In Concert, A Moment Of Sudanese Solidarity Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:28:00 -0400 At a time of outright genocide in Darfur, and civil unrest throughout the Sudan, an unprecedented gathering of musicians from across the war-torn country presented a contrasting picture — one of harmony and unity — at the Sudanese Festival of Music and Dance in Chicago. 'Buffy' Creator Proves Doogie Howser Can Sing Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:09:00 -0400 This week, in an unusual first, television producer Joss Whedon unveiled Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, a musical comedy written for — and released exclusively on — the Internet. 'Mamma Mia!' Revisits The Greek Wedding Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:00:00 -0400 The folks directing, scripting and producing Mamma Mia! are the same ones who did the show on Broadway. They are not movie people, and it shows at times: The performers have been encouraged to overdo, play to the back row, and belt songs into each other's faces.
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Movie Review | 'The Dark Knight': Showdown in Gotham Town Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:00:40 -0000 Pitched at the divide between art and industry, poetry and entertainment, “The Dark Knight” goes darker and deeper than any Hollywood movie of its comic-book kind.
Design Review | ‘Home Delivery’: Instant Houses, Then and Now Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:59:34 -0000 The Modern makes a convincing case that prefabricated housing was both a central theme of Modernist history and a dream that remains very much alive today.
In Urban Wilderness, Tracking Hoots in the Night Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:11:01 -0000 Humans are hard-wired to avoid dark places, especially the forest. There are a few people who not only defy evolution, but who are perfectly at home in Central Park after dusk.
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Turf War Elizabeth Kolbert Mon, 14 Jul 2008 04:00:00 -0000 In 1841, Andrew Jackson Downing published the first landscape-gardening book aimed at an American audience. At the time, Downing was twenty-five years old and living in Newburgh, New York. He owned a nursery, which he had inherited from his father, and for several years had been publishing loftily . . . The Theatre Mon, 14 Jul 2008 04:00:00 -0000 OPENINGS AND PREVIEWS
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Second Stage’s Uptown Series concludes with this play by Rajiv Joseph, an origami-themed love story. Giovanna Sardelli directs. In previews. (McGinn/Cazale, Broadway at 76th St. 212-246-4422.)
AROUND . . . The Sister Mon, 14 Jul 2008 04:00:00 -0000 This suspenseful first novel is set in a crumbling Dorset mansion and features two aging sisters, reunited after a separation of nearly fifty years. Virginia is the sensible older sister who stayed, carrying on the family tradition of lepidopterology, while the reckless and free-spirited Vivien left to lead a . . .
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