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Architecture: Profit and Public Good Clash in Grand Plans
Posted: March 27th, 2008, 8:28am GMT by By NICOLAI OUROUSSOFF
Given current economic realities, the selection on Wednesday of a team led by Tishman Speyer to develop the West Side railyards seems like a wishful fantasy. -
A Tree That Survived a Sculptor’s Chisel Is Chopped Down
Posted: March 27th, 2008, 7:48am GMT by By GLENN COLLINS
A 60-foot-tall tree of the same species as the one made famous by the novel “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn” was chopped down at the Noguchi Museum in Queens. -
Researchers Play Tune Recorded Before Edison
Posted: March 27th, 2008, 6:59am GMT by By JODY ROSEN
Researchers say they have found a recording of the human voice in Paris that predates Thomas Edison’s invention of the phonograph by nearly two decades. -
Rozel Point Journal: Plans to Mix Oil Drilling and Art Clash in Utah
Posted: March 27th, 2008, 6:36am GMT by By KIRK JOHNSON
A fierce debate has erupted over a plan by Utah to allow oil drilling on the Great Salt Lake, and the focus is a work of art that juts into the lake. -
Music Review: Reigning Wagnerian Tenor Returns to 'Tristan'
Posted: March 27th, 2008, 5:48am GMT by By ANTHONY TOMMASINI
Ben Heppner rallied last weekend and sang Tuesday’s performance of Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde.” And he was worth waiting for. -
Theater Review | 'The Drunken City': Time to Sober Up, Bride-to-Be, and Smell the Coffee
Posted: March 27th, 2008, 5:24am GMT by By CHARLES ISHERWOOD
Three young women stagger through a fateful night on the town in Adam Bock’s flimsy but sweet comedy “The Drunken City.” -
Books of The Times: You Promised That You’d Forget Me Not, but You Forgot to Remember
Posted: March 27th, 2008, 4:50am GMT by By JANET MASLIN
Stefan Merrill Block's improbably upbeat debut novel tells the story of a family's genetic destiny — early-onset Alzheimer’s disease — in a roundabout and fanciful way. -
Arts, Briefly: Hacker Artists Cleared in Czech TV Stunt
Posted: March 27th, 2008, 4:48am GMT by Compiled by LAWRENCE VAN GELDER
A Czech judge dismissed charges on Tuesday against seven artists accused of scaremongering by Czech Television after they hacked into a live broadcast in June and superimposed images of a nuclear explosion on a picture of mountains being used as the backdrop for a weather forecast, above, Agence France-Presse reported. At the end of a six-hour hearing in the Trutnov regional court, the judge, Stanislava Suchankova, said: “The images of the explosion could not have created public unrest. People were rather amused at how easy it was to disrupt the signal.” Cheers and applause welcomed the decision, but the state prosecutor, Zdena Hourova, said the state would consider an appeal. The artists of the Ztohoven collective had faced a maximum sentence of three years in jail. The stunt, which was posted on the Internet, attracted international notice and won them a national prize for young artists. -
Abroad: Lively Eye on Old Berlin: Wonderful Life, Ja?
Posted: March 27th, 2008, 4:30am GMT by By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN
Onstage and in various exhibitions Berlin this year has been celebrating the 150th anniversary of the birth of Heinrich Zille. -
Film: Four Stars’ Bright Idea Still Shines 90 Years On
Posted: March 27th, 2008, 4:26am GMT by By DAVE KEHR
United Artists will turn 90 next year, and Film Forum celebrates with a five-week tribute. -
In Potential Studio Split, Who Keeps the Movies?
Posted: March 27th, 2008, 4:22am GMT by By MICHAEL CIEPLY
After a $1.6 billion marriage in 2005, DreamWorks and Paramount may be headed for divorce. -
Bridge: Women Against Women, From Anywhere in the World
Posted: March 27th, 2008, 4:18am GMT by By PHILLIP ALDER
From April 7 to 13, the World Bridge Federation and Bridge Base Online will run a festival only for women. -
For Ailey Troupe, at 50, a Street and an 18-Month Tribute
Posted: March 27th, 2008, 4:17am GMT by By JENNIFER DUNNING
A 50th anniversary national celebration commemorating the first appearance of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater begins on Sunday. -
Television Review: Take a Room. Fix It Up. Showpiece!
