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Selective listings by critics of The New York Times of new and noteworthy cultural events in the New York metropolitan region this week. * denotes a highly recommended film, concert, show or exhibition. Theater Approximate running times are in parentheses. Theaters are in Manhattan unless otherwise noted. Full reviews of current shows, additional listings, showtimes and tickets: nytimes.com/theater. Previews and Openings JUMP/CUT Opens Sunday. Neena Bebers cinematic, dry play about the love triangle of two aspiring filmmakers and a manic-depressive was a hit in Washington. Leigh Silverman directs (2:10). Julia Miles Theater, 424 West 55th Street, Clinton; (212) 239-6200. THE SEVEN Opens Sunday. The hip-hop theater pioneer Will Powers large-cast adaptation of Aeschylus Seven Against Thebes. Jo Bonney directs (2:00). New York Theater Workshop, 79 East Fourth Street, East Village; (212) 239-6200. FANNY HILL Opens Tuesday. A musical based on the 18th-century novel about a country girl who moves to London to become a prostitute (2:00). York Theater, at St. Peters Lutheran Church, 619 Lexington Avenue, at East 54th Street; (212) 868-4444. I LOVE YOU BECAUSE Opens Tuesday. Mr. Darcy becomes Marcy in this gender-switching musical retelling of Pride and Prejudice, which stars Stephane DAbruzzo from Avenue Q (2:00). Village Theater, 158 Bleecker Street, near Sullivan Street, East Village; (212) 307-4100. CLEAN ALTERNATIVES Opens Wednesday. A comedy by Brian Dykstra about a woman who must choose between taking a check or saving the environment. Or doing both (2:00). 59E59 Theaters , 59 East 59th Street; (212) 279-4200. BAREFOOT IN THE PARK Opens Thursday. Patrick Wilson and Amanda Peet star in Neil Simons classic romantic comedy about New York newlyweds (2:20). Cort Theater, 138 West 48th Street; (212) 239-6200. BERNARDA ALBA Previews start tomorrow. Opens March 6. The Tony winner Phylicia Rashad (A Raisin in the Sun) plays another formidable matriarchal figure with an iron will in Lincoln Centers musical version of Lorcas House of Bernarda Alba. Michael John LaChiusa, who already has one musical to his name this season, See What I Wanna See, contributes music and lyrics (1:30). Mitzi Newhouse Theater, 150 West 65th Street; (212) 239-6200. DEFIANCE Opens Feb. 28. Set on a Marine Corps base during the 1970s, John Patrick Shanleys new play, his first since Doubt, revolves around an explosive incident between an African-American marine and a white one. Doug Hughes directs (1:30). Manhattan Theater Club, Theater 1, 131 West 55th Street; (212) 581-1212. GREY GARDENS: A NEW MUSICAL Previews start today. Opens March 7. Maybe the biggest question mark of the musical season, this intriguing show is an adaptation of the cult documentary about the eccentric socialite relatives of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (2:30). Playwrights Horizons, 416 West 42nd Street, Clinton; (212) 279-4200. INDOOR/OUTDOOR Opens Feb. 22. The playwright Kenny Finkle aims for the cat lover demographic in this relationship comedy about a computer programmer and his chatty feline companion (1:50). DR2 Theater, 103 East 15th Street, Flatiron district; (212) 239-6200. THE LIEUTENANT OF INISHMORE Opens Feb. 27. Dead pets, severed limbs, black Irish humor -- Martin McDonagh (Pillowman) is up to his old tricks in this devilish comedy about terrorism and torture (1:45). Atlantic Theater, 336 West 20th Street, Chelsea; (212) 239-6200. THE PAJAMA GAME Opens Feb. 23. Labor unrest leads to romance in this classic musical about a manager and a union representative at a pajama factory. Harry Connick Jr. stars, and Kathleen Marshall directs (2:30). American Airlines Theater, 227 West 42nd Street; (212) 719-1300. RING OF FIRE Opens March 12. Johnny Cash hits form the backbone of this musical about three couples. So far, its received surprisingly good buzz. Richard Maltby Jr. directs (2:00). Ethel Barrymore Theater, 243 West 47th Street; (212) 239-6200. SOLDIERS WIFE Opens Feb. 23. The Mint Theater revives another forgotten drama, Rose Frankens romantic comedy from the 1940s, set against the backdrop of World War II (2:00). Mint Theater, 311 West 43rd Street, Clinton; (212) 315-0231. [TITLE OF SHOW] Previews start Wednesday. Opens Feb. 26. This New York Musical Theater Festival hit is a satirical musical about several artists racing to finish a musical in three weeks. Apparently, they got it done (1:30). Vineyard Theater, 108 East 15th Street, Flatiron district; (212) 353-0303. THE WOODEN BREEKS Opens Feb. 21. MCC Theater presents Glen Bergers gothic fairy tale set in the fictitious Scottish town of Brood (2:00). Lucille Lortel Theater, 121 Christopher Street, West Village; (212) 279-4200. Broadway * BRIDGE & TUNNEL This delightful solo show written and performed by Sarah Jones is a sweet-spirited valentine to New York City, its polyglot citizens and the larger notion of an all-inclusive America. In 90 minutes of acutely observed portraiture gently tinted with humor, Ms. Jones plays more than a dozen men and women participating in an open-mike evening of poetry for immigrants (1:30). Helen Hayes Theater, 240 West 44th Street; (212) 239-6200.(Charles Isherwood) CHITA RIVERA: THE DANCERS LIFE At 72, Ms. Rivera still has the voice, the attitude and -- oh, yes -- the legs to magnetize all eyes in an audience. If the singing scrapbook of a show that surrounds her is less than electric, there is no denying the electricity of the woman at its center (2:00). Schoenfeld Theater, 236 West 45th Street; (212) 239-6200. (Ben Brantley) THE COLOR PURPLE So much plot, so many years, so many characters to cram into less than three hours. This beat-the-clock musical adaptation of Alice Walkers Pulitzer Prizewinning novel about Southern black women finding their inner warriors never slows down long enough for you to embrace it. LaChanze leads the vibrant, hard-working cast (2:40). Broadway Theater, 1681 Broadway, at 53rd Street; (212) 239-6200. (Brantley) DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS On paper this musical tale of two mismatched scam artists has an awful lot in common with The Producers. But if you are going to court comparison with giants, you had better be prepared to stand tall. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, starring Jonathan Pryce and Norbert Leo Butz, never straightens out of a slouch (2:35). Imperial Theater, 249 West 45th Street; (212) 239-6200. (Brantley) * DOUBT, A PARABLE (Pulitzer Prize, Best Play 2005, and Tony Award, Best Play 2005) Set in the Bronx in 1964, this play by John Patrick Shanley is structured as a clash of wills and generations between Sister Aloysius (Eileen Atkins), the head of a parochial school, and Father Flynn (Ron Eldard), the young priest who may or may not be too fond of the boys in his charge. The plays elements bring to mind those tidy topical melodramas that were once so popular. But Mr. Shanley makes subversive use of musty conventions (1:30). Walter Kerr Theater, 219 West 48th Street; (212) 239-6200. (Brantley) JERSEY BOYS From grit to glamour with the Four Seasons, directed by the pop repackager Des McAnuff (The Whos Tommy). The real thrill of this shrink-wrapped bio-musical, for those who want something more than recycled chart toppers and a story line poured from a can, is watching the wonderful John Lloyd Young (as Frankie Valli) cross the line from exact impersonation into something far more compelling (2:30). August Wilson Theater, 245 West 52nd Street; (212) 239-6200. (Brantley) THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA Love is a many-flavored thing, from sugary to sour, in Adam Guettel and Craig Lucass encouragingly ambitious and discouragingly unfulfilled new musical. The show soars only in the sweetly bitter songs performed by the wonderful Victoria Clark, as an American abroad (2:15). Beaumont Theater, Lincoln Center; (212) 239-6200. (Brantley) THE ODD COUPLE Odd is not the word for this couple. How could an adjective suggesting strangeness or surprise apply to a production so calculatedly devoted to the known, the cozy, the conventional? As the title characters in Neil Simons 1965 comedy, directed as if to a metronome by Joe Mantello, Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick reprise their star performances from The Producers, and its not a natural fit. Dont even consider killing yourself because the show is already sold out (2:10). Brooks Atkinson Theater, 256 West 47th Street; (212) 307-4100. (Brantley) * RABBIT HOLE Thanks to a certain former American president, it has become almost impossible to say that you feel someone elses pain without its sounding like a punchline. Yet the sad, sweet release of David Lindsay-Abaires wrenching play, about the impact of the death of a small child, lies precisely in the access it allows to the pain of others, in its meticulously mapped empathy. With an emotionally transparent five-member cast led by Cynthia Nixon and Tyne Daly, directed by Daniel Sullivan, this anatomy of grief doesnt so much jerk tears as tap them (2:10). Biltmore Theater, 261 West 47th Street; (212) 239-6200. (Brantley) SPAMALOT (Tony Award, Best Musical 2005) This staged re-creation of the mock-medieval movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail is basically a singing scrapbook for Python fans. Such a good time is being had by so many people that this fitful, eager celebration of inanity and irreverence has found a large and lucrative audience (2:20). Shubert Theater, 225 West 44th Street; (212) 239-6200. (Brantley) * SWEENEY TODD Sweet dreams, New York. This thrilling new revival of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheelers musical, with Michael Cerveris and Patti LuPone leading a cast of 10 who double as their own musicians, burrows into your thoughts like a campfire storyteller who knows what really scares you. The inventive director John Doyle aims his pared-down interpretation at the squirming child in everyone who wants to have his worst fears both confirmed and dispelled (2:30). Eugene ONeill Theater, 230 West 49th Street; (212) 239-6200. (Brantley) * THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE The happy news for this happy-making little musical is that the move to larger quarters has dissipated none of its quirky charm. William Finns score sounds plumper and more rewarding than it did on Off Broadway, providing a sprinkling of sugar to complement the sass in Rachel Sheinkins zinger-filled book. The performances are flawless. Gold stars all around (1:45). Circle in the Square, 1633 Broadway, at 50th Street; (212) 239-6200. (Isherwood) THE WOMAN IN WHITE Bravely flouting centuries of accepted scientific theory, the creators of this adaptation of Wilkie Collinss spine tingler have set out to prove that the world is flat, after all. This latest offering from Andrew Lloyd Webber, directed by Trevor Nunn, seems to exist entirely in two dimensions, from its computer-generated backdrops to its decorative chess-piece-like characters (2:50). Beginning Tuesday, Judy Kuhn replaces Maria Friedman. Marquis Theater, 211 West 45th Street; (212) 307-4100. (Brantley) Off Broadway * ABIGAILS PARTY Scott Elliotts thoroughly delectable production of Mike Leighs 1977 comedy about domestic discord among the British middle classes. Jennifer Jason Leigh leads a superb ensemble cast as a party hostess who wields the gin bottle like a deadly weapon, resulting in an evening of savagely funny chaos (2:15). Acorn Theater at Theater Row, 410 West 42nd Street, Clinton; (212) 279-4200. (Isherwood) * ALTAR BOYZ This sweetly satirical show about a Christian pop group made up of five potential Teen People cover boys is an enjoyable, silly diversion (1:30). Dodger Stages, Stage 4, 340 West 50th Street, Clinton; (212) 239-6200.(Isherwood) BEAUTY OF THE FATHER A crisp outline of the Pulitzer Prizewinner Nilo Cruzs new play suggests the crazy-quilt melodramas of early Almodóvar: Father and daughter are attracted to the same sexy bad boy, igniting all manner of emotional fireworks. But Mr. Cruzs reflective, unhurried pace and his meandering, lyrical dialogue allow his fuses to burn a little too long, resulting in more fizzle than flash (2:10). Manhattan Theater Club, at City Center, Stage II, 131 West 55th Street; (212) 581-1212. (Isherwood) CONFESSIONS OF A MORMON BOY Steven Fales, a sixth-generation Mormon, describes leaving his family and becoming a gay escort in this fairly conventional, although admittedly compelling, piece of confessional theater (1:30). SoHo Playhouse, 15 Vandam Street, between Avenue of the Americas and Varick Street; (212) 691-1555. (Jason Zinoman) DECEMBER FOOLS Sherman Yellen takes a stab at the letters-in-a-drawer play (old letters are discovered, and lives are changed), and things get off to a promising start: a New York matrons disgruntled daughter finds some of Moms old screeds and turns them into weapons. But the play is too long, and some dandy comedy is undercut by some tired melodrama (2:15). Abington Theater Arts Complex, 312 West 36th Street; (212) 868-4444. (Neil Genzlinger) DOG SEES GOD: CONFESSIONS OF A TEENAGE BLOCKHEAD The Peanuts characters grow up, do drugs and have sex in this dark, disposable parody. Good grief (1:30). Century Center for the Performing Arts, 111 East 15th Street, Flatiron district; (212) 239-6200. (Zinoman) * FORBIDDEN BROADWAY: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT This production features the expected caricatures of ego-driven singing stars. But even more than usual, the show offers an acute list of grievances about the sickly state of the Broadway musical, where, as the lyrics have it, everything old is old again (1:45). 47th Street Theater, 304 West 47th Street, Clinton, (212) 239-6200. (Brantley) * IN THE CONTINUUM Danai Gurira and Nikkole Salter are both the authors and the performers of this smart, spirited and disarmingly funny show about two women: one a middle-class mother in Zimbabwe, the other a 19-year-old at loose ends in Los Angeles whose lives are upended by HIV diagnoses. Emphatically not a downer (1:30). Perry Street Theater, 31 Perry Street, Greenwich Village; (212) 868-4444. (Isherwood) * LENNY BRUCE IN HIS OWN WORDS Jason Fisher does an impressive facsimile of this legendary comic in a nostalgic greatest-hits collection of his stand-up routines (1:10). Zipper Theater, 336 West 37th Street; (212) 239-6200. (Zinoman) * THE LITTLE DOG LAUGHED Lean, mean and about as deep as a shot glass, Diane the Hollywood agent is just the tonic New York theatergoers need in the depths of an urban winter. Played by Julie White in an irresistible adrenaline rush of a performance, Diane is the arch-manipulator in Douglas Carter Beanes tangy fable of fame and its discontents, directed by Scott Ellis. With Neal Huff as a closeted Hollywood star, and Johnny Galecki as the rent boy who loves him (2:10). Second Stage Theater, 307 West 43rd Street, Clinton; (212) 246-4422. (Brantley) * MRS. WARRENS PROFESSION An absolutely splendid Dana Ivey takes the title role in Charlotte Moores sensitively acted production of Bernard Shaws famously provocative play, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary on the New York stage this year (2:20). Irish Repertory Theater, 132 West 22nd Street, Chelsea; (212) 727-2737. (Isherwood) RFK This solo show written and starring Jack Holmes is a reasonably accurate historical portrait, but the performance, unfortunately, lacks the charisma and charm that made the real Bobby Kennedy a star (1:35). Culture Project @ 45 Bleecker, 45 Bleecker Street, at Lafayette Street, East Village; (212) 253-9983. (Jonathan Kalb) * THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL Led by Lois Smith in a heart-wrenching performance, the cast never strikes a false note in Harris Yulins beautifully mounted revival of Horton Footes drama, finding an emotional authenticity in a work largely remembered as a tear-jerking chestnut. This is not to say you should neglect to bring handkerchiefs (1:50). Signature Theater, 555 West 42nd Street, Clinton; (212) 244-7529. (Brantley) Off Off Broadway AVALON Glory Sims Bowens retelling of the Camelot legend from the womens point of view is entertaining but too long and uncertain in tone. The comic moments work better than the earnest ones (2:20). Looking Glass Theater, 422 West 57th Street, Clinton; (212) 352-3101. (Anita Gates) A BITTER TASTE When an academic gets too close to one of his case studies, his mistake haunts him in this twisty, acid drama about repression, friendship and the intersection between sex and power (2:00). Ensemble Studio Theater, 549 West 52nd Street, Clinton; (212) 352-3101. (Zinoman) ELLIOT, A SOLDIERS FUGUE True to its title, Elliot, a Soldiers Fugue is composed like a fugue, with several narrative strands playing in point and counterpoint around one theme: a soldiers experience of war. The play, by Quiara Alegria Hudes, traces the legacy of war through three generations of a Puerto Rican family, and without invoking current politics, manages to indict the war in Iraq (1:10). 45 Below at the Culture Project, 45 Bleecker Street, at Lafayette Street, East Village; (212) 352-3101. (Phoebe Hoban) GIRL IN HEAT Nelson Avidons predictable dramedy about Joseph, a randy lawyer, and Marilyn, a flirtatious office temp, is salvaged to some extent by the plays two performers. As their characters reveal themselves uneasily, Mr. Avidon and Cheryl Leibert make the struggle believable (1:20). Michael Weller Theater, 311 West 43rd Street, Clinton; (212) 352-3101. (Andrea Stevens) LENNY & LOU This black comedy by Ian Cohen about two brothers and their foul-mouthed, demented mother has the right ingredients for shock theater: four-letter words, sex talk, sex acts. But it somehow doesnt shock (2:15). 29th Street Rep, 212 West 29th Street, Chelsea; (212) 868-4444. (Genzlinger) * MAJOR BANG OR: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE DIRTY BOMB This disarming exercise in political cabaret demonstrates that laughter in the dark need not be desperate. Written by Kirk Lynn, this multilevel, multiform tale of nuclear anxiety resurrects the sane, inquisitive satiric spirit of the early 1960s, a time when irony was a strategic tool instead of a conditioned reflex. Paul Lazar directs Steve Cuiffo and Maggie Hoffman in a multitude of roles (1:10). St. Anns Warehouse, 38 Water Street, at Dock Street, Brooklyn; (718) 254-8779. (Brantley) 25 QUESTIONS FOR A JEWISH MOTHER This is the comedian Judy Golds fiercely funny monologue, based on her own life as a single Jewish lesbian mother and interviews with more than 50 other Jewish mothers (1:10). Ars Nova, 511 West 54th Street, Clinton; (212) 868-4444. (Hoban) * ZOMBOID! (FILM/PERFORMANCe PROJECT #1) O, the heresy of it! Richard Foreman has introduced film into the realm of exquisitely artificial, abstract theater in which he has specialized for four decades. As it turns out, juxtaposing two art forms allows Mr. Foreman to underscore in resonant new ways what he has been saying for years: reality is, well, relative. And he continues to work in a style guaranteed to infect your perceptions for hours after (1:15). Ontological-Hysteric Theater, 131 East 10th Street, East Village; (212) 352-3101. (Brantley) Long-Running Shows AVENUE Q R-rated puppets give lively life lessons (2:10). Golden, 252 West 45th Street; (212) 239-6200. (Brantley) BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Cartoon made flesh, sort of (2:30). Lunt-Fontanne Theater, 205 West 46th Street; (212) 307-4747. (Brantley) CHICAGO Irrefutable proof that crime pays (2:25). Ambassador Theater, 219 West 49th Street; (212) 239-6200.(Brantley) HAIRSPRAY Fizzy pop, cute kids, large man in a housedress (2:30). Neil Simon Theater, 250 West 52nd Street; (212) 307-4100. (Brantley) THE LION KING Disney on safari, where the big bucks roam (2:45). New Amsterdam Theater, 214 West 42nd Street; (212) 307-4100. (Brantley) MAMMA MIA! The jukebox that devoured Broadway (2:20). Cadillac Winter Garden Theater, 1634 Broadway, at 50th Street; (212) 239-6200. (Brantley) THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Who was that masked man, anyway? (2:30). Majestic Theater, 247 West 44th Street; (212) 239-6200. (Brantley) THE PRODUCERS The ne plus ultra of showbiz scams (2:45). St. James Theater, 246 West 44th Street; (212) 239-6200. (Brantley) RENT East Village angst and love songs to die for (2:45). Nederlander Theater, 208 West 41st Street; (212) 307-4100. (Brantley) WICKED Oz revisited, with political corrections (2:45). Gershwin Theater, 222 West 51st Street; (212) 307-4100. (Brantley) Last Chance ALMOST, MAINE John Carianis comedy comprises almost a dozen two-character vignettes exploring the sudden thunderclap of love and the scorched earth that sometimes follows. It will evoke either awwws or icks, depending on your affection for its whimsical approach to the joys and perils of romance (2:00). Daryl Roth Theater, 101 East 15th Street, Flatiron district; (212) 239-6200; closing Sunday. (Isherwood) * APARTMENT 3A Jeff Danielss romance about a woman who lost her faith is written with wit, conviction and a real affection for its characters (1:30). Arclight Theater, 152 West 71st Street; (212) 352-0255; closing tomorrow. (Zinoman) BURIED CHILD Sam Shepards dark and sometimes funny portrait of a dysfunctional Midwestern family doesnt translate successfully into the bright colors of Norman Rockwell Americana. The director, Cyndy A. Marion, and her White Horse Theater Company did much better a year ago with a production of another Shepard play about family, The Late Henry Moss, which was full of mystery and emotion (2:40). The American Theater of Actors, Sargent Theater, 314 West 54th Street, Clinton; (212) 868-4444; closing Sunday. (Stevens) FUNNYHOUSE OF A NEGRO Adrienne Kennedys one-act nightmare from 1964, about a young black woman obsessed with whiteness, is still innovative theater, but it also plays as a period piece, making it doubly interesting (50 minutes). Harlem School of the Arts, 645 St. Nicholas Avenue, near 141st Street, Hamilton Heights; (212) 868-4444; closing Sunday. (Genzlinger) HECUBA At an intermissionless 90 minutes, this rendition of Euripides tragedy is fairly painless -- though thats not necessarily a good thing (1:30). Pearl Theater Company, at Theater 80, 80 St. Marks Place, East Village; (212) 598-9802; closing Sunday. (Genzlinger) SAFETY A cynical, contrived portrayal of the life of a war photographer that attacks its subject with a heavy hand (1:25). Urban Stages, 259 West 30th Street; (212) 868-4444; closing Sunday. (Zinoman) Movies Ratings and running times are in parentheses; foreign films have English subtitles. Full reviews of all current releases, movie trailers, showtimes and tickets: nytimes.com/movies. ANNAPOLIS (PG-13, 108 minutes) Annapolis is so gung-ho about the United States Naval Academys ability to turn boys into fighting men and rebels into scrappy team players that it could easily be confused with a military recruiting film. (Stephen Holden) BIG MOMMAS HOUSE 2 (PG-13, 98 minutes) Martin Lawrence is back in fat-lady drag in this inconsequential sequel for undemanding moviegoers. Mr. Lawrence makes the most of the incongruity of a manly F.B.I. agent posing as a nanny in floral-print dresses, but the humor doesnt go much beyond oversize underwear and a tequila-drinking dog. (Anita Gates) * BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN (R, 134 minutes) Annie Proulxs heartbreaking story of two ranch hands who fall in love while herding sheep in 1963 has been faithfully translated onto the screen in Ang Lees landmark film. Heath Ledger (in a great performance worthy of Brando at his peak) and Jake Gyllenhaal bring them fully alive. (Holden) * BUBBLE (R, 72 minutes) A rigorously minimalist story about three factory workers, all played by nonprofessionals, whose placid existence is shattered after two in the little group become romantically linked. Violence liberates the three from the bubble of their existence, much as creative experimentation has periodically liberated the movies director, Steven Soderbergh, from the prison of commercial mainstream filmmaking. (Manohla Dargis) * CACHÉ (HIDDEN) (R, 121 minutes, in French) Michael Haneke, one of the most elegantly sadistic European directors working today, deposits his audience at the intersection of voyeurism and paranoia in this tense, politically tinged psychological thriller about vengeance and injustice. Juliette Binoche and Daniel Auteuil are in top form as an affluent Parisian couple menaced by mysterious drawings and videotapes. (A. O. Scott) * CASANOVA (R, 110 minutes) Heath Ledger affirms his status as the pansexual art-house heartthrob of the moment in this high-spirited farce suggested by the career of 18th-century Venices most notorious seducer. Silly, sly and delightful. (Scott) COWBOY DEL AMOR (No rating, 86 minutes, in English and Spanish) For 16 years, Ivan Thompson, a self-styled Cowboy Cupid, has been supporting himself by helping disenchanted American men meet hopeful Mexican women. Directed by Michèle Ohayon with an attentive ear for the regressive attitudes beneath the humor, Cowboy Del Amor is a slyly insightful portrait of conflicting expectations in the search for the perfect partner. (Jeannette Catsoulis) END OF THE SPEAR (PG-13, 112 minutes) This fact-based story of conflict and resolution between a primitive warrior tribe in Ecuador and North American missionaries in the mid-1950s is inspiring enough to make you wish that the sentimental excesses of this Kiplingesque tale had been reined in. (Holden) FINAL DESTINATION 3 (R, 92 minutes) Its more dead teenagers and lunatic determinism in this grim third installment of the enjoyably preposterous Final Destination franchise. (Nathan Lee) GLORY ROAD (PG, 109 minutes) The true story, more or less, of the 1966 Texas Western College basketball team -- the first all-black starting five to play in an N.C.A.A. final. By the numbers, but inspiring all the same. (Scott) A GOOD WOMAN (R, 93 minutes) This loose adaptation of Oscar Wildes 1892 comedy, Lady Windermeres Fan, moves it out of the drawing room, and out of England to the Italian Riviera in 1930, casting as its leads two American actors (Helen Hunt and Scarlett Johansson) who have no feel for Wildes high-toned repartee: fatal mistakes all. (Holden) * GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK. (PG, 90 minutes) George Clooney, with impressive rigor and intelligence, examines the confrontation between the CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow (a superb David Strathairn) and Senator Joseph R. McCarthy (himself). Plunging you into a smoky, black-and-white world of political paranoia and commercial pressure, the film is a history lesson and a passionate essay on power, responsibility and the ethics of journalism. (Scott) * HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE (PG-13, 150 minutes) Childhood ends for the young wizard with the zigzag scar in the latest addition to the Potter saga, even as the director Mike Newell keeps its British eccentricity, fatalism and steady-on pluck irresistibly intact. (Dargis) HOODWINKED (PG, 81 minutes) Little Red Riding Hood is deconstructed in this sub-Shrek bummer, the latest collaboration between computers and cynicism. (Lee) HOSTEL (R, 95 minutes) Two ugly Americans rampage through Europe before finding themselves ensnared in an underground Slovakian snuff club. The calculated outrages of this brutal exploitation film prove less shocking than its relentless bigotry. (Lee) IMAGINE ME & YOU (R, 93 minutes) A bland romance from the British writer and director Ol Parker about a woman (Piper Perabo) whos fast-tracking down the straight and narrow when the florist-next-door (Lena Headey) throws up a roadblock. (Dargis) * KING KONG (PG-13, 180 minutes) Peter Jacksons remake is, almost by definition, too much -- too long, too big, too stuffed with characters and effects-driven set pieces -- but it is also remarkably nimble and sweet. Going back to the Depression-era setting of the 1933 original, Mr. Jacksons film is as much a tribute to the old seat-of-the-pants spirit of early motion pictures as it is an exercise in technological bravura. Naomi Watts as the would-be movie star Ann Darrow and Andy Serkis as the big monkey who loves her have a rapport that gives the spectacle the pathos and sweetness it needs, and help to turn a brute spectacle into a pop tragedy. (Scott) THE LAST HOLIDAY (PG-13, 112 minutes) Based on a 1950 British film, Wayne Wangs comedy about a gentle soul who learns to live only after learning of her imminent death is one of those generic wish-fulfillment flicks in which the soul in question actualizes her goals through perseverance and pluck. The star Queen Latifah charms, but even she cant gold-plate junk. (Dargis) * MANDERLAY (R, 138 minutes) To warm to Manderlay, the chilly second installment of the Danish filmmaker Lars von Triers yet-to-be-completed three-part Brechtian allegory examining American history, you must be willing to tolerate the derision and moral arrogance of a snide European intellectual thumbing his nose at American barbarism. Those willing to endure his scorn are in for a bracing satire of the legacy of slavery in the United States. (Holden) * MATCH POINT (R, 124 minutes) Woody Allens best in years, and one of his best ever. Beneath the dazzling, sexy surface, this tale of social climbing in London (brilliantly acted by Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Scarlett Johansson and Emily Mortimer) is ice cold and pitch black, which curiously enough makes it a superior diversion. (Scott) THE MATADOR (R, 96 minutes) Pithy remarks put into the mouth of a star (Pierce Brosnan) playing against type impart a greasy sheen of sophistication to this weightless, amoral romp about a professional hit man facing a midlife crisis. (Holden) MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA (PG-13, 144 minutes) Think As the Geisha Turns, with devious rivals, swoonworthy swains, a jaw-dropping dance number recycled from Madonnas Drowned World tour and much clinching, panting and scheming. Directed by Rob Marshall from the Arthur Golden book, and starring Ziyi Zhang, Gong Li and Michelle Yeoh. (Dargis) * MUNICH (R, 164 minutes) With his latest, Steven Spielberg forgoes the emotional bullying and pop thrills that come so easily to him to tell the story of a campaign of vengeance that Israel purportedly brought against Palestinian terrorists in the wake of the 1972 Olympics. An unsparingly brutal look at two peoples all but drowning in a sea of their own blood, Munich is by far the toughest film of the directors career, and the most anguished. (Dargis) NANNY McPHEE (PG, 99 minutes) In the endearing but somewhat scatterbrained British film Nanny McPhee, Emma Thompson creates an indelible character reminiscent of the pre-Disney Mary Poppins working benign magic to shape up an unruly brood of children. (Holden) * PRIDE & PREJUDICE (PG, 128 minutes) In this sumptuous, extravagantly romantic adaptation of Jane Austens 1813 novel, Keira Knightleys Elizabeth Bennet exudes a radiance that suffuses the movie. This is a banquet of high-end comfort food perfectly cooked and seasoned to Anglophilic tastes. (Holden) ROVING MARS (G, 40 minutes) Mars. IMAX. If you want to grow up to be an astronaut, prepare to bliss out. (Lee) * SYRIANA (R, 122 minutes) Ambitious, angry and complicated, Stephen Gaghans second film tackles terrorism, American foreign policy, global trade and the oil business through four interwoven stories. There are at least a half-dozen first-rate performances, and Mr. Gaghan, who wrote and directed, reinvents the political thriller as a vehicle for serious engagement with the state of the world. (Scott) TAMARA (R, 98 minutes) Low in budget as well as ambition, this Carrie knockoff is a movie of few innovations but one genuine surprise: the inability of the title character, an evil sorceress, to manage in high heels. (Lee) TRANSAMERICA (R, 103 minutes) Felicity Huffmans performance as a preoperative transsexual on a cross-country journey with her long-lost son is sensitive and convincing, and helps the picture rise above its indie road-picture clichés. (Scott) * TRISTRAM SHANDY: A COCK AND BULL STORY (R, 91 minutes) Michael Winterbottom both confirms and refutes the assumption that Laurence Sternes 18th-century masterpiece of digression could never be made into a movie by making a movie about the making of such a movie. Steve Coogan is wonderful as Tristram, Tristrams father and himself, though Rob Brydon steals more than a few of Mr. Coogans scenes. (Scott) THROUGH THE FIRE (No rating, 103 minutes) Jonathan Hocks unwaveringly upbeat documentary follows the basketball sensation Sebastian Telfair, a senior at Lincoln High School in Coney Island, as he chooses between the University of Louisville and the N.B.A. Yet behind the cheering and popping flashbulbs lurks another, much darker movie, one that questions the relationship between sneaker manufacturers and financially deprived kids with exceptional talent. (Catsoulis) WALK THE LINE (PG-13, 138 minutes) Johnny Cash gets the musical biopic treatment in this moderately entertaining, never quite convincing chronicle of his early years. Joaquin Phoenix, sweaty, inarticulate and intense as Cash, is upstaged by Reese Witherspoon, who tears into the role of June Carter (Cashs creative partner long before she became his second wife) with her usual charm, pluck and intelligence. (Scott) UNDERWORLD: EVOLUTION (R, 106 minutes) In this sequel to Underworld (2003), the writer and director Len Wiseman and the writer Danny McBride pick up the story of the vampire Selene (Kate Beckinsale) and the vampire/werewolf hybrid Michael (Scott Speedman) as they race to prevent the release of an imprisoned über-werewolf. With leads who strain to manage one facial expression between them, and a cinematographer who shoots everything through the same steel-blue filter, Underworld: Evolution is little more than a monotonous barrage of computer-generated fur and fangs. (Catsoulis) YOURS, MINE AND OURS (PG, 90 minutes) Dennis Quaid and Rene Russo inhabit roles originated by Henry Fonda and Lucille Ball in this snug, airtight remake of the 1968 comedy about the combining of two antagonistic families with 18 children between them. Cutesy unreality prevails. (Holden) Film Series ANOTHER SPANISH CINEMA: FILM IN CATALUNYA 1906-2006 (Through Tuesday) The Film Society of Lincoln Centers retrospective of Catalán film continues this weekend with screenings including Pere Portabellas Warsaw Bridge (1989), three parallel stories set all over Barcelona; Agusti Villarongas In a Glass Cage (1987), a drama about depravity that the American director John Waters has said he found shocking; and Fausto 5.0 (2001), the Catalán theater group La Fura dels Bauss interpretation of Goethes Faust. Walter Reade Theater, 165 West 65th Street, Lincoln Center, (212) 875-5600; $10. (Gates) DOCUMENTARY FORTNIGHT EXPANDED (Through March 13) The Museum of Modern Arts exhibition of contemporary nonfiction films runs five weeks this year. It continues this weekend with The Liberace of Baghdad (2004), Sean McAllisters portrait of Samir Peter, a concert pianist reduced to playing in a hotel bar; Erwann Briands Women of Mount Ararat, about an all-female unit of Kurdish guerrillas; and numerous shorts. 