years of trimming costs have given way to a rebound in travel as the economy picks up. This and other stories on business travel in a special section.
THE SCOOP

New York City iPhone App

An insider’s guide to what to eat, drink and do in New York from the staff of The Times, including a new category on favorite day trips outside of the five boroughs.

Eurofile

In Alexander Lobrano’s new column, Eurofile, the author of “Hungry for Paris” writes about the best tables (and beds) on the continent.