domingo, 31 de julio de 2011

Opportunity on Madison

By HOLLAND COTTER

Matt Collins

The Metropolitan Museum might be expected to do the obvious when it takes over the Whitney’s building, filling it with modern art. But that would be a mistake.

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ARTS & LEISURE

From left, Anton Zetterholm as the title character in the German production of

Flops on Broadway? Fix Them Overseas

By PATRICK HEALY

Shows including “Shrek the Musical” and “Legally Blonde” have found success in Europe after bombing on Broadway.

Ben Brantley’s London Theater Journal

From left: Zach Galifianakis (the Big Baby), Chris Evans (the Hero) and Ryan Reynolds (the Bachelor).

Babies to Heroes: A Field Guide to Big-Screen Men

By A. O. SCOTT and MANOHLA DARGIS

The male archetypes populating contemporary Hollywood offer clues about what the men of our dreams look like, or at least what moviemakers are trying to sell us.

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Apes From the Future, Holding a Mirror to Today

By TERRENCE RAFFERTY

Pierre Boulle’s idea of peculiarly advanced simians has evolved from his 1963 novel “Planet of the Apes” to Rupert Wyatt’s new film, “Rise of the Planet of the Apes.”

Ximena Sariñana's self-titled album leans on advisers and collaborators but is still highly personal.

Straddling the Border, Eccentrically

By JON PARELES

The Mexican songwriter Ximena Sariñana is releasing a self-titled English-language album.

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Book Review Podcast: Helen Schulman's 'This Beautiful Life'

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The New York Film Festival Brings 'Carnage' to Opening Night

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Harmony Santana a transgender actress with a role in a new movie. While actors have long appeared on screen in drag, transgender performers have been less visible.

When They Play Women, It’s Not Just an Act

By ERIK PIEPENBURG

Harmony Santana is among a small group of openly transgender actors who are increasingly recognizable and finding a place on screen.

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The centenaries of two formative American composers, Samuel Barber and William Schuman, from left in 1966, slipped by with little notice. But that was not the case for more prominent composers like Elliott Carter and Leonard Bernstein.

Two Composers, Honored Silently

By STEVE SWAYNE

The centenaries of Samuel Barber and William Schuman passed with little fanfare, but many of their compositions can still excite and move audiences.

Scenes from the new TV version of “Web Therapy” on Showtime, clockwise from top: Lisa Kudrow as a therapist, left, and Rashida Jones and Dan Bucatinsky.

Analyze This: A Webisode’s Id Meets Its TV Ego

By MIKE HALE

Analyzing the transition from Webisode to television series for “Web Therapy,” on Showtime.

INSIDE ARTS

Faces Still Alive, Centuries Later

Confronting a Plague of Violence

Extraterrestrials Land at the O.K. Corral

Digital Maps Offer a New View of History

Early Media Prophet Is Now Getting His Due

A Mystical Tale, From Tee to Green

‘The Winter’s Tale’ at Park Avenue Armory

Mastering Self-Invention Then and Now

REGIONAL REVIEW

THEATER

At the Theater, You Can Feel the Connection

Look Past the Beauty, if You Can

Celebrating Forefather of Graffiti

Lucian Freud, Painter and Provocateur

‘Friends With Benefits.’ You Know the Rules.

This week: summer percussion special. Larry Rohter talks music and philosophy with the percussionist/composer Adam Rudolph; Ben Ratliff and Nate Chinen sort out the new vibraphone scene in jazz. And new CDs by Kelly Rowland, Joss Stone and Cerebral Ballzy. Ben Ratliff is the host.

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In “Drive,” Ryan Gosling stars as a Hollywood stunt driver who also freelances as a getaway driver of the bank-heist variety. A true pro, he never packs a gun — just drives. But when a robbery veers out of control, he runs out of metaphorical road and finds himself on the lam with Carey Mulligan. Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, and scheduled for Sept. 16 release.

July 31 — Aug. 6

A selection of cultural events this week.

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Longer versions of selected event listings in the New York area this week are now available online.

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Collector as Artist: The Barnes Foundation

Take an interactive tour with Randy Kennedy through the Barnes Foundation, one of America’s strangest art museums since the day its doors opened in 1925.

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A detail of “The Last Supper” in Milan. Tourists are permitted only 15 minutes with the painting in the Santa Maria delle Grazie church.

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15 (Long) Minutes With 'The Last Supper'

Occasionally I have visited Leonardo da Vinci’s “Last Supper” in Milan, checking in on a beloved, hospice-bound but faded relative, expecting to make the most of the 15 minutes tourists are permitted.