11 West 53rd Street, Manhattan, (212) 708-9400; $10. (Gates) FASSBINDER (Through Feb. 26) IFC Centers Weekend Classics Program honoring Rainer Werner Fassbinder (1946-82) continues this weekend with Effi Briest (1974), starring Hanna Schygulla as a 19th-century teenager who marries an older man. 323 Avenue of the Americas, at West Third Street, Greenwich Village, (212) 924-7771; $10.75. (Gates) FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Through Sunday) This year the theme of the Museum of the Moving Image and the New York Film Critics Circles series is the experience of being a stranger in a strange land. The series ends this weekend with five films, including Stephen Frearss 1985 comic drama, My Beautiful Laundrette, selected by Gene Seymour, about two young men who go into business together and fall in love; and Roko Belics Genghis Blues (1999), selected by Lisa Schwarzbaum, a documentary about a blind American blues musician who teaches himself throat-singing. 36-01 35th Avenue, at 36th Street, Astoria, Queens, (718) 784-0077; $10. (Gates) PRIX JEAN VIGO (Through Dec. 30) The Museum of Modern Art is honoring Vigo (1905-34), the French filmmaker, with a series of 41 films from directors who have won the prize that bears his name. The first weekends films include Dont Forget Youre Going to Die (1995), Xavier Beauvoiss tale of a student who is told hes not long for this world; The Gardener (1980), Jean-Pierre Sentiers absurdist fairy tale set at a factory; and Jean-Luc Godards 1960 New Wave classic, Breathless. 11 West 53rd Street, Manhattan, (212) 708-9400; $10. (Gates) RECENT FILMS FROM SWEDEN (Through Feb. 22) Scandinavia Houses program of Swedish features continues with Harrys Daughters (2005), Richard Hoberts psychological thriller about two sisters who become pregnant at the same time. 58 Park Avenue, at 38th Street, (212) 879-9779; $8. (Gates) Pop Full reviews of recent concerts: nytimes.com/music. OLETA ADAMS (Tuesday) The comfort and uplift of gospel music infuse Oleta Adamss secular and kindly songs. 8 and 10:30 p.m., B. B. King Blues Club & Grill, 237 West 42nd Street, Manhattan, (212) 997-4144; $32 in advance, $35 at the door. (Jon Pareles) BISHOP ALLEN (Tonight) The indie pop outfit Bishop Allen is in the spotlight lately for its frontman Justin Rices leading-man turn in Andrew Bujalskis film Mutual Appreciation. In it he plays to a receptive but sparse Brooklyn crowd. His own band has a slightly larger following. 9:30 p.m., Pianos, 158 Ludlow Street, at Stanton Street, Lower East Side, (212) 420-1466; $8. (Laura Sinagra) LAURA CANTRELL (Tonight) This singer, guitarist and songwriter has a deep alt-country résumé that includes an old-timey country radio show on WFMU (91.1 FM) and real Southern roots. She writes clever ditties about the urban romantic experience. 7:30, Mo Pitkins, 34 Avenue A, near East Third Street, East Village, (212) 777-5660; $15. (Sinagra) CELEBRATION (Thursday) Celebrations noisy rock is a vehicle for the vocalist Katrina Fords guttural acrobatics. This bill also includes Hong Kong and Baby Shakes. 9 p.m., Rothko, 116 Suffolk Street, at Rivington Street, Lower East Side, (212) 475-7088; $10. (Sinagra) ELECTRIC SIX, SHE WANTS REVENGE (Tomorrow, Sunday and Monday) The Detroit garage rockers Electric Six broke out of the pack by virtue of the singer Dick Valentines mania on songs like Danger! High Voltage. The bands new album, Senor Smoke, is less compelling, but features the timely apocalyptic rumination Jimmy Carter. She Wants Revenge plays post-punk in the dark Interpol style. Tomorrow and Sunday at 8 p.m., Bowery Ballroom, 6 Delancey Street, near the Bowery, Lower East Side, (212) 533-2111; $15 in advance, $17 at the door (both days sold out); Monday at 8 p.m., Maxwells, 1039 Washington Street, Hoboken, N.J., (201) 653-1703; $13 (sold out). (Sinagra) FEIST, JASON COLLETT, MATES OF STATE (Tonight) The Canadian bohemian Leslie Feist is good at affecting a Continental, beer-hall gloom, but her best cabaret-pop songs are quirky jazz numbers; she sounds like a hipper Norah Jones. Jason Collett makes loud music with the Broken Social Scene collective, and softer music on his own. The indie-pop duo Mates of State open. 6, Webster Hall, 125 East 11th Street, East Village, (212) 353-1600; $20 (sold out). (Sinagra) DIAMANDA GALAS (Tuesday) Putting the demon in demonstrative, the vocalist and pianist Diamanda Galás uses loves biggest commercial holiday as an excuse to mine the dread and catharsis from romance-related original songs and covers of some classics. 7:30 and 10:30 p.m., Knitting Factory, 74 Leonard Street, TriBeCa, (212) 219-3006; $20. (Sinagra) JESSE HARRIS (Monday) In preparation for the release of his album Mineral (Secret Sun), this singer-songwriter and Norah Jones collaborator will play a regular Monday night residency for the month. His new material recalls the rootsy but ethereal mood of Paul Simons early albums, with lyrics evoking more dreamy ennui than solitary pathos. He has assembled a new band to accompany him. 10 p.m., Living Room, 154 Ludlow Street, near Stanton Street, Lower East Side, (212) 533-7235; no cover. (Sinagra) IL DIVO (Tonight and tomorrow night) In the tradition of the Backstreet Boys and the Spice Girls, this pop quartet was formed after a two-year search. It goes the international route, with its American, French, Swiss and Spanish members. The group covers Toni Braxtons Unbreak My Heart. 8, Radio City Music Hall, (212) 247-4777; $49.50 to $79.50. (Sinagra) IN FLAMES, TRIVIUM (Thursday) Swedens In Flames continues to explore the possibilities of bite-size metal blasts. Trivium specializes in orchestrated guitar and percussion pileups. Zao and Devildriver also play. 7 p.m., Webster Hall, 125 East 11th Street, East Village, (212) 353-1600; $20 in advance, $24 at the door. (Sinagra) INXS (Sunday and Monday) Reality TV has provided this 1980s rock band from Australia with a replacement for its deceased frontman, Michael Hutchence. Now its time to see if J D Fortune projects the slinky danger of Hutchence, and if the kids out there in arena land still crave the bands aesthetic. 8 p.m., Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, (212) 721-6500; $39.50 to $59.50. (Sinagra) BILLY JOEL (Tomorrow and Thursday) The iconic piano man recently released a boxed set celebrating four decades of his music. From Just the Way You Are to Allentown, its the trademark mix of real confidence and false bravado in both his playing and his delivery that keeps him compelling. 8 p.m., Madison Square Garden, (212) 465-6741; $54 to $89.50. (Sinagra) TOM JONES (Tuesday and Wednesday) The newly knighted Welsh pop singer Sir Tom Jones learned a lot from American blues and soul, and he seems as amused as anyone by his long-established image as a sex symbol. Whether or not anyone hurls valentine-patterned lingerie during these concerts, hes still got lung power and a long string of hits to exercise it. 8 p.m., Nokia Theater, 1515 Broadway, at 44th Street, ticketmaster.com or (212) 307-7171; $65 to $85 (both shows sold out). (Pareles) PHIL LESH & FRIENDS (Tonight through Sunday, and Tuesday and Wednesday) The Grateful Deads repertory and approach to jamming are Hydra-headed, and Phil Lesh, the Deads bassist, always recruits skillful friends for his own band to conjure the sparkling unpredictability of the Deads finest moments. 8 p.m., Beacon Theater, 2124 Broadway, at 74th Street, (212) 496-7070; $39.50 to $47.50. (Pareles) LOSERS LOUNGE TRIBUTE TO BURT BACHARACH (Tomorrow) This long-running homage rock troupe takes a jaunt through the cocktail pop repertory of the beloved Bacharach, with the help of a rotating stable of vocalists. 8:30 p.m., Frederick P. Rose Hall, Broadway at 60th Street, (212) 258-9800; $30 to $60 (sold out). (Sinagra) RICKY MARTIN (Tonight) This Puerto Rican pop superstar, who has been keeping a relatively low profile since his 1990s heyday, returns to the spotlight. You wonder if he will incorporate any reggaéton into his act. 8, Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, Atlantic City, (212) 247-4777 or (866) 692-6742; $56 to $76 (sold out). (Sinagra) MISSION OF BURMA (Tonight) These seminal indie rock squallers had such success with reunion shows that they decided to spend more time together. They have released some new material, and though it doesnt matches the best work of their early 1980s heyday, they are still powerful live. 9, Bowery Ballroom, 6 Delancey Street, near the Bowery, Lower East Side, (212) 533-2111; $20. (Sinagra) HAZMAT MODINE (Tomorrow) The singer and harmonica player Wade Schumans musical vision sounds like something out of Dr. Suess. His group augments Ms. Schumans own avant-blues stylings with a contra-bass, a banjitar, tuba, flugel, trumpet, sheng and, most important, Tuvan throat singing. 7:30 p.m., Joes Pub, at the Public Theater, 425 Lafayette Street, at Astor Place, East Village, (212) 539-8778; $12. (Sinagra) THE MOONEY SUZUKI (Tonight) The bluesy garage-rockers the Mooney Suzuki continue to flaunt the clothes and mannerisms of the brashest 60s sexual revolutionaries. Their music still hovers too close to its inspirations to really distinguish itself. 8, Southpaw, 125 Fifth Avenue, near Sterling Place, Park Slope, Brooklyn, (718) 230-0236; $10. (Sinagra) LEE PERRY (Monday) Lee Perry, known as Scratch, has quirks that are inseparable from his inspirations. He is one of reggaes most important producers, using the studio to fill arrangements with distortion, ghostly echoes and disorienting silences. As a performer, he sings and rants, with lucid nuggets surrounded by malarkey as he discourses on space aliens, sex, the International Monetary Fund and marijuana. 8 p.m., B. B. King Blues Club & Grill, 237 West 42nd Street, Manhattan, (212) 997-4144; $25 in advance, $30 at the door. (Pareles) LOU REED (Monday) This punk godfather remains a vital part of the downtown music and art scene. The Stephen Kasher Gallery is currently showing his New York photos. Hes also playing this show, accompanied by Rob Wasserman, Tony Thunder Smith, Fernando Saunders and Mike Rathke. 8 p.m., Crobar, 530 West 28th Street, Chelsea, (212) 629-9000; $45 (sold out). (Sinagra) GILBERTO SANTA ROSA (Tomorrow) The improvisatory salsa master Gilberto Santa Rosa is a true sonero, an authoritative, blaring singer who prizes his swinging technique over superficial style. 11 p.m., Copacabana, 560 West 34th Street, Manhattan, (212) 239-2672; $35 to $40. (Sinagra) JEVETTA STEELE (Tuesday) A soulful veteran of the Minneapolis R & B scene, Ms. Steele is known for both her solo work and that with her familys ensemble, the Steeles. 9:30 p.m., Joes Pub, at the Public Theater, 425 Lafayette Street, at Astor Place, East Village, (212) 539-8778 or (212) 239-6200; $20. (Sinagra) ST. ETIENNE (Monday) These English conceptual electronic romantics songs imagine daily life as a bright, sometimes melancholic, but always slightly insouciant dance. 8 p.m., Irving Plaza, 17 Irving Place, at 15th Street, Manhattan, (212) 777-6800; $20 in advance, $22 at the door. (Sinagra) THE SYD STRAW HEARTWRECK SHOW (Tuesday) Syd Straw has a big, gutsy, country-tinged voice that sounds just right in songs about wounded but feisty lovers. This Valentines Day show will also include Christine Ohlman (the Beehive), Hahn Rowe, Konrad Meissner, Zora Rasmussen, Larry Saltzman and Plankton. 8 p.m., Tonic, 107 Norfolk Street, near Delancey Street, Lower East Side, (212) 358-7503; $20. (Pareles) BEN TAYLOR , TRISTAN PRETTYMAN (Wednesday) Ben Taylor joined his mother, Carly Simon, onstage this fall, performing, among other things, his father James Taylors part on the duet Mockingbird. The vocal resemblance is uncanny. His own songs also dont stray too far from his fathers smooth style. Tristan Prettyman is a diaristic pop singer-songwriter. 7:30 p.m., Bowery Ballroom, 6 Delancey Street, near the Bowery, Lower East Side, (212) 533-2111;$13 in advance, $15 at the door. (Sinagra) TRACHTENBERG SIDESHOW PLAYERS (Tonight) In this familial performance art project, Jason Trachtenburg plays lo-fi pop tunes inspired by slides found at yard sales and flea markets, while his wife, Tina, runs the projector. Their 9-year-old daughter, Rachel, who has become something of a girl-power poster kid, plays drums. 7:30, Knitting Factory Main Space, 74 Leonard Street, TriBeCa, (212) 219-3006; $10. (Sinagra) UNDERTOW ORCHESTRA: VIC CHESTNUTT, DAVID BAZAN, MARK EITZEL, WILL JOHNSON (Monday) This package gig finds David Bazan from the now defunct Pedro the Lion, American Music Clubs gloomy Mark Eitzel and Will Johnson from the band Centro-matic playing with the acerbic Vic Chesnutt. Each will play his own work as well as sitting in as a background musician for the others. 8 p.m., Bowery Ballroom, 6 Delancey Street, near the Bowery, Lower East Side, (212) 533-2111; $15. (Sinagra) VERONICAS (Tuesday) The twin rockers Lisa and Jess Origiassio, from Brisbane, Australia, perform focus-group-tested radio pop in the Kelly Clarkson vein. This isnt to say that their single 4ever is as good as Since U Been Gone, but its still pretty good. 7 p.m., Avalon, 662 Avenue of the Americas, at 20th Street, Chelsea, (212) 807-7780; $10. (Sinagra) WU-TANG CLAN (Tuesday) Before there was G-Unit or the Diplomats, there was the Wu Tang Clan. This Staten Island crew created a secret code that mixed Kung-fu arcana and Five-Percenter cosmology. Its most deliciously unpredictable member, Old Dirty Bastard, is gone, but the group has reconvened for its first tour since 2004, boasting the talents of the thug-turned-comedian Method Man; the master atmospheric producer RZA; the eloquent GZA and Raekwon; and the excitable absurdist Ghostface Killah. 6:30 p.m., Hammerstein Ballroom, 311 West 34th Street, Manhattan, (212) 279-7740; $44. (Sinagra) Cabaret Full reviews of recent cabaret shows: nytimes.com/music. BARBARA CARROLL (Sunday) Even when swinging out, this Lady of a Thousand Songs remains an impressionist with special affinities for Thelonious Monk and bossa nova. 2 p.m., Oak Room, Algonquin Hotel, 59 West 44th Street, Manhattan, (212) 419-9331; $55, including brunch at noon. (Stephen Holden) ANNIE ROSS (Tomorrow) Cool, funny, swinging and indestructible, this 75-year-old singer and sometime actress exemplifies old-time hip in its most generous incarnation. 7 p.m., Dannys Skylight Room, 346 West 46th Street, Clinton, (212) 265-8133; $25, with a $12 minimum. (Holden) Jazz Full reviews of recent jazz concerts: nytimes.com/music. ANDY BEY (Tuesday) Intimacy is a hallmark of Mr. Beys vocal style, which alternates between a burnished falsetto and a velvet baritone; its hard to imagine better company for a Valentines outing. 8 and 10 p.m., Sweet Rhythm, 88 Seventh Avenue South, at Bleecker Street, West Village, (212) 255-3626; cover, $20, with a $10 minimum. (Nate Chinen) DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER (Tuesday) Ms. Bridgewater was recently a Grammy contender for Jai Deux Amours (Sovereign Artists), an album of love songs inspired by her long residency in Paris; her interpretations should aptly suit the most overtly sensuous night of the year. 8 p.m., Rose Theater, Frederick P. Rose Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center, 60th Street and Broadway, (212) 721-6500, www.jalc.org; $105.50 and $135.50. (Chinen) CYRUS CHESTNUT AND ERIC REED (Tuesday through Feb. 19) Two stellar, straight-ahead pianists share a stage, a repertory and a rhythm section (Gerald Cannon on bass and Willie Jones III on drums). 7:30 and 9:30 p.m., with an 11:30 set Fridays and Saturdays, Dizzys Club Coca-Cola, Frederick P. Rose Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center, 60th Street and Broadway, (212) 258-9595; cover, $30, with a minimum of $10 at tables, $5 at the bar. (Thursdays first set is sold out.) (Chinen) ANAT COHEN QUARTET (Thursday) Ms. Cohen, a saxophonist and clarinetist, has delivered an auspicious debut with Place and Time (Anzic), which infuses worldly melodies with rhythmic nuance. 7:30 and 9:30 p.m., Jazz Standard, 116 East 27th Street, Manhattan, (212) 576-2232; cover, $20. (Chinen) FREDDY COLE (Tuesday and Wednesday) A charismatic and offhandedly urbane vocalist, Mr. Cole offers a smooth and timely take on romance. 7:30 and 9:30 p.m., Jazz Standard, 116 East 27th Street, Manhattan, (212) 576-2232; cover, $25. (Chinen) GEORGE COLEMAN QUARTET (Wednesday through Feb. 18) Fluent hard-bop from a tenor saxophonist with a soulfully modernistic style and a solid group featuring the pianist Anthony Wonsey. 9 and 11 p.m., Birdland, 315 West 44th Street, Clinton, (212) 581-3080; cover, $30, with a $10 minimum. (Chinen) RACHELLE FERRELL (Tuesday through Feb. 19) Ms. Ferrell tempers her jazz singing with liberal doses of R & B, on songbook standards as well as on contemporary covers; hers is an insistently smoldering sort of lyricism. 8 and 10:30 p.m., Blue Note, 131 West Third Street, West Village, (212) 475-8592; cover, $45 at tables and a $5 minimum or $30 at the bar and a one-drink minimum. (Chinen) JOE FIEDLER TRIO (Wednesday) On his new album, Joe Fiedler Trio Plays the Music of Albert Mangelsdorff (Clean Feed), Mr. Fiedler offers a stark but involving tribute to one of his trombone heroes; his trio also includes John Hebert on bass and Mike Sarin on drums. 10 p.m., Barbès, 376 Ninth Street, at Sixth Avenue, Park Slope, Brooklyn, (718) 965-9177; cover, $8. (Chinen) FOURPLAY (Through Sunday) This all-star contemporary jazz band has been around for some 15 years; its tight yet breezy vibe is a collective product of the keyboardist Bob James, the guitarist Larry Carlton, the electric bassist Nathan East and the drummer Harvey Mason. 8 and 10:30 p.m., Blue Note, 131 West Third Street, West Village, (212) 475-8592; cover, $55 at tables and a $5 minimum or $30 at the barand a one-drink minimum. (Chinen) LARRY GOLDINGS QUARTET (Through Sunday) Mr. Goldings, a smartly soulful presence on piano as well as on Hammond B-3 organ, digs in with a working band composed of the trumpeter John Sneider, the bassist Ben Allison and the drummer Matt Wilson; theyre celebrating the recent release of Quartet, a modest but thoroughly likable effort on Palmetto Records. 7:30, 9:30 and 11:30 p.m. (no late show on Sunday), Jazz Standard, 116 East 27th Street, Manhattan, (212) 576-2232; cover, $25; $20 on Sunday. (Chinen) ROY HARGROVE AND LIONEL LOUEKE (Tuesday) Mr. Hargrove is a wily and charismatic trumpeter, and Mr. Loueke is a powerfully intriguing guitarist; each artist has a significant history with the nonprofit Jazz Gallery, the beneficiary of this Valentines Day show, which comes complete with special guests, chocolates and Champagne. 9 and 10:30 p.m., Jazz Gallery, 290 Hudson Street, at Spring Street, South Village, (212) 242-1063; cover, $30 per set. (Chinen) TOM HARRELL QUARTET (Tonight and tomorrow night) An introverted but assertive trumpeter, Mr. Harrell has a top-shelf modern jazz ensemble consisting of Michael Cochrane on piano, Dwayne Burno on bass and Johnathan Blake on drums. 8 and 9:45 p.m., Kitano Hotel, 66 Park Avenue, at 38th Street, (212) 885-7119; cover, $20, with a $10 minimum. (Chinen) BARRY HARRIS TRIO (Through Sunday) A crisp and courtly pianist firmly in the bebop idiom, Mr. Harris appears with his longtime rhythm section, the drummer Leroy Williams and the bassist Earl May. 9 and 11 p.m., Village Vanguard, 178 Seventh Avenue South, at 11th Street, West Village, (212) 255-4037; cover, $20 and $25, with a $10 minimum. (Chinen) JACKALOPE (Thursday) The guitarist John Abercrombie, the alto saxophonist Loren Stillman and the drummer Bob Meyer compose this collective trio, which couches its experimental urges in a warm and wide-open sound. 9:30 p.m., Jimmys Restaurant, 43 East Seventh Street, East Village, (212) 982-3006; cover, $10, with a one-drink minimum. (Chinen) ADAM MAKOWICZ TRIO (Tonight and tomorrow night) Mr. Makowicz has been a powerful if sometimes elusive presence in jazz since moving to the United States from Poland nearly 30 years ago; his crystalline piano technique is well supported here by the drummer Al Foster and the bassist George Mraz. 9 and 11 p.m., Birdland, 315 West 44th Street, Clinton, (212) 581-3080; cover, $30, with a $10 minimum. (Chinen) MAHAVISHNU PROJECT (Wednesday) This single-minded repertory project, led by the accomplished drummer Gregg Bendian, pursues the visionary fusion of the Mahavishnu Orchestra; this one-night stand will recreate, in its entirety, the album Birds of Fire (Columbia/Legacy). 8 and 10 p.m., Iridium, 1650 Broadway, at 51st Street, (212) 582-2121; cover, $25, with a $10 minimum. (Chinen) TONY MALABYS PALOMA RECIO (Tonight) Mr. Malaby, a versatile and increasingly prominent tenor saxophonist, leads a progressive ensemble with a Spanish tinge; his fellow travelers are Michael Rodriguez, trumpeter; Ben Monder, guitarist; Eivind Opsvik, bassist; and Gerald Cleaver, drummer. 8 and 10 , Barbès, 376 Ninth Street, at Sixth Avenue, Park Slope, Brooklyn, (718) 965-9177; cover, $10 per set. (Chinen) BILL McHENRY QUARTET (Tuesday through Feb. 19) Both as a tenor saxophonist and as a composer, Mr. McHenry heeds a patiently exploratory style; he often lets the focus shift to the harmonically advanced guitar playing of Ben Monder, the broadly dynamic bass playing of Reid Anderson and the sparse, intense drumming of Paul Motian. 9 and 11 p.m., Village Vanguard, 178 Seventh Avenue South, at 11th Street, West Village, (212) 255-4037; cover, $25, with a $10 minimum. (Chinen) mark murphy (Thursday through Feb. 19) Mr. Murphy is a singer known mainly for sly insouciance, but on his most recent album, Once to Every Heart (Verve), he opts for broken romanticism; his appearance here, with a jazz quartet, should be a balm for any post-Valentine blues. 8 and 10 p.m., with an 11:30 p.m. set Friday and Saturday, Iridium, 1650 Broadway, at 51st Street, (212) 582-2121; cover, $27.50 to $32.50, with a $10 minimum. (Chinen) OLIVE, OKKYUNG, IKUE AND ILLY (Tomorrow) DJ Olive joins the cellist Okkyung Lee, the programmer Ikue Mori and the drummer Billy Martin for an experimental colloquium; their common language will involve the syntax of texture, color and pulse. 10 p.m., Tonic, 107 Norfolk Street, near Delancey Street, Lower East Side, (212) 358-7501; cover, $15. (Chinen) KRESTEN OSGOOD GROUP (Thursday) Mr. Osgood is an energetic young Danish drummer who has worked with many of jazzs creative strivers, including the saxophonist Michael Blake, who appears here; rounding out the band are the bassist Ben Allison and the slide trumpeter Steven Bernstein. 8:30 p.m., Cornelia Street Cafe, 29 Cornelia Street, West Village, (212) 989-9319; cover, $10, with a one-drink minimum. (Chinen) BEN PEROWSKY TRIO (Sunday) Mr. Perowsky, drawing from his Tzadik album Camp Songs, applies a jazz process to prayer melodies remembered from his youth in summer camp; his fellow interpreters are the pianist Uri Caine and the bassist Drew Gress. A preceding set, at 8 p.m., will feature Mr. Caines sprightly solo piano playing. 10 p.m., the Stone, Avenue C and Second Street, East Village, www.thestonenyc.com; cover, $10. (Chinen) ADAM ROGERS GROUP (Tonight and tomorrow night) As on Apparitions (Criss Cross), the most recent album by the guitarist Adam Rogers, this three-piece ensemble -- with Scott Colley on bass and Antonio Sanchez on drums -- features serpentine melodic lines and a rock-informed rhythmic thrust. 9 and 10:30, Jazz Gallery, 290 Hudson Street, at Spring Street, South Village, (212) 242-1063; cover, $15. (Chinen) RENEE ROSNES QUINTET (Through Sunday) Ms. Rosnes, a versatile and articulate pianist, pays homage to one of her early supporters, the saxophonist Joe Henderson; her quintet includes Jimmy Greene on tenor saxophone, Eddie Henderson on trumpet, Peter Washington on bass and Lewis Nash on drums. 7:30 and 9:30 p.m., with an 11:30 set tonight and tomorrow, Dizzys Club Coca-Cola, Frederick P. Rose Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center, 60th Street and Broadway, (212) 258-9595; cover, $30, with a minimum of $10 at tables, $5 at the bar. (Chinen) Classical Full reviews of recent music performances: nytimes.com/music. Opera AIDA (Monday) The Met and its audiences dont seem to get tired of this big, splashy and entertaining production. Still featuring Andrea Gruber, Olga Borodina and Johan Botha. 8 p.m., Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center, (212) 362-6000; $26 to $175. (Bernard Holland) HERCULES (Tuesday and Thursday) This Handel opera is rarely heard, but it has plenty to offer, not least a plot that describes a love triangle that proved lethal for Hercules. More to the point, it is a chance to see William Christie lead his extraordinary Parisian ensemble, Les Arts Florissants, whose staged productions at the Brooklyn Academy of Music have been consistently thrilling. This production is directed by Luc Bondy; its cast includes William Shimell, Joyce DiDonato and Ingela Bohlin. 7:30 p.m., Brooklyn Academy of Music, 30 Lafayette Avenue, at Ashland Place, Fort Greene, (718) 636-4100; $35 to $135. (Allan Kozinn) RIGOLETTO (Tomorrow and Wednesday) The soprano Anna Netrebko and the tenor Rolando Villazón, operas hottest vocal couple of late, bring star appeal and impressive artistry to the Mets 1989 Otto Schenk production of Verdis Rigoletto. The baritone Carlo Guelfi makes a stolid but finally sympathetic Rigoletto. Ms. Netrebko sings Gilda tomorrow night but will be replaced by Youngok Shin on Wednesday. Plácido Domingo, who knows a thing or two about the lead tenor role, conducts. 8 p.m., Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center, (212) 362-6000; sold out tomorrow; $26 to $100 tickets remaining for Wednesday. (Anthony Tommasini) SAMSON ET DALILA (Tonight and Tuesday night) Marina Domashenko sings Dalila in the Elijah Moshinsky production of this Saint-Saëns opera. 8, Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center, (212) 362-6000; $36 to $205 tonight; $26 to $175 on Tuesday. (Holland) LA TRAVIATA (Tomorrow and Thursday) After a false start eight years ago, Angela Gheorghiu finally does her supercharged star turn as Violetta at the Met, and her performance does a lot to legitimize the immodesty of the director, Franco Zeffirelli. Tomorrow at 1:30 p.m., Thursday at 8 p.m., Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center, (212) 362-6000; sold out, though returns may be available at the box office. (Holland) Classical Concerts ALARM WILL SOUND (Thursday) A characteristically varied program by this inventive new-music chamber orchestra offers Frank Zappa, John Cage, Bernard Woma, Wolfgang Rihm, Derek Bermel, John Adams and Edgard Varèse. 7:30 p.m., Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, (212) 247-7800; $28 to $33. (Kozinn) ARTEMIS QUARTET (Tomorrow) This dynamic young German quartet returns to New York with Mozart, Schubert and Bartok. 8 p.m., Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fifth Avenue and 82nd Street, (212) 570-3949; $40. (Jeremy Eichler) BARGEMUSIC (Tonight, tomorrow, Sunday and Thursday) Great views and typically fresh performances help make this floating concert hall one of the citys more inviting settings for chamber music. Tonight, the violinist Anna Rabinova completes her survey of solo Bach. Tomorrow and Sunday, Nuno Antunes (clarinet), Yuri Namkung (violin), Chris Gross (cello) and Katya Mihailova (piano) play Messiaens great Quartet for the End of Time. On Thursday, Ms. Mihailova offers Bach, Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev. Tonight and tomorrow and Thursday nights at 7:30, Sunday at 4 p.m., Fulton Ferry Landing next to the Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn, (718) 624-2083; $35. (Eichler) BROOKLYN CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY (Tonight) The violinist Carmit Zori founded this group in 2002, giving Bargemusic a bit of local competition. Tonight she is joined by Ani Kavafian, Robert Rinehart and Carter Brey in music by Mozart, Shostakovich and Schumann. 8, First Unitarian Church, Pierrepont Street at Monroe Place, Brooklyn Heights, (718) 858-0718; $30. (Eichler) RICHARD GOODE, Dawn upshaw and pomerium (Sunday) The pianist Richard Goode continues his intriguing Perspectives series at Carnegie Hall. After setting the tone with a group of Bach preludes and fugues, he juxtaposes madrigals by the wildly experimental Renaissance composer Gesualdo (sung by Pomerium) with Expressionistic works from the Second Viennese School: Bergs searching Piano Sonata and Schoenbergs riveting song cycle The Book of the Hanging Gardens. The soprano Dawn Upshaw, always up for a challenge, joins for the Schoenberg. 7:30 p.m., Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, (212) 247-7800; $44 and $52. (Tommasini) SARI GRUBER (Tonight) A fine young soprano appears in a varied recital program sponsored by the Naumburg Foundation. 8, Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, (212) 721-6500; $15; $5 for students and 65+. (Holland) ISRAEL PHILHARMONIC (Thursday) Zubin Mehta conducts his longtime orchestra, and the pianist Lang Lang adds a little glamour. 7 p.m., Carnegie Hall, (212) 247-7800; $40 to $150. (Holland) JUILLIARD SYMPHONY (Wednesday) James Conlon begins and ends an adventurous program with Varèse: first the sly Tuning Up, then that crazed and exhilarating din of a piece, Amériques. In between, the eager and gifted Juilliard musicians take on Debussy and Schoenberg, as well as Bernsteins exuberantly jazzy symphony The Age of Anxiety. 8 p.m., Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, (212) 721-6500; $10 and $20. (Tommasini) JOAN KWUON (Tonight) In addition to her violin playing, Ms. Kwuon has worked through the years to rally the musical world around the cause of breast cancer research. She makes her New York recital debut with music by Bach, Mozart, Enescu and André Previn. 7, Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fifth Avenue and 82nd Street, (212) 570-3949; $25. (Eichler) JAAP TER LINDEN (Sunday) A star of the period-instrument world, this Dutch cellist can be heard on a large discography, both on his own and in ensembles of varying sizes. The great test for cellists, though, are Bachs Unaccompanied Suites, and he will play three of the six -- Nos. 1, 4 and 5 -- at this concert in the Music Before 1800 series. 4 p.m., Corpus Christi Church, 529 West 121st Street, Morningside Heights, (212) 666-9266; $25 and $40; $20 and $35 for students and 62+. (Kozinn) DAME FELICITY LOTT (Monday) This veteran British soprano should make much of Fallen Women and Virtuous Wives, the title of a themed recital with songs by everyone from Haydn and Mozart to Kurt Weill and Noël Coward, accompanied by her perennial and equally excellent partner Graham Johnson. 7:30 p.m., Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, (212) 247-7800; $40 to $48. (Midgette) MUSIC FROM JAPAN (Tomorrow and Sunday) A two-day festival presents traditional and contemporary music for the shakuhachi tomorrow, with Akikazu Nakamura as the soloist and Michiyo Yagi playing the 20-string koto, and a showcase of young Japanese composers on Sunday. Tomorrow night at 8, Sunday afternoon at 2, Merkin Concert Hall, 129 West 67th Street, Manhattan, (212) 501-3330; $18 per concert, or $30 for both. (Midgette) NEW YORK COLLEGIUM (Tonight) French baroque is the theme of the day: a concert devoted to the music of Louis-Nicolas Clérambault (1676-1749) includes the cantatas Orphée and Pirame et Thisbé. Robert Mealy will lead the group and play violin; Marc Molomot is the vocal soloist. 8, Society for Ethical Culture, Central Park West at 64th Street, (212) 717-9246; $30 to $50. (Midgette) NEW YORK FESTIVAL OF SONG (Tuesday and Wednesday) For Valentines Day, this concert offers a program about coming together, with a range of ensembles by composers from Schubert to the Beach Boys, called All Together Now. 8 p.m., Merkin Concert Hall, 129 West 67th Street, Manhattan, (212) 501-3330; $45. (Midgette) NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC (Today, tomorrow and Tuesday) In the final week of its Mozart series, the Philharmonic offers the three last symphonies, Nos. 39, 40 and 41. True, its about as uninventive as programming can be, but Lorin Maazel has proved a surprising Mozart conductor lately, and during the first two weeks of this minifestival, the Philharmonic players have been at their zestiest. Today at 2 p.m., tomorrow at 8 p.m., Tuesday at 7:30 p.m., Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, (212) 721-6500; $26 to $94. (Kozinn) PACIFICA QUARTET (Sunday) This young ensemble, based at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana, gave a memorable performance at Alice Tully Hall in 2004, and last year released a solid, richly played traversal of the Mendelssohn string quartets on the Cedille label. It returns for one of Lincoln Centers early morning concerts, with Mendelssohns Quartet in E flat and Tchaikovskys Quartet in D. 11 a.m., Walter Reade Theater, 165 West 65th Street, Manhattan, (212) 721-6500; $20. (Kozinn) STAATSKAPELLE BERLIN (Tomorrow and Sunday) Daniel Barenboim reminds New York that he has an orchestra other than the Chicago Symphony. Conducting Germanys oldest orchestra, which he has led for more than a decade, he celebrates this years birthday boy, Mozart, with two programs, each with two symphonies and a piano concerto in E-flat. Tomorrows concerto is for two pianos; joining Mr. Barenboim will be Radu Lupu. Tomorrow night at 8, Sunday afternoon at 2, Carnegie Hall, (212) 247-7800; $38 to $130. (Midgette) ST. LUKES CHAMBER ENSEMBLE (Tuesday) The Orchestra of St. Lukes may be the most protean group in town. Here its members appear in various chamber combinations for works by Mozart, Debussy, Chopin and Schoenberg. 7:30 p.m., Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall, (212) 247-7800; $28 to $35. (Eichler) VOICES OF LIGHT (Thursday) Richard Einhorn composed this vivid, unusual oratorio as a soundtrack for Carl Theodor Dreyers silent classic The Passion of Joan of Arc, a compressed telling of Joan of Arcs trial by an ecclesiastical court and her execution at the stake. His texts draw on the Bible, Joans letters, the works of Hildegard of Bingen and other medieval churchwomen, and The Vices of Women, a 13th-century misogynistic ballad; his music pivots between the medieval world and ours. During a screening of the film, it is to be performed live by the Ensemble Sospeso, the New Amsterdam Singers and Anonymous 4, which assembles only for special projects these days. 8 p.m., World Financial Center, West Street, South of Vesey Street, Lower Manhattan, (212) 945-0505; free. (Kozinn) Dance Full reviews of recent performances: nytimes.com/dance. * RICHARD ALSTON DANCE COMPANY (Tuesday through Feb. 19) The choreographer Richard Alston has been a mainstay of English contemporary dance since the early 1970s, and his musical, often understated work is always worth watching. This program presents three dances new to New York audiences: Fever, to Monteverdi; Such Longing, to Chopins Nocturnes and Études; and Gypsy Mixture, from the delightfully titled CD Electric Gypsyland. Tuesday through Feb. 18 at 8 p.m., Feb. 19 at 2 p.m., Joyce Theater, 175 Eighth Avenue, at 19th Street, Chelsea, (212) 242-0800 or www.joyce.org; $38. (Roslyn Sulcas) * RONALD K. BROWNEVIDENCE (Tonight through Sunday) Two programs, created in collaboration with the poet Chad Boseman, blend traditional and social dances from the United States, Senegal and the Ivory Coast with music by Fred Hammond, Terry Riley and Duke Ellington. Tonight at 8, tomorrow at 2 and 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 and 7:30 pm., Joyce Theater, 175 Eighth Avenue, at 19th Street, Chelsea, (212) 242-0800 or www.joyce.org; $38. (Jack Anderson) DANCE AT DIXON PLACE (Tonight and tomorrow night) Chosen by Kimberly Brandt, the choreographers in Brink are Jack Ferver, Matthew Rogers and Jen Rosenblit, whose group performing credits include work with Chris Burnside, Johannes Wieland and Ivy Baldwin. 