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CRITICS' CHOICE, Page 7
THEATER
DUTCH LANDSCAPE. Dramatist Jon Robin Baitz, 26, who made a
splash with The Film Society, echoes its South African setting in
this autobiographical work, premiering at Los Angeles' Mark Taper
Forum.
PRAVDA. A stinging British satire of Murdochian media moguls
more concerned with money than truth gets its U.S. premiere from
the Guthrie troupe in Minneapolis.
THE HEIDI CHRONICLES. Playwright Wendy Wasserstein revisits
the rise and fall of principle among baby boomers, and star Joan
Allen makes the stereotypes come touchingly alive, off-Broadway.
MUSIC
JOPLIN: PIANO WORKS, 1899-1904 (RCA). Sixteen of the best rags
by the American Schubert, including the Maple Leaf, The Entertainer
and the neglected A Breeze from Alabama. A welcome CD reissue from
pianist Dick Hyman.
BRUCKNER: SYMPHONY NO. 6 (EMI). The obscure Sixth in a bang-up
reading by Riccardo Muti and the Berlin Philharmonic. And you
thought Bruckner was boring.
CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG: AMERICAN DREAM (Atlantic). The
title cut on this reunion album delivers more bounce -- as well as
a bit of bile -- than the rest of the album combined, but the
guitar work has some fire, and those famous harmonies can still
soar high.
THE MODERN JAZZ QUARTET: FOR ELLINGTON (East-West). Part
hommage, part reinvention, this is a ravishing tribute by one of
the premier jazz groups to one of America's greatest composers. The
M.J.Q. pays the Duke the ultimate honor: they don't just respect
him, they make him swing.
ART
FREDERICK KIESLER, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
City. Kiesler (1890-1965), a visionary artist-architect-designer,
is seen in all his guises in this gathering of drawings,
sculptures, architectural plans and models, furniture and
paintings. Through April 16.
MARC CHAGALL, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. The only North
American showing of this first major retrospective since the
artist's death in 1985. More than 150 paintings, gouaches and
drawings. Through Feb. 26.
PAINTING IN RENAISSANCE SIENA, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New
York. The gentle, graceful 15th century fragments and miniatures
in this scrupulous show offer respite from the brutish reality of
modern life. Through March 19.
HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON: THE EARLY WORK, 1929-1934, the Museum
of Fine Arts, Houston. Some 75 prints from the period when
Cartier-Bresson was creating one of the most original and
influential styles in the history of photography. Through Feb. 26.
MOVIES
DANGEROUS LIAISONS. What deadly games people play in this
excellent gloss on Christopher Hampton's play. John Malkovich and
Glenn Close are the decadent puppeteers of lust who realize, too
late, that the job comes with fatal strings attached.
PELLE THE CONQUEROR. A timid old Swede and his dashing young
son find work on a 19th century Danish farm. Aided by stars Max von
Sydow and Pelle Hvenegaard, director Bille August cuts a stern,
colorful grand swatch of masterpiece cinema.
BOOKS
HONG KONG by Jan Morris (Random House; $19.95). The
indefatigable traveler and perceptive commentator conveys the
sights, sounds, aromas and political significance of this thriving
British colony, scheduled to be returned to China in 1997.
AMERICAN APPETITES by Joyce Carol Oates (Dutton; $18.95). A
prolific author's powerful novel about a well-to-do married couple
falling before a fate that is unearned and undeserved.
THE LYRE OF ORPHEUS by Robertson Davies (Viking; $19.95). The
third novel in a trilogy about the life and aftereffects of an
eccentric Canadian millionaire. An engaging plot involving high
finance, grand opera and a voice from Limbo.
TELEVISION
BOOKMARK (PBS, starting Jan. 22 on most stations). Serious
authors generally get short shrift on American TV. But this
half-hour series will feature one each week, discussing his or her
work with host Lewis Lapham and a guest panel.
THE SUPER BOWL (NBC, Jan. 22, 5 p.m. EST). The game is usually
a bore, but who can pass up TV's gaudiest sports extravaganza? It
starts this year at 3 p.m. with the usual pregame babble.
BROTHERHOOD OF THE ROSE (NBC, Jan. 22, 23, 9 p.m. EST). Robert
Mitchum, fresh from War and Remembrance, plays a CIA genius who
trains two surrogate sons to be lethal operatives in a two-parter
based on David Morrell's novel.