September 29, 2008
More NY: 1-night Tommy, best burgers, golden Salome
A sunny day, not today, in the Financial District. By Amy Langfield/NewYorkology
New Golden Age of opera at Met with Salome, Don Giovanni, La Gioconda (Post)
Now, having seen the opening week of the new Met season (and its gala with a sublime Renée Fleming), I believe we’re approaching another operatic Golden Age.
“Tommy” one-night only 15th anniversary revival on Dec. 15 (amNewYork)
Word has now come that the Path Fund will produce a one-night concert of THE WHO’S TOMMY to benefit BC/EFA with the bulk of the original cast, many of whom have gone on to become Broadway stars: Michael Arnold, Anthony Barrile, Bill Buell, Maria Calabrese, Michael Cerveris. …
NY’s Top 10 burgers for the regular guy (Observer)
For the city’s absolute best-tasting, juiciest, most well-proportioned masterpiece, the fresh-ground Grade A chuck patty of Rare sets the standard.
Steve Wynn’s elbowed Picasso to get NYC exhibition as of Oct. 15 (Art Observed)
The $139 million Picasso painting, Le Rêve, that was damaged in 2006 by billionaire Stephen Wynn will be publicly shown for the first time since the accident at Acquavella Galleries in New York City.
Finding Iceland in NYC (Manhattan User’s Guide)
The Vesturport Theatre in Iceland has produced a lauded production of the1837 Georg Büchner play Woyzeck, presented (in English) by BAM as part of their Next Wave Festival. It’s directed by Gísli Örn Gardarsson (pictured) with original music by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis.
The Cab Ride I’ll Never Forget (ZenMoments via Kottke)
For the next two hours, we drove through the city. She showed me the building where she had once worked as an elevator operator. We drove through the neighborhood where she and her husband had lived when they were newlyweds. She had me pull up in front of a furniture warehouse that had once been a ballroom where she had gone dancing as a girl. Sometimes she’d ask me to slow in front of a particular building or corner and would sit staring into the darkness, saying nothing.
September 29, 2008 6:44 PM in Etceterology
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