8, Dixon Place, 258 Bowery, between Houston and Prince Streets, Lower East Side, (212) 219-0736 or www.dixonplace.org; $12 or T.D.F.; $10 for students and 65+. (Jennifer Dunning) DANCE CHINA (Tomorrow) Formerly the Chinese Folk Dance Company, this troupe will join with seven other dance ensembles in a celebration of the lunar new year. 2 p.m., Colden Center, Queens College, 65-30 Kissena Boulevard, Flushing, (212) 334-3764 or www.chinesedance.org; $15; children 12 and under, $12. (Dunning) DANCEMOPOLITAN@JOES PUB (Tonight and tomorrow night) This installation of Dancenow/NYCs dance cabaret will feature work by choreographers including Gerald Casel, Mary Cochran, Kriota Willberg, David Grenke, Wendy Osserman, Laura Peterson, Jessy Smith and Tami Stronach. Clare Byrne and Amy Larimer are this months hosts. 9:30 p.m., Joes Pub, at the Public Theater, 425 Lafayette Street, at Astor Place, East Village, (212) 239-6200 or www.telecharge.com; $20. (Dunning) DANCE THEATER OF HARLEM (Sunday) This months Open House roster of artists includes the companys young Dancing Through Barriers Ensemble, the Williams Brothers and the Mama Lu Parks Dancers, and music by the Wolof griot Cheikh MBaye and Sing Sing Rhythms of Senegal and the AJ Jazz Ensemble. 1 and 3:30 p.m., Dance Theater of Harlem, 466 West 152nd Street, between Amsterdam and St. Nicholas Avenues, (212) 690-2800 or www.dancetheatreofharlem.org. The 1 p.m. show: $8; $4 for children 12 and under. The 3:30 show (includes a reception): $18; $14 for children 12 and under. (Dunning) FLY-BY-NIGHT DANCE THEATER (Tomorrow) Aerial dance by Julie Ludwig, with guest choreography by Jody Oberfelder, Elise Knudson and Elie Venezky. 8:30 p.m., Soundance Studio, 281 North Seventh Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, (212) 352-3101 and www.theatermania.com; $25 in advance, $18 at the door. (Dunning) * GINA GIBNEY DANCE (Thursday) Ms. Gibney explores the worlds of finite reality and the unknowable, and she has made a third new world of them in her mysterious, subtle unbounded. (Through Feb. 19.) 8:30 p.m. Danspace Project at St. Marks Church, 131 East 10th Street, East Village, (212) 674-8194 or www.danspaceproject.org; $15. (Dunning) CURT HAWORTH (Tonight through Sunday) Descent presents a choreographic panorama of 24 hours in a city on the brink of war. 8:30 p.m., Danspace Project, St. Marks Church, 131 East 10th Street, East Village, (212) 674-8194 or www.danspaceproject.org; $15. (Anderson) SARA EAST JOHNSON AND LAVA (Tonight through Sunday and Thursday) Ms. Johnsons award-winning, all-female company, LAVA, presents (w)HOLE (short for The Whole History of Life on Earth), its first new work since 2003. Using trapeze, Chinese acrobatics and swing dancing, among other things, the company tackles rock formation, punctuated equilibrium theory and magnetic polarity reversal with its usual strength and verve. (Through Feb. 19.) Tonight and tomorrow night at 7, Sunday at 5 p.m., Flea Theater, 41 White Street, TriBeCa, (212) 352-3101, www.TheaterMania.com; $20 to $25.(Erika Kinetz) HEATHER KRAVAS (Tonight and tomorrow night) What promises to be a lively, internationally flavored double bill, with a three-year, long-distance collaboration between Heather Kravas from New York and Antonija Livingstone from Montreal by way of Berlin, and a duet from PO.V.S., a dance collective from Moscow. 7:30, Dance Theater Workshop, 219 West 19th Street, Chelsea, (212) 924-0077 or www.dtw.org; $12 and $20. (Rockwell) METRO MOVEMENT PROJECT (Tonight and tomorrow night) In Modern Dance: Primitive Lights, dance by choreographers including Meg Brooker, Claire Elizabeth Barratt, Mark Lamb, Wendy Blum and Vong Phrommala will be presented in four programs, all performed in candlelight in a church setting, to live music and the spoken word. 7 and 9, Metro Baptist Church, 410 West 40th Street, Clinton, (917) 279-1941; $15; $7 for students and 65+. (Dunning) * THE NETA DANCE COMPANY A.W.A.R.D. SHOW (Sunday) This free monthly performance series organized and produced by the choreographer Neta Pulvermacher began in January and runs until May. Its a great idea -- each event presents work by four emerging or midcareer choreographers, then opens up discussion between the artists and the audience. Later everyone has a drink. Melinda Ring, Pele Bauch, Barbara Duffy and the wonderful Keigwin & Company are on the lineup, and Thomas DeFrantz will moderate the discussion. Call first -- the Joyce SoHo had to turn people away last time. 7 p.m., Joyce SoHo, 155 Mercer Street, between Houston and Prince Streets, (212) 334-7479 or www.joyce.org. (Sulcas) NEW CHAMBER BALLET (Tomorrow) Choreography by Miro Magloire, the companys director, and Deborah Lohse and Constantine Baecher will be performed by dancers including Deborah Wingert. 8 p.m., City Center Studio 4, 130 West 56th Street, Manhattan, (212) 868-4444 or www.smartix.com; $15; $10 for students with ID. and ages 65+ (Dunning) NEW YORK FLAMENCO FESTIVAL 2006 (Tomorrow through Feb. 19) The citys annual celebration of all things Flamenco continues into its second week tomorrow night with the guitarist Vicente Amigo and an ensemble that includes the dancer Rafael Campallo. A gala on Wednesday night lines up some of flamencos big guns, including the legendary Manolo Marin and Soledad Barrio, often seen in New York with Noche Flamenca. On Thursday, the Nuevo Ballet Español shows flamenco in a more contemporary guise -- a slightly doubtful enterprise -- featuring the wonderful Lola Greco. Various locations; for information: (212) 545-7536 or www.worldmusicinstitute.org/wmical/Main.asp (Sulcas) 92ND STREET Y HARKNESS DANCE FESTIVAL (Tomorrow through Feb. 19) This 12-year-old festival has a noteworthy lineup over its second week. WilliamsWorks, a new troupe directed by a former New York City Ballet dancer, Todd Williams, gives its final performances this weekend (tomorrow at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.), and the Tel Aviv-based Sally-Anne Friedland Dance Drama Company makes its United States debut. In her world premiere of Borders and the American premiere of Red, we are promised that the abstraction of dance meets the drama of life (Wednesday and Thursday at 8 p.m.; Feb. 18 at 8 p.m.; Feb. 19 at 2 and 7 p.m.) Ailey Citigroup Theater, Joan Weill Center for Dance, 405 West 55th Street, Clinton, (212) 415-5500 or www.92Y.org/HarknessFestival; $20; students and 62+, $15. (Sulcas) * STARS OF THE 21ST CENTURY (Monday) Cheesy but usually amusing and sometimes thrilling, these potpourris of dancers from hither and yon, performing to recorded music and offering sometimes challenging choreography but mostly flashy showpieces, are always worth a visit. This year the galaxy, many returning from previous galas, includes Irina Dvorovenko and her husband, Maxim Beloserkovsky, from American Ballet Theater; Sofiane Sylve from the New York City Ballet; Svetlana Lunkina and Sergei Filin from the Bolshoi Ballet; Andrian Fadeyev from the Kirov Ballet; Mathilde Froustey and Emmanuel Thibault from the Paris Opera Ballet; Lucia Lacarra and Cyril Pierre from the Munich Ballet; Pilar Alvarez and Claudio Hoffmann from Tango Metropolis Argentina; and Desmond Richardson from Complexions. 7:30 p.m., New York State Theater, Lincoln Center, (212) 870-5570 or (212) 721-6500; $20 to $150. (Rockwell) THUNDERBIRD AMERICAN INDIAN DANCERS (Tonight through Sunday) This years Pow-Wow, the companys 31st, includes dances, stories and traditional music from the Iroquois and American Indians of the Northwest Coast, the Southwest, the Plains and the Arctic regions. (Repeated next weekend.) Tonight at 8, tomorrow at 2 and 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m., Theater for the New City, 155 First Avenue, at 10th Street, East Village, (212) 254-1109 and www.theaterforthenewcity.net. Evening performances: $10. Matinees: $10; $1 for children under 12 accompanied by a ticketholding adult. (Dunning) THE WALDEN COMPANY (Sunday) A new musical, All is Full of Love, by the choreographer Josh Walden, is based on the narrative of On the Town, but set to the music of Bjork. The one-time performance (presumably Mr. Walden is hoping for more) partly benefits Dancers Responding to AIDS. 8 p.m., Theater at St. Clements, 423 West 46th Street, Clinton, (212) 352-3101 or TheaterMania.com; $39.90 to $81.50 (includes preshow reception). (Sulcas) * REGGIE WILSON/FIST & HEEL PERFORMANCE GROUP (Wednesday and Thursday) Mr. Wilson and his superb musicians and dancers create a world that fuses the cultural traditions of the black American South, urban America, Africa and the Caribbean, this time in The Tale: Npinpee Nckutchie and the Tail of the Golden Dek, a new work that explores sexual attraction. (Through Feb. 18 and Feb. 22 to 25.) 7:30 p.m., Dance Theater Workshop, 219 West 19th Street, Chelsea, (212) 924-0077; $25; $15 for students and 65+. (Dunning) Art Museums and galleries are in Manhattan unless otherwise noted. Full reviews of recent art shows: nytimes.com/art. Museums * AMERICAN FOLK ART MUSEUM: SURFACE ATTRACTION: PAINTED FURNITURE FROM THE COLLECTION, through March 26. The remarkable images, abstract patterns and floral motifs that flutter across the 30 or so tables, chairs, cabinets and blanket chests in this beautiful, convention-stretching show confirm that from the late 1600s to the late 1800s, quite a bit of American painting talent and ambition was channeled into the decoration of everyday wood objects. The combination of imagination and utility, of economic means and lush effects, defines the human desire for beauty as hard-wired. 45 West 53rd Street, (212) 265-1040. (Roberta Smith) * Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum: FASHION IN COLORS, through March 26. Drawn from the collection of the Kyoto Costume Institute in Japan, this sumptuous show arranges 68 often lavish Western gowns and ensembles according to the colors of the spectrum and reinforces their progress with a posh, color-coordinated installation design. For an experience of color as color, it is hard to beat, but it also says a great deal about clothing, visual perception and beauty. 2 East 91st Street, (212) 849-8400.(Smith) * Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum: David Smith: A Centennial, through May 14. David Smith is best known for his worst work, bulky sculptures of the important kind that museums and banks like to buy. Much (though not all) of that material has been excised from this survey in favor of smaller, earlier, nonmonumental pieces which the curator, Carmen Gimenez, presents with plenty of air and light. The result is exemplary as a David Smith experience, an American Modernism experience and a Guggenheim Museum experience. 1071 Fifth Avenue, at 89th Street, (212) 423-3500. (Holland Cotter) International Center of Photography: Che!: Revolution and commerce, through Feb. 26. This is, in a sense, a one-image show, the image being Alberto Kordas famous 1960 head shot of Che (Ernesto Guevara), taken in Cuba. But the theme is the transformation that the portrait has undergone in the passage of 46 years, as Ches soulful likeness has migrated from political posters to album covers, T-shirts, paper currency, vodka ads and gallery art. 1133 Avenue of the Americas, at 43rd Street, (212) 857-0000. (Cotter) Metropolitan Museum of Art: Art of Medicine in Ancient Egypt, through May 7. Egypt was no picnic 5,000 years ago. The average life span was about 40 years. Wild animals were ever-present. Childbirth was perilous. Prevention, diagnosis and treatment of illness were shots in the dark. Doctors were priests. Medicine was a blend of science, religion and art. The 65 or so objects in this beautiful show functioned as all three. Fifth Avenue and 82nd Street, (212) 535-7710. (Cotter) * MET: ANTONELLO DA MESSINA, through March 5. This small, focused show presents the work of a Sicilian master (about 1430-1479) regarded as the greatest painter to emerge from southern Italy in the 15th century. His signature work, shown here, is The Virgin Annunciate (about 1475-76), depicting Mary as a young Sicilian girl at the moment of the Annunciation, when she is told by the angel Gabriel that she will bear Jesus. The genius of the work lies in the way a traditional icon has been imbued with the life force of a flesh-and-blood human being. (See above.) (Grace Glueck) * MET: Robert Rauschenberg: Combines, through April 2. Big and handsome almost to a fault. Theres something weird about seeing once joyfully rude and over-the-top contraptions from the 1950s and 60s lined up like choirboys in church, with their ties askew and shirttails out. But even enshrined, the combines still manage to seem incredibly fresh and odd, almost otherworldly. I thought of a medieval treasury -- all the rich colors and lights and intricate details. The most beautiful tend to be the early ones: large but delicate, with a subtle, fugitive emotional pitch. (See above.) (Michael Kimmelman) The Museum of Modern Art: JOHN SZARKOWSKI: PHOTOGRAPHS, through May 15. A kind of homecoming, this beautiful show surveys the pictures taken by Mr. Szarkowski before and after his influential 29-year term at the helm of the Moderns photography department. The best show him combining the styles of the photographers he has long admired with his native ground -- the architecture and landscape of the upper Midwest. 11 West 53rd Street, (212) 708-9400. (Smith) ONASSIS CULTURAL CENTER: FROM BYZANTIUM TO MODERN GREECE: HELLENIC ART IN ADVERSITY, 1453-1830, through May 6. This show is a busy, ambitious hodgepodge that sets out to present all aspects of the visual art in Greece during this period. The range spans wonderful early paintings and icons, like a panel by the youthful El Greco; examples of domestic crafts practiced by Greek women; jewelry and church ornaments; and maps and charts. 645 Fifth Avenue, at 52nd Street, (212) 486-4448. (Glueck) * P.S. 1: Peter Hujar, through March 6. When Peter Hujar died in 1987, he was a figure of acute interest to a small group of fans, and unknown to practically everyone else. His photographs of desiccated corpses in Sicilian catacombs and studio portraits of New Yorks downtown demimonde were a gorgeous shock, and their cocktail of Nadar, Weegee and Vogue shaped the work of many younger artists. This surveyish sampling includes several of his recurrent themes: portraits of people and animals, landscapes, still lifes and erotica. Sensuality and mortality are the binders throughout, inseparable. 22-25 Jackson Avenue, at 46th Avenue, Long Island City, Queens, (718) 784-2084. (Cotter) * Studio Museum in Harlem: FREQUENCY, through March 12. Despite some marked unevenness, this display of new and recently emerged talent confirms the current vitality of black art, contemporary art and midsize New York museums. Names to look out for include Kalup Linzy, Leslie Hewitt, Jeff Sonhouse, Shinique Smith, Demetrius Oliver, Michael Paul Britto, Nick Cave, Mickalene Thomas and Michael Queenland, but dont stop there. 144 West 125th Street, (212) 864-4500. (Smith) Whitney Museum of American Art: Raymond Pettibon, through Feb. 19. If you are unfamiliar with the influential Mr. Pettibons emotionally resonant mix of noirish cartooning and enigmatic literary verbiage, this show of works on paper and, for the first time, a low-tech animated video, serves as a good introduction. (See above.) 945 Madison Avenue, at 75th Street, (800) 944-8639(Johnson) Galleries: Uptown * Ellen Brooks: Vintage Photographs from the 70s Cultural wars have come and gone -- actually, theyve never really gone -- since 1976, when Ellen Brooks first showed a dozen larger-than-life-size studio photographs of nude male and female adolescents. Eight more pictures, never before exhibited, from the same series are on view at Roth, and it is easy to see how, in the right (meaning wrong) setting, they could still cause a fuss today. The inclusion of documentation, including early reviews of the work, give these remarkable pictures a historical context. Andrew Roth, 160A East 70th Street, (212) 717-9067, through Feb. 18. (Cotter) The Hudson River School at the New-York Historical Society: Nature and the American Vision By the mid-19th century, the United States was a trans-Atlantic political power in search of a cultural profile. Hudson River School landscape painting was the answer: it presented America as the un-Europe. Europe had its Romantic ruins; America had its ultra-Romantic wilderness. Europe had antique; America had primeval. Europe told time in centuries; America told time in eons. Its all here to see in this display of a venerable local institutions permanent collection. New-York Historical Society, 2 West 77th Street, (212) 873-3400, through Feb. 19. (Cotter) Galleries: 57th Street * Maria Elena González This excellent two-gallery show plays with the forms of Roman Catholic religious imagery and reliquaries that Ms. González encountered during a yearlong stay in Rome, but translates both into highly personal post-Minimalist forms. The symbols of martyrdom at the Project become emblems of power; the clouded architectural sculptures at Knoedler look like reliquaries within reliquaries, which is one way to speak of the relationship of memory to art. The Project, 37 West 57th Street, third floor, (212) 688-1585, through Feb. 17, and Knoedler & Company, 19 East 70th Street, (212) 794-0550, through March 4. (Cotter) * RON NAGLE AND THE HOLY GRAIl Nominally, the 12 absurdly beautiful little ceramic objects that make up Mr. Nagels eighth New York solo show are teacups. But an exquisite combination of sculptural form, color, surface and craftsmanship elevates each to a transcendental realm of pure aesthetic contemplation. They are smart and slyly humorous, too. Garth Clark, 24 West 57th Street, (212) 246-2205, through Feb. 25. (Ken Johnson) JOHN SZARKOWSKI: NOW As a pendant to the photographers survey at the Museum of Modern art, this show focuses on images of the land and outbuildings on his upstate farm, with special attention to the seasonal changes and akimbo branches of numerous apple trees. Pace/MacGill Gallery, 32 East 57th Street, (212) 759-7999, through Feb. 18. (Smith) Galleries: Chelsea WILLIE COLE: SOLE TO SOUL An adept recycler of found objects used as tools or in assemblages to evoke different varieties of African sculpture, Mr. Cole has expanded both palette and references in his latest efforts. Here womens high heels, arranged by hue, handsomely evoke rose windows, mandalas and lotus flowers, as well as religious multiplicity (Smith). Alexander and Bonin, 132 10th Avenue, near 18th Street, (212) 367-7474, through Feb. 18. (Smith) Molly Davies This expansive show features major works from three decades by a veteran avant-gardist film and video maker. Ranging from near-abstraction to dreamlike allegory, the video installations of Ms. Davies call to mind artists as various as Gary Hill and Bill Viola. Some involve collaboration with musicians and dancers, and the esteemed poet Anne Carson stars in a sensuous and stately three-screen production from 2002 called Desire. Zone, 601 West 26th Street, (212) 255-2177, through Feb. 18. (Johnson) ERWIN OLAF The large, carefully staged photographs of people in midcentury American clothes and environments by this successful Dutch commercial photographer look like the dreams of a deeply depressed Norman Rockwell. Hasted Hunt, 529 West 20th Street, (212) 627-0006, through Feb. 18. (Johnson) Wu Jianan: Daydreams Trained in the art of paper cutting, this young Chinese artist scissors swirling, wonderfully intricate and fantastic compositions of figures, body parts and animals from single large sheets of white paper. Chambers, 210 11th Avenue, between 24th and 25th Streets, (212) 414-1169, through Feb. 25. (Johnson) Galleries: SoHo Its a Beautiful Day Sweet but with an acid center, this group show includes Mie Yims smudgy painting of stuffed animals in an overripe landscape; Charlene Lius pale watercolor vision of wrecked cars in an overgrown valley; Satoru Eguchis architectural photographs cut into lacy patterns; Margaret Lees watercolor pictures of rock formations with graffiti carved into them; Saeko Takagis pastel-colored paintings of wan, blond models; Misaki Kawais funky, storytelling marine sculptures; and Koji Shimizus sculpture in the form of climbing equipment for cats. ISE Cultural Foundation, 555 Broadway, at Prince Street, (212) 925-1649, through Feb. 25. (Johnson) Other Galleries Carla Accardi and Lucio Fontana,: Infinite Space Bridging the gap between higher metaphysics and raw materialism in Italy in the 1960s and 70s, Fontana famously made single-color canvases that he decisively slashed or punctured, while Accardi wrapped strips of painted transparent plastic around wooden stretchers or painted fields of optically vibrating calligraphy. A selection of works by both artists makes for a surprisingly handsome and elegant show that is nicely complemented by a small installation ofrecent works by Richard Tuttle in the project room. Sperone Westwater, 415 West 13th Street, West Village, (212) 999-7337, through Feb. 25. (Johnson) * Do You Think Im Disco Theres a big story to be told about disco culture of the 1970s, which had roots in rhythm and blues, African-American church music, 1960s drug culture, gay liberation and all manner of anti-establishment politics. This modest group show touches on all of these elements, however glancingly and unsystematically, by considering the trickle-down effect of discomania on some new art today. Longwood Art Gallery@Hostos, 450 Grand Concourse, at 149th Street, Mott Haven, the Bronx, (718) 518-6728, through March 18. (Cotter) * THE DOWNTOWN SHOW: THE NEW YORK ART SCENE, 1974-1984 The real down-and-dirty downtown art scene, when the East Village bloomed, punk and new wave rock assailed the ears, graffiti spread like kudzu and heroin, along with extreme style, raged, is the subject of this wild and woolly show. Its a humongous time warp of more than 450 paintings, sculptures, drawings, photographs, videos, posters, ephemera and things in between by artists, writers, performers, musicians and maestros of mixed media, from a photograph of the transvestite Candy Darling as she posed on her deathbed to a small, painted sculpture made of elephant dung by David Hammons. With so many clashing ideologies, points of view and attitudes toward art-making, this no-holds-barred hodgepodge generates the buzz and stridency of, say, Canal Street on payday. New York University, Grey Art Gallery, 100 Washington Square East, (212) 998-6780; and Fales Library, 70 Washington Square South, (212) 988-2596, Greenwich Village; through April 1. (Glueck) * Anya Gallaccio: One Art The viscerally poetic single work occupying Sculpture Centers spacious main gallery is a 50-foot weeping cherry tree that was cut up and reassembled in the gallery, where it is held in place by steel cables and bolts. Sculpture Center, 44-19 Purves Street, at Jackson Avenue, Long Island City, Queens, (718) 361-1750, through April 3. (Johnson) Last Chance MARIA MAGDALENA CAMPOS-PONS: backyard dreams See this show for the large, gorgeously colored multiphoto works in which drawing, painting and photography merge with intimations of the female, otherness and a distinctly tropical locale. Julie Saul Gallery, 535 West 22nd Street, Chelsea, (212) 627-2410; closes tomorrow. (Smith) * DAVID HAMMONS: THE UNAUTHORIZED RETROSPECTIVE How do you do a show if you dont have art? Use copies. How do you get copies? Find photographs of the original art. Thats what Triple Candie has done with David Hammonss work. The gallery photocopied illustrations of existing, or once existing, Hammons pieces from books and magazines and downloaded others from the Internet. They then taped the 81/2 -by-11 prints to the gallery wall. The result: a homage that is very much in this important artists maverick, dematerialized spirit. Triple Candie, 461 West 126th Street, Harlem, (212) 865-0783; closes Sunday.(Cotter) * Warren Isensee Could this be Mr. Isensees breakout show? His glowing grid, striped and concentric rectangle paintings play adroitly with conventions of Modernist abstraction and are almost hallucinogenically beautiful. Danese, 535 West 24th Street, Chelsea, (212) 223-2227; closes tomorrow. (Johnson) CHRISTOPHER MINER: HOW BEAUTIFUL HEAVEN MUST BE In this split-personality debut, the artist mimics a drunken black man in one video, and in another, takes a remorseful, memory-laden tour of his dead grandparents house. The prevailing impression is of white, male, not necessarily Southern emptiness and disconnection. Mitchell-Innes & Nash, 534 West 26th Street, Chelsea, (212) 744-7400; closes tomorrow. (Smith) * WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: OSCAR BLUEMNER: A PASSION FOR COLOR, Not exactly a well-known name today, except to devotees of American Modernism, this German-born architect-turned-painter (1867-1938) was one of the major American artists of the early 20th century, right up there with the likes of Marsden Hartley, John Marin, Arthur Dove and Charles Demuth, to name a few. Most of his compositions are unpeopled landscapes depicting houses and building fragments in brilliantly stylized settings in which trees, clouds, smokestacks, telephone poles, water and snow are rendered as rhythmic and dramatic shapes that play off one another almost musically. 945 Madison Avenue, at 75th Street, (212) 570-3676; closes Sunday. (Glueck)

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The Listings: Jan. 20 - Jan. 26

Selective listings by critics of The New York Times of new and noteworthy cultural events in the New York metropolitan region this week. * denotes a highly recommended film, concert, show or exhibition. Theater Approximate running times are in parentheses. Theaters are in Manhattan unless otherwise noted. Full reviews of current shows, additional listings, showtimes and tickets: nytimes.com/theater. Previews and Openings (I AM) NOBODYS LUNCH Preview today. Opens tomorrow. The Civilians docu-play investigates how and why we know what we know in a post-Sept. 11 world (1:30). 59E59, 59 East 59th Street; (212) 279-4200. APARTMENT 3A Previews start today. Opens Monday. A comedy about a woman having a terrible day -- that is, before she moves into a new apartment -- by Jeff Daniels, who personified Park Slope pretentiousness in The Squid and the Whale (1:30). Arclight Theater, 152 West 71st Street; (212) 352-0255. ZOMBOID! Opens Wednesday. Richard Foreman, a downtown institution, tries multimedia in his latest experimental event, which features large projections shot in Australia (1:15). Ontological-Hysteric Theater, 131 East 10th Street, East Village; (212) 352-3101. BRIDGE & TUNNEL Opens Thursday. The Surface Transit star Sarah Jones takes her comic solo show about a diverse poetry slam to Broadway (1:30). Helen Hayes Theater, 240 West 44th Street; (212) 239-6200. BAREFOOT IN THE PARK Previews start Tuesday. Opens Feb. 16. Patrick Wilson and Amanda Peet star in Neil Simons classic romantic comedy about New York newlyweds (2:20). Cort Theater, 138 West 48th Street; (212) 239-6200. I LOVE YOU BECAUSE Opens Feb. 14. Mr. Darcy becomes Marcy in this gender-switching musical retelling of Pride and Prejudice, which stars Stephane DAbruzzo from Avenue Q (2:00). Village Theater, 158 Bleecker Street, near Sullivan Street, East Village; (212) 307-4100. THE PAJAMA GAME Opens Feb. 23. Labor unrest leads to romance in this classic musical about a manager and a union representative at a pajama factory. Harry Connick Jr. stars, and Kathleen Marshall directs (2:30). American Airlines Theater, 227 West 42nd Street; (212) 719-1300. RABBIT HOLE Opens Feb. 2. A husband and wife drift apart in the wake of a terrible accident in David Lindsay-Abaires new family drama. Cynthia Nixon and Tyne Daly star (2:10). Biltmore Theater, 261 West 47th Street; (212) 239-6200. RED LIGHT WINTER Previews start today. Opens Feb. 9. Throw two men, a prostitute and one Amsterdam evening into an Adam Rapp drama and you may well have some trouble. Variety calls it Mr. Rapps most commercial outing (2:25). Barrow Street Theater, 27 Barrow Street, West Village; (212) 239-6200. THE RIGHT KIND OF PEOPLE Previews start Tuesday. Opens Feb. 9. A grumpy Charles Grodin delves into the dark, mysterious world of Manhattan co-op boards in this Primary Stages comedy (1:30). 59E59, 59 East 59th Street; (212) 279-4200. THE SEVEN Opens Feb. 12. The hip-hop theater pioneer Will Powers large-cast adaptation of Aeschylus Seven Against Thebes. Jo Bonney directs (2:00). New York Theater Workshop, 79 East Fourth Street, East Village; (212) 239-6200. Broadway CHITA RIVERA: THE DANCERS LIFE At 72, Ms. Rivera still has the voice, the attitude and -- oh, yes -- the legs to magnetize all eyes in an audience. If the singing scrapbook of a show that surrounds her is less than electric, there is no denying the electricity of the woman at its center (2:00). Schoenfeld Theater, 236 West 45th Street; (212) 239-6200. (Ben Brantley) THE COLOR PURPLE So much plot, so many years, so many characters to cram into less than three hours. This beat-the-clock musical adaptation of Alice Walkers Pulitzer Prizewinning novel about Southern black women finding their inner warriors never slows down long enough for you to embrace it. LaChanze leads the vibrant, hard-working cast (2:40). Broadway Theater, 1681 Broadway, at 53rd Street; (212) 239-6200. (Brantley) DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS On paper this musical tale of two mismatched scam artists has an awful lot in common with The Producers. But if you are going to court comparison with giants, you had better be prepared to stand tall. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, starring Jonathan Pryce and Norbert Leo Butz, never straightens out of a slouch (2:35). (On Tuesday, Jonathan Pryce will assume Mr. Lithgows role.) Imperial Theater, 249 West 45th Street; (212) 239-6200. (Brantley) * DOUBT, A PARABLE (Pulitzer Prize, Best Play 2005, and Tony Award, Best Play 2005) Set in the Bronx in 1964, this play by John Patrick Shanley is structured as a clash of wills and generations between Sister Aloysius (Eileen Atkins), the head of a parochial school, and Father Flynn (Ron Eldard), the young priest who may or may not be too fond of the boys in his charge. The plays elements bring to mind those tidy topical melodramas that were once so popular. But Mr. Shanley makes subversive use of musty conventions (1:30). Walter Kerr Theater; 219 West 48th Street, (212) 239-6200. (Brantley) JERSEY BOYS From grit to glamour with the Four Seasons, directed by the pop repackager Des McAnuff (The Whos Tommy). The real thrill of this shrink-wrapped bio-musical, for those who want something more than recycled chart toppers and a story line poured from a can, is watching the wonderful John Lloyd Young (as Frankie Valli) cross the line from exact impersonation into something far more compelling (2:30). August Wilson Theater, 245 West 52nd Street; (212) 239-6200. (Brantley) THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA Love is a many-flavored thing, from sugary to sour, in Adam Guettel and Craig Lucass encouragingly ambitious and discouragingly unfulfilled new musical. The show soars only in the sweetly bitter songs performed by the wonderful Victoria Clark, as an American abroad (2:15). Beaumont Theater, Lincoln Center; (212) 239-6200. (Brantley) THE ODD COUPLE Odd is not the word for this couple. How could an adjective suggesting strangeness or surprise apply to a production so calculatedly devoted to the known, the cozy, the conventional? As the title characters in Neil Simons 1965 comedy, directed as if to a metronome by Joe Mantello, Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick reprise their star performances from The Producers, and its not a natural fit. Dont even consider killing yourself because the show is already sold out (2:10). Brooks Atkinson Theater, 256 West 47th Street; (212) 307-4100. (Brantley) SPAMALOT (Tony Award, Best Musical 2005) This staged re-creation of the mock-medieval movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail is basically a singing scrapbook for Python fans. Such a good time is being had by so many people that this fitful, eager celebration of inanity and irreverence has found a large and lucrative audience (2:20). Shubert Theater, 225 West 44th Street; (212) 239-6200. (Brantley) * SWEENEY TODD Sweet dreams, New York. This thrilling new revival of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheelers musical, with Michael Cerveris and Patti LuPone leading a cast of 10 who double as their own musicians, burrows into your thoughts like a campfire storyteller who knows what really scares you. The inventive director John Doyle aims his pared-down interpretation at the squirming child in everyone who wants to have his worst fears both confirmed and dispelled (2:30). Eugene ONeill Theater, 230 West 49th Street; (212) 239-6200. (Brantley) A TOUCH OF THE POET It takes Gabriel Byrne, playing a self-dramatizing monster father, roughly an hour to find his feet in Doug Hughess lukewarm revival of Eugene ONeills drama. But when he does, in the shows second half, audiences are allowed a rare glimpse of a thrilling process: an actors taking hold of the reins of a runaway role and riding it for all its worth. Unfortunately, nothing else in this underdirected, undercast production begins to match his pace (2:40). Studio 54, 254 West 54th Street; (212) 719-1300. (Brantley) * THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE The happy news for this happy-making little musical is that the move to larger quarters has dissipated none of its quirky charm. William Finns score sounds plumper and more rewarding than it did on Off Broadway, providing a sprinkling of sugar to complement the sass in Rachel Sheinkins zinger-filled book. The performances are flawless. Gold stars all around (1:45). Circle in the Square, 1633 Broadway, at 50th Street; (212) 239-6200. (Charles Isherwood) THE WOMAN IN WHITE Bravely flouting centuries of accepted scientific theory, the creators of this adaptation of Wilkie Collinss spine tingler have set out to prove that the world is flat, after all. This latest offering from Andrew Lloyd Webber, directed by Trevor Nunn, seems to exist entirely in two dimensions, from its computer-generated backdrops to its decorative chess-piece-like characters (2:50). Marquis Theater, 211 West 45th Street; (212) 307-4100. (Brantley) Off Broadway * ABIGAILS PARTY Scott Elliotts thoroughly delectable production of Mike Leighs 1977 comedy about domestic discord among the British middle classes. Jennifer Jason Leigh leads a superb ensemble cast as a party hostess who wields the gin bottle like a deadly weapon, resulting in an evening of savagely funny chaos (2:15). Acorn Theater at Theater Row, 410 West 42nd Street, Clinton; (212) 279-4200. (Isherwood) * ALTAR BOYZ This sweetly satirical show about a Christian pop group made up of five potential Teen People cover boys is an enjoyable, silly diversion (1:30). Dodger Stages, Stage 4, 340 West 50th Street, Clinton; (212) 239-6200.(Isherwood) ALMOST, MAINE John Carianis comedy comprises almost a dozen two-character vignettes exploring the sudden thunderclap of love and the scorched earth that sometimes follows. It will evoke either awwws or icks, depending on your affection for its whimsical approach to the joys and perils of romance (2:00). Daryl Roth Theater, 101 East 15th Street, Flatiron district; (212) 239-6200.