What Funny Thing Can I Do in New York
What to Do in New York City in June
Looking for something to do in New York? Check out André De Shields in a Juneteenth celebration in Queens. Or watch Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers as they weigh in on what's hot and not this summer. And get to know "Leonardo!," a cute monster who aspires to be terrifying.
Comedy | Music | Kids | Film | Dance | Theater | Art
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Juneteenth
'André De Shields Is Frederick Douglass'
June 19 at 2 and 7 p.m. at Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Boulevard, Queens; flushingtownhall.org.
In this hourlong monologue, André De Shields, the former star of "Hadestown," animates — through both words and song — what it is like to be Black in America. And he does this by taking on the mien and personal stories of Frederick Douglass, who was born into slavery, escaped and later became one of the 19th century's greatest orators and thinkers. On Sunday, De Shields will give two performances of the one-hander, which he also wrote, in commemoration of Juneteenth, now a federal holiday marking the end of slavery in the United States. Chuk Fowler and Company will open each show with a selection of gospel hymns, including "Lift Every Voice and Sing." Tickets are $40 and available through Flushing Town Hall's website. DANIELLE DOWLING
Comedy
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Free
Las Culturistas Culture Awards
July 18 at 8 p.m. at Damrosch Park, Lincoln Center, Manhattan; lincolncenter.org.
If you don't recognize Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers from their pop culture podcast "Las Culturistas," you'll likely know them for their other work. Yang has shone as a cast member on "Saturday Night Live," earning his first acting Emmy nomination last year. Rogers co-stars in the new Showtime series "I Love That for You," featuring two "S.N.L." alums — Vanessa Bayer and Molly Shannon — as hosts on a home shopping network. And Yang and Rogers are together onscreen in the new Hulu gay rom-com "Fire Island," a modern-day spin on "Pride and Prejudice" set at the titular vacation spot off the coast of Long Island. On Saturday at Damrosch Park, Yang and Rogers will celebrate everything that's in and out this summer. You can no longer reserve a spot in advance, but spaces will be available on the day of the show on a first-come first-served basis. Admission is free. SEAN L. McCARTHY
Dance
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Soles of Duende
June 16-18 at 8 p.m. at Agnes Varis Performing Arts Center, 280 Broadway, Manhattan; gibneydance.org.
In addition to song, dance and guitars, a key ingredient of flamenco is "duende," which is often translated as "soul" but is more like a quality of intense passion in performance. The three artists who constitute Soles of Duende channel that fervor through their feet. They each come from different traditions: Arielle Rosales represents flamenco, Brinda Guha contributes the classical Indian dance Kathak, and Amanda Castro adds tap to the mix. This weekend at Gibney, they present the second iteration of their evening of percussive conversation, "Can We Dance Here?" Featuring live music, it celebrates the unique qualities of each dance form and the skills of the practitioners while facilitating a spirited rhythmic dialogue that speaks to the possibilities of a broader global exchange. Tickets are $15 to $20 for the in-person shows as well as for the livestream of Friday's performance. BRIAN SCHAEFER
Music
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Pop & Rock
Brooklyn Magazine Festival
June 17 at 3 p.m. and June 18 at noon at LeFrak Center at Lakeside, 171 East Drive, Prospect Park, Brooklyn; bkmag.com.
After resurrecting its print operation last fall, Brooklyn Magazine has broadened its ambitions: This week, it's hosting a new culture festival, culminating with two days of live music in Prospect Park. Though topped off by some noteworthy out-of-towners — including the Seattle-based rock outfit Car Seat Headrest, the Australian singer-rapper Tkay Maidza and the inventive electro-pop singer Empress Of, from Los Angeles — the festival's eclectic lineup leans heavily on local talent. Over the course of the weekend, hometown acts will supply adventurous, psychedelic dance music (Mr. Twin Sister), inscrutable experimental compositions (Standing on the Corner), melodious soul-pop (Saint Mela), wry post-punk tunes (Gustaf) and more. D.J. Premier, of the seminal New York rap duo Gang Starr, will headline Saturday night. One-day admission starts at $55; a two-day pass, at $100. Tickets are available at dice.fm. OLIVIA HORN
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Classical
Christian Wolff
June 18 at 8 p.m. at Roulette, 509 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn; roulette.org.