Posted: March 27th, 2008, 4:15am GMT by By SUSAN STEWART
The democratization of taste continues with “Myles of Style,” a decorating show that began this month on HGTV. -
Dance Review: Shimmy, Spasm, Stamp With Mozart’s Requiem
Posted: March 27th, 2008, 4:15am GMT by By ALASTAIR MACAULAY
In “K626,” which Emanuel Gat's company is presenting at the Joyce Theater, the choreographer is not just setting a Requiem; he’s tackling the most sublime of all composers: Mozart. -
Dance Review: Exotica of Brazil in Motion
Posted: March 27th, 2008, 4:14am GMT by By ROSLYN SULCAS
For those who would like a virtual trip to Brazil, Grupo Corpo offers a safe adventure. -
Music Review: Dispatches on the State of the Piano
Posted: March 27th, 2008, 4:13am GMT by By BERNARD HOLLAND
“Keys to the Future,” a three-concert affair at the Greenwich House’s tiny Renee Weiler Concert Hall, concluding on Thursday, is letting us know what piano music is like lately. -
Arts, Briefly: Danity Kane on Top of Charts, Again
Posted: March 27th, 2008, 4:12am GMT by By BEN SISARIO
The MTV-bred girl group Danity Kane, above, scored its second No. 1 on the Billboard album chart this week. Its new release, “Welcome to the Dollhouse” (Bad Boy/Atlantic), moved 236,000 copies in the United States, Nielsen SoundScan reported. The only other debut in the Top 10 had surprisingly low sales: Flo Rida, the Miami rapper whose song “Low” is the biggest-selling digital track ever, sold only 86,000 copies of his album “Mail on Sunday” (Atlantic) to reach No. 4. The pop compilation “Now That’s What I Call Music!” Vol. 27 is No. 2 with 170,000; Rick Ross’s “Trilla” (Slip-N-Slide/Def Jam), last week’s No. 1, fell two spots with 90,000 sales; and Jack Johnson’s “Sleep Through the Static” (Brushfire/Universal) is No. 5 with 67,000. Also this week, Miley Cyrus became the first female artist since LeAnn Rimes 11 years ago to have two albums in the Billboard Top 10, with “Hannah Montana 2 /Meet Miley Cyrus” (at No. 6) and “Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: The Best of Both Worlds Concert” (No. 10), both released by Disney. -
Arts, Briefly: ‘Rent’ Gets a New Lease on Life
Posted: March 27th, 2008, 4:11am GMT by By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON
“Rent,” scheduled to close on June 1, has extended its run through Sept. 7. -
Arts, Briefly: Tate Britain to Send 100 Turners to Moscow
Posted: March 27th, 2008, 4:11am GMT by Compiled by LAWRENCE VAN GELDER
A Russian billionaire is bankrolling an exhibition that will send about 100 paintings by J. M. W. Turner to the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow from Tate Britain in London in November, Reuters reported. The show will be the first Turner exhibition in Russia since 1975. “The generations have changed since Turner was last in Moscow, and it’s important that the young see him,” said Zinaida Bonami, deputy director of the Pushkin. The man behind the deal is the Russian metals magnate Alisher Usmanov, ranked 142nd last year on the Forbes list of the world’s wealthiest people. -
Arts, Briefly: Footnotes
Posted: March 27th, 2008, 4:10am GMT by Compiled by LAWRENCE VAN GELDER
Bob Dylan, below, will join Amy Winehouse, the Police and other performers at the Rock in Rio festival in Madrid in July, Agence France-Presse reported. ... “On Departure,” the first play in nearly two decades by the former Czech president Vaclav Havel, will have its premiere on May 22 at the Archa Theater in Prague, Agence France-Presse reported. ... Justin Timberlake will serve as the host of the annual ESPY Awards at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles on July 20, The Associated Press reported. “I’ll do my best to deliver a great show, as I do not want to be roughed up backstage by these athletes who are bigger, faster and stronger than me,” he said. -
Arts, Briefly: Mourners Absent From Jericho Finale
Posted: March 27th, 2008, 4:10am GMT by By BENJAMIN TOFF
CBS’s sci-fi show “Jericho” limped across the finish line on Tuesday, attracting just under six million viewers for its series finale, Nielsen reported. “Jericho,” first canceled last spring but revived over the summer after an outcry from devoted fans, only to be canceled once again, finished third in its 10 p.m. slot, behind ABC’s “Primetime” (10.4 million) and a repeat of NBC’s “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” (8.5 million). CBS ranked fourth for the night, despite drawing higher ratings with an “NCIS” rerun at 8 (9.4 million), followed at 9 by “Big Brother,” which also attracted 6 million viewers but fared better than “Jericho” among adults 18 to 49. Fox easily led over all, thanks to a 90-minute edition of “American Idol” from 8 to 9:30 (24.4 million). ABC was second with “Dancing With the Stars” at 9 (17.2 million). NBC finished third. -
Arts, Briefly: Oscar Claim Rejected
Posted: March 27th, 2008, 4:10am GMT by Compiled by LAWRENCE VAN GELDER
No Oscar for Bob Yari. That was the decision by the Second District Court of Appeal in California, which decided that Mr. Yari, below, was not entitled to a statuette even though he was one of the six credited producers of the 2005 film “Crash,” winner of the Academy Award for best film, The Associated Press reported. Mr. Yari sued after the Producers Guild of America and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences named only two people as producers for purposes of Oscar credit. He contended that the snub damaged his reputation, but the appeals court ruled that private organizations can make their own decisions about their awards. Mr. Yari called the decision “unfortunate.” Bruce Davis, executive director of the academy, said it was “nice to be assured that the courts don’t want to be in the business of deciding who wins an Academy Award.”. -
Arts, Briefly: ‘Glory Days’ Is Bound for Broadway
Posted: March 27th, 2008, 4:09am GMT by By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON
“Glory Days,” a show about four high school friends that had its premiere this year at the Signature Theater in Arlington, Va., is moving to the Circle in the Square Theater.