(Isherwood) BEAUTY OF THE FATHER A crisp outline of the Pulitzer Prizewinner Nilo Cruzs new play suggests the crazy-quilt melodramas of early Almodóvar: Father and daughter are attracted to the same sexy bad boy, igniting all manner of emotional fireworks. But Mr. Cruzs reflective, unhurried pace and his meandering, lyrical dialogue allow his fuses to burn a little too long, resulting in more fizzle than flash (2:10). Manhattan Theater Club, at City Center, Stage II, 131 West 55th Street; (212) 581-1212. (Isherwood) BINGO Play bingo, munch on popcorn and watch accomplished actors freshen up a stale musical about game night (1:20). St. Lukes Theater, 308 West 46th Street, Clinton; (212) 239-6200. (Jason Zinoman) CANDIDA The two men -- David Tillistrand as Candidas husband, and Danaher Dempsey as the sniveling poet who falls under her spell -- arent strong enough to make this a great Candida, but Shaws insights still shine a century after he wrote the play, and the director, Michael Halberstam, manages to draw some good laughs in the third act (1:55). Jean Cocteau Repertory, at the Bouwerie Lane Theater, 330 Bowery Lane, at Bond Street, East Village; (212) 279-4200. (Neil Genzlinger) DOG SEES GOD: CONFESSIONS OF A TEENAGE BLOCKHEAD The Peanuts characters grow up, do drugs and have sex in this dark, disposable parody. Good grief (1:30). Century Center for the Performing Arts, 111 East 15th Street, Flatiron district; (212) 239-6200. (Zinoman) * FORBIDDEN BROADWAY: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT This production features the expected caricatures of ego-driven singing stars. But even more than usual, the show offers an acute list of grievances about the sickly state of the Broadway musical, where, as the lyrics have it, everything old is old again (1:45). 47th Street Theater, 304 West 47th Street, Clinton, (212) 239-6200. (Brantley) * IN THE CONTINUUM Danai Gurira and Nikkole Salter are both the authors and the performers of this smart, spirited and disarmingly funny show about two women: one a middle-class mother in Zimbabwe, the other a 19-year-old at loose ends in Los Angeles whose lives are upended by HIV diagnoses. Emphatically not a downer (1:30). Perry Street Theater, 31 Perry Street, Greenwich Village; (212) 868-4444. (Isherwood) * THE LITTLE DOG LAUGHED Lean, mean and about as deep as a shot glass, Diane the Hollywood agent is just the tonic New York theatergoers need in the depths of an urban winter. Played by Julie White in an irresistible adrenaline rush of a performance, Diane is the arch-manipulator in Douglas Carter Beanes tangy fable of fame and its discontents, directed by Scott Ellis. With Neal Huff as a closeted Hollywood star, and Johnny Galecki as the rent boy who loves him (2:10). Second Stage Theater, 307 West 43rd Street, Clinton; (212) 246-4422. (Brantley) MR. MARMALADE A zany comedy by Noah Haidle about emotionally disturbed children. Yes, you read that right. Michael C. Hall of Six Feet Under plays the now-cuddly, now-abusive imaginary friend of a neglected 4 year old. Unfortunately, Mr. Haidle never truly capitalizes on his provocative conceit, choosing instead to draw us a scary but ultimately hollow cartoon (1:50). Roundabout Theater Company, Laura Pels Theater, at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theater, 111 West 46th Street; (212) 719-1300. (Isherwood) *MRS. WARRENS PROFESSION An absolutely splendid Dana Ivey takes the title role in Charlotte Moores sensitively acted production of Bernard Shaws famously provocative play, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary on the New York stage this year (2:20). Irish Repertory Theater, 132 West 22nd Street, Chelsea; (212) 727-2737. (Isherwood) RFK This solo show written and starring Jack Holmes is a reasonably accurate historical portrait, but the performance, unfortunately, lacks the charisma and charm that made the real Bobby Kennedy a star (1:35). Culture Project @ 45 Bleecker, 45 Bleecker Street, at Lafayette Street, East Village; (212) 253-9983. (Jonathan Kalb) * THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL Led by Lois Smith in a heart-wrenching performance, the cast never strikes a false note in Harris Yulins beautifully mounted revival of Horton Footes drama, finding an emotional authenticity in a work largely remembered as a tear-jerking chestnut. This is not to say you should neglect to bring handkerchiefs (1:50). Signature Theater, 555 West 42nd Street, Clinton; (212) 244-7529. (Brantley) Off Off Broadway ANTON It is one thing to write a play about Anton Chekhovs last four years, quite another to attempt the masters style, then produce and direct it and portray the title character. Though Pierre van der Spuys reach far exceeds his grasp, he deserves some credit for trying (2:15). Greenwich Street Theater, 547 Greenwich Street, between Charlton and Vandam Streets, South Village; (212) 352-3101.(Andrea Stevens) *THE END OF REALITY Violence isnt pretty in the listless but eventful world of Richard Maxwells hypnotic new play. Its not ugly, either. In this latest work from the king of affecting disaffection, violence doesnt so much explode as drip, like water from a leaky faucet, into the lives of lonely, hapless security guards. Mr. Maxwells most eloquent statement to date about the blurring of despair and apathy in American lives (1:40). The Kitchen, 512 West 19th Street, Chelsea; (212) 255-5793. (Brantley) GONER The president is shot, and the worlds worst doctors get the job of trying to save him in this very funny bit of sketch comedy disguised as a play. Bad taste seems not to be an issue for the author, Brian Parks, but most of the lunacy is inspired enough that you can forgive the insensitivity (1:15). Kraine Theater, 85 East Fourth Street, East Village; (212) 868-4444. (Genzlinger) HOUSE OF DESIRE This 300-year-old farce, written by a nun, mostly proves that Baroque women were just as capable as Baroque men of producing forgettable plays. Its sometimes fun watching the energetic young actors trying to breathe life into it, though, especially during a smashing sword fight conducted in semi-darkness (2:10). Storm Theater, 145 West 46th Street; (212) 868-4444. (Genzlinger) MAJOR BARBARA George Bernard Shaws polemic against the military-industrial complex and organized religion is still timely 100 years later, and though the director Brooke OHarras Kabuki-tinged version lands on the mark and misses it about equally, there is something true and real about the production that is worth seeing (2:35). La MaMa Annex Theater, 74A East Fourth Street, East Village; (212) 475-7710. (Stevens) WHAT THEN Even if Rinne Groffs playful play about environmental disaster is occasionally labored, theres never any doubt that theres an active, lively intelligence at work (1:30). Ohio Theater, 66 Wooster Street, between Spring and Broome Streets, SoHo; (212) 868-4444. (Zinoman) Long-Running Shows AVENUE Q R-rated puppets give lively life lessons (2:10). Golden, 252 West 45th Street; (212) 239-6200. (Brantley) BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Cartoon made flesh, sort of (2:30). Lunt-Fontanne Theater, 205 West 46th Street; (212) 307-4747. (Brantley) CHICAGO Irrefutable proof that crime pays (2:25). Ambassador Theater, 219 West 49th Street; (212) 239-6200.(Brantley) HAIRSPRAY Fizzy pop, cute kids, large man in a housedress (2:30). Neil Simon Theater, 250 West 52nd Street; (212) 307-4100. (Brantley) THE LION KING Disney on safari, where the big bucks roam (2:45). New Amsterdam Theater, 214 West 42nd Street; (212) 307-4100. (Brantley) MAMMA MIA! The jukebox that devoured Broadway (2:20). Cadillac Winter Garden Theater, 1634 Broadway, at 50th Street; (212) 239-6200. (Brantley) THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Who was that masked man, anyway? (2:30). Majestic Theater, 247 West 44th Street; (212) 239-6200. (Brantley) THE PRODUCERS The ne plus ultra of showbiz scams (2:45). St. James Theater, 246 West 44th Street; (212) 239-6200. (Brantley) RENT East Village angst and love songs to die for (2:45). Nederlander Theater, 208 West 41st Street; (212) 307-4100. (Brantley) WICKED Oz revisited, with political corrections (2:45). Gershwin Theater, 222 West 51st Street; (212) 307-4100. (Brantley) Last Chance * CELEBRATION and THE ROOM The Atlantic Theater Companys production of the first and most recent plays by Harold Pinter gets only the later work right. (Thats Celebration, an unexpectedly boisterous comedy from 2000.) But if the italicized acting scales down dramatic effectiveness, it heightens thematic clarity. Essential viewing for anyone wondering why Mr. Pinter won the Nobel Prize this year (1:45). Atlantic Theater, 336 West 20th Street, Chelsea; (212) 239-6200; closing tomorrow. (Brantley) THE REVENGERS TRAGEDY Sounds like Shakespeare, bleeds like a Friday the 13th movie. Authorship of this 400-year-old play is uncertain, but the Red Bull Theaters interpretation, adapted and directed by Jesse Berger, is definitive, anchored by a dynamite performance by Matthew Rauch as a fellow bent on avenging his loves death in a dukedom full of degenerates (2:05). Culture Project @ 45 Bleecker, 45 Bleecker Street, at Lafayette Street, East Village; (212) 352-0255; closing Sunday. (Genzlinger) Movies Ratings and running times are in parentheses; foreign films have English subtitles. Full reviews of all current releases, movie trailers, showtimes and tickets: nytimes.com/movies. * BREAKFAST ON PLUTO (R, 129 minutes) Candide meets Tom Jones in drag heaven might describe Neil Jordans picaresque fairy tale about a foundling who becomes a transvestite in 1970s and 80s London, against the backdrop of the Irish troubles. (Stephen Holden) * BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN (R, 134 minutes) Annie Proulxs heartbreaking story of two ranch hands who fall in love while herding sheep in 1963 has been faithfully translated onto the screen in Ang Lees landmark film. Heath Ledger (in a great performance worthy of Brando at his peak) and Jake Gyllenhaal bring them fully alive. (Holden) * CACHÉ (HIDDEN) (R, 121 minutes, in French) Michael Haneke, one of the most elegantly sadistic European directors working today, deposits his audience at the intersection of voyeurism and paranoia in this tense, politically tinged psychological thriller about vengeance and injustice. Juliette Binoche and Daniel Auteuil are in top form as an affluent Parisian couple menaced by mysterious drawings and videotapes. (A. O. Scott) * CASANOVA (R, 110 minutes) Heath Ledger affirms his status as the pansexual art-house heartthrob of the moment in this high-spirited farce suggested by the career of 18th-century Venices most notorious seducer. Silly, sly and delightful. (Scott) THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE (PG, 135 minutes) This honorable adaptation of C. S. Lewiss novel has much of the power and charm of the source. The fusing of live action and computer-generated imagery is adequate, if rarely inspiring. Adult viewers are likely to imbibe the films wonders indirectly, through the eyes of accompanying children, who are likely to be delighted and sometimes awed. (Scott) THE FAMILY STONE (PG-13, 102 minutes) A home-for-the-holidays movie about a tribe of ravenous cannibals that bares its excellent teeth at anyone who doesnt accommodate its preening self-regard, most recently a big-city executive played by a very good Sarah Jessica Parker. (Manohla Dargis) GLORY ROAD (PG, 109 minutes) The true-story, more or less, of the 1966 Texas Western college bastkeball team -- the first all-black starting five to play in an N.C.A.A. final. By the numbers, but inspiring all the same. (Scott) * GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK. (PG, 90 minutes) George Clooney, with impressive rigor and intelligence, examines the confrontation between the CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow (a superb David Strathairn) and Senator Joseph R. McCarthy (himself). Plunging you into a smoky, black-and-white world of political paranoia and commercial pressure, the film is a history lesson and a passionate essay on power, responsibility and the ethics of journalism. (Scott) * HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE (PG-13, 150 minutes) Childhood ends for the young wizard with the zigzag scar in the latest addition to the Potter saga, even as the director Mike Newell keeps its British eccentricity, fatalism and steady-on pluck irresistibly intact. (Dargis) HOODWINKED (PG, 81 minutes) Little Red Riding Hood is deconstructed in this sub-Shrek bummer, the latest collaboration between computers and cynicism. (Nathan Lee) HOSTEL (R, 95 minutes) Two ugly Americans rampage through Europe before finding themselves ensnared in an underground Slovakian snuff club. The calculated outrages of this brutal exploitation film prove less shocking than its relentless bigotry. (Lee) * KING KONG (PG-13, 180 minutes) Peter Jacksons remake is, almost by definition, too much -- too long, too big, too stuffed with characters and effects-driven set pieces -- but it is also remarkably nimble and sweet. Going back to the Depression-era setting of the 1933 original, Mr. Jacksons film is as much a tribute to the old seat-of-the-pants spirit of early motion pictures as it is an exercise in technological bravura. Naomi Watts as the would-be movie star Ann Darrow and Andy Serkis as the big monkey who loves her have a rapport that gives the spectacle the pathos and sweetness it needs, and help to turn a brute spectacle into a pop tragedy. (Scott) THE LAST HOLIDAY (PG-13, 112 minutes) Based on a 1950 British film, Wayne Wangs comedy about a gentle soul who learns to live only after learning of her imminent death is one of those generic wish-fulfillment flicks in which the soul in question actualizes her goals through perseverance and pluck. The star Queen Latifah charms, but even she cant gold-plate junk. (Dargis) * MATCH POINT (R, 124 minutes) Woody Allens best in years, and one of his best ever. Beneath the dazzling, sexy surface, this tale of social climbing in London (brilliantly acted by Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Scarlett Johansson and Emily Mortimer) is ice cold and pitch black, which curiously enough makes it a superior diversion. (Scott) THE MATADOR (R, 96 minutes) Pithy remarks put into the mouth of a star (Pierce Brosnan) playing against type impart a greasy sheen of sophistication to this weightless, amoral romp about a professional hit man facing a midlife crisis. (Holden) MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA (PG-13, 144 minutes) Think As the Geisha Turns, with devious rivals, swoonworthy swains, a jaw-dropping dance number recycled from Madonnas Drowned World tour and much clinching, panting and scheming. Directed by Rob Marshall from the Arthur Golden book, and starring Ziyi Zhang, Gong Li and Michelle Yeoh. (Dargis) * MUNICH (R, 164 minutes) With his latest, Steven Spielberg forgoes the emotional bullying and pop thrills that come so easily to him to tell the story of a campaign of vengeance that Israel purportedly brought against Palestinian terrorists in the wake of the 1972 Olympics. An unsparingly brutal look at two peoples all but drowning in a sea of their own blood, Munich is by far the toughest film of the directors career, and the most anguished. (Dargis) * PARADISE NOW (PG-13, 90 minutes, in Arabic and Hebrew) This melodrama about two Palestinians, best friends from childhood, chosen to carry out a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv is a superior thriller whose shrewdly inserted plot twists and emotional wrinkles are calculated to put your heart in your throat and keep it there. (Holden) * PRIDE & PREJUDICE (PG, 128 minutes) In this sumptuous, extravagantly romantic adaptation of Jane Austens 1813 novel, Keira Knightleys Elizabeth Bennet exudes a radiance that suffuses the movie. This is a banquet of high-end comfort food perfectly cooked and seasoned to Anglophilic tastes. (Holden) THE PRODUCERS (PG-13, 127 minutes) At a fraction of the Broadway ticket price, its no bargain. (Scott) * SYRIANA (R, 122 minutes) Ambitious, angry and complicated, Stephen Gaghans second film tackles terrorism, American foreign policy, global trade and the oil business through four interwoven stories. There are at least a half-dozen first-rate performances, and Mr. Gaghan, who wrote and directed, reinvents the political thriller as a vehicle for serious engagement with the state of the world. (Scott) TRANSAMERICA (R, 103 minutes) Felicity Huffmans performance as a preoperative transsexual on a cross-country journey with her long-lost son is sensitive and convincing, and helps the picture rise above its indie road-picture clichés. (Scott) TRISTAN & ISOLDE (PG-13, 125 minutes) The lovers of Celtic mythology, Arthurian legend and Wagnerian libretto fall for each other far from the violent, Dark Ages machinations plaguing their two warring peoples. A pleasant entertainment from the director Kevin Reynolds that delivers exactly what it promises, no less, no more. (Dargis) WALK THE LINE (PG-13, 138 minutes) Johnny Cash gets the musical biopic treatment in this moderately entertaining, never quite convincing chronicle of his early years. Joaquin Phoenix, sweaty, inarticulate and intense as Cash, is upstaged by Reese Witherspoon, who tears into the role of June Carter (Cashs creative partner long before she became his second wife) with her usual charm, pluck and intelligence. (Scott) * WHEN THE SEA RISES (No rating, 89 minutes, in French) Graced with a magnetic lead performance by Yolande Moreau, this French-Belgian movie is a serious romantic comedy with surreal touches that follows the road tour of a middle-aged solo comedian through the small towns of northern France.(Holden) YOURS, MINE AND OURS (PG, 90 minutes) Dennis Quaid and Rene Russo inhabit roles originated by Henry Fonda and Lucille Ball in this snug, airtight remake of the 1968 comedy about the combining of two antagonistic families with 18 children between them. Cutesy unreality prevails. (Holden) Film Series FOREIGN AFFAIRS (Through Feb. 12) This year the theme of the Museum of the Moving Image and the New York Film Critics Circles series is the experience of being a stranger in a strange land. This weekends films are Kundun (1997), Martin Scorseses biography of the 14th Dalai Lama, selected by Nathan Lee, who reviews movies for The New York Times, and Foreign Correspondent (1940), Hitchcocks espionage thriller starring Joel McCrea and Laraine Day, selected by Andrew Sarris. 35th Avenue at 36th Street, Astoria, Queens, (718) 784-0077; $10. (Anita Gates) LABOR GOES TO THE MOVIES (Tomorrow) The Professional Staff Congress, the faculty and staff union at the City University of New York, is screening Peter Watkinss six-hour documentary La Commune (Paris 1871) tomorrow. The film, done in a You Are There newscast style, will be followed by commentary from Joan Wallach Scott of Princeton University. Center for Worker Education, 99 Hudson Street, between Harrison and Franklin Streets, TriBeCa, (646) 459-6882; $2 suggested donation. (Gates) NEW YORK JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL (Through Jan. 26) The 15th annual program, sponsored by the Jewish Museum and the Film Society of Lincoln Center, continues this weekend. The films include La Petite Jérusalem (2005), Karin Albous story of a young Sephardic Orthodox woman in a Parisian suburb, also to be shown at Makors Steinhardt Building, 35 West 67th Street, Manhattan, on Wednesday; the Israeli director Yahaly Gats Treasure in Auschwitz (2005), a drama about an archaeological dig near the death camp; and the world premiere of Love Iranian-American Style (2005), Tanaz Eshaghians documentary about a series of blind dates arranged by her family. Walter Reade Theater, 165 West 65th Street, Lincoln Center, (212) 875-5600; $10. (Gates) NORDIC OSCAR CONTENDERS (Through Jan. 20) Scandinavia Houses screening of films from Nordic countries selected for 2005 Oscar consideration concludes tonight with Josef Faress Zozo, about a boy from Beirut whose grandparents have moved to Sweden. 58 Park Avenue, at 38th Street, (212) 879-9779; $8. (Gates) PIXAR: 20 YEARS OF ANIMATION (Through Feb. 6) A complete retrospective of Pixar animated films continues at the Museum of Modern Art. This weekends film is Monsters Inc. (2001), to be shown with two shorts, Mikes New Car (2002), featuring the Monsters Inc. characters Mike and Sully, and Boundin (2003), about a depressed sheep and a helpful jackalope. 11 West 53rd Street, Manhattan, (212) 708-9400; $10. (Gates) WELL-MEANING PEOPLE ARE DANGEROUS: THE FILMS OF LARS VON TRIER (Through Thursday) The IFC Centers one-week retrospective of Mr. von Triers films begins this weekend. Films include Dancer in the Dark (2000), the Palme dOr-winning Dogma-style musical starring Bjork; Breaking the Waves (1996), starring Emily Watson as a young wife whose husband is paralyzed in an accident; and Zentropa (1991), set in postwar Germany. 323 Avenue of the Americas, at West Third Street, Greenwich Village, (212) 924-7771; $10.75. (Gates) Pop Full reviews of recent concerts: nytimes.com/music. CYRO BAPTISTA & BEAT THE DONKEY, LUMINESCENT ORCHESTRII (Tomorrow) Led by the percussionist Cyro Baptista, who has collaborated on some of the world-beat forays of Paul Simon and Sting, the ensemble Beat the Donkey plays ecumenical music with a Brazilian flavor, integrating samba, forró and maracatu as well as jazz, rock and funk. Luminescent Orchestrii makes similar cultural mash-ups with a Balkan base. 8 p.m., Steinhardt Building, Makor, 35 West 67th Street, (212) 415-5500; $15. (Laura Sinagra) BELL ORCHESTRE, CLOGS (Sunday) The Montreal band the Bell Orchestre mixes traditional orchestral sounds with machine atmospherics. In contemplative moments, its music recalls the Tindersticks work for film, although it is sometimes more stately. Like-minded associates Clogs also play. 9 p.m., Bowery Ballroom, 6 Delancey Street, near the Bowery, Lower East Side, (212) 533-2111; $13 in advance, $15 at the door. (Sinagra) BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE (Thursday) This Canadian collective makes heartbreak music that sounds like a fuzzy, drunken party. Some prefer its diffuse anthemic feints to the straight-up anthems of its countrymen Arcade Fire. Members have included the Stars Evan Cranley, Metrics Emily Haines and the multitalented singer-songwriter Leslie Feist. 7:30 p.m., Webster Hall, 125 East 11th Street, East Village, (212) 353-1600; $25. (Sinagra) CAKE, TEGAN AND SARA, GOGOL BORDELLO, EUGENE MIRMAN (Tonight) The Sacramento-based alt-rock band Cake uses its Unlimited Sunshine Tour as a chance to perform with musicians its members admire. This time out they asked the Canadian folk-pop twins Tegan and Sara, as well as the manic Gypsy punkers Gogol Bordello. The music-loving hipster comedian Eugene Mirman will tie it all together. 7:30 p.m., Hammerstein Ballroom, 311 West 34th Street, (212) 485-1534; $34. (Sinagra) CALEXICO (Tuesday) Calexico plays desert rock bathed in pedal-steel mystery and orchestral ambience. Lately the group has collaborated with the quiescent folk-rocker Iron and Wine (a k a Sam Beam), striking a balance that made it sound more intimate and him more expansive. The group plays without him this weekend but is joined by the multi-instrumentalist Rob Burger. 7:30 and 9:30 p.m., Joes Pub, at the Public Theater, 425 Lafayette Street, at Astor Place, East Village, (212) 239-6200; $20. (Sinagra) EDITORS (Tonight and Tomorrow) Another in the line of British post-punk bands joining the dark, danceable Joy Division parade, the Editors have strong singles, like the propulsive Munich, but none that top the best from its closest sonic cousin, Interpol. Tonight at 8, Mercury Lounge, 217 East Houston Street, at Ludlow Street, Lower East Side, (212) 260-4700; $10 in advance, $12 at the door (sold out). Tomorrow at 11 p.m., the Annex, 152 Orchard Street, near Rivington Street, Lower East Side; $10 (sold out). (Sinagra) ELEPHANT MAN (Tonight) Nicknamed Energy God, the Jamaican D.J. Elephant Man has been one of the dancehall artists most successful in terms of crossing over to the hip-hop scene, lending his gruff, kinetic voice to so many rap and R&B tracks that at times it has felt like overkill. He appears here at a party put on by Hot 97s Angie Martinez and DJ Enuff. 9 p.m., Exit, 610 West 56th Street; free to all on guest list before midnight, $25 after. Call (212) 582-8282 for details. (Sinagra) FLAMENCO IN THE CITY (Sunday) Part of the New York Guitar Festival, presented in partnership with the New York City Classical Guitar Society, this night of flamenco music and dance features the guitarists Dennis Koster, Jose Ramos, and Ivan and Juan Gomez. 3 p.m., American Youth Hostel Concert Chapel, 891 Amsterdam Avenue, at 103rd Street, newyorkguitarfestival.com: $20 to $25. (Sinagra) SOPHIE B. HAWKINS (Tomorrow) Most famous for the radio hit Damn, I Wish I Was Your Lover, the intriguingly gutsy Ms. Hawkins now plays the singer-songwriter circuit. 8 p.m., Canal Room, 285 West Broadway, at Canal Street, TriBeCa, (212) 941-8100; $23 in advance, $25 at the door. (Sinagra) HOGAKU: NEW SOUNDS OF JAPAN (Sunday) Hogaku, a Japanese traditional music, is experiencing a revival of sorts, propelled by musicians who bring pop, rock and jazz into the mix. Performers include the lutenist Shinichi Kinoshita, along with the taiko percussionist Hiroshi Motofuji and the flutist Sayuri Ono; the guitar and zither duo Aki & Kuniko, with Sachio Suginuma on shakuhachi (bamboo flute); and the shakuhachi trio Hannya Teikoku. 8 p.m., Asia Society and Museum, 725 Park Avenue at 70th Street, (212) 517-2742; $25, $20 for society members. (At 7 p.m., there will be a lecture on hogaku and its instrumentation.) (Sinagra) BILLY JOEL (Monday and Thursday) The iconic piano man recently released a boxed set celebrating four decades of his music. From Just the Way You Are to Allentown, its the trademark mix of real confidence and false bravado in both his playing and his delivery that keeps him compelling. 8 p.m., Madison Square Garden, (212) 465-6741; $54 to $89.50. (Sinagra) HOWARD JONES (Monday) The 80s synth-pop hitmaker behind the giddily uplifting New Song and the vaguely spooky rouser Things Can Only Get Better scored big by being more human than Thomas Dolby and more optimistic than the Fixx. 7 p.m., Florence Gould Hall, 55 East 59th Street, Manhattan, ticketmaster.com or (212) 307-7171; $25. (Sinagra) KARSH KALE & REALIZE LIVE FEATURING VISHAL VAID, GLOBESONIC SOUND SYSTEM (Tonight) The tabla player Karsh Kale has branched out into production, exploring East-meets-West beat culture. The vocalist and harmonium player Vishal Vaid draws his inspiration from South Asian ghazal, modally sung improvisatory love poetry. Globesonic Sound System spins a dance party at 12:30. 9, Coda, 34 East 34th Street, Manhattan, (212) 685-3434; $18. (Sinagra) CURT KIRKWOOD (Tonight) In the Meat Puppets, the 80s band he led with his brother Cris, Curt Kirkwood proved himself a punk guitar mystic, integrating punk and classic rock with a lolling profundity revered by Kurt Cobain. 11 p.m., the Living Room, 154 Ludlow Street, near Rivington Street, Lower East Side, (212) 533-7235; $10. (Sinagra) LANGHORNE SLIM (Tonight) With an old-timey shtick and indie-rock influences, this urban-folk songwriter helps young scenesters cleanse the sonic palette after too many nights of beeps and blare. 11:30, Rothko, 116 Suffolk Street, at Rivington Street, Lower East Side, (212) 475-7088; $10. (Sinagra) COLIN MELOY AND LAURA VEIRS (Thursday) The sharp-voiced frontman of the Decemberists, Colin Meloy will soon release some of his college band Tarkios material, the strength of which proves hes always been a master tunesmith inclined toward earnest literary name-checking. He plays solo this time, sharing the bill with another evocative songwriter, the ethereal but edgy Laura Veirs. 8 p.m., Town Hall, 123 West 43rd Street, Manhattan, (212) 840-2824 or (212) 545-7536; $23.50. (Sinagra) MF DOOM, LITTLE BROTHER (Thursday) MF Doom is a purveyor of imaginative raps that glower and shimmer, creating a sense of poetic pain. Little Brother is a soul-grounded rap group from Durham, N.C., that forgoes Southern crunk in favor of blending the free-form experimentation of OutKast with the kind of jazzy tracks that characterized the East Coast hip-hop of the mid-90s. 9 p.m., Nokia Theater, 1515 Broadway, at 44th Street, (212) 307-7171, ticketmaster.com; $33. (Sinagra) THE MOONEY SUZUKI, ABERDEEN CITY (Wednesday) The bluesy garage-rockers the Mooney Suzuki play this open-bar party on a bill that also includes the art-pop hopefuls Aberdeen City. 9 p.m., Shindig Party, 60 Gansevoort Street, near Washington Street, Meatpacking District, shindignyc.com; $15. (Sinagra) R. STEVIE MOORE, ODAWAS (Tonight) The rarely seen R. Stevie Moore plays denatured California-flavored pop. Odawas makes arty folk-rock that sounds as if its being strummed at a campfire on a desert moon, against the baying of mechanical wolves. 8, Tonic, 107 Norfolk Street, near Delancey Street, Lower East Side, (212) 358-7503; $10. (Sinagra) THE ROLLING STONES, METRIC (Tonight) The Stones newest album is their most stripped-down in 20 years. And as the 62-year-old sexpot Mick Jagger shouts Sweet Neo Con from stadium stages, the Stones even seem politically relevant. Led by the vibrant, articulate singer Emily Haines, Metric finds fresh uses for new-wave brio. Ms. Hainess shuddering alto functions as both a weapon and a come-on. 8 p.m., Madison Square Garden, (212) 465-6741; $64.50 to $454.50. (Sinagra) LAS RUBIAS DEL NORTE (Tonight) Led by the singers Allyssa Lamb and Emily Hurst, this band mixes musicians from the United States, France and Colombia, who mine their Latin heritage in the performance of boleros, cha-chas, cumbias, huaynos and cowboy songs. 11, Mo Pitkins, 34 Avenue A, near Third Street, East Village, (212) 777-5660; $10. (Sinagra) SISE (Thursday) SiSe is a multiple-identity New York band, formed by a singer, Carol C, and a keyboardist-disc jockey-programmer, Cliff Cristofaro, as well as a pair of viola players and a rhythm section. Its songs touch down variously in down-tempo Sade territory, pop-flamenco, reggae, trance, drum-and-bass and various Latin hybrids. 9 p.m., S.O.B.s, 204 Varick Street, at Houston Street, South Village, (212) 243-4940; $18 Advance, $20 at the door. (Jon Pareles) RICKY SKAGGS & KENTUCKY THUNDER (Sunday) Ricky Skaggss fingers fly over just about anything with frets, especially the mandolin; hes no slouch on the fiddle, either, and he has the high tenor voice of a singer steeped in bluegrass. He did well in the Nashville mainstream in the 1980s, working as a producer and making a hit on his own with Country Boy in 1984. He has recently returned to more traditional Southern gospel and bluegrass. 8 p.m., B. B. Kings Blues Club and Grill, 237 West 42nd Street, Manhattan, (212) 997-4144; $35. (Pareles) LUCIANA SOUZA (Monday) The jazzy singer Luciana Souza performs her new, poetry-inspired, Brazilian-inflected songs as a duo with Romero Lubambo, and with a quartet featuring guitar, bass and drums. 7 p.m., Joes Pub, at the Public Theater, 425 Lafayette Street, at Astor Place, East Village, (212) 539-8778 or (212) 239-6200; $20. (Sinagra) LEWIS TAYLOR (Thursday) To call the British songwriter Lewis Taylor neo-soul is to shortchange an arduous history. He has been recording throwback psych-soul odes to love and pain since the 80s, with far less recognition than he is entitled to. 8 p.m., Bowery Ballroom, 6 Delancey Street, near the Bowery, Lower East Side, (212) 533-2111; $15. (Sinagra) THREE FLOORS OF SKA (Tonight) Tonight the Knitting Factory is filled with ska bands of many persuasions, from the Toasters, the New York Ska Jazz Ensemble, Go Jimmy Go and Eastern Standard Time to the Rotterdam Ska Jazz Foundation, the Bluebeats, the Rudie Crew, Hub City, Bigger Thomas, Bombtown and the Vicars. 7 , 74 Leonard Street, TriBeCa, (212) 219-3006; $17 in advance, $20 at the door. (Sinagra) THE DEREK TRUCKS BAND (Sunday) Derek Trucks, the nephew of the Allman Brothers Bands drummer Butch Trucks, is now a full-time member of his uncles band and leads his own blues-rocking band between Allman gigs. 7 p.m., Florence Gould Hall, 55 East 59th Street, Manhattan, (212) 307-7171, ticketmaster.com; $35. (Pareles) WE ARE SCIENTISTS, OXFORD COLLAPSE (Tonight) The pointy guitars and firecracker drums of this local band propel the tremulous pleas of Keith Murray into a full-on lust panic. Where similar bands can sound too studied, We Are Scientists makes its precision seem inspired. The trio Oxford Collapses shaggy art-rock recalls that of acerbic forebears like the Embarrassment. 9, Maxwells, 1039 Washington Street, Hoboken, N.J., (201) 653-1703; $10 in advance, $12 at the door (sold out). (Sinagra) JAH WOBBLE (Thursday) Once the bassist for Public Image Ltd., he has built a solo career on imaginative collaborations and solo work that mines global rhythms and traditions for answers to spiritual questions. 7 p.m., Avalon, 662 Avenue of the Americas, at 20th Street, Chelsea, (212) 807-7780; $19.50. (Sinagra) Cabaret Full reviews of recent cabaret shows: nytimes.com/music. BABY JANE DEXTER (Tonight and tomorrow night) This booming pop-blues contralto may not be demure, but she is tasteful in a smart, regal, big-mama way, and she is astute in her choices of often obscure soul, blues and jazz songs that play to her contradictory mixture of the lusty and the philosophical. 7, Helens, 169 Eighth Avenue, near 18th Street, Chelsea, (212) 206-0609; $20 cover, $15 minimum. (Stephen Holden) ANNIE ROSS (Wednesday) Cool, funny, swinging and indestructible, this 75-year-old singer and sometime actress exemplifies old-time hip in its most generous incarnation. 9:15 p.m., Dannys Skylight Room, 346 West 46th Street, Clinton, (212) 265-8133; $25, with a $12 minimum. (Holden) SINGING ASTAIRE (Tomorrow and Sunday) This smart, airy revue, which pays tribute to Fred Astaire, has returned, featuring Eric Comstock, Hilary Kole and Christopher Gines. 5:30 p.m., Birdland, 315 West 44th Street, Clinton, (212) 581-3080; $30, with a $10 minimum. (Holden) * ELAINE STRITCH (Tonight and tomorrow, Tuesday through Thursday) Dispensing with her theatrical signature numbers, Ms. Stritch weaves 16 songs new to her repertory into a funny running monologue about her adventures in and out of show business. 8:45 p.m., Cafe Carlyle, Carlyle Hotel, 35 East 76th Street, Manhattan, (212) 744-1600; $125; dinner, required, is served at 6:30. (Holden) Jazz Full reviews of recent jazz concerts: nytimes.com/music. MICHAËL ATTIAS AND RENKU + 2 (Monday) As on the recent album Renku (Playscape), the saxophonist Michaël Attias embellishes compositional miniatures with help from the bassist John Hebert and the drummer Satoshi Takeishi. For this engagement, theyre joined by Tony Malaby on saxophone, and Russ Lossing on Fender Rhodes piano. 10 p.m. and midnight, 55 Bar, 55 Christopher Street, at Seventh Avenue, West Village, (212) 929-9883; cover, $8. (Nate Chinen) MATT BREWER QUARTET (Tonight and tomorrow night) The bassist Matt Brewer has lately distinguished himself in a handful of sideman settings; leading his own group here, he features the tenor saxophonist Chris Cheek, the pianist Frank LoCrasto and the drummer Rodney Green. 10, Fat Cat, 75 Christopher Street, at Seventh Avenue, West Village, (212) 675-7369; cover, $15. (Chinen) HENRY BUTLER (Tonight) New Orleans has turned out more than a few great jazz pianists, Mr. Butler among them; this solo concert should be a good showcase for his style, powerfully and persuasively rooted in the blues. 8, Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium, Metropolitan Museum of Art, (212) 570-3949; $45. (Chinen) DON BYRONS IVEY-DIVEY (Monday) This trio -- Mr. Byron on clarinet and tenor saxophone, Jason Moran on piano, and Billy Hart on drums -- pays homage, directly and obliquely, to a 1946 recording session featuring Lester Young, Nat King Cole and Buddy Rich. Results range from the sparsely poetic to the blusteringly emphatic, but the groups imaginative energies never ebb. 8 p.m., Merkin Concert Hall, 129 West 67th Street, Manhattan, (212) 501-3303; $25. (Chinen) ROY CAMPBELLS PYRAMID TRIO (Thursday) Mr. Campbell, a trumpeter ensconced in free-jazz circles, uses this group to engage in improvisation from the perspective of global folk culture; he has the ideal collaborators in William Parker, on bass and assorted wind instruments, and Hamid Drake, on drums and percussion. 8 p.m., the Stone, Avenue C and Second Street, East Village, www.thestonenyc.com; cover, $10. (Chinen) BILL CHARLAP TRIO (Wednesday through Jan. 29) Bright and breezy yet unfailingly precise, Mr. Charlap, the pianist, has come to exemplify jazzs modern mainstream. So has his working trio, which keeps a Tin Pan Alley repertory percolating in the present tense. 8 and 10 p.m. with an 11:30 set Fridays and Saturdays, Iridium, 1650 Broadway, at 51st Street, (212) 582-2121; cover, $27.50 and $30, with a $10 minimum. (Chinen) ANDREW DANGELOS I WILL SURVIVE (Tonight) Mr. DAngelo, an expressive and often entertainingly frenetic multi-reedist, joins forces with the Norwegian tenor saxophonist Kjetil Moster, the bassist Eivind Opsvik and the drummer Jim Black. 9 and 10:30, Tea Lounge, 837 Union Street, between Sixth and Seventh Avenues, Park Slope, Brooklyn, (718) 789-2762; no cover. (Chinen) E.S.T. (Through Sunday) The initials stand for Esbjörn Svensson Trio, a popular acoustic jazz-crossover group from Sweden; taking its lead from Mr. Svenssons piano, the ensemble favors somber harmonies and skittering electronic textures. 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. with an 11:30 p.m. set tonight and tomorrow night, Jazz Standard, 116 East 27th Street, Manhattan, (212) 576-2232; cover, $25. (Chinen) * HENRY GRIMES AND ROSWELL RUDD (Tomorrow) The bassist Henry Grimes and the trombonist Roswell Rudd were fellow travelers in jazzs 1960s avant-garde, though they followed separate career paths in the ensuing years, Mr. Rudd plunging into obscurity (in the Catskills) and Mr. Grimes into oblivion (in California). Both have been back on the scene and making up for lost time; this duo engagement should evoke some historical echoes but resist the tug of nostalgia. 8 and 10 p.m., the Stone, Avenue C and Second Street, East Village, www.thestonenyc.com; cover, $20 each set; $35 for both sets. (Chinen) CURTIS HASSELBRINGS BTH (Wednesday) Mr. Hasselbring, a trombonist and guitarist with a mischievous sense of humor, introduces a promising ensemble with a typically inscrutable title; his bandmates are Shane Endsley on trumpet, Andrew DAngelo on alto saxophone, Trevor Dunn on bass and Ches Smith on drums. 10 p.m., Barbès, 376 Ninth Street, at Sixth Avenue, Park Slope, Brooklyn, (718) 965-9177; cover, $8. (Chinen) * DAVE HOLLAND FESTIVAL (Through Sunday) Closing out a weeklong club engagement, Mr. Holland introduces a new sextet, with the trumpeter Alex Sipiagin, the alto saxophonist Antonio Hart, the trombonist Robin Eubanks, the pianist Mulgrew Miller and the drummer Eric Harland (tonight and tomorrow) and a standards-oriented duo with the vibraphonist Steve Nelson (Sunday). 9 and 11 p.m., Birdland, 315 West 44th Street, Clinton, (212) 581-3080; cover, $40, with a $10 minimum. (Chinen) * THE JABANE ENSEMBLE (Tuesday and Wednesday) Like the Robert Glasper Experiment, which features the piano playing of Mr. Glasper and the drumming of Chris Dave, this young ensemble, presented by the producer Jill Newman, draws from rhythm and blues, gospel and hip-hop; along with Mr. Glasper and Mr. Dave, its members are the guitarist Lionel Loueke, the harmonica player Gregoire Maret and the bassist Derrick Hodge. The silk-toned singer Bilal and the trumpeter Roy Hargrove will alternate as special guests. 8 and 10:30 p.m., Blue Note, 131 West Third Street, West Village, (212) 475-8592; cover, $25 at tables, with a $5 minimum or $15 at the bar, and a one-drink minimum. The Robert Glasper Experiment plays on Thursday at 10 p.m. at 55 Bar, 55 Christopher Street, at Seventh Avenue, West Village, (212) 929-9883; cover, $8. (Chinen) * STEVE LEHMAN (Wednesday and Thursday) Celebrating the release of Demian as Posthuman (Pi), his bracing and fiercely imagined new album, the saxophonist Steve Lehman performs in three overlapping ensembles: his Blueprint Trio, with the bassist Matt Brewer and the drummer Eric McPherson; a duo with the drummer Tyshawn Sorey; and a quintet featuring Mr. Brewer and Mr. Sorey alongside Jonathan Finlayson on trumpet and Mike Moreno on guitar. 9 p.m., Jazz Gallery, 290 Hudson Street, at Spring Street, South Village, (212) 242-1063; cover, $15, members, $10. (Chinen) MULGREW MILLER AND WINGSPAN (Tuesday through January 29) Mr. Miller is a pianist with roots firmly planted in jazz tradition, especially the blues; but his ensemble Wingspan pursues a distinctly airy sensibility, with help from the saxophonist Steve Wilson, the trumpeter Duane Eubanks and the vibraphonist Steve Nelson. 7:30 and 9:30 p.m., with an 11:30 set Fridays and Saturdays, Dizzys Club Coca-Cola, Frederick P. Rose Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center, 60th Street and Broadway, (212) 258-9595; cover, $30, with a minimum of $10 at tables, $5 at the bar. (Chinen) * NYC WINTER JAZZFEST (Sunday) This six-hour smorgasbord, produced by Brice Rosenbloom, purposefully coincides with this weeks Association of Performing Arts Presenters conference. Occupying all three floors of the Knitting Factory, it showcases almost 20 groups; highlights include Meshell Ndegeocellos Spirit Music Jamia, Marc Ribots Spiritual Unity, the Dave Burrell Trio, Rez Abbasis Snake Charmer and Terence Blanchards Flow. 6 p.m. to 1 a.m. at the Knitting Factory, 74 Leonard Street, TriBeCa, (212) 219-3132; cover, $25.(Chinen) WILLIAM PARKER (Tuesday through next Saturday) Mr. Parker is a pillar, musically and morally, of modern avant-garde jazz culture; he leads three different ensembles in three days next week, beginning with a quartet with the alto saxophonist Rob Brown, the trumpeter Lewis Barnes and the drummer Hamid Drake (on Tuesday), moving on to a trio with Mr. Drake and the multi-instrumentalist Daniel Carter (Wednesday) on Thursday and Friday with the quintet from his recent album Raining on the Moon (Thirsty Ear) and concluding next Saturday with a program including poetry and dance. Tuesday and next Saturday at 8 and 10 p.m., Wednesday through next Friday at 10 p.m. , the Stone, Avenue C and Second Street, East Village, www.thestonenyc.com; cover, $10. (Chinen) DAFNIS PRIETO QUARTET (Tomorrow) The Cuban drummer Dafnis Prieto, an essential fixture on New Yorks Latin-jazz scene, has gradually been establishing his reputation as a composer; his cohesive band includes Manuel Valera on piano, Yosvany Terry on saxophone and his brother Junior Terry on bass. This concert, presented by the Williamsburg Jazz Festival, also features a prelude (the guitarist Gerry Eastman, at 9 p.m.) and a postscript (a late-night jam session, led by Mr. Eastman). 10:30 p.m., Williamsburg Music Center, 367 Bedford Avenue, at South Fifth Street, Brooklyn, (718) 384-1654, www.wjazzfestival.com; cover, $10. (Chinen) LUCIANA SOUZA QUARTET AND BRAZILIAN DUOS (Monday) Ms. Souza, an exceptional singer originally from São Paolo, divides her attention between these two ensemble settings, rarely presenting them in tandem. Her quartet interprets jazz standards as well as poems by Pablo Neruda, Elizabeth Bishop and others (with music composed by Ms. Souza); her Brazilian Duos project showcases an intimate and highly intelligent dialogue with Romero Lubambo, another transplanted Brazilian, on acoustic guitar. 7 p.m., Joes Pub, at the Public Theater, 425 Lafayette Street, at Astor Place, East Village, (212) 539-8778; cover, $20, with a two-drink minimum. (Chinen) CHARLES TOLLIVER BIG BAND (Wednesday through Jan. 28) Mr. Tolliver leads an upgraded edition of his acclaimed orchestra of the 1970s; among the top-shelf talent involved are the saxophonists Billy Harper and Craig Handy, the trombonist Clark Gayton, the drummer Victor Lewis and the pianist John Hicks. 9 and 11 p.m., Birdland, 315 West 44th Street, Clinton, (212) 581-3080; cover, $30, with a $10 minimum. (Chinen) TONE COLLECTOR (Sunday) The tenor saxophonist Tony Malaby, the bassist Eivind Opsvik and the drummer Jeff Davis make up this experimental acoustic threesome, which released a bristling debut last year on Norways Jazzaway label; theyre joined here by a fellow traveler, Ben Gerstein, on trombone. 8 and 9:30 p.m., BAR4, 444 Seventh Avenue, at 15th Street, Park Slope, Brooklyn, (718) 832-9800, www.bar4.net; cover, $5.(Chinen) JEFF (TAIN) WATTS SHOW (Through Sunday) Mr. Watts, a drummer whose locomotive drive is matched only by his attunement to the dynamics of a group, leads one consisting of the tenor saxophonist Marcus Strickland, the pianist Lawrence Fields and the bassist Eric Revis. 9 and 11 p.m., Village Vanguard, 178 Seventh Avenue South, at 11th Street, West Village, (212) 255-4037; cover, $20 to $25, with a $10 minimum. (Chinen) MIGUEL ZENÓN QUARTET (Tonight and tomorrow night) Jíbaro (Marsalis Music), Mr. Zenóns last album, affirmed this alto saxophonists credentials as a young composer with vision; his quartet includes Luis Perdomo on piano, Hans Glawischnig on bass and Henry Cole on drums. 9 and 10:30, Jazz Gallery, 290 Hudson Street, at Spring Street, South Village, (212) 242-1063; cover, $15, members, $10. (Chinen) Classical Full reviews of recent music performances: nytimes.com/music. Opera AINADAMAR (Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday) The exuberant, genre-bending music of the Argentinean-born composer Osvaldo Golijov is the focus of a monthlong festival at Lincoln Center. It starts this week with the New York premiere of his lushly scored flamenco opera Ainadamar (Fountain of Tears), loosely based on the life and legacy of the Spanish writer Federico García Lorca. Peter Sellars directs the production, with Dawn Upshaw, Kelley OConnor and Jessica Rivera in the principal roles. Miguel Harth-Bedoya conducts. Sunday at 3 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday at 8 p.m., Rose Theater, Broadway at 60th Street, (212) 721-6500; $30 to $65. (Jeremy Eichler) UN BALLO IN MASCHERA (Thursday) Vincent La Selva can either break your heart or make you want to wring his neck: why on earth is a conductor this good, of a certain age, conducting a free performance at an Upper West Side church rather than at the Met? Well, whatever the reason (and there are reasons), lovers of Verdi can go hear him and his cast of little-knowns -- often surprisingly good -- with relish. 7:30 p.m., Church of St. Paul and St. Andrew, West End Avenue at 86th Street, (212) 245-8837. (Anne Midgette) Bronx Opera (Tomorrow, Sunday) There are some -- O.K., maybe its just me -- who consider Purcells Dido and Aeneas the perfect opera: a wrenching story, spectacular vocal and ensemble music, and it all clocks in at about 50 minutes. The enterprising Bronx Opera has paired this story of royal passion and supernatural mischief with Chabriers Incomplete Education, a light piece about a young newlyweds search for information on how to proceed. 2 p.m., Heckscher Theater, El Museo del Barrio, 1230 Fifth Avenue, at 104th Street, East Harlem, (718) 960-8833; $20 to $35. (Allan Kozinn) COSÌ FAN TUTTE (Wednesday) This is the ultimate ensemble opera, and the Mets revival of its sunny and simple 1996 production this fall was an impressive effort from a young, attractive and gifted cast. Così returns with that cast almost intact. The bright-voiced soprano Alexandra Deshorties takes the place of Barbara Frittoli as Fiordiligi. The engaging mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kozena again sings her sister Dorabella. The lyric tenor Paul Groves (taking the place of Matthew Polenzani) and the robust baritone Mariusz Kwiecien portray the young men who cruelly test the fidelity of the two sisters. The veteran baritone Thomas Allen sings the jaded bachelor Don Alfonso. 8 p.m., Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center, (212) 362-6000; $26 to $175. (Anthony Tommasini) CYRANO DE BERGERAC (Thursday) Franco Alfanos almost-forgotten Cyrano is musically not much of an opera. But this 1936 work does provide a meaty role for the ageless tenor Plácido Domingo, who gave a vocally fervent and poignant portrayal of Cyrano, the fearless and noble guardsman cursed with an absurdly huge nose, when the production was introduced last season. It returns for six performances, with Mr. Domingo and a strong cast starting Thursday night. Francesca Zambellos production is stylish, handsome and effective. 7:30 p.m., Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center, (212) 362-6000; $26 to $175. (Tommasini) DESPERATELY SEEKING THAÏS (Thursday) This conceptual take on Massenets Thaïs is worth a look if only to check out the silent film, with the golden-age soprano Mary Garden, that will run along with the live musical excerpts provided by the latest incarnation of LOpéra Français de New York. 8 p.m., French Institute/Alliance Française, 55 East 59th Street, Manhattan, (212) 355-6160; $25. (Midgette) DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE (Tomorrrow and Tuesday) The Met seems to have a big hit on its hands with Julie Taymors production of Mozarts fairy-tale opera, which opened last season. But the production is so packed with nonstop stage effects and so peopled with dancers, extras, gargantuan puppets and kitelike animals of every sort that during last seasons presentations, the fine musical performances by the conductor James Levine, the Met orchestra and the strong cast took a back seat to the stage show. Maybe the new conductor, Paul Daniel, and the promising new cast that takes over when the production returns tomorrow afternoon (including Mary Dunleavy as Pamina, Eric Cutler as Tamino and Nathan Gunn as Papageno) will fare better. Tomorrow at 1:30 p.m. and Tuesday at 8 p.m., Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center, (212) 362-6000; sold out tomorrow; $21 to $80 on Tuesday, with limited tickets. (Tommasini) Classical Music BARGEMUSIC (Tonight, tomorrow, Sunday and Thursday) This floating concert hall on the Brooklyn side of the East River offers the intimacy that chamber music needs, as well as a wonderful view of Lower Manhattan through the bay windows behind stage. This weekend the Fine Arts Quartet offers installments of a Shostakovich string quartet cycle -- Nos. 4, 11 and 14 tonight, Nos. 1, 5 and 8 tomorrow and Sunday. Patrycja Piekutowska, a violinist, and Jonahan Yates, a pianist, take over on Thursday with a program of contemporary Polish music, including works by Krzysztof Penderecki, Grazyna Bacewicz, Szymanowski and Lutoslawski. Tonight, tomorrow and Thursday at 7:30 p.m., Sunday at 4 p.m., Bargemusic, Fulton Ferry Landing next to the Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn, (718) 624-2083; $35. (Kozinn) BERLIN PHILHARMONIC (Wednesday, Thursday) Sir Simon Rattle and the Berliners return to New York with a four-concert series that runs through Jan. 28. Typically one of the highlights of the Carnegie Hall season, this outstanding orchestra gets rolling on Wednesday with Haydn (Symphony No. 86), Schoenberg (Variations for Orchestra) and Strauss (Ein Heldenleben). Thursdays program features Mahlers Fourth, with the mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kozena and the New York premiere of Hanspeter Kyburzs Noesis. 8 p.m., Carnegie Hall, (212) 247-7800; $58 to $195. (Eichler) BUDAPEST FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA (Tonight) Conductors looking for a leg up in their careers have founded orchestras before, but even Ivan Fischer could hardly have imagined that both he and the Budapest Festival Orchestra would have risen so well together. This years Carnegie Hall appearance for the orchestra is part of the pianist Richard Goodes Perspectives series, and Mr. Goode will join the orchestra for Bartoks Third Concerto. 8, Carnegie Hall, (212) 247-7800; $21 to $74. (Midgette) CASSATT STRING QUARTET (Sunday) A striking Eastern European program includes the nocturne from Borodins second quartet, Dvoraks Quartet in A flat and a piano quintet by the 19th-century Polish composer and pianist Juliusz Zarebski, for which they will be joined by Roman Markowicz. 3 p.m., Kosciuszko Foundation, 15 East 65th Street, Manhattan, (212) 734-2130; $25; $20 for students and 65+. (Midgette) CHAMBERFEST (Tonight and tomorrow night) You might think that the Juilliard School has enough to handle with its ambitious continuing musical celebration of its 100th anniversary, not to mention the annual Focus festival, coming up at the end of the month. But this week the school has also been presenting Chamberfest, a series of free concerts of diverse works performed by accomplished student musicians. The series ends with concerts tonight (works by Bartok, Schoenberg and Brahmss stormy Piano Quintet in F minor) and tomorrow night (Coplands Appalachian Spring, Bergs String Quartet and Messiaens mystical Quartet for the End of Time.) 8, Paul Hall, Juilliard School, 60 Lincoln Center Plaza, at 65th Street, (212) 769-7406. (Tommasini) COMPOSER PORTRAIT: BONGANI NDODANA (Tonight) The adventurous Miller Theater begins a three-day Focus on Africa series with a concert featuring works by Bongani Ndodana. Born in Queenstown in 1975, Mr. Ndodana is considered the most prominent young South African composer working today. His works draw both from traditional African and contemporary classical heritages. The soprano Dawn Padmore and the African Exchanges Ensemble will perform, conducted by the composer. 8, Miller Theater, Broadway at 116th Street, Morningside Heights, (212) 854-7799; $20. (Tommasini) GUARNERI STRING QUARTET (Tomorrow) The Guarneri soldiers through another season as the de facto quartet-in-residence at the Metropolitan Museum. Each of the groups six concerts features a Mozart quartet, along with other works. This time around, its Mozarts Flute Quartet (K. 285), with Carol Wincenc, as well as Schumanns String Quartet No. 3 and Richard Danielpours String Quartet No. 5. 8 p.m., Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium, Metropolitan Museum of Art, (212) 570-3949; $50. (Eichler) HOUSTON SYMPHONY (Tuesday) The noted soprano Barbara Bonney joins the Houston Symphony under Hans Graf for a program of Mozart, Shostakovich and the Houston composer Pierre Jalbert. 8 p.m., Carnegie Hall, (212) 247-7800; $25 to $87. (Eichler) DMITRI HVOROSTOVSKY (Wednesday) The great silver-maned Russian baritone offers a program of works from his homeland, with opera arias by Borodin, Rachmaninoff and Rubinstein alongside 20th-century popular songs. Supporting him are the Philharmonia of Russia, conducted by Constantine Orbelian; the Cathedral Choral Society; and Style of Five, a Russian folk ensemble. For the perplexed, a preconcert lecture by Maya Pritsker should sort it all out. 8 p.m. (lecture at 6:45), Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, (212) 721-6500; $30 to $60. (Kozinn) JUILLIARD ORCHESTRA (Monday) Now that Leonard Slatkin has stepped aside for medical reasons, James DePreist will conduct the student orchestra in Shostakovichs Leningrad Symphony, as well as in music by two former Juilliard presidents: William Schuman and Peter Mennin. 8 p.m., Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, (212) 721-6500; $10 to $20; free tickets for students and 65+. (Eichler) NEW JERSEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA (Tonight through Sunday) This years winter festival is devoted to Mozart -- not surprisingly, given that this year marks the 250th anniversary of his birth and is glutted with Mozart concerts. The second program of the three-week Many Faces of Mozart event is called Mozart and the Voice, and includes excerpts from The Magic Flute and the Requiem. Bernard Labadie conducts. Tonight at 8 and Sunday at 3 p.m. at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, 1 Center Street, Newark; tomorrow night at 8, War Memorial, Memorial Drive, Trenton, (800) 255-3476; $20 to $75. (Midgette) NEW YORK VIRTUOSO SINGERS (Tomorrow) Harold Rosenbaums finely polished chorus specializes in contemporary music, and turns its attention this time to composers who either worked in or were influenced by Minimalism. Included are choral scores by John Adams, David Lang, Julia Wolfe, Michael Gordon, Jeffrey Schanzer and Steve Martland. 8 p.m., Merkin Concert Hall, 129 West 67th Street, Manhattan, (212) 501-3330; $25. (Kozinn) ORCHESTRE RÉVOLUTIONNAIRE ET ROMANTIQUE (Sunday and Monday) Sir John Eliot Gardiner and his fine period-instrument orchestra contribute two concerts to this years Mozart celebration. On Sunday, the Monteverdi Choir joins the ensemble for two great liturgical works that Mozart left unfinished: the Mass in C minor (performed here in the Alois Schmitt edition, touched up by Sir John), and the Requiem. On Monday, the orchestra plays Mozarts three final symphonies, Nos. 39, 40 and 41. Sunday at 3 p.m., Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center; $35 to $69. Monday at 8 p.m., Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center; $56; (212) 721-6500. (Kozinn) RIVERSIDE SYMPHONY (Tomorrow) The composer Anthony Korf and the conductor George Rothman, who founded this innovative orchestra, have championed several inexplicably overlooked 20th-century composers. One is the Romanian-born Frenchman Marius Constant, who died in 2004. Constant is probably fated to be remembered best as the composer of the theme for The Twilight Zone. But he has a large catalog of strong symphonic works, ballet scores and chamber music. The Riverside will perform his 103 Regards Dans lEau on an all-French program with works by Rameau, Ravel and Poulenc. 7:30 p.m., Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, (212) 721-6500; $25 and $45. (Tommasini) Dance Full reviews of recent performances: nytimes.com/dance. * ARISTOPHANES IN BIRDONIA (Tonight though Sunday night) David Gordon, Valda Setterfield and their Pick Up Performance Company made a big splash two years ago with Dancing Henry V (reprised last March), and now they are back at St. Marks Church with another dance-theater piece inspired by a classic drama, in this case The Birds. Ms. Setterfield plays the playwright, and expect pointed references to contemporary events. 8:30, Danspace Project at St. Marks Church, 131 East 10th Street, East Village, (212) 674-8194 or www.danspaceproject.org; $20. (John Rockwell) CHINESE NEW YEAR GLOBAL GALA (Tonight and tomorrow) Produced by New Tang Dynasty Television, a United States-based station for the Chinese diaspora, the New York installment of this flashy multicity, multimedia event will include some dance. The entire gala heralds the Year of the Dog and is clearly geared toward Chinese-Americans. Tonight and tomorrow night at 8, tomorrow at 2 p.m., Radio City Music Hall, (888) 260-6221, (888) 260-6223, (212) 307-7171 or www.gala.ntdtv.com or www.radiocity.com; $49 to $200. (Rockwell) COIL: A WINTER DANCE FESTIVAL (Today through Tuesday) Bravo to Performance Space 122, which (in association with the Joyce Foundation) has quietly come up with an intriguing mix of troupes for this six-day festival. Today at 5 p.m. (BalletLab), 7:30 p.m. (Adrienne Truscott) and 10 p.m. (Saar Harari); tomorrow at 5 p.m. (Helen Herbertson), 7:30 p.m. (BalletLab) and 10 p.m. (Truscott); Sunday at 5 p.m. (Ms. Herbertson), 7:30 p.m. (Mr. Harari) and 10 p.m. (BalletLab); Monday at 5 p.m. (BalletLab), 7:30 p.m. (Mr. Harari) and 10 p.m. (Ms. Truscott); and Tuesday at 5 p.m. (Ms. Truscott) and 7:30 p.m. (BalletLab), P.S. 122, 150 First Avenue, at Ninth Street, East Village, (212) 477-5288; $20; $15 for students; $10 for 65+. Call for performance schedule. (Roslyn Sulcas) COMPANIA.ARROYO.ARDIENTE (Tonight and Sunday) This first performance by Julio Arroyos company reflects his interest in the common threads in just about every form of dance and his inspiration from other choreographers, among them Jessica Kondrath and five other guest artists on the program. (Through Jan. 22.) Tonight at 9:30, Sunday at 7:30 p.m., Soundance at the Stable, 281 North Seventh Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, (718) 413-8196; $12; students and 65+, $5. (Jennifer Dunning) COOL NEW YORK 2006 DANCE FESTIVAL (Wednesday and Thursday) Dance by 60 companies, at last count, will be presented in this ambitious 10-program festival, opening with a gala featuring groups including Momix, Jennifer Muller/The Works and the host troupe White Wave Young Soon Kim Dance Company. (Through Feb. 5.) Wednesday at 7 p.m., Thursday at 7 and 9 p.m., White Waves John Ryan Theater, 25 Jay Street, at John Street, Brooklyn Heights, (718) 855-8822 or www.whitewavedance.com. Tickets for the opening night gala are $50; all other performances are free, though donations are requested. (Dunning) DEBORAH HAY (Thursday through Jan. 29) The seminal Judson choreographer Deborah Hay has recruited five all-star downtown performers for her new dance, O, O. Dont miss it. 8:30 p.m.; 7:30 p.m. on Sunday; Danspace Project, St. Marks Church, 131 East 10th Street, East Village, (212) 674-8194; $15.(Claudia La Rocco) * NEW YORK CITY BALLET (Tonight through Sunday, and Tuesday through Thursday) The big events in a week of mixed-repertory programs come next week. Tuesday night is the New Combinations Evening with the premiere of another new ballet by the gifted Christopher Wheeldon. Wednesday offers the return of the Balanchine-Robbins version of Stravinskys Firebird, and Thursday sees a revival of Robbinss Mother Goose, to Ravel. Tonight, tomorrow night and Thursday night at 8; tomorrow at 2 p.m.; Sunday at 3 p.m.; Tuesday and Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.; New York State Theater, Lincoln Center, (212) 870-5570 or www.nycballet.com; $30 to $86. (Rockwell) NEW YORK THEATER BALLET: DANCE ON A SHOESTRING (Tonight and tomorrow night) This series of informal in-studio programs will include Antony Tudors Fandango, a childrens piece by Margaret Craske and ballets by Danielle Genest and Keith Michael. 7, New York Theater Ballet Dance Gallery, 30 East 31st Street, Manhattan, (212) 679-0401; $20; $15 for students and 65+. (Dunning) 18TH IABD CONFERENCE SHOWCASE (Tonight and tomorrow night) In connection with the yearly meeting of the International Association for Blacks in Dance, this year in New York City, two showcase programs will present an ambitious overview of works by black artists today. Among the 19 company and individual participants are the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, Evidence, the Rod Rodgers Dance Company and Urban Bush Women (tonight), and Dallas Black Dance, the Lula Washington Dance Theater, Philadanco and the Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Company (tomorrow night). 8, Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway, at 95th Street, (212) 864-5400 and www.howard.edu/collegefinearts/iabdassociation; $35. (Dunning) EMIO GRECO/PC (Tonight through Sunday) This Netherlands-based company is run by the Italian choreographer Emio Greco and the Dutch theater director Pieter C. Scholten. Their Conjunto di Nero is a full-evening work for six dancers who are, according to the publicity materials, dressed in woolly black garments. Tonight and tomorrow night at 8, Sunday at 2 and 7:30 p.m., the Joyce Theater, 175 Eighth Avenue, at 19th Street, Chelsea, (212) 242-0800; $38.(Sulcas) SARA EAST JOHNSON AND LAVA (Tonight through Sunday, and Thursday) Ms. Johnsons award-winning, all-women company, LAVA, presents (w)HOLE (short for The Whole History of Life on Earth), its first new work since 2003. Using trapeze, Chinese acrobatics and swing dancing, among other things, the company tackles rock formation, punctuated equilibrium theory and magnetic polarity reversal with its usual strength and verve. (Through Feb. 19.) Tonight, tomorrow night and Thursday night at 7; Sunday at 5 p.m.; Flea Theater, 41 White Street, TriBeCa, (212) 352-3101, www.TheaterMania.com; $20 to $25. (Erika Kinetz) GABRIELLE LANSNER & COMPANY (Tonight through Feb. 4) Those legs, that voice -- the legendary diva Tina Turner is celebrated in River Deep, a new production combining dance, live music and spoken word. 8 p.m., with 2 p.m. weekend matinees, the Peter Jay Sharp Theater, 416 West 42nd Street, Clinton, (212) 279-4200; $22 to $34. (La Rocco) MOVING MEN (Tuesday) It will be raining men at Dixon Place when the Bronx sensation Arthur Aviles organizes an evening of dance featuring Tom Pearson, Carlo Quispe, Raymond, and Pavel Zustiak. 8 p.m., 258 Bowery, second floor, between Houston and Prince Streets, Lower East Side, (212) 219-0736; $10 to $12. (La Rocco) BEN MUNISTERI DANCE PROJECTS (Tonight and tomorrow night) Mr. Munisteri was one of the most compelling of Doug Elkinss performers many years ago; now he makes dances that match his unpredictable, frisky stage presence. You also have to appreciate the range of his musical tastes: A new work, Tuesday, 4 a.m. and other dances, is set to Stravinskys Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra, while the older Turbine Mines is set to the Blade Runner soundtrack. 10 tonight and 7:30 tomorrow night, Dance Theater Workshop, 219 West 19th Street, Chelsea, (212) 9224-0077; $25; $15 for students, 65+ or artists. (Sulcas) KT NIEHOFF AND LINGO DANCETHEATER (Tonight through Sunday) Ms. Niehoff and her modern-dance company, from Seattle, will present Relatively Real: who do you think you are?, a piece that explores the relatedness of identity and perception. Tonight at 7, tomorrow at 9 p.m., Sunday at 4 p.m., Joyce SoHo, 155 Mercer Street, (212) 334-7479; $15; $12 for students and 65+. (Dunning) PERIDANCE ENSEMBLE (Thursday) Celebrating its 21st anniversary -- well, why not? -- this studio group will present new and signature dances by Igal Perry, with casts led by guest artists José Manuel Carreño (Thursday and next Friday) and Elizabeth Parkinson (all performances). (Through Jan. 28.) 8 p.m., Gerald Lynch Theater, John Jay College, 899 10th Avenue, at 58th Street, Manhattan, (212) 505-0886 or www.ticketcentral.com; $50 and $100 (includes opening gala reception). (Dunning) SHAPIRO & SMITH (Tuesday through Sunday) Taking a page from Twyla Tharps Movin Out, Shapiro & Smith mixes contemporary dance with Bruce Springsteens music to tell the story of three families in Anytown. Tuesday at 7 p.m., Wednesday through Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 2 and 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 and 7:30 p.m., the Joyce Theater, 175 Eighth Avenue, at 19th Street, Chelsea, (212) 242-0800; $38. (La Rocco) VISION FESTIVAL: YOSHIKO CHUMA AND JOE MC PHEE (Sunday) Ms. Chuma, a gorgeously unpredictable avant-garde choreographer and performer, hooks up with Mr. McPhee, a musician whose instruments include reeds and brass. 1:30 p.m., Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural Center, 107 Suffolk Street, at Rivington Street, Lower East Side, (212) 696-6681 or www.visionfestival.org; $10; $7 for students; free for children 14 and under. (Dunning) WAX IN MANHATTAN (Tuesday) In this latest program in its Bridge series, which explores the definitions of dance-theater, the Williamsburg Art neXus (WAX) will present work by Alethea Adsitt, Stefanie Nelson, Jenny Rocha and their modern-dance companies, chosen by the curators Sara Juli and Jake Hooker. 8 p.m., University Settlement, 184 Eldridge Street, at Rivington Street, Lower East Side, (718) 599-7997 or www.wax205.com; $12. (Dunning) Art Museums and galleries are in Manhattan unless otherwise noted. Full reviews of recent art shows: nytimes.com/art. Museums * AMERICAN FOLK ART MUSEUM: SURFACE ATTRACTION: PAINTED FURNITURE FROM THE COLLECTION, through March 26. The remarkable images, abstract patterns and floral motifs that flutter across the 30 or so tables, chairs, cabinets and blanket chests in this beautiful, convention-stretching show confirm that from the late 1600s to the late 1800s, quite a bit of American painting talent and ambition was channeled into the decoration of everyday wood objects. The combination of imagination and utility, of economic means and lush effects, defines the human desire for beauty as hardwired. 45 West 53rd Street, (212) 265-1040. (Roberta Smith) * Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum: FASHION IN COLORS, through March 26. Drawn from the collection of the Kyoto Costume Institute in Japan, this sumptuous show arranges 68 often lavish Western gowns and ensembles according to the colors of the spectrum and reinforces their progress with a posh color-coordinated installation design. For an experience of color as color, it is hard to beat, but it also says a great deal about clothing, visual perception and beauty. 2 East 91st Street, (212) 849-8400.(Smith) International Center of Photography: Che!: Revolution and Icon, through Feb. 26. This is, in a sense, a one-image show, the image being Alberto Kordas famous 1960 head shot of Che (Ernesto Guevara), taken in Cuba. But the theme is the transformation that the portrait has undergone in the passage of 46 years, as Ches soulful likeness has migrated from political posters to album covers, T-shirts, paper currency, vodka ads and gallery art. 1133 Avenue of the Americas, at 43rd Street, (212) 857-0045. (Holland Cotter) JEWISH MUSEUM: SARAH BERNHARDT: THE ART OF HIGH DRAMA, through April 2. This exhibition is devoted to the flamboyant 19th-century actress whose name was once invoked by mothers as a warning to melodramatic daughters: Who do you think you are, Sarah Bernhardt? Its almost overstuffed roster of items includes original Félix Nadar photos of Bernhardt at 20 and the human skull presented to her by Victor Hugo, the costumes she wore as Cleopatra and Joan of Arc., her own accomplished sculptures and relics of lovers and American tours. 