The pianist and composer Christian Wolff was a close associate of the aleatoric auteur John Cage, but his own music engages contingency and improvisation with a distinct, gnomic playfulness. At Nate Wooley's For/With festival in 2017, Wolff contributed both a sparely beautiful solo composition ("For Trumpet Player") and participated in a group improvisation. A similar range of experimental activity will be on offer at the composer-pianist's concert at Roulette on Saturday. There, Wolff will be joined by Robert Black on bass and Joey Baron and Robyn Schulkowsky on percussion. The repertoire will include one of Wolff's earliest pieces, dating from the 1960s, as well as a New York premiere of a work written for this small group. Tickets are $30 in advance at Roulette's website and $35 at the door. SETH COLTER WALLS
Kids
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'Leonardo! A Wonderful Show About a Terrible Monster'
Through June 26 at the New Victory Theater, 209 West 42nd Street, Manhattan; newvictory.org.
Watching "Leonardo!" is more like seeing a movie than attending a play, but that effect is just one of this interactive production's charms. Presented by the aptly named Manual Cinema, the show uses paper cutouts, fuzzy puppets, an energetic cast and funny songs to tell a story that is seamlessly projected onto a huge screen hanging over the stage. Adapted from two picture books by the beloved author and illustrator Mo Willems, the script introduces Leonardo, a monster who longs to be terrifying but looks as if he could be a green cousin of Elmo's from "Sesame Street." He finally resolves to frighten Sam, the "most scaredy-cat kid" ever — with unexpected results. After shifting gears to focus on a female monster and a timid girl, the 45-minute show, which plays on Saturdays and Sundays at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m., integrates all its characters into a clever tribute to a cure for so many of life's ills: friendship. Tickets start at $20; a streaming version, available on demand on the New Victory's website through June 30, is $15. LAUREL GRAEBER
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'Wake Up, Daisy!'
Through Dec. 31 at the Swedish Cottage Marionette Theater, 79th Street and West Drive, Central Park, Manhattan; cityparksfoundation.org.
Although fairy tale heroines are notoriously unassertive, you don't get much more passive than Sleeping Beauty. Marcus Stevens and Sam Willmott, however, have given their version of that character far more agency in "Wake Up, Daisy!" This modern-day reinterpretation transports the action to Manhattan, where Daisy Greene lives in the landmark building the El Dorado. Cursed on her third birthday in a credibly New York manner — by a resentful neighbor rather than a disgruntled fairy — she finally leaves her apartment at 16, only to prick her finger on a rosebush. Directed by Bruce Cannon, the theater's artistic director, and playing Thursdays through Sundays at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., this charming and richly imaginative 45-minute puppet musical sends the slumbering Daisy wandering through a dream version of Central Park. Embarking on a perilous quest, she doesn't need a prince — or even a ranger — to help her rise and shine. Tickets, which must be bought online, start at $8. LAUREL GRAEBER
Film
Beyond Ozu: Hidden Gems of Shochiku Studios
Through July 9 at the Museum of Modern Art, 11 West 53rd Street, Manhattan; moma.org.
The violence in the 1961 Japanese film "Hunting Rifle" is mainly psychological. When Midori (Mariko Okada) discovers that her significantly older husband, Misugi (Shin Saburi), is having an affair with her cousin Saiko (Fujiko Yamamoto), she opts for the slow burn of avoiding direct confrontation, instead spending the years casting daggers at them across well-appointed rooms and the delicate shadings of the director Heinosuke Gosho's wide-screen frame. Screening on Saturday and June 16 in a pristine 35-millimeter print, "Hunting Rifle" is one of four Gosho titles in Beyond Ozu: Hidden Gems of Shochiku Studios, a monthlong series at MoMA that covers eight decades of the company's movies, many rarely seen stateside. Opening weekend features two silents that also explore economic status and the reverberations of shaky marriages: "Eternal Heart" (on Sunday and Wednesday), a 1929 film from Hiroshi Shimizu, and Kiyohiko Ushihara's three-hour-plus "Youth, Why Do You Cry?" (on Sunday and June 18), from 1930. BEN KENIGSBERG
Theater
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LAst CHANCE
'Hangmen'
Through June 18 at the Golden Theater, Manhattan; hangmenbroadway.com. Running time: 2 hours 20 minutes.
In Martin McDonagh's Olivier Award winner, set in the 1960s, a menacing mod from London (Alfie Allen of "Game of Thrones") walks into a grim northern English pub run by a former hangman (David Threlfall). Pitch-black comedy ensues. Directed by Matthew Dunster, this production was a prepandemic hit downtown. Read the review .
'Plaza Suite'
Through July 10 at the Hudson Theater, Manhattan; plazasuitebroadway.com. Running time: 2 hours 40 minutes.
Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker revel in physical comedy as they play two married couples and a pair of long-ago sweethearts in the first Broadway revival of Neil Simon's trio of one-act farces, a smash at its premiere in 1968. John Benjamin Hickey directs. (Onstage at the Hudson Theater. Limited run ends July 1.) Read the review.
Critic's Pick
'American Buffalo'
Through July 10 at Circle in the Square, Manhattan; americanbuffalonyc.com. Running time: 1 hour 40 minutes.
Laurence Fishburne, Sam Rockwell and Darren Criss team up for David Mamet's verbally explosive tragicomedy, set in a Chicago junk shop where an inept pair of small-time criminals and their hapless young flunky plot the theft of a rare nickel. Neil Pepe directs. Read the review.
Art & Museums
Critic's Pick
Winslow Homer: Crosscurrents
Through July 31, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan; 212-535-7710, metmuseum.org.
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"Crosscurrents" begins with two picture-window-size holes in the wall: A visitor peers into one opening and then, through it, the other. Together they add a thrilling air of unpredictability. They also "frame" a painting hanging on a third wall deeper in the show: a fraught canvas titled "The Gulf Stream" that many consider Homer's greatest work. It was the fruit of Homer's winter trips to the Bahamas, where he fished and made sketches and watercolors to be worked into paintings in his Maine studio. It is also the inspiration for this revelatory exhibition, which takes a fresh look at the themes of struggle and conflict in Homer's art. This show's 88 oils and watercolors snap into sharp focus his thematic and formal evolution and reveals a contemporary relevance that no other 19th-century American painter can muster. Read the review.
Critic's Pick
Whitney Biennial
Through Sept. 15 at the Whitney Museum of American Art, 99 Gansevoort Street, Manhattan; 212-570-3600, whitney.org. Timed tickets required.
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After a year's Covid delay, the latest Whitney Biennial has pulled into town, and it's a welcome sight. Other recent editions — this is the 80th such roundup — have tended to be buzzy, jumpy, youthquake affairs. This one, even with many young artists among its 60-plus participants, most represented by brand-new, lockdown-made work, doesn't read that way.
Organized by two seasoned Whitney curators, David Breslin and Adrienne Edwards, the Biennial's title, "Quiet as It's Kept" — a colloquial phrase, sourced from Toni Morrison, indicating dark realities unspoken of — suggests the show's keyed-down tone. Its very look gives a clue to its mood: Its main installation, on the fifth and sixth floors of the Whitney Museum of American Art, is literally split between shadow and light. Read the review .
Critic's Pick
'William Klein: YES'
Through Sept. 12 at International Center of Photography, 79 Essex Street, Manhattan; icp.org.
In "William Klein: YES," the photographer, who is 94, ruled out glass frames for his prints. He wants nothing to come between the image and the spectator. A man of fabled charm, Klein has sought out vibrant subjects who respond to his own vitality, as in "Bikini, Moskva (River), Moscow," from 1959, and has thrust the viewer into the action of the city with a rude tug, as in "Gun 1, New York," his most famous picture, taken in 1954. If there is any fault to be found in this exuberant, eye-opening show, it is that the modest confines of the I.C.P. are too small to contain Klein's oversize achievement. Read the review .
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/article/things-to-do-in-nyc.html
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