1109 Fifth Avenue, at 92nd Street, (212) 423-3200. (Edward Rothstein) Metropolitan Museum of Art: Art of Medicine in Ancient Egypt, through May 7. Egypt was no picnic 5,000 years ago. The average lifespan was about 40 years. Wild animals were ever present. Childbirth was perilous. Prevention, diagnosis and treatment of illness was a shot in the dark. Doctors were priests. Medicine was a blend of science, religion and art. The 65 objects in this beautiful show functioned as all three. Fifth Avenue and 82nd Street, (212) 535-7710 (Cotter) * MET: ANTONELLO DA MESSINA, through March 5. This small, focused show presents the work of a Sicilian master (about 1430-1479) regarded as the greatest painter to emerge from southern Italy in the 15th century. His signature work, shown here, is The Virgin Annunciate (about 1475-76), depicting Mary as a young Sicilian girl at the moment of the Annunciation, when she is told by the angel Gabriel that she will bear Jesus. The genius of the work lies in the way a traditional icon has been imbued with the life force of a flesh-and-blood human being. (See above.) (Grace Glueck) MET: DAVID MILNE: PAINTING TOWARD THE LIGHT, through Jan 29. Watercolors by a Canadian painter little known in the United States although he spent some 25 years in New York City and other parts of the state. In his quiet, spare renditions of urban vignettes, country landscapes, trees and domestic life, David Milne (1882-1953) focused mainly on aesthetic matters, like color, line and light, while skirting the avant-garde. (See above.) (Glueck) * MET: Robert Rauschenberg: Combines, through April 2. Big and handsome almost to a fault. Theres something weird about seeing once joyfully rude and over-the-top contraptions from the 1950s and 60s lined up like choirboys in church, with their ties askew and shirttails out. But even enshrined, the combines still manage to seem incredibly fresh and odd, almost otherworldly. I thought of a medieval treasury -- all the rich colors and lights and intricate details. The most beautiful tend to be the early ones: large but delicate, with a subtle, fugitive emotional pitch. (See above.) (Michael Kimmelman) Museum of Modern Art: PIXAR: 20 YEARS OF ANIMATION, through Feb. 6. With more than 500 drawings, collages, storyboards and sculptured models by 80 artists; numerous projections; and a mesmerizing three-dimensional zoetrope, this exhibition offers a detailed glimpse of the creative and technological processes behind such computer-animation wonders as Toy Story, Monsters Inc. and Finding Nemo. In the end, nothing has as much art or magic as these films themselves, but the concentrated effort and expertise that go into them is nonetheless something of a wonder, too. 11 West 53rd Street, (212) 708-9400. (Smith) ONASSIS CULTURAL CENTER: FROM BYZANTIUM TO MODERN GREECE: HELLENIC ART IN ADVERSITY, 1453-1830, through May 6. This show is a busy, ambitious hodgepodge that sets out to present all aspects of the visual art in Greece during this period. The range spans wonderful early paintings and icons, like a panel by the youthful El Greco; examples of domestic crafts practiced by Greek women; jewelry and church ornaments; and maps and charts. 645 Fifth Avenue, at 52nd Street, (212) 486-4448. (Glueck) Whitney Museum of American Art: Raymond Pettibon, through Feb. 19. If you are unfamiliar with the influential Mr. Pettibons emotionally resonant mix of noirish cartooning and enigmatic literary verbiage, this show of works on paper and, for the first time, a low-tech animated video, serves as a good introduction. 945 Madison Avenue, at 75th Street, (800) 944-8639. (Johnson) * Whitney Museum of American Art: THE ART OF RICHARD TUTTLE, through Feb. 5. For 40 years Richard Tuttle has murmured the ecstasies of paying close attention to the worlds infinitude of tender incidents, making oddball assemblages of prosaic ephemera, which, at first glance, belie their intense deliberation and rather monumental ambition. Out of cord, tin, Styrofoam, florists wire and bubble wrap he has devised objects whose status is not quite sculpture or drawing or painting but some combination of the three, and whose exquisiteness is akin to that of jewelry. His outstanding retrospective is a cross between a kindergarten playroom and a medieval treasury. (See above). (Kimmelman) Galleries: Uptown OSCAR BLUEMNER Known for his soulful, jewel-colored, Cubist pictures of houses in semirural locales, Bluemner remains one of the most appealing of American Modernists who were active between World Wars I and II. Barbara Mathes, 22 East 80th Street, (212) 570-4190, through Jan. 28. (Johnson) The Hudson River School at the New-York Historical Society: Nature and the American Vision By the mid-19th century, the United States was a trans-Atlantic political power in search of a cultural profile. Hudson River School landscape painting was the answer: it presented America as the un-Europe. Europe had its Romantic ruins; America had its ultra-Romantic wilderness. Europe had antique; America had primeval. Europe told time in centuries; America told time in eons. Its all here to see in this display of a venerable local institutions permanent collection. New-York Historical Society, 2 West 77th Street, (212) 873-3400, through Feb. 19. (Cotter) School Zone Martinez Gallery isnt a place; its a collaborative network of several graffiti artists, two architect-designers, a curator and a dealer. The gallery has taken its graffiti star artists into a public high school for this show, for which, with the help of students, theyve covered the walls and ceilings of a classroom with art, alternately brash and delicate, exclamatory and introspective. Martinez Gallery at Julia Richman High School, 317 East 67th Street, Room 222, (212) 619-2149, through Jan. 28 (Cotter) * THE THIRD EYE: FANTASIES, DREAMS AND VISIONS The ostensible theme for this dizzying, diverting assortment of 89 very high-end drawings and prints is the fantastical, visionary strain of Romanticism that persists through Symbolism right up to now. It rambles around two floors in no particular order: a connoisseurs heaven. Richard L. Feigen & Company, 34 East 69th Street, (212) 628-0700, through Jan. 28. (Kimmelman) Galleries: 57th Street * Katy Grannan: Mystic Lake Ms. Grannan continues to make exceptionally intimate photographs of nonprofessional models posing outdoors partly or fully unclothed. Greenberg Van Doren, 730 Fifth Avenue, (212) 445-0444, through Feb. 4. (Johnson) Galleries: Chelsea Douglas Anderson: New Old Robots Painted in grayed colors and a brushy, cartoonish style that recalls the Ash Can School and 1930s-era Social Realism, Mr. Andersons comical and mournful small paintings depict old shoes, plumbing, brick walls, junk cars and outmoded industrial machinery in states of dreamlike animation. Blue Mountain, 530 West 25th Street, (646) 486-4730, through Jan. 28. (Johnson) DEBORAH BUTTERFIELD Ms. Butterfield continues to make horses out of weathered branches and scrap steel that are, at best, magically lifelike. In the big one lying down in the gallery, the metal seems just as alive as the illusory animal. Three horses on the Park Avenue median, however, are out of their element -- too delicate to compete with the traffic and the giant buildings, but perhaps because of that, poetically poignant. Edward Thorp, 210 Eleventh Avenue, between 24th and 25th Streets; and on the Park Avenue median between 52nd and 54th Streets; (212) 691-6565, through Jan. 28. (Johnson) Gene Davis: Three Decades A key member of the Washington Color School, which included Morris Louis and Kenneth Noland, Davis was known for expansive canvases filled by narrow, vertical colored stripes. The best examples in this show are radiant. Charles Cowles, 537 West 24th Street, (212) 741-8999, through Jan. 28. (Johnson) * ROY DE FOREST: NEW PAINTINGS At 75, this underappreciated West Coast artist, a sort of Neo-Expressionist before the fact, brings a new vehemence of color and texture, amplified by clearer compositions, to his comic-sinister universe of bright-eyed, zoned-out men and animals. George Adams, 525 West 26th Street, (212) 564-8480, through Jan. 28. (Smith) Head Over Hand: Pushing the Limits of Paint This well-selected and cohesive 15-artist show presents finely wrought abstract paintings that mix, in most cases, a hedonistic materialism and a spacey, illusory dimension. Denise Bibro, 529 West 20th Street, (212) 647-7030, through Jan. 28. (Johnson) Lee Krasner and Jackson Pollock: Dialogue It may be that Pollock could not have done what he did without the support of his wife, Lee Krasner, but he was nevertheless the better artist by far, as this revealing show of works from all phases of both their careers proves. Robert Miller, 524 West 26th Street, (212) 366-4774, through Jan. 28. (Johnson) * Guillaume Pinard: expresso Surrealistic, darkly comical black ball-point pen drawings evoke a childlike mind under the influence of Gumby, the Muppets and Japanese anime, and an animated video follows the adventures of two eyeballs with arms and legs through shape-shifting landscapes. Team, 527 West 26th Street, (212) 279-9219, through Jan. 28. (Johnson) Stuart Rome This landscape photographer points his camera into the woods and comes up with subtly pantheistic pictures of extraordinary lucidity and absorbing complexity. Sepia, 148 West 24th Street, (212) 645-9444, through Jan. 28. (Johnson) * JAMES SIENA: NEW PAINTINGS AND GOUACHES Mr. Siena continues to push at paintings envelope by turning inward and working small, creating enamel-on-aluminum fields of synaptic, thin-skinned circuitry not much larger than the viewers face, or Mr. Sienas own fevered brain. His latest efforts both diversify and perfect his slightly crazed, usually colorful linear patterns, forging links to traditions, disciplines and cultures far beyond Western painting. PaceWildenstein, 534 West 25th Street, Chelsea (212) 929-7000, through Jan. 28. (Smith) Kyle Staver Influences of Matisse, Bonnard, Marsden Hartley and Milton Avery are conspicuous in Ms. Stavers playful, lushly painterly pictures of people enjoying holiday or domestic pleasures. Her hedonistic verve, humor and feeling for human relationships keep academic stuffiness at bay. Lohin Geduld, 531 West 25th Street, (212) 675-2656, through Feb. 4. (Johnson) ROBERT STONE Made with a loose, watercolorlike touch, this young British artists oil-on-canvas paintings depict enigmatic and vaguely comical scenes, like tiny Canadian Mounties having a secret funeral in the woods, or a pair of travelers in oddly mixed costumes posing with a coffin. They are just sweet and peculiar enough to give you pause. James Nicholson, 547 West 27th Street, (212) 967-5700, through Jan. 28. (Johnson) Galleries: SoHo MARTIN BEAUREGARD, SOMNAMBULIC Old videos of absurdist performances and a new one about meditating and dreaming are eclipsed by two large stuffed-animal sculptures: a sumptuously furry teddy bear the size of a real cub made from a real bearskin, fearsome big claws and all; and a real moose head with majestic, silver-leafed antlers. Location One, 26 Greene Street, (212) 334-3347, through Feb. 4. (Johnson) Richard Tuttle: Constructed Relief Paintings Among the most appealing works in Mr. Tuttles current retrospective at the Whitney are the eccentrically shaped, single-color paintings from the 1960s. This show presents more of those playfully Minimalist pieces, which, with their wavering outlines and thick sides, look as if they were cut from slabs of colored rubber. Peter Freeman, 560 Broadway, at Prince Street, SoHo, (212) 966-5154, through Jan. 28. (Johnson) Other Galleries * THE DOWNTOWN SHOW: THE NEW YORK ART SCENE, 1974-1984 The real down-and-dirty Downtown art scene, when the East Village bloomed, punk and new wave rock assailed the ears, graffiti spread like kudzu, and heroin, along with extreme style, raged, is the subject of this wild and woolly show. Its a humongous time warp of more than 450 paintings, sculptures, drawings, photographs, videos, posters, ephemera and things in between by artists, writers, performers, musicians and maestros of mixed media, from a photograph of the transvestite Candy Darling as she posed on her death bed to a small, painted sculpture made of elephant dung by David Hammons. With so many clashing ideologies, points of view and attitudes toward art-making, this no-holds-barred hodgepodge generates the buzz and stridency of, say, Canal Street on payday. New York University, Grey Art Gallery, 100 Washington Square East, (212) 998-6780; and Fales Library, 70 Washington Square South, (212) 988-2596, Greenwich Village; through April 1. (Glueck) Tom Folland: Death-defying Dervish Gangbuster Rebel This follower of Paul McCarthy appears in his own ridiculous, hyperactive videos wearing an athletic outfit and a gold, hairless head mask as he manically operates machines designed for destroying paintings. The machines are also on display, including a catapult for throwing a midget dummy version of the artist at paintings. Jack the Pelican, 487 Driggs Avenue, between North 9th and 10th Streets, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, (718) 782-0183, through Feb. 5. (Johnson) * Anya Gallaccio: One Art The viscerally poetic single work occupying Sculpture Centers spacious main gallery is a 50-foot-tall weeping cherry tree that was cut up and reassembled in the gallery, where it is held in place by steel cables and bolts. Sculpture Center, 44-19 Purves Street, at Jackson Avenue, Long Island City, Queens, (718) 361-1750, through April 3. (Johnson) Zoo Story A clay gorilla by Daisy Youngblood, a bronze she-wolf by Kiki Smith, a flock of concrete sheep by Françoise-Xavier Lalanne and works about animals by more than 20 other artists, including John Baldessari, Katharina Fritsch, Ross Bleckner and Rebecca Horn, turn the first floor of this sleek, three-story private museum into a diverting menagerie. Fisher Landau Center for Art, 38-27 30th Street, Long Island City, Queens, (718) 937-0727, through June 12. (Johnson) Last Chance * SAUL LEITER: EARLY COLOR In their painterly concentration on shadows, reflections, light and color, the distinctive color photographs that the fashion photographer Saul Leiter took in New York in the 1950s reform street photography by concentrating less on pedestrians than on what they might see. Howard Greenberg Gallery, 41 East 57th Street, (212) 334-0010, closes tomorrow. (Smith) * LAMAR PETERSON In a show that is transitional in a good way, this promising young artist expands his reach, taking his bright, dystopic portrayals of the American dream onto canvas and into distinctive collages that pit the hand against the camera with succinct bluntness. Fredericks & Freiser, 536 West 24th Street, Chelsea, (212) 633-6555, closes tomorrow. (Smith)

Pakistan Executes Militants and Bombards Tribal Areas

It is extremely disappointing that the government has given into fear and anger by executing two people today. As horrific as the attack on the Peshawar school was, more killings - this time by the government - is never the answer to combating.

The Listings: JUNE 24-JULY 1

Theater Approximate running times are in parentheses. Full reviews of current shows, additional listings, showtimes and tickets: nytimes.com/theater. Previews and Openings TWELFTH NIGHT Opens tomorrow. The Aquila Theater presents Shakespeares comedy about mistaken identities, unrequited love and the threats of a puritanical zealot (2:15). Baruch Performing Arts Center, 25th Street between Lexington and Third Avenues, (212)279-4200. SWIMMING IN THE SHALLOWS Opens Tuesday. Edward Albee covered man-goat love. Now Adam Bock looks into man-shark romance in his new nonrealistic comedy about young urban types (1:20). McGinn/Cazale Theater, 2162 Broadway, at 76th Street, fourth floor, (212)246-4422. BOOCOCKS HOUSE OF BASEBALL Opens Thursday. Sick of politics, Paul Boocock, a solo comic performer, searches for answers in the national pastime, relating stories about Jason Giambi, Derek Jeter and Pete Rose (1:00). Flea Theater, 41 White Street, Lower Manhattan, (212) 352-3100. DRIVING ON THE LEFT SIDE Previews start tomorrow.. Opens Thursday. A reggae-infused drama about four people in Jamaica searching for a new direction (2:00). TBG Theater, 312 West 36th Street, garment district (212)868-4444. AS YOU LIKE IT Previews start tomorrow. Opens July 12. Up-and-comer Lynn Collins, who was Portia in the recent film of The Merchant of Venice, plays one of Shakespeares most beloved heroines, Rosalind, in Mark Lamoss production in Shakespeare in the Park. Brian Bedford and Richard Thomas star (2:40). Public Theater at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park. Entrances at 81st Street and Central Park West and at 79th Street at Fifth Avenue, (212)539-8750. Broadway AFTER THE NIGHT AND THE MUSIC Though its opening odd-couple-on-a-dance-floor skit shows promising charm, this evening of three sketches from the first lady of neurotic comedy, Elaine May, mostly feels terminally torpid in the way that overworked and familiar material often does, even from comic geniuses. Daniel Sullivan directs an ensemble that notably features Jeannie Berlin (Ms. Mays daughter and onstage alter ego) and the invaluable J. Smith-Cameron. (2:00). Manhattan Theater Club, at the Biltmore Theater, 261 West 47th Street, (212)239-6200.(Ben Brantley) ALL SHOOK UP In a pint-size theater with a campy young cast, All Shook Up might be a moderate hoot. Inflated to Broadway proportions, its a mind-numbing holler (2:10). Palace Theater, 1564 Broadway, at 47th Street, (212)307-4100. (Brantley) CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG The playthings are the thing in this lavish windup music box of a show: windmills, Rube Goldberg-like machines and the shows title character, a flying car. Its like spending two and a half hours in the Times Square branch of Toys R Us (2.30). Hilton Theater, 213 West 42nd Street, (212)307-4100. (Brantley) THE CONSTANT WIFE A stylish production of a creaky 1926 comedy by W. Somerset Maugham. Kate Burton stars as a well-heeled English wife who scarcely raises an eyebrow at her husbands philandering, scandalizing her friends. Maughams dialogue isnt quite as witty as the brisk Ms. Burton and Lynn Redgrave, who plays her imperious mother, manage to make it sound (2:15). American Airlines Theater, 227 West 42nd Street, Manhattan, (212)719-1300. (Charles Isherwood) DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS On paper, this tale of two mismatched scam artists has an awful lot in common with The Producers. But if you are going to court comparison with giants, you had better be prepared to stand tall. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, starring John Lithgow and Norbert Leo Butz, never straightens out of a slouch (2:35). Imperial, 249 West 45th Street, (212)239-6200. (Brantley) * DOUBT, A PARABLE (Pulitzer Prize, Best Play 2005 and Tony Award, Best Play 2005) Set in the Bronx in 1964, this play by John Patrick Shanley is structured as a clash of wills and generations between Sister Aloysius (Cherry Jones), the head of a parochial school, and Father Flynn (Brian F. OByrne), the young priest who may or may not be too fond of the boys in his charge. The plays elements bring to mind those tidy topical melodramas that were once so popular. But Mr. Shanley makes subversive use of musty conventions (1:30). Walter Kerr, 219 West 48th Street, (212)239-6200. (Brantley) FIDDLER ON THE ROOF From the moment it sounds its first word in this placid revival, the voice of Harvey Fierstein (who has replaced Alfred Molina in the central role of Tevye) makes the audience prick up its ears. Whether that voice fits comfortably into the Russian village of Anatevka is another issue. But at least it brings a bit of zest to this abidingly bland production (2:55). Minskoff, 200 West 45th Street, (212)307-4100.(Brantley) THE GLASS MENAGERIE This revival suggests that to recollect the past is to see life as if it had occurred underwater, in some viscous sea. Folks drown in this treacherous element. Unfortunately, that includes the shows luminous but misdirected and miscast stars, Jessica Lange and Christian Slater (2:30). Barrymore, 243 West 47th Street, (212)239-6200. (Brantley) * GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS (Tony Award, Best Play Revival 2005) Highly caffeinated bliss. Watching Joe Mantellos hopping revival of David Mamets play about a dog-eat-dog real estate office is like having espresso pumped directly into your bloodstream. But whats a little lost sleep when youve had the chance to see a dream-team ensemble, including Liev Schrieber and Alan Alda, pitching fast-ball Mamet dialogue with such pure love for the athletics of acting (1:50) Bernard B. Jacobs Theater, 242 West 45th Street, (212)239-6200.(Brantley) JACKIE MASON: FRESHLY SQUEEZED Jackie Mason has so cunningly manufactured and marketed his dyspeptic comic persona -- the herky-jerky movements used to embellish the routines, the voice thats like a sinus infection with a bad back -- that he may soon be able to refine all actual jokes out of his act, and still slay em. Thats chutzpah. And quite a talent, too (2:05). Hayes, 240 West 44th Street, (212)239-6200. (Isherwood) LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA Love is a many-flavored thing, from sugary to sour, in Adam Guettel and Craig Lucass encouragingly ambitious and discouragingly unfulfilled new musical. The show soars only in the sweetly bitter songs performed by the wonderful Victoria Clark, as an American abroad (2:15). Beaumont, Lincoln Center, (212)239-6200. (Brantley) * THE PILLOWMAN For all its darkness of plot and imagery, Martin McDonaghs tale of a suspected child murderer in a totalitarian state dazzles with a brightness now largely absent from Broadway. Exquisitely directed and designed, The Pillowman features top-of-the-line performances from Billy Crudup, Jeff Goldblum, Zeljko Ivanek and Michael Stuhlbarg (2:40). Booth, 222 West 45th Street, (212)239-6200. (Brantley) SPAMALOT (Tony Award, Best Musical 2005) This staged re-creation of the mock-medieval movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail is basically a singing scrapbook for Python fans. Still, it seems safe to say that such a good time is being had by so many people that this fitful, eager celebration of inanity and irreverence will find a large and lucrative audience (2:20). Shubert, 225 West 44th Street, (212)239-6200. (Brantley) STEEL MAGNOLIAS Despite an ensemble featuring high-profile veterans of stage, film and television, sitting through this portrait of friendship among Southern women, set in a beauty parlor in small-town Louisiana, is like watching nail polish dry (2:20). Lyceum, 149 West 45th Street, (212)239-6200. (Brantley) A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE The capricious gods of casting have not been kind to Tennessee Williams of late. This staging, starring an erratic Natasha Richardson as Blanche, is not the hazy mess that the current Glass Menagerie is. But it, too, suffers from fundamental mismatches of parts, especially John C. Reillys sexually unmagnetic Stanley (2:45). Studio 54, 254 West 54th Street, (212)719-1300. (Brantley) SWEET CHARITY This revival of the 1966 musical, directed by Walter Bobbie and choreographed by Wayne Cilento, never achieves more than a low-grade fever when whats wanted is that old steam heat. In the title role of the hopeful dance-hall hostess, the appealing but underequipped Christina Applegate is less a shopworn angel than a merry cherub (2:30). Al Hirschfeld Theater, 302 West 45th Street, (212)239-6200. (Brantley) * THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE The happy news for this happy-making little musical is that the move to larger quarters has dissipated none of its quirky charm. William Finns score sounds plumper and more rewarding than it did Off Broadway, providing a sprinkling of sugar to complement the sass in Rachel Sheinkins zinger-filled book. The performances are flawless. Gold stars all around. (1:45). Circle in the Square, 1633 Broadway, at 50th Street, (212)239-6200. (Isherwood) * WHOS AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? Everybody ultimately loses in Edward Albees great marital wrestling match of a play from 1962. But theatergoers who attend this revealingly acted new production, starring a superb Kathleen Turner and Bill Irwin, are destined to leave the Longacre feeling like winners (2:50). Longacre Theater, 220 West 48th Street, (212)239-6200. (Brantley) Off Broadway * ALTAR BOYZ This sweetly satirical show about a Christian pop group made up of five potential Teen People cover boys is an enjoyable, silly diversion (1:30). Dodger Stages Stage 4, 340 West 50th Street, Clinton, (212)239-6200.(Isherwood) BEAST ON THE MOON Richard Kalinoskis musty romantic drama depicts the fractious marriage of two survivors of the mass killings of Armenians during World War I. Larry Mosss production is respectable and effective, but the performances by Omar Metwally and Lena Georgas are exhaustingly busy (2:00). Century Center for the Performing Arts, 111 East 15th Street, Flatiron district, (212)239-6200. (Isherwood) * BORDER/CLASH: A LITANY OF DESIRES With razor-sharp cheekbones and two voluminous puffs of hair resting on top of a delicate wisp of a body, Staceyann Chin, the author and star of this new autobiographical solo show, is a caricaturists dream. Her appealing if not terribly original show follows her from a tumultuous childhood in Jamaica to New York City, where she starred on Broadway in Russell Simmons Def Poetry Jam. (1:30). The Culture Project, 45 Bleecker Street, Greenwich Village, (212)307-4100. (Jason Zinoman) THE CHERRY ORCHARD The debate about evoking the proper measurements of humor and pathos in the plays of Anton Chekhov is settled evenly if dubiously in Scott Ziglers production for the Atlantic Theater Company: It fails more or less equally at eliciting laughter and tears (2:00). Atlantic Theater Company, 336 West 20th Street, Chelsea, (212)239-6200. (Isherwood) DRUMSTRUCK The noisy novelty at Dodger Stages, is a mixed blessing. Providing theatergoers a two-foot drum on every seat, it offers an opportunity to exorcise aggressions by delivering a good beating; and on a slightly more elevated level, it presents a superficial introduction to African culture, lessons in drumming and 90 minutes of nonstop music, song and dancing by a good-natured cast. So, while literally and figuratively giving off many good vibes, it adds up to lightweight entertainment that stops just short of pulverizing the eardrums (1:30). Dodgers Stages, 340 West 50th Street, Clinton, (212)239-6200.(Lawrence Van Gelder) * FORBIDDEN BROADWAY: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT This production features the expected caricatures of ego-driven singing stars. But even more than usual, the show offers an acute list of grievances about the sickly state of the Broadway musical, where, as the lyrics have it, everything old is old again (1:45). 47th Street Theater, 304 West 47th Street, (212)239-6200. (Brantley) * HURLYBURLY If you are going to inhabit a wasteland, you might as well be thoroughly wasted. That seems to be the first rule of survival for the characters who have been brought so vibrantly and unforgivingly to life in this smashing revival of David Rabes 1984 play. But thanks to a terrific cast, theatergoers are likely to experience a heady buzz of excitement and clarity, which any of the desperate characters onstage would kill for (3:15). 37 Arts, 450 West 37th Street, garment district, (212)307-4100.(Brantley) LAZER VAUDEVILLE If this isnt an ancient showbiz rule, it ought to be: things will look a lot more impressive if they are done in the dark with a heavy dose of fluorescence. That seems to be the guiding principle behind this hodgepodge of juggling, rope twirling and such, delivered wordlessly by the cast (1:30). Lambs Theater, 130 West 44th Street, Midtown, (212)239-6200. (Neil Genzlinger) MANUSCRIPT Three talented, attractive young actors and some skillfully shaggy dialogue are the only reasons to see Paul Grellongs inconsequential play, a revenge tale centering on the theft of an unpublished manuscript expected to be of great literary merit. Implausibility is a big problem: there are plot holes here you could easily drive a hardback copy of Infinite Jest through (1:30). Daryl Roth Theater, 101 East 15th Street, Flatiron district, (212)239-6200. (Isherwood) THE MUSICAL OF MUSICALS! The musical is the happy narcissist of theater; parody is the best form of narcissism. All it needs are smart writers and winning performers. Thats what we get in this case (1:30). Dodger Stages, Stage 5, 340 West 50th Street, Clinton, (212)239-6200. (Margo Jefferson) MY SWEETHEARTS THE MAN IN THE MOON When the eccentric millionaire Harry Thaw shot and killed the famed architect Stanford White on the roof of Madison Square Garden almost a century ago, the subsequent trial of the century -- the first of many in the 20th -- was a perfect storm of celebrity scandal. Don Nigros My Sweethearts the Man in the Moon, recounts the sensational events with nuance and admirable research, but the passionless production unfortunately has the whiff of the whiff of Masterpiece Theater (2:00). 14th Street Y, 344 East 14th Street, East Village, (212)868-4444.( Zinoman) * ORSONS SHADOW Austin Pendletons play, about a 1960 production of Ionescos Rhinoceros directed by Orson Welles and starring Laurence Olivier, is a sharp-witted but tenderhearted backstage comedy about the thin skins, inflamed nerves and rampaging egos that are the customary side effects when sensitivity meets success (2:00). Barrow Street Theater, 27 Barrow Street, Greenwich Village, (212)239-6200. (Isherwood) THE PARIS LETTER Jon Robin Baitzs ambitious but schematic play is a morality tale about a misspent life and the dangers of sexual repression. Cleanly directed by Doug Hughes, it features a pair of excellent performances by the superb actors John Glover and Ron Rifkin. But Mr. Baitz gets himself trapped in the mechanical working of an overcomplicated plot (2:00). Roundabout Theater Company, at the Laura Pels Theater, 111 West 46th Street, Midtown, (212)719-1300.(Isherwood) PEOPLE ARE LIVING THERE This unrewarding Athol Fugard play benefits from some rewarding performances by its four actors. OMara Leary is Milly, who on her 50th birthday has been dumped by her boyfriend, and tries to keep her spirits up by recruiting some pals to join her in what turns out to be the worst birthday party ever (1:30). Signature Theaters Peter Norton Space, 555 West 42nd Street, Clinton, (212)279-4200.( Genzlinger) * PRIVATE FEARS IN PUBLIC PLACES Alan Ayckbourns 67th play, a minor-key comedy about six Londoners leading lives of quiet desperation, is rueful, funny, touching and altogether wonderful. Sir Alans flawless cast amplifies the emotional impact of his writing in variously subtle and hilarious ways, while respecting the depth in his literary spareness (1:50). 59E59 Theaters, 59 East 59th Street, Manhattan, (212)279-4200.(Isherwood) SLAVAS SNOWSHOW Clowns chosen by the Russian master Slava Polunin are stirring up laughter and enjoyment. A show that touches the heart as well as tickles the funny bone (1:30). Union Square Theater, 100 East 17th Street, (212)307-4100. (Van Gelder) * THOM PAIN (BASED ON NOTHING) Is there such a thing as stand-up existentialism? If not, Will Eno has just invented it. Stand-up-style comic riffs and deadpan hipster banter keep interrupting the corrosively bleak narrative. Mr. Eno is a Samuel Beckett for the Jon Stewart generation (1:10). DR2 Theater, 103 East 15th Street, Flatiron district, (212)239-6200. (Isherwood) THRILL ME: THE LEOPOLD & LOEB STORY The story is familiar, and the script and lyrics are not especially innovative, but somehow Stephen Dolginoffs pocket musical about the Leopold and Loeb murder case lands like a well-placed punch. Every time Doug Kreeger, as Loeb, and Matt Bauer, as Leopold, blend their voices in close harmony, its a reminder that evil often looks and sounds beautiful (1:20). York Theater Company, at St. Peters Lutheran Church, Lexington Avenue, at 54th Street, (212)868-4444. (Genzlinger) TROLLS Dick DeBenedictis and Bill Dyers semi-terrific musical is about gay men who arent as young as they used to be. With a glorious opening, likable characters and affecting but derivative music, the show is worth seeing but needs some work (1:35). Actors Playhouse, 100 Seventh Avenue South, at Fourth Street, Greenwich Village, (212)239-6200.(Anita Gates) UNSUSPECTING SUSAN Celia Imrie stars as a snobbish Englishwoman in this funny, engaging (mostly) and tragic one-woman show written by Stewart Permutt. Ms. Imries character frets about her troubled son, living in London with a charming man, but doesnt begin to grasp how worried she should really be (1:10). Part of Brits Off Broadway. 59E59 Theaters, 59 East 59th Street, Manhattan, (212)279-4200. ( Gates) Off Off Broadway BIG TIMES Did you hear the one about the three actresses who wrote themselves a play? The punchline is this sweet, slender homage to the glory days of vaudeville, complete with goofy jokes, gags, and good music by the Moonlighters: kids are as likely to enjoy it as adults. Walkerspace, 46 Walker Street, TriBeCa, (212)868-4444. (Anne Midgette) * DISPOSABLE MEN James Scruggs, who wrote and performed this collection of character pieces, engages issues of race in the button-pushing satirical style that Spike Lee was aiming for (yet failed to pull off) in his film Bamboozled. This multimedia show compares the way African-American men are portrayed in the media to images of monsters in classic horror films like Frankenstein and King Kong (1:10). Here Arts Center, 145 Avenue of the Americas, at Dominick Street, South Village, (212)868-4444.( Zinoman) SCREEN PLAY A.R. Gurneys gleefully partisan retooling of the film Casablanca sets one tough saloon owners battle between idealism and cynicism in Buffalo in the 21st century. Staged by Jim Simpson as a deftly orchestrated reading, Screen Play turns out to be more than a quick collegiate caper; its a morally indignant work that fights frivolity with frivolity (1:10). Flea Theater, 41 White Street, TriBeCa, (212)352-3101.(Brantley) Long-Running Shows AVENUE Q R-rated puppets give lively life lessons (2:10). Golden, 252 West 45th Street, Manhattan, (212)239-6200. (Brantley) BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Cartoon made flesh -- sort of (2:30). Lunt-Fontanne Theater, 205 West 46th Street, Manhattan, (212)307-4747. (Brantley) BLUE MAN GROUP Conceptual art as family entertainment (1:45). Astor Place Theater, 434 Lafayette Street, East Village, (212)254-4370. (Brantley) CHICAGO Irrefutable proof that crime pays (2:25). Ambassador, 219 West 49th Street, Manhattan, (212)239-6200.(Brantley) HAIRSPRAY Fizzy pop, cute kids, large man in a housedress (2:30). Neil Simon Theater, 250 West 52nd Street, Manhattan, (212)307-4100. (Brantley) THE LION KING Disney on safari, where the big bucks roam (2:45). New Amsterdam Theater, 214 West 42nd Street, Manhattan, (212)307-4100. (Brantley) MAMMA MIA! The jukebox that devoured Broadway (2:20). Cadillac Winter Garden Theater, 1634 Broadway, at 50th Street, (212)239-6200. (Brantley) MOVIN OUT The miracle dance musical that makes Billy Joel cool (2:00). Richard Rodgers Theater, 226 West 46th Street, Manhattan, (212)307-4100.(Brantley) NAKED BOYS SINGING Thats who they are. Thats what they do (1:05). Julia Miles Theater, 414 West 55th Street, Clinton, (212)239-6200. (Gates) THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Who was that masked man, anyway? (2:30). Majestic Theater, 247 West 44th Street, Manhattan, (212)239-6200. (Brantley) THE PRODUCERS The ne plus ultra of showbiz scams (2:45). St. James Theater, 246 West 44th Street, Manhattan, (212)239-6200. (Brantley) RENT East Village angst and love songs to die for (2:45). Nederlander Theater, 208 West 41st Street, Manhattan, (212)307-4100. (Brantley) STOMP And the beat goes on (and on), with percussion unlimited (1:30). Orpheum Theater, Second Avenue at Eighth Street, East Village, (212)477-2477. (Brantley) WICKED Oz revisited, with political corrections (2:45). Gershwin, 222 West 51st Street, Manhattan, (212)307-4100.(Brantley) Last Chance BROOKLYN THE MUSICAL Try to imagine a sanitized Hair or a secular Godspell, with a helping of funky 70s disco, all filtered through the vocal pyrotechnics of American Idol (1:45). Gerald Schoenfeld Theater, 236 West 45th Street, (212)239-6200, closing on Sunday.(Brantley) LA CAGE AUX FOLLES (Tony Award, Best Musical Revival 2005) Robert Goulet is now striding gallantly through this garish revival of the Jerry Herman-Harvey Fierstein musical. Mr. Goulet brings a subdued professionalism to the role of Georges, the owner of a transvestite nightclub on the Riviera who is facing a rising soufflé of domestic conflict (2:30). Marquis, 1535 Broadway, between 45th and 46th Streets, (212)307-4100, closing on Sunday. ( Isherwood) FLAT This happily crass send-up of a BBC family drama is perfectly pitched for fans nostalgic for the self-parodying vulgarity of the sit-com Married With Children. Twelve episodes, quick scenes, stock characters and an opening montage sequence with a jingle that will lodge itself in your cranium, like it or not (1:00). Part of the Moral Values Festival. Brick Theater, 575 Metropolitan Avenue, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, (212)868-4444, closing on Sunday. (Zinoman) HECUBA Revenge is a dish served at room temperature in the intelligent but passionless production starring Vanessa Redgrave. Ms. Redgrave intriguingly brings forth the cool strategist inside the battered woman. But if we can admire this abject figures salvaged aplomb, we rarely get a visceral sense of the despair and the rage at injustice that make the character such a compelling one (1:45). Brooklyn Academy of Musics Howard Gilman Opera House, 30 Lafayette Avenue, (718)636-4100, closing on Sunday. (Isherwood) JACKSONS WAY Thirty-one-year-old Will Adamsdale isnt so much a comedian as a veritable wizard; a virtuoso of the transcendently absurd. Like a magician pulling a rabbit out of a hat, he spins a wacky world of increasingly bizarre nonsense out of thin air, creating an exquisitely idiosyncratic worldview that is as funny as it is wonderfully weird, all in the guise of being a life coach named Chris John Jackson, inventor of the motivational technique (1:15). Part of Brits Off Broadway. 59E59 Theaters, 59 East 59th Street, Manhattan, (212)279-4200, closing on Sunday. (Phoebe Hoban) LITTLE MARY William S. Leavengoods parable about faith, politics and conservatism in the Roman Catholic Church can sound more like a position paper than a play, but the authors strong storytelling instincts cant be denied (2:10). Sanford Meisner Theater, 164 11th Avenue, at 22nd Street, Chelsea, (212)352-3101, closing on Sunday. (Andrea Stevens) * MARK TWAIN TONIGHT! In a role he has been playing over half a century, Hal Holbrook delivers a performance that is perhaps most remarkable for the energy it derives from a studied languor. Mr. Holbrooks Twain is an exhilarating master of theatrical passive aggression, while Twains observations about corrupt journalists, politicians and religious fanatics remain soberingly relevant (2:30). Brooks Atkinson Theater, 256 West 47th Street (212)307-4100, closing on Sunday. (Brantley) MARATHON 2005, SERIES C Horton Foote, the Chekhov of the South, tries something different with his gothic depression-eratale The One-Armed Man, the highlight of the third series of the Ensemble Studio Theaters annual collection of short plays, which always features a few wonderful pleasures. Along with Mr. Footes chilling drama is Craig Lucass shrewd portrait of a troubled woman, Your Call is Important, which plays on, among other things, New Yorkers neurosis about country life, and two minor pieces by Kate Long and Romulus Linney (2:00). Ensemble Studio Theater, 549 West 52nd Street, Clinton, (212)352-3101), closing on Sunday. (Zinoman) SENECAS OEDIPUS In the new production of Senecas Oedipus by the Theater by the Blind, the iconic story of the king of Thebes who unknowingly murders his father and marries his mother is performed in modern dress. The poet Ted Hughess masterly 1968 adaptation is vividly alive, contemporary and shocking (1:30). Mint Space, 311 West 43rd Street, Clinton, (212)868-4444, closing on Sunday. (Honor Moore) SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER This comedy, written more than two centuries ago by Oliver Goldsmith, doesnt have much to say today, and Charlotte Moore, the director of the Irish Repertory Theaters production, wisely doesnt try to pretend otherwise. Instead she lets the actors play with the audience, a restrained glee that ultimately pays off with some great laughs. This 1773 comedy mocks the London upper classs snobbery, while piling on the slapstick, mistaken identities and farce (2:30). Irish Repertory Theater, 132 West 22nd Street, Chelsea, (212)727-2737, closing on Sunday. (Genzlinger) TERRORISM Every element of everyday existence participates in the title activity of this smart, snarling shaggy dog of a play by the Siberian-born Presnyakov brothers. But while Will Frearss production makes its thematic points clearly, it is still searching for a style that convincingly blends Slavic urgency and ennui (1:20). The Clurman Theater at Theater Row, 410 West 42nd Street, Manhattan, (212)279-4200, closing on Sunday.(Brantley) THE WHORE OF SHERIDAN SQUARE Michael Baron has written and directed this merry tribute to Charles Ludlam, who died of AIDS at 44, cutting short one of the most influential careers in downtown theater. For many downtown theatergoers, this silly -- or should I say, ridiculous -- dramatization of the life of Ludlam will be a nostalgic kick, like bumping into an old friend who you havent seen in a long time (1:50). La MaMa, E.T.C., the Club, 74A East Fourth Street, East Village, (212)475-7710, closing on Sunday. ( Zinoman) Movies Ratings and running times are in parentheses; foreign films have English subtitles. Full reviews of all current releases, movie trailers, showtimes and tickets: nytimes.com/movies. THE ADVENTURES OF SHARKBOY AND LAVAGIRL IN 3-D (PG, 94 minutes) Theres a reason that children arent allowed to vote, drive or make movies with multimillion-dollar budgets. Lively and imaginative as their inner worlds may be, the very young still lack the discipline and maturity to shape their dream worlds into coherent and compelling stories -- a task the director Robert Rodriguez (El Mariachi, Sin City) also fails to accomplish in this muddled quest narrative based on characters and themes created by his 7-year-old son, Racer Max. (Dana Stevens) * BATMAN BEGINS (PG-13, 137 minutes) Conceived in the shadow of American pop rather than in its bright light, this tense, effective iteration of Bob Kanes original comic book owes its power and pleasures to a director (Christopher Nolan) who takes his material seriously and to a star (a terrific Christian Bale) who shoulders that seriousness with ease. Batman Begins is the seventh live-action film to take on the comic-book legend and the first to usher it into the kingdom of movie myth. (Manohla Dargis) * CATERINA IN THE BIG CITY (No rating, 106 minutes, in Italian) In this contemporary political allegory from Italy, a disgruntled teacher and his family move from the country to Rome, where his 12-year-old daughter finds herself the object of a furious tug of war between two cliques, one left wing and bohemian, the other right wing and materialist. Bold, richly textured and entertaining.(Stephen Holden) CINDERELLA MAN (PG-13, 144 minutes) The best part of Ron Howards ingratiating, Depression-era weepie about the boxing underdog-turned-topdog James J. Braddock are, unsurprisingly, Russell Crowe and Paul Giamatti, actors who could steal a movie from a basket of mewling kittens and an army of rosy-cheeked orphans. Renée Zellweger also stars. (Dargis) CRASH (R, 107 minutes) A gaggle of Los Angeles residents from various economic and ethnic backgrounds collide, sometimes literally, within an extremely hectic 36 hours. Well-intentioned, impressively acted, but ultimately a speechy, ponderous melodrama of liberal superstition masquerading as realism.(A.O. Scott) * ENRON: THE SMARTEST GUYS IN THE ROOM (Not rated, 110 minutes) This sober, informative chronicle of the biggest business scandal of the decade is almost indecently entertaining, partly because it offers some of the most satisfying movie villains in quite some time. Recommended for everyone except those likely to be in the Kenneth L. Lay and Jeffrey K. Skilling jury pools. (Scott) 5x2 (R, 90 minutes, in French) A couples relationship unravels backward, from divorce through the birth of their child to their first meeting. Interesting, but chilly. (Scott) HEIGHTS (R, 93 minutes) In its aspirations, design and worldview, Heights resembles a number of other films about cozily connected souls, a soap-operatic subgenre that might be called We Are the World. Everybody hurts, as Michael Stipe likes to sing, but people in Heights seem to hurt more or at least spend a lot of time nursing that hurt in brooding silence and noisy confrontation. (Dargis) * THE HITCHHIKERS GUIDE TO THE GALAXY (PG, 103 minutes) In this hugely likable, long-awaited film of Douglas Adamss beloved book, the world comes to an end not just with a bang, but also with something of a shrug. Nicely directed with heart and sincerity by the newcomer Garth Jennings, the film features Martin Freeman, a sensational Sam Rockwell and some gloriously singing dolphins. (Dargis) THE HONEYMOONERS (PG-13, 90 minutes) Not the greatest, baby, but not as bad as it might have been. (Scott) * HOWLS MOVING CASTLE (PG, 118 minutes) The latest animated enchantment from Hayao Miyazaki. Lovely to look at, full of heart and mystery. ( Scott) THE INTERPRETER (PG-13, 123 minutes) A political thriller, both apolitical and unthrilling, notable for two accomplishments: turning the United Nations into a movie set and, even more remarkably, giving Nicole Kidman the opportunity to embody the suffering of Africans everywhere. (Scott) * KINGS AND QUEEN (No rating, 150 minutes, in French) About a hapless man and a woman who is alternately, perhaps even simultaneously, a mistress, monster, mother, murderer, object of lust and subject of loathing, this latest work from the wildly talented French filmmaker Arnaud Desplechin is essential viewing. (Dargis) LADIES IN LAVENDER (PG-13, 104 minutes) Two dames of the British empire (Judi Dench and Maggie Smith) inhabit spinster sisters in Cornwall who nurse a handsome Polish violinist back to health in 1936. Amiably bogus. (Holden) LAYER CAKE (R, 104 minutes) Directed by Matthew Vaughn, making a smoothly assured debut, and written by J.J. Connolly, this is the newest in British gangland entertainment and the tastiest in years. The star of this show is the very good British actor Daniel Craig, who slices through Layer Cake like a knife. (Dargis) THE LONGEST YARD (PG-13, 97 minutes) In this crummy remake of the 1974 film of the same title, Adam Sandler stars as the former N.F.L. quarterback Paul Crewe, who years earlier was booted out of the league for shaving points and is now charged with leading a team of prisoners against a team of guards. In the original film, directed with seriocomic facility by Robert Aldrich, Crewe was played by Burt Reynolds with effortless charm and the tightest pants this side of Tony Orlando. The Aldrich version was recently released on DVD and makes for a nice evening in. (Dargis) MADAGASCAR (PG, 86 minutes) Like many computer-animated features, this one, about four celebrity-voiced animals exiled from the Central Park Zoo -- expends most of its imaginative resources on clever visuals. These, in the end, are not enough to compensate for the lack of interesting narrative, real characters or jokes on subjects other than flatulence, excrement and contemporary pop culture. (Scott) MAD HOT BALLROOM (PG, 105 minutes) This documentary follows fifth graders from three very different New York City public schools as they prepare to compete in a ballroom dancing tournament. The sight of 10-year-olds trying to master the graceful, grown-up motions of the fox trot and the tango is charming, and the glimpses of their lives in and outside of school are fascinating, though unfortunately the film offers little more than glimpses. (Scott) MR. AND MRS. SMITH (PG-13, 112 minutes) What counts in a movie like this are stars so dazzling that we wont really notice or at least mind the cut-rate writing (from Simon Kinberg) and occasionally incoherent action (from the director Doug Liman). Sometimes Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie succeed in their mutual role as sucker bait, sometimes they dont, which is why their new joint venture is alternately a goof and a drag. (Dargis) * MYSTERIOUS SKIN (Not rated, 99 minutes) Gregg Araki, onetime bad boy of the New Queer Cinema, has made a heartbreaking and surpassingly beautiful film out of Scott Heims cleareyed novel about two Kansas boys dealing with the consequences of their sexual abuse by a Little League coach. Superb performances, especially by Joseph Gordon-Levitt. (Scott) THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS (PG, 119 minutes) On a shopping trip, four teenage girls find a pair of thrift-store jeans that mysteriously flatters all four of them, despite their differing shapes and sizes. Deciding the jeans must be magic, they make a pact to share them for the summer, wearing them for a week apiece and then mailing them to the next friend. Like the four girls at its center, this fresh-scrubbed, eager-to-please film makes up in charm for what it lacks in sophistication. (Stevens) * STAR WARS: EPISODE III -- REVENGE OF THE SITH (PG-13, 142 minutes) George Lucas saved the best -- or at least one of the best -- for the end. Or for the middle. In any case, the saga is now complete, and has regained much of its original glory. (Scott) WAGING A LIVING and ROSEVELTS AMERICA (No rating, 85 and 25 minutes) An eye-opening, often heartbreaking documentary tracking four members of the working poor in the Northeast and California. Roger Weisbergs feature is accompanied by his short film, Rosevelts America, a vérité profile of the Liberian refugee Rosevelt Henderson.(Jeannette Catsoulis) Film Series HANNA SCHYGULLA (through June 30) The Museum of Modern Art concludes its 11-film retrospective of the work of Ms. Schygulla, the multi-award-winning German actress. On Sunday, Volker Schlöndorffs drama Die Fälschung (1981), in which Ms. Schygulla plays a wealthy widow having an affair with a German journalist, will be shown. The final offering, on Thursday, is Bela Tarrs Werckmeister Harmoniak (2000), about political rebellion and a traveling circus. At 11 West 53rd Street, Manhattan, (212)708-9400, $10; $8, 65+; $6, students. (Anita Gates) IFC CENTER The new IFC Center, in the former Waverly Theater, is showing Dont Look Back, D.A. Pennebakers 1967 documentary about Bob Dylan on tour in Britain in the spring of 1965, as its premiere attraction. It is also showing Marc Singers 16-millimeter documentary Dark Days (midnight show); Yasujiro Ozus 1947 drama The Record of a Tenement Gentleman; and a new film, Miranda Julys Me and You and Everyone We Know, 323 Avenue of the Americas, at West Third Street, (212) 924-7771, $10; $7, children 12 and under and 62+. (Gates) NEW YORK ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL (Through July 2) Subway Cinema presents 31 mainstream Asian films, including Kekexili: Mountain Patrol (2004), from China, about the pashmina trade; One Nite in Mongkok (2004), from Hong Kong; Green Chair (2003), from Korea; My Brother Nikhil (2005), from India, a Bollywood drama about AIDS; and the self-explanatory Godzilla: Final Wars (2004), from Japan. Anthology Film Archives (through Sunday), 32 Second Avenue, at Second Street, East Village, (212)505-5181. ImaginAsian Theater (today through July 2), 239 East 59th Street, Manhattan, (212)371-6682; (212)868-4444, $9.50.(Gates) VILLAGE VOICE BEST OF 2004 (through Wednesday) BAMcinématek continues this festival of critics selections with the class-conscious Talaye Sorkh (Crimson Gold), from the Iranian director Jafar Panahi, tonight; Darwins Nightmare, Hubert Saupers documentary about globalization and the Nile perch tomorrow; and Mo Gan Doh (Infernal Affairs), Andrew Lau and Alan Maks Hong Kong crime drama, on Sunday. BAM Rose Cinemas, 30 Lafayette Avenue, Fort Greene, Brooklyn, (718) 777-FILM or (718) 636-4100, $10. (Gates) Pop Full reviews of recent concerts: nytimes.com/music. ALKALINE TRIO (Tonight) The drummer and bandleader Mike Skiba continues to add 80s brood-pop wrinkles to the straightforward pop punk that made his bands reputation a decade ago. 8 p.m., Irving Plaza, 17 Irving Place, Union Square, (212)777-6800, $17, $20 at the door (sold out). (Laura Sinagra) ANNIE (Tuesday and Wednesday) The Norwegian singer Annies happy dance pop takes on darker aspects because of associations with the minimalist techno club scene and work with bands like Royksopp and St. Etienne. For these shows, she will DJ with her Finnish producer Timo Kaukolampi. Tuesday at 10 p.m., Hiro Ballroom, Maritime Hotel, 363 West 16th Street, Chelsea, (718)599-3101, $10. Wednesday at 10 p.m., Scenic, 25 Avenue B, Lower East Side, (866)468-7619, $10. (Sinagra) ANTIBALAS AND SOULIVE (Tonight) Antibalas delivers a New York makeover to Fela Kutis Afrobeat, the Nigerian funk propelled by burly saxophones, fierce percussion and righteous anger. Soulive is an organ-guitar-drums trio that harks back to the 1950s and 1960s, playing meaty, blues-centered jazz and funk. Lately, it has been hooking up with a little hip-hop. 7:30 p.m., Celebrate Brooklyn, Prospect Park Bandshell, Prospect Park West and Ninth Street, Park Slope, Brooklyn; $3 suggested donation.(Jon Pareles) ALESSANDRA BELLONI AND BRAZILAIN GUESTS: NIGHT OF THE SHOOTING STARS (Tomorrow) Ms. Belloni, the singer and tambourine player, has spent years researching ancient songs and trance rituals from southern Italy. Lately, she has become fascinated with Brazilian music. Recent performance programs have explored the mystical side of samba, baião, forro and capoeira. 8 p.m., Synod Hall, Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, 1047 Amsterdam Avenue, at 112th Street, Morningside Heights, (212)665-4516, $20. (Pareles) * DAVID BERKELEY (Tonight) David Berkeley has a lustrous, melancholy voice akin to Tim Buckley and Nick Drake, and his songs offer both misgivings and consolation. 7 p.m. Joes Pub, 425 Lafayette Street, at Astor Place, East Village, (212)539-8778 or (212)239-6200, $12. (Pareles) THE BLUE VAN (Sunday) From Denmark, the Blue Vans play unabashed organ-driven 1960s-style garage-rock, tube amplifiers and all. With the Everyothers opening. 8 p.m. Southpaw, 125 Fifth Avenue, Park Slope, Brooklyn, (718)230-0236, $10. (Pareles) BOUKMAN EKSPERYANS, BOUKAN GINEN (Tonight) A double bill of Haitian rock based on voodoo rhythms. Boukman Eksperyans went to the Haitian countryside to collect the Afro-Haitian rhythms of rural voodoo and carnival music. Then it added electric guitars and lyrics hinting at revolutionary messages, and reshaped a generation of Haitian rock. Boukan Ginen was formed by an ex-member of Boukman Eksperyans. 12 a.m. and 2 a.m., S.O.B.s, 204 Varick Street, at Houston Street, South Village, (212)243-4940, $20, $22 at the door. (Pareles) DAVID BYRNE (Wednesday) The stylish, brainy punk rocker and world-music fixture David Byrne has been in danger of slipping into cliché. But at a recent show, Mr. Byrne was a man on fire, shaking and hurling his yelps into the balcony. His latest work features the Texas-based chamber group Tosca Strings, who will appear with him here. 5 p.m., Central Park Summerstage, Rumsey Field, midpark at 70th Street, (212)360-2777, $37, $40 at the door. (Sinagra) BILLY CORGAN (Monday and Tuesday) One of the more abrasive alternative rockers of the 90s, Billy Corgan (of Smashing Pumpkins fame) nonetheless penned some of the decades most triumphant pop complaints. After feigning humility for 2003s Zwan project, he released a book of his poems and recorded a just-released solo album. 8 p.m., Webster Hall, 125 East 11th Street, East Village, (212)353-1600, $35, $40 at the door. (Sinagra) C-RAYZ WALZ, J LIVE, VAST AIRE (Wednesday) This trio of local rappers share an aesthetic that idealizes the East Coast Golden Age of elite M.C.s. That is, they pursue nuance over histrionics and hubris. 9 p.m., Northsix, 66 North Sixth Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, (718) 599-5103, $15. (Sinagra) DGARY (Tonight) It has been a while since the Malagasy guitarist DGary was first hailed as the low-key prodigy from Madagascars back country whose self-taught style involved exquisitely detailed flourishes over unorthodox rhythms, but his approach remains distinctive. 10 p.m., Satalla, 37 West 26th Street, Manhattan, (212)576-1155, $18, $22 at the door.(Sinagra) * DR. DOG (Thursday) This emerging Philadelphia band loves breezy vocal harmonies, but the live show is much louder and more exuberant, especially when Scott McMicken unleashes one of his wailing, shape-shifting guitar solos. Opening for Apostle of Hustle. 9:30 p.m., Mercury Lounge, 217 East Houston Street, at Ludlow Street, Lower East Side, (212)260-4700, $10. (Kelefa Sanneh) EISLEY (Tonight) The waifs in this pretty pop quartet are siblings, home schooled in a Texas small-town by Christian parents who supported their daughters Radiohead obsession. If they seem slight now, just wait. The youngest writes the best stuff, and her round, imploring voice sounds spookily like Christine McVies. 8 p.m., Bowery Ballroom, 6 Delancey Street, Lower East Side, (212)533-2111, $15. (Sinagra) EELS (Thursday) Theres really only one eel, the prolific confessional indie rocker Mark Everett. His projects include the hip-hop kitsch of I Am the Messiah (SpinART). His latest work delves into family deaths and trauma, moving from countrified swoon to ironic flail to self-aware, yet nostalgic, regret. 8 p.m., Town Hall, 123 West 43rd Street, Midtown, (212)840-2824, $24.50 and $29.50.(Sinagra) FEIST (Tomorrow) A pal and collaborator of the dirty electroclash queen Peaches and part of the Canadian indie collective Broken Social Scene, the warm-voiced Feist brings more of a cabaret swing to her own music. Shes good at affecting a Continental, beer-hall gloom, but her best songs are quirky, plucked jazz-tinged numbers that make her sound like a hipper Norah Jones. 8 p.m., Bowery Ballroom, 6 Delancey Street, Lower East Side, (212)533-2111, $20. (Sinagra) RUTH GERSON (Thursday) With a voice that rises from tender endearments to a bluesy, impassioned growl, Ruth Gerson sings folk-rock songs that reach for the status of anthems. 8 p.m. Sin-e, 148 Attorney Street, Lower East Side, (212)388-0077, $10. (Pareles) THE GET UP KIDS, FRENCH KICKS (Tonight) The jumping-bean energy of the emo rock stalwarts the Get Up Kids shames anyone not pogo-ing to their earnest beat. The French Kicks have moved from the angular post-punk of their Washington roots to a more wistful new wave sound. 5 p.m., Webster Hall, 125 East 11th Street, East Village, (212)353-1600, $18, $20 at the door (sold out).(Sinagra) HAMELL ON TRIAL (Wednesday) A solo performer with the force of a hard-rock band, Ed Hamell quick-strums his acoustic guitar and delivers torrents of words, sometimes funny, sometimes furious. 9:30 p.m., Satalla, 37 West 26th Street, Chelsea, (212)576-1155, $12. (Pareles) JOHN HIATT, THE NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALLSTARS (Tomorrow) Mr. Hiatts songs get to the heart of human frailty, loyalty and love, even if they take a sidelong route. With a deep-diving baritone, a twang-happy band and enough strange facial expressions to rival Jim Carrey, Mr. Hiatt sings his songs as convincingly as anyone around. The jamming Southern rock band North Mississippi All-Stars play an asymmetrical, cantankerous blues from the Mississippi Delta and the hill country nearby. 7 p.m., Webster Hall, 125 East 11th Street, East Village, (212)353-1600, $35, $40 at the door. (Pareles) HOPEWELL/DOS/THE BLUE VAN (Tomorrow) Hopewell looks back to the majestic side of psychedelia, wafting high tenor vocals over stately songs with wah-wah ripples at the edges. Dos includes Mike Watt, the bassist and singer of the Minutemen and Firehose, and Kira Roessler. See above for the Blue Van. Danko Jones opens. 8:30 p.m. Mercury Lounge, 217 East Houston Street, Lower East Side, (212)260-4700, $10. (Pareles) DANNY KRIVIT (Sunday) This longtime disco and house D.J. presides over a floating party organized by the 718 Sessions crew. 7 p.m., Circle Line Cruises, Pier 83, 43rd Street, at the West Side Highway, (212)978-8869, $27, $35 at the gate. (Sanneh) LA LEY (Thursday) La Ley, from Mexico, is a long-running Rock en Español band thats hugely popular south of the border. Its also a painfully earnest band aspiring to be Mexicos answer to U2 or Depeche Mode. This is billed as its final tour. 7 p.m., Webster Hall, 125 East 11th Street, East Village, (212)353-1600, $35, $40 Thursday. (Pareles) TED LEO AND THE PHARMACISTS, RADIO 4 (Sunday) The Irish-American indie rocker Ted Leo plays soulful punk, nearly popping a neck vein for political justice. But his melodic sensibility and sudden falsetto also recall the melodic 70s arena-rock of bands like Thin Lizzy. Radio 4 plays steadily improving post-punk. 8 p.m., Irving Plaza, 17 Irving Place, Union Square, (212)777-6800. $15.(Sinagra) * ELLA LEYA (Tomorrow) Born in Azerbaijan and celebrated as a jazz singer in what was the Soviet Union, Ella Leya rediscovered the melancholy songs called Russian romances after she emigrated to the United States. On her album Russian Romance (B-Elite), she sings them with a tenderly mournful voice, in exquisite arrangements that merge chamber music, Russian and Central Asian touches. 7:30 p.m. Joes Pub, 425 Lafayette Street, at Astor Place, East Village, (212)539-8778 or (212)239-6200, $25. (Pareles) LEZ ZEPPELIN, (Wednesday) Strapping on the double-necked Gibson with attitude to burn, this all-girl quartet pays tribute to its swaggering namesake Led Zeppelin, ripping through the catalog with blazing accuracy. Of course, they also have their gender-bending way with macho metaphors about squeezed lemons and dripping honey. 9 p.m., Mercury Lounge, 217 East Houston Street, Lower East Side, (212)260-4700, $15. (Sinagra) LHASA (Thursday) Lhasa sings in Spanish, French and English, with a husky, torchy voice that fills her music with the smoldering drama of Mexican boleros and French chansons. 8 p.m. Bowery Ballroom, 6 Delancey Street, near the Bowery, Lower East Side, (212) 533-2111, $20, $25 at the door. (Pareles) THE LITTLE KILLERS, CHEATER SLICKS (Thursday) This garage-rock showcase stars the local trio the Little Killers and Cheater Slicks, a veteran band that finds ways to combine exuberance with meanness. 9 p.m., Sin-é, 148-150 Attorney Street, Lower East Side, (212)388-0077, $10. (Sanneh) * THE LONG BLONDES (Tomorrow) The Long Blondes, a three-woman, two-man band from England, hark back to the sparse, scrabbling late-1970s post-punk of the Slits and Delta Five on the handful of songs they have released, including the eager Giddy Stratospheres (Whats Your Rupture), which takes some unexpected turns. 11 p.m., TriBeCa Grand, 2 Avenue of the Americas, at Church Street, (212) 519-6677; free with RSVP to getrad@igetrvng.com. (Pareles) LONGWAVE (Wednesday) Longwave ponders self-destruction and transcendence in brooding songs with guitar lines that coil and climb. With Benzos opening. 8 p.m. Bowery Ballroom, 6 Delancey Street, near the Bowery, Lower East Side, (212)533-2111, $15. (Pareles) LYNYRD SKYNYRD (Sunday) Their funky Southern hard rock made them one of the best bands of the 70s, and the plane crash that killed the singer Ronnie Van Zant and others made Skynyrds story the most horrific Behind the Music tragedy. Remaining original members, the guitarist Gary Rossington and the keyboardist Billy Powell, continue in the tradition of the bands boogie stomp. 7 p.m., North Fork Theater at Westbury Music Fair, 960 Brush Hollow Road, Westbury, N.Y., (516)334-0800, $50.50. (Sinagra) MADLIB, PEANUT BUTTER WOLF (Monday) He has just released an album as Quasimoto, but the nasal-voiced motormouth and D.J. performs here under his more frequent moniker with label mates including his old-school Bay Area producer, Peanut Butter Wolf. 8 p.m., Irving Plaza, 17 Irving Place, Union Square, (212)777-6800, $22.50. (Sinagra) MAGIK MARKERS (Tonight) This noise-rock trios sound assaults build from shirring buzz and ominous clang to maelstroms of bash and feedback. Kicking and jerking as the spirit moves her, the vocalist and guitarist Elisa Ambrogio surges from hiss to howl, wrestling with her guitar to choke out its most dangerous peals. 10 p.m., Tonic, 107 Norfolk Street, Lower East Side, (212)358-7503, $8. (Sinagra) MC LYTE (Tonight) The last decade has been full of comeback attempts by this 80s hip-hop star who, along with artists like Roxanne Shante, was vocal about the macho rap game. If her music hasnt kept up with the latest trends, her feminist message about misogyny in hip-hop is timely. 10 p.m., Roxy, 515 West 18th Street, Chelsea, (212)645-5156, $20 in advance, $25 at the door. (Sinagra) MEAT BEAT MANIFESTO (Thursday) Jack Dangers has been layering together samples since the heyday of industrial rock in the 80s. On Meat Beat Manifestos latest album, At the Center (Thirsy Ear), he mixes jazz musicians and the voice of the poet Kenneth Rexroth, letting his densely packed tracks swing as much as they stomp. With Ming & FS and Dub trio opening. 8 p.m., Irving Plaza, 17 Irving Place, at 15th Street, Union Square, (212)777-6800, $22.50, $25 at the door. (Pareles) NEW PORNOGRAPHERS, THE STARS, THE SADIES (Tomorrow) This revved-up Vancouver outfits power-pop grandeur builds with a sort of time-release tension that makes anthems of their absurdist lyrical bric-a-brac. See below for Stars. The country rockers the Sadies open. 7:30 p.m., Celebrate Brooklyn, Prospect Park Bandshell, Prospect Park West and Ninth Street, Park Slope, Brooklyn; $3 suggested donation. (Sinagra) OJOS DE BRUJO (Tuesday) Plunging flamenco into the disc-jockey era, Ojos de Brujo, from Barcelona, mixes club beats, punk guitar and socially conscious rapping with the old Gypsy passion. 8 p.m. Irving Plaza, 17 Irving Place, at 15th Street, Union Square, (212)777-6800,$25, $30 at the door. (Pareles) PAJO, GRIZZLY BEAR, SOFT CIRCLE, MIIGHTY FLASHLIGHT (Tomorrow) David Pajos meandering guitar forays have graced bands like Slint and Zwan. Hes joined here by the electronically inclined Soft Circle, the noise-folk wackos Grizzly Bear and the laptop-inflected folkies Mighty Flashlight. 2 p.m., East River Amphitheater, East River Park, Between the Williamsburg and Manhattan bridges, free. (Sinagra) EDDIE PALMIERI (Tomorrow and Thursday) Latin pianists have a longstanding affinity for jazz, but Eddie Palmieri may well be the jazziest and most experimental of them all, plunging into modal harmonies and burly, splashing chord clusters, building suspense and then detonating it with rhythm. Tomorrow at 8 p.m., Carnegie Hall, Isaac Stern Auditorium, 57th Street and Seventh Avenue, (212)247-7800, $45 to $85. Thursday at noon, BAM R&B Festival, Metrotech Commons, Downtown Brooklyn, free. (Pareles) ROBERT PLANT (Sunday and Monday) After scaling hard-rock peaks in his prime, the Led Zeppelin frontmans solo efforts never matched the skin-tight hedonism of his heyday. No one would blame him for joining the suit-and-standards circuit, but his new Mighty Rearranger (Sanctuary), rocks confidently, incorporating West African folk and the Islamic modal patterns that his band once mined with Kashmir. 8 p.m., Beacon Theater, 2124 Broadway, at 74th Street, (212)496-7070, $33.50 to $78.50. (Sinagra) PUCHO AND HIS LATIN SOUL BROTHERS (Tomorrow) In the 1960s, soul met Latin music in the form of the boogaloo, an earthy beat that has survived the intervening decades. The timbales player Henry Brown, aka Pucho, is loyal to the heyday of musicians like Joe Bataan and Mongo Santamaria. 7:30 p.m., Midsummer Night Swing, Lincoln Center Plaza, (212)875-5766, $15. (Pareles) * LUCIA PULIDO (Thursday) Lucia Pulido, a singer from Colombia, merges traditional Colombian songs with modern jazz. As Susana Baca has done with Afro-Peruvian songs, Ms. Pulido holds on to the rawness of the original melodies while giving them a sophisticated new context. 7:30 p.m., Satalla, 37 West 26th Street, Manhattan, (212)576-1155, $15. (Pareles) REEL BIG FISH (Wednesday) How many iterations is the punk-ska hybrid good for? Another one, at least, as bands like Reel Big Fish pump out bratty, bouncy pop. With El-Pus and Punchline opening. 7 p.m. Irving Plaza, 17 Irving Place, at 15th Street, Union Square, (212)777-6800, $21. (Pareles) THE ROOTS, DE LA SOUL, MF DOOM (Tuesday) The funky, experimental hip-hop band the Roots, the wordsmith rappers De La Soul. But the big news is the appearance of MF Doom, the MC sometimes known as Madvillain, whose wildly imaginative raps glower and shimmer over a current of poetic pain. A creator of New Yorks jazzy hip-hop sound, D.J. Premier is performing as well. 5 p.m., Rumsey Playfield, midpark at 70th Street, (212)307-7171, $36. (Sinagra) MICHELLE SHOCKED (Wednesday) The eclectic Texan folk-rocker Ms. Shocked will perform three shows in a row. The first gives Disney songs a Western kick, the second is countryfied rock, and the late show will be a borderland tribute to the singer-songwriters Southwestern roots. 3 p.m., 7 p.m., 9: 30, Joes Pub, 425 Lafayette Street, at Astor Place, East Village, (212)539-8778, $30. (Sinagra) THE SOUNDTRACK OF OUR LIVES (Sunday) The Soundtrack of Our Lives, a Swedish band that sings in English. The band has learned a lot from the early Pink Floyd, the early Who, the Beatles circa 1967 and countless more obscure English and American bands; it recaptures the sense of teetering between discovery and disillusionment. Midnight. Knitting Factory, 74 Leonard Street, TriBeCa, (212)219-3006, $17. (Pareles) STARS (Tonight) The Canadian indie band the Stars play achingly pretty boy-girl vocal pop that makes a dreamy soundtrack for a quarter-life crisis. 11 p.m., Maxwells, 1039 Washington Street, Hoboken, N.J., (201)653-1703, $15.(Sinagra) JAMES TAYLOR (Tomorrow and Sunday) Mr. Taylor makes blanket music. Sometimes it is as reassuring as an electric blanket, other times its as annoying as a wet blanket, and almost all of the time it attempts to envelop existence in one large monochrome blanket, grappling with birth, love, pain, friendship, madness and death in such universal terms that to wallow in a specific tragedy -- and Mr. Taylor has been faced with many over the years -- is to commit a sin of solipsism. 8 p.m., PNC Bank Arts Center, Exit 116 Garden State Parkway, Holmdel, N.J., (732)335-0400. $25 to $69.50. (Pareles) TEGAN AND SARA, RON SEXSMITH, EAST VILLAGE OPERA (Sunday) The Canadian twins Tegan and Saras lyrics about love and loss are underground girl anthems. As of late, their acoustic folk has given way to power pop topped with their tart vocals. Mr. Sexsmith sings affecting folk rock, and the East Village Opera Company puts a glam rock spin on classic arias. 3 p.m., Central Park Summerstage, Rumsey Playfield, midpark at 70th Street, free. (Sinagra) RICHARD THOMPSON (Tuesday) Rocks smartest misanthrope is also one of its greatest guitarists. Richard Thompson, who was one of the architects of British trad-rock in the 1960s, writes songs steeped in Celtic melody and the stoicism of traditional ballads. This is a solo acoustic concert. 7 p.m., Hudson River Festival, World Financial Center, 200 Liberty Street, (212)945-2600, free (Pareles) MARY TIMONY (Tomorrow) Ms. Timony, who led the band Helium, has kept her tightly wound guitar riffs but has gradually left behind the personality crises of indie-rock to ponder higher thoughts and cosmic forces. With Medications, Bella Lea and Minaret opening. 8 p.m. Northsix, 66 North Sixth Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, (718)599-5103, $10, $12 tomorrow. (Pareles) FRANCISCO ULLOA (Wednesday) Francisco Ulloa, from the Dominican Republic, is one of the worlds fastest, wildest accordion soloists. Playing merengue tunes that barely pause for breath, he takes off from the traditional fast arpeggios into breakneck solos that loop and stutter all over the galloping beat. 7:30 p.m., Midsummer Night Swing, Lincoln Center Plaza, (212)875-5766, $15. (Pareles) WINGDALE COMMUNITY SINGERS, CLAUDIA GONSON (Tonight) The guitarist David Grubbs, the vocalist Hannah Marcus and the novelist Rick Moody get together and make literate folk. Claudia Gonson, the ethereal secret weapon in Stephin Merritts Magnetic Fields, opens. 7 p.m., Housing Works Used Book Café, 126 Crosby Street, SoHo, (212)334-3324, $25.(Sinagra) Cabaret Full reviews of recent cabaret shows: nytimes.com/music. BARBARA CARROLL (Sundays at 2 and 8 p.m.) Even when swinging out, this Lady of a Thousand Songs remains an impressionist with special affinities for Thelonious Monk and bossa nova. Oak Room, Algonquin Hotel, 59 West 44th Street, Manhattan, (212)419-9331. Cover: $55 at 2, including brunch at noon; $42 at 8, plus a $15 minimum; an $80 dinner-and-show package is available. (Stephen Holden) * BLOSSOM DEARIE (Tomorrow and Sunday) To watch this singer and pianist is to appreciate the power of a carefully deployed pop-jazz minimalism combined with a highly discriminating taste in songs. Dannys Skylight Room, 346 West 46th Street, Clinton; (212)265-8133. Tomorrow night at 7; Sunday night at 6:15. Cover: $25, with a $15 minimum; a $54.50 dinner-and-show package is available. (Holden) * EARTHA KITT (Tuesdays through Saturdays) The godmother of golddiggers, still glamorous as ever at 78, remains in full command of a voice that can tear into a song with a ravenous ferocity, and the personality to go with it. Cafe Carlyle, Carlyle Hotel, 35 East 76th Street, Manhattan; (212)744-1600, through July 2. At 8:45 p.m., with an additional show on Saturdays at 10:45. Cover: $85 Tuesdays through Thursdays, $95 on Fridays and Saturdays; no minimum. (Holden) Jazz Full reviews of recent jazz concerts: nytimes.com/music. TOSHIKO AKIYOSHI TRIO (Wednesday through July 2) A year and a half ago Ms. Akiyoshi retired her acclaimed big band, ending a longstanding Birdland engagement. Returning to the club with a trio, she places emphasis on her articulate piano playing. 9 and 11 p.m., Birdland, 315 West 44th Street, (212)581-3080. Cover: $30, plus a $10 minimum. (Nate Chinen) MOSE ALLISON (Through Sunday) Mr. Allison is best known for his songs, which combine cosmopolitan wit with a folksy worldview. As a singer and pianist he enacts a similar fusion, recasting the Delta blues in bebops hipster argot. 8 and 10 p.m., with an 11:30 p.m. set tonight and tomorrow, Iridium Jazz Club, 1650 Broadway, at 51st Street, (212)582-2121. Cover: $35 tonight and tomorrow night, $30 on Sunday, with a $10 minimum all nights. (Chinen) RONI BEN-HUR (Tonight) Mr. Ben-Hur, a talented guitarist and composer, pays homage to the pianist Elmo Hope, with a quartet that includes Hopes widow, Bertha, on piano. 8 p.m., New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge, 333 Adams Street, Downtown Brooklyn, (718)222-6543. No cover. (Chinen) TIM BERNES PARAPHRASE (Monday) This trio engages in an interplay that is unscripted but hardly formless; Mr. Berne, an alto saxophonist, has creative partners in Drew Gress, bassist, and Tom Rainey, drummer. 7 and 10 p.m., 55 Bar, 55 Christopher Street, West Village, (212)929-9883. Cover: $8. (Chinen) DAVE BINNEYS BALANCE (Tuesday) The alto saxophonist Dave Binney heeds an avant-gardism that embraces harmony, melody and rhythm, along with amplification; he receives sinuous support from the keyboardist Craig Taborn, the bassist Thomas Morgan and the drummer Dan Weiss. 7 and 10 p.m., 55 Bar, 55 Christopher Street, West Village, (212)929-9883. Cover: $10. (Chinen) CLIFFORD BROWN 75TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION (Tuesday through July 3) Clifford Brown was a bebop trumpet player of unsurpassed skill, and his premature death has haunted jazz for 50 years. The vitality of his legacy should be evident at this tribute, which enlists the trumpeters Tom Harrell, Nicholas Payton, David Weiss and Jeremy Pelt. 7:30 and 9:30 p.m., with an 11:30 set Fridays and Saturdays, Dizzys Club Coca-Cola, Frederick P. Rose Hall, 60th Street and Broadway, Jazz at Lincoln Center, (212)258-9595. Cover: $30, with a minimum of $10 at tables, $5 at the bar.(Chinen) DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET/ and JOHN PIZZARELLI QUARTET (Tonight) Mr. Brubeck, now in his mid-80s, plays the piano with undiminished vigor; what he shares with the 35-year old guitarist and vocalist John Pizzarelli is a style of performing that neednt condescend to entertain. 8 p.m., Carnegie Hall, (212)247-7800. Tickets: $30 to $75, JVC Jazz Festival.(Chinen) DON BYRON (Through Sunday) This clarinetist, conceptualist and composer finishes a weeks engagement with two groups: Ivey-Divey, a trio, with guests (tonight and tomorrow); and the Don Byron Quintet (Sunday). 9 and 11 p.m., Village Vanguard, 178 Seventh Avenue South, at 11th Street, West Village, (212)255-4037. Cover: $30, JVC Jazz Festival. (Chinen) FRANCESCO CAFISO QUARTET (Tonight through Sunday) A precocious bop-leaning alto saxophonist from Sicily, matched with a fine New York rhythm section. 7:30 and 9:30 p.m., with an 11:30 set tonight and tomorrow, Dizzys Club Coca-Cola, Frederick P. Rose Hall, 60th Street and Broadway, Jazz at Lincoln Center, (212)258-9595. Cover: $30, with a minimum of $10 at tables, $5 at the bar.(Chinen) HARRY CONNICK JR. AND BRANFORD MARSALIS and /MIGUEL ZENÓN (Sunday) Mr. Connick has always been a pianist as well as a singer; here, as on the new record Occasion (Marsalis Music), hell play a round of duets with Mr. Marsalis, the saxophonist and fellow New Orleans transplant. The evenings highlight, however, just might be Jíbaro, a suite for jazz quartet by the Puerto Rican saxophonist and composer Miguel Zenón. 8:30 p.m., Carnegie Hall, (212)247-7800. Tickets: $39 to $66, JVC Jazz Festival. (Chinen) KURT ELLING (Tonight and tomorrow) Tonight Mr. Elling, a superbly skilled jazz singer, augments his trio with the vibraphonist Stefon Harris. Tomorrow he welcomes several elder-statesmanlike vocal influences: Jon Hendricks, Mark Murphy and Andy Bey. 9 and 11 p.m., Birdland, 315 West 44th Street, (212)581-3080. Cover: $40, with a $10 minimum. (Chinen) THE FULLY CELEBRATED ORCHESTRA (Wednesday) The free-jazz pioneer Ornette Coleman serves as a touchstone for this Boston-based ensemble, which features a frontline of Jim Hobbs, alto saxophonist, and Taylor Ho Bynum, cornetist. 10 p.m., Zebulon, 258 Wythe Avenue, between North Third Street and Metropolitan Avenue, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, (718)218-6934. No cover. (Chinen) DIZZY GILLESPIE ALUMNI ALL-STAR BIG BAND (Tuesday through July 3) Gillespie, jazzs goateed ambassador, did some of his best work with big bands; as the title suggests, this one is well stocked with veterans of his employ, including the saxophonists James Moody, Frank Wess and Jimmy Heath. 8 and 10:30 p.m., Blue Note, 131 West Third Street, West Village, (212)475-8592. Cover: $30 at tables with a $5 minimum or $20 at the bar with a one-drink minimum. (Chinen) BARRY HARRIS TRIO (Tuesday through July 3) A crisp and courtly pianist firmly in the bebop idiom, Mr. Harris appears here with the drummer Leroy Williams and the bassist Earl May. 9 and 11 p.m., Village Vanguard, 178 Seventh Avenue South, at 11th Street, West Village, (212)255-4037. Cover: $30. (Chinen) JAVON JACKSON BAND (Through Sunday) Mr. Jackson is an accomplished tenor saxophonist with a laid-back rhythmic approach; here, as on the new CD Have You Heard (Palmetto), he applies his talents to straightforward funk, and enlists the dazzlingly proficient Mark Whitfield on guitar. 7:30 and 9:30 p.m., Jazz Standard, 116 East 27th Street, Manhattan, (212)576-2232. Cover: $20, $25 tonight and tomorrow. (Chinen) KILLER JOEY (Monday) Joey Baron, a drummer with an irrepressibly buoyant rhythmic feel, leads this high-spirited quartet, with the guitarists Brad Shepik and Steve Cardenas and the bassist Tony Scherr. 10 p.m., Zebulon, 258 Wythe Avenue, between North Third Street and Metropolitan Avenue, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, (718)218-6934. No cover. (Chinen) KNEEBODY (Thursday) Rock, funk and electronic music commingle convincingly with jazz on Kneebody (Greenleaf), this quintets recent studio debut; its an update of the rugged, exploratory early fusion of Weather Report and Return to Forever, and just as likely to sound better live. 10 p.m., Zebulon, 258 Wythe Avenue, between North Third Street and Metropolitan Avenue, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, (718)218-6934. No cover. (Chinen) ABBEY LINCOLN QUARTET (Tonight through Sunday) Jazz has had only a handful of singers as powerfully expressive as Ms. Lincoln, whose performances can still approach the sublime; her band includes the estimable Marc Cary on piano. 8 and 10:30 p.m., Blue Note, 131 West Third Street, West Village, (212)475-8592. Cover: $35 at tables with a $5 minimum or $20 at the bar with a one-drink minimum. (Chinen) RUSS LOSSING TRIO (Tuesday) Open spaces often insinuate themselves in the music of Mr. Lossing, who has an engaging new album, Phrase 6 (Fresh Sound), featuring John Hebert, bassist, and Jeff Williams, drummer. 7:30 and 9:30 p.m., Jazz Standard, 116 East 27th Street, Manhattan, (212)576-2232. Cover: $15. (Chinen) LIONEL LOUEKE TRIO (Tomorrow) Mr. Loueke, a distinctive guitarist and vocalist, favors a form of global jazz deeply informed by his West African homeland of Benin. 9 and 10:30 p.m., Jazz Gallery, 290 Hudson Street, South Village, (212)242-1063. Cover: $15, $10 for members.(Chinen) MASADA STRING TRIO (Monday) The composer and club proprietor John Zorn has developed a few different incarnations of Masada, his tuneful klezmer project, over the years; the violinist Mark Feldman, the cellist Erik Friedlander and the bassist Greg Cohen comprise this one. 8 and 10 p.m., the Stone, Avenue C and Second Street, East Village. Cover: $10, www.thestonenyc.com. (Chinen) MOUTIN REUNION QUARTET (Tonight) François and Louis Moutin, bassist and drummer respectively, lead this dynamic trans-Atlantic postbop ensemble; the groups other half consists of the saxophonist Rick Margitza and the pianist Pierre de Bethmann. 7 and 10 p.m., 55 Bar, 55 Christopher Street, West Village, (212)929-9883. Cover: $10. (Chinen) * NEW YORK NOW! (Tomorrow) Fulfilling the JVC Jazz Festivals recommended downtown allowance, this one-night stand subsumes all three floors of the Knitting Factory in jazz; among the many highlights are the Kurt Rosenwinkel Quartet, the Marty Ehrlich Sextet, the Robert Glasper Trio, Min Xiao Fens Blue Pipa Trio, Ben Allisons Kush Trio and the Rudresh Mahanthappa Quartet. 8 p.m., Knitting Factory, 74 Leonard Street, TriBeCa, (212)219-3132. Cover: $35, $25 in advance, JVC Jazz Festival. (Chinen) NUBLU ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL (Through Sunday) Nublu, the Alphabet City hipster hideaway, marks its third birthday with a week of club favorites. Tonight the house band Love Trio joins forces with U-Roy, the Jamaican turntable pioneer; tomorrow night and Sunday afternoon the band Our Theory plays with Eric Truffaz, a French trumpeter and electro-jazz specialist. 7 p.m. to 4 a.m., Nublu, 62 Avenue C, between Fourth and Fifth Streets, East Village, (212)979-9925. Cover: $20. (Chinen) MAKOTO OZONE TRIO (Tuesday through July 3) Precision and propulsion are among the traits Mr. Ozone inherited from his pianistic hero, Oscar Peterson; his sterling trio, with the bassist James Genus and the drummer Clarence Penn, is augmented here with a string quartet. 7:30 and 9:30 p.m., Jazz Standard, 116 East 27th Street, Manhattan, (212)576-2232. Cover: $20, $25 Fridays and Saturdays. (Chinen) EDDIE PALMIERI Y LA PERFECTA/ and RAY BARRETTO (Tomorrow) Mr. Palmieri, salsas pioneering pianist, leads a legacy version of the band that made his reputation; Mr. Barretto, the celebrated conga player, reunites with Fania All-Star vocalist Adalberto Santiago for his own salsa set. 8 p.m., Carnegie Hall, 57th Street and Seventh Avenue, (212)247-7800. Tickets: $45 to $85, JVC Jazz Festival. (Chinen) GRETCHEN PARLATO GROUP (Thursday) The lilting cadence and mellow sonority of Ms. Parlatos voice have earned her a good many casual admirers; a recent deluge of critical acclaim has more to do with her musicianship, underscored here by the guitarist Guilherme Monteiro, the bassist Ben Street and the drummer Adam Cruz. 9 and 10:30 p.m., Jazz Gallery, 290 Hudson Street, South Village, (212) 242-1063. Cover: $12, $10 for members. (Chinen) CASSANDRA WILSON (Tonight) A jazz singer by training and temperament, Ms. Wilson takes obvious pleasure in a boundless, genre-blind repertory; she has also applied her earthy alto lately to a smattering of original tunes. Tamar-Kali Pseudoacoustic opens the show. 7 p.m., Central Park SummerStage, (212)360-2777. Donation: $10. (Chinen) Classical Full reviews of recent music performances: nytimes.com/music. Opera SAMSON ET DALILA (Friday) Its all about sex and violence, yet Saint-Saenss biblical opera is one of the most static in the repertory. This makes it ideal for a concert presentation, particularly given that it has some of the best arias ever written for mezzo-soprano, and the Met in the Parks series version is perfectly respectable, sturdily led by Julius Rudel. 8 p.m., Brookdale Park, Bloomfield/Montclair, N.J., (212)362-6000, free. (AnneMidgette) TOSCA (Tomorrow) The Met in the Parks series concludes with this free al fresco performance of the Puccini favorite. The solid cast features Francisco Casanova as Cavaradossi, James Morris as Scarpia, and Aprile Millo in the title role. Derrick Inouye conducts. 8 p.m., Buccleuch Park, New Brunswick, N.J., (212)362-6000. (Jeremy Eichler) Classical Music BARGEMUSIC (Tonight, tomorrow, Sunday and Thursday) Great views and typically fresh performances help make this floating concert hall one of the best places in the city to hear chamber music. This weekend, Jeffrey Swann performs Liszts piano music and lectures on that composers life and work in two programs: Liszt, the Religious Mystic (tonight), and Liszt and Faust (tomorrow and Sunday). Thursday brings chamber music by Mozart and Prokofiev, as well as Bachs Cello Suite No. 1 performed by Jan Vogler. Tonight and tomorrow and Thursday nights at 7:30; Sunday at 4 p.m.; Bargemusic, Fulton Ferry Landing next to the Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn, (718)624-2083, $35. (Eichler) CARAMOOR (Tomorrow, Sunday, Thursday) Sixty years ago, Walter and Lucie Rosen founded this summer festival on the verdant grounds of their estate in northern Westchester County, and tomorrow night, Caramoor will celebrate the opening of its anniversary season with its first performance of Beethovens Ninth Symphony. Peter Oundjian conducts the Orchestra of St. Lukes, the Collegiate Chorale and soloists. Sunday features two concurrent family concerts, and on Thursday, Caramoor begins its summer-long Extreme Chamber Music series with the trio Worlds Beyond (Daniel Schnyder, saxophonist; David Taylor, trombonist; Kenny Drew Jr., pianist) playing music by Weill, Gershwin and Mr. Schnyder. Tomorrow night at 7, Sunday at 2:30 p.m., Thursday at 7:30 p.m.; Katonah, N.Y., (914)232-1252, $35 to $75 tomorrow; $15 to $25 on Sunday; $10 on Thursday. (Eichler) CONNECTICUT EARLY-MUSIC FESTIVAL (Sunday) The highlight of the festivals final weekend (after Renaissance dances in Mystic tonight) is a concert performance of Handels opera Xerxes, a delectable work more or less familiar to New Yorkers from a sparkling production at the New York City Opera. 6 p.m., Harkness Chapel, Connecticut College, New London, (860)444-2419; $24, general admission; $28, reserved seating.(James R. Oestreich) SIMONE DINNERSTEIN (Tomorrow) A young pianist comes to Christian Steiners Tannery Pond Concerts to play favorites that are tried, true and sometimes tough, from Mozart and Bach to Schumanns Kinderszenen and Beethovens Opus 111 Sonata. 8 p.m., Mount Lebanon Shaker Village, New Lebanon, N.Y., (888)820-9441; $23 and $28. (Midgette) EVELYN GLENNIE (Sunday) Ms. Glennie is one of the few classical percussionists to have had a solo career on the international touring circuit. In recent years this dynamic Scottish artist has been urging critics and presenters to play down her much discussed hearing impairment. For most audiences, all thoughts of disability disappear in the presence of Ms. Glennies brilliant performances. On Sunday afternoon she ends this seasons Free for All at Town Hall series with a typically adventurous program, including works by Matthias Schmitt, Keiko Abe, Toshimitsu Tanaka and others. 5 p.m., Town Hall, 123 West 43rd Street, Manhattan, (212)707-8787, free; two tickets per person are available at the box office, starting at noon.(Anthony Tommasini) HUDSON VALLEY CHAMBER MUSIC CIRCLE (Tomorrow) This 55-year-old organization presents visiting ensembles in a short series at Bard College, in a preface, of sorts, to Bards own summertime explosion of music. The program this week is by the Orion String Quartet, which offers Haydns Quartet in G (Op. 77, No. 1), Bartoks Quartet No. 5 and Schuberts Death and the Maiden Quartet. 8 p.m., Olin Hall, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y., (518)537-6665; $25; $18 for 65+; $5 for students. (Allan Kozinn) MUSIC MOUNTAIN (Tonight through Sunday) The New Haven Oratorio Choir performs chamber choral works tonight; the Galvanized Jazz Band plays New Orleans-style jazz tomorrow; and on Sunday its back to the classics, with the Jacques Thibaud Trio playing an arrangement of the Goldberg Variations and Mozart. Tonight and tomorrow night at 8; Sunday at 3 p.m., Gordon Hall at Music Mountain, Falls Village, Conn., (860)824-7126; $25 at the door, $22 in advance, $12 for students under 24. (Midgette) NORFOLK CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL (Tonight and tomorrow) The season starts this weekend with two notable events: the soprano Susan Narucki singing contemporary and 20th-century songs in English tonight, and the world premiere of an opera by Jack Vees about the physicist Richard Feynman, featuring the excellent So Percussion Ensemble, tomorrow. 8 p.m., Ellen Battell Stoeckel Estate, Norfolk, Conn., (860)542-3000; $15 to $45; $10 for ages 18-24; free for children. (Midgette) SOLSTICE FESTIVAL (Sunday) The theme is Faust; the subtheme, Walpurgisnacht. And the music is accordingly obvious (songs of Mephistopheles by Wagner and Busoni), as well as less so (Mendelssohns String Octet rather than his Erste Walpurgisnacht). 3 p.m., Synagogue for the Arts, 49 White Street, TriBeCa, (212)696-6569; $25; $20 for 65+; $10 for students. (Oestreich) Dance Full reviews of recent performances: nytimes.com/dance. * AMERICAN BALLET THEATER (Tonight through July 16) The entire week, from tonight through Thursday, will be devoted to Le Corsaire, naturally with shifting casts. The men and women in this showcase for dance virtuosity will include nearly every principal this starry company boasts, with only a few exceptions. So pick wisely, you balletomanes, but youre not likely to go wrong. Tonight, tomorrow and Monday through Thursday at 8 p.m., tomorrow and Wednesday at 2 p.m. Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center, (212)362-6000 or www.abt.org, $22 to $130. (John Rockwell) EIKO AND KOMA (Through Sunday) Death Poem is a choreographic meditation on dying and sharing grief inspired by the Japanese tradition of writing a deathbed poem. Tonight, tomorrow and Sunday at 8:30, Danspace Project, St. Marks Church, Second Avenue at 10th Street, East Village, (212)674-8194 or www.danspaceproject.org $15 or T.D.F. voucher. (Jack Anderson) JACOBS PILLOW DANCE FESTIVAL (Wednesday through July 3) Visitors to this august Berkshires festival will be able to sample dizzyingly different kinds of dance during the coming week. The Martha Graham Dance Company will perform choreography not only by Graham but also by Ted Shawn, her early mentor and the festivals founder, at the rustic Ted Shawn Theater. Wednesday through next Friday at 8 p.m.; July 2 at 2 and 8 p.m.; July 3 at 2 p.m., $55; $49.50, students, seniors 65+ and children. Down grassy slopes at the Doris Duke Studio Theater, Chunky Moves from Australia will perform Tense Dave on a revolving platform. Thursday and next Friday at 8:15 p.m.; July 2 at 2:15 and 8:15; July 3 at 5 p.m., $20.; $18., students, 65+ and children.. Details of the weeks free performances and exhibitions may be found on www.jacobspillow.org. Jacobs Pillow Dance Festival, 358 George Carter Road, Becket, Mass.; (413)243-0745.(Jennifer Dunning) LIGHTCURVE DANCE AND MIXED MEDIA (Tomorrow) Seeking Fantastic at a Broken Pace, Bryon Carrs new multimedia production inspired by science fiction, pokes fun at our frenetic search for success. 8 p.m., Michael Carson Studios, 250 West 54th Street, Midtown, (800)405-3484, $15, $12 students and 65+.(Anderson) * NEW YORK CITY BALLET (Tonight through Sunday) The final weekend of City Ballets spring season offers the last four performances of Balanchines evening-length Midsummer Nights Dream. Titania will be danced by Maria Kowroski tonight and Sunday afternoon, Kyra Nichols tomorrow afternoon and Darci Kistler tomorrow night. But this is really an ensemble piece, and many of the company favorites will be on hand. Tonight and tomorrow at 8 p.m., tomorrow at 2 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m. New York State Theater, Lincoln Center, (212)870-5570 or www.nycballet.com, $30 to $83. (Rockwell) NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL BALLET COMPETITION (Through Sunday) Participants in a competition featuring 24 young dancers from 19 countries appear in programs concluding with an awards presentation on Sunday. Tonight and Saturday at 8, Sunday at 7 p.m., Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, (212)721-6500; tonight and tomorrow: $27.50, $17.50 students and 65+, Sunday: $70. (Anderson). ODONATA DANCE PROJECT (Tonight through Sunday) After many showcase appearances, this troupe offers its first full-scale program which promises to be filled with high heels, bare feet, big hair, palm trees and fishnet stockings. Tonight at 9, tomorrow and Sunday at 8 p.m., Merce Cunningham Studio, 55 Bethune Street, West Village, (718) 935-9331 or www.odonatadanceproject.org, $15, $12 students and 65+. (Anderson) SITELINES: MONICA BILL BARNES (Opens Monday) A dance extravaganza in the pool of a fountain includes choreography suggesting synchronized swimming routines. 12:30 p.m., Monday through next Friday, Fountain, Bowling Green Park, Broadway and Beaver Street, Lower Manhattan, free. (Anderson) JODY SPERLING/TIME LAPSE DANCE (Tonight through Sunday) Her fascination with the late 19th-century light-and-motion theater of Loie Fuller will be reflected in Ms. Sperlings new Debussy Soirée and in La Nuit, in a program of four dances that include puppet performers. Tonight and tomorrow at 8 p.m.; Sunday at 3 p.m. Harry de Jur Playhouse, Henry Street Settlement, 466 Grand Street, Lower East Side, (212)866-1759 or www.timelapsedance.com, $20.(Dunning) * URBAN BUSH WOMEN (Tonight through Sunday) This dynamic all-female modern-dance troupe will celebrate its 20th anniversary with the company director Jawole Willa Jo Zollars new Walking with Pearl: Africa Diaries, an evocation of the life and work of Pearl Primus, and a new piece by Bridget L. Moore, the first winner of the companys competition for female choreographers, as well as signature Zollar pieces Batty Moves, Girlfriends and Give Your Hands to Struggle. Tonight and tomorrow at 8 p.m.; Sunday at 2 and 7:30 p.m., Joyce Theater, 175 Eighth Avenue, at 19th Street, Chelsea, (212)242-0800, $36. (Dunning) WASHINGTON REFLECTIONS DANCE COMPANY (Tonight through Sunday) The Dance Theater of Harlem alumni Fabian Barnes, this young companys founder and director, and Thaddeus Davis, its gifted resident choreographer, are two of the best reasons to see the program, which also includes pieces by Derrick Spear, Dana Burgess and Francisco Gella and an excerpt from Donald Byrds Drastic Cuts. 7:30 p.m., Dance Theater Workshop, 219 West 19th Street, Chelsea, (212)924-0077, $12 and $20. (Dunning) Art Museums and galleries are in Manhattan unless otherwise noted. Full reviews of recent art shows: nytimes.com/art. Museums * AMERICAN FOLK ART MUSEUM: ANCESTRY AND INNOVATION, through Sept. 4. This selection of quilts, paintings, sculptures and drawings by several generations of self-taught artists jumps with color and talent and reflects a sharp curatorial eye. 45 West 53rd Street, (212)265-1040. (Roberta Smith) AMERICAN FOLK ART MUSEUM: SELF AND SUBJECT, through Sept. 11. From Grandma Moses view of herself beguiled by infant descendants to A.G. Rizzolis rendition of his mother as a Gothic cathedral, this refreshingly offbeat show of 20th-century self-taught artists covers a vivid range of portraits. (See above.) (Grace Glueck) AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: TOTEMS TO TURQUOISE, through July 10. Jewelry dating to prehistoric times is used here to lend credence to contemporary works that are sometimes little more than glitzy knockoffs. Central Park West and 79th Street, (212)769-5100. (Smith) COOPER-HEWITT NATIONAL DESIGN MUSEUM: EXTREME TEXTILES, through Oct. 30. Dont look for aesthetic pizazz in this intensely tech-y show of industrial fibers and fabrics, but dont rule it out. The shows raison dêtre is solely use, but a lot of whats on view, in the first museum display of material made to function in extreme conditions, is visually exciting. 2 East 91st Street, (212)849-8400. (Glueck) COOPER-HEWITT: HELLA JONGERIUS SELECTS, through Sept. 4. Shifting through the museums outstanding holdings in embroidered samplers, this innovative Dutch designer has selected a wonderfully reverberant show and also based a series of new wall hangings on sampler motifs. Their combined display diagrams the fraught but essential symbiosis of old and new. (See above.) (Smith) * EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO: MEXICO, THE REVOLUTION AND BEYOND, PHOTOGRAPHS BY CASASOLA 1900-1940, through July 31. This extraordinary show of work from a photo agency established by Agustín Victor Casasola in Mexico City has the span of a Greek epic and the nested themes and subplots of a picaresque novel, with revolutionary heroes and a vivid cast of everyday people. 1230 Fifth Avenue, at 104th Street, East Harlem, (212)831-7272. (Holland Cotter) * GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM: ART OF TOMORROW, through Aug. 10. Appreciated more for her role as a founder of the Guggenheims forerunner, the Museum of Non-Objective Painting, Hilla Rebay (1890-1967) is finally given her due as a painter in a full-dress display of her work over six decades. This first chance to see it en bloc reveals a painter whose spirit, energy and invention, especially in collage, come as a revelation. 1071 Fifth Avenue, at 89th Street, (212)423-3500. (Glueck) * JAPAN SOCIETY: LITTLE BOY, through July 24. Masterminded by the artist-writer-entrepreneur Takashi Murakami, this eye-boggling show traces the unexamined legacy of World War II as played out in Japans popular culture. With Godzilla and Hello Kitty presiding, it reveals how this culture was twisted and darkened by the otaku, or geek, subculture, which has in turn influenced younger artists. 333 East 47th Street, (212)832-1155. (Smith) METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: ALL THE MIGHTY WORLD, through Aug. 21. In one of the mediums shortest great careers, Roger Fenton helped establish photography as both an art and a profession in masterfully composed landscapes, portraits and still lifes that, for all their prescience, also express a profound ambivalence about the very notion of progress. Fifth Avenue and 82nd Street, (212)535-7710. (Smith) MET: DEFINING YONGLE, through July 10. This show of imperial art in early-15th-century China is both perfect and messy. Its porcelain, metalwork, embroidery and ivory highlight the astounding craftsmanship of the imperial workshops under the Ming emperor Yongle, and reflect the miscegenation of Asian cultures at a time when most roads led to China. (See above.) (Smith) MET: MAX ERNST, through July 10. Despite and because of Ernsts being one of modernisms mystery men, he remains of interest, and there are intriguing things in this survey: from early Surrealist paintings, to near-abstract images generated by chance techniques, to the collage-style books some consider his masterworks. But only when he responds to specific events, like war, does his art snap into focus. (See above.)(Cotter) MUSEUM OF BIBLICAL ART: COMING HOME!, through July 24. A new small museum devoted to art related to the Bible gets off to a lively start with a big show of artworks by 73 untrained Southern Christian evangelicals. Many names familiar to followers of 20th-century folk and outsider art are on hand, including William Edmondson, the Rev. Howard Finster and Sister Gertrude Morgan. 1865 Broadway, at 61st Street, (212)408-1500. (Ken Johnson) * MUSEUM OF MODERN ART: LEE FRIEDLANDER, through Aug. 29. A gigantic retrospective of this great photographer of the American vernacular scene, whose sly and haunting works (grungy cityscapes, wild landscapes, portraits and nudes) can put you in mind of Audens remark that every original genius has something a bit shady about him. In Mr. Friedlanders case, its a compliment. 11 West 53rd Street, (212)708-9400. (Michael Kimmelman) NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN: GEORGE CATLIN AND HIS INDIAN GALLERY, through Sept. 5. The portraits and landscapes here give an account of Plains Indian life in the 1830s in wonderful and sometimes harrowing detail. Viewing it is a remarkable experience. 1 Bowling Green, Lower Manhattan, (212)514-3700. (Glueck) P.S. 1 CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER: GREATER NEW YORK 2005, through Sept. 26. A youth-besotted, cheerful, immodestly ingratiating, finally disappointing survey of contemporary art, perusing a scene whose wide stylistic range, emphasis on drawing, persistent teenage infatuations and overall dexterousness are firmly entrenched characteristics of the marketplace. 22-25 Jackson Avenue, at 46th Avenue, Long Island City, Queens, (718)784-2084. (Kimmelman) STUDIO MUSEUM IN HARLEM: CHRIS OFILI, AFRO-MUSES, through July 3. More than 100 delirious watercolors by this familiar British artist, warm-up exercises for his daily routine. They depict imaginary men and women, head on or in silhouette, in African garb, and in deep, swimmy colors -- portraits as modest and charming as the work that made Mr. Ofili famous is outsize and occasionally over the top. 144 West 125th Street, (212)864-4500. (Kimmelman) * STUDIO MUSEUM: BILL TRAYLOR AND WILLIAM EDMONDSON AND THE MODERNIST IMPULSE, through July 3. The work of two self-taught proto-modern artists whose beautifully complementary achievements argue against the usual dualities, but offer further evidence that African-American folk art is as great as any art or music that this country has produced. (See above.) (Smith) WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: REMOTE VIEWING, through Oct. 9. The vast information overload the world struggles with, scientific theory, technological data, geopolitical facts, historical material and on and on is whipped into visual cosmologies by eight painters of widely different approach and sensibility. If the premise is fuzzy, the show has some sharp art, including Carroll Dunhams witty Solar Eruption, a giant battered yellow sun that suggests a cell invaded by virus particles, its perimeter bursting with splatlike -- and sometimes unseemly -- extrusions. 945 Madison Avenue, at 75th Street, (212)570-3600. (Glueck) Galleries: 57th Street MARY ANN CURRIER With a satiny, soft-edged touch and an intense attention to texture, light and detail, this 78-year-old Louisville, Ky.-based painter gives dying roses a vivid and slightly weird tangibility. Gerald Peters, 24 East 78th Street, (212)628-9760, through July 1. (Johnson) GEES BEND QUILTS Quilts made by women of the tiny hamlet of Gees Bend, Ala., have been making the rounds of United States museums since 2002. For those who are still unacquainted with those extraordinary works of folk art that resonate strikingly with Modernist abstraction, this small show is a good introduction. Ameringer Yohe, 20 West 57th Street, (212)445-0051, through July 22.(Johnson) JAUNE QUICK-TO-SEE-SMITH: CONNECTIONS Ms. Quick-to-See-Smith is widely known for blending Modernist style, Native American themes and symbols and politics. The most impressive work in this selection of recent and older works is a protest against war: a cartoonish, brusquely painted, mural-scale picture of a canoe loaded with infernal images from Indian, Mexican and Medieval European cultures as well as figures from Picassos Guernica. Flomenhaft, 547 West 27th Street, (212)268-4952, through July 2. (Johnson) THOMAS SCHÜTTE: ONE MAN HOUSES Models of small, modernistic houses meant to be built full-size by collectors, who buy them and furniture made from hollow-core doors, reflect on design and consumerism but with less formal interest and conceptual wit than do the works of Andrea Zittel or Jorge Pardo. Marian Goodman, 24 West 57th Street, (212)977-7160, through July 2. (Johnson) Galleries: Chelsea SOPHIE CALLE: EXQUISITE PAIN Ms. Calles complicated, two-part installation telling the story of the painful end of a love affair in words and pictures is absorbing but her programmatic intellectualism muffles the emotional dimension. Paula Cooper, 534 West 21st Street, (212)255-1105, through July 22. (Johnson) CHAN CHAO: ECHO Tension between the clinical and the voyeuristic animates high-definition portraits of attractive nude woman by a photographer known for portraits of young Burmese rebel soldiers. Yancy Richardson, 535 West 22nd Street, (646)230-9610, through July 2. (Johnson) SURFACE This engaging exhibition presents paintings and drawings that possess notable surface qualities ranging from glossy to crusty as well as Pop Art tendencies. Participants include Aaron Parazette, Torben Giehler, John Wesley, Chris Kysor, Andrew Masullo and more than 25 others. Lucas Schoormans, 508 West 26th Street, (212)243-3159, through July 1. (Johnson) KARIN WEINER: FRONTIERA A camp site of cardboard logs, stuffed fabric stones and a rag rug around a television set; suspended stuffed clouds like ornate patchwork mattresses; a mound of stuffed antlers; and collages of countless flowers comprise this industriously zany artists second solo. ZieherSmith, 531 West 25th Street, (212)229-1088, through July 29. (Johnson) Other Galleries * MIKE BOUCHET The main piece in this show is a re-creation of Walter De Marias gallery-filling 1977 New York Earth Room, in this case made of topsoil from Home Depot and compost from Rikers Island. To fill the craftsy requirements of the present art market, there are Tom Cruise sculptures and paintings of soft drink labels upstairs. Maccarone Inc., 45 Canal Street, Lower East Side, (212)431-4977, through Aug. 28. (Cotter) MICHAEL ELMGREEN AND INGAR DRAGSET: END STATION The Fur-Lined Teacup Award goes to this art duo, who have meticulously transformed the basement here into a nearly full-scale subway station. Torn posters and graffiti evoke the 1980s. A metaphor for how the political protests of that decade were stopped in their tracks? Bohen Foundation, 415 West 13th Street, meatpacking district, (212)414-4575, through July 1. (Smith) MAKE IT NOW: NEW SCULPTURE IN NEW YORK This survey of work by nearly 30 young and youngish artists is overly cautious but nonetheless gives an interesting account of the diffuse field of sculpture (which includes photography, video, ceramics and painting in this case); tracks the current cross-fertilization between assemblage and appropriation art and offers enough glimmers of new talent to be worth a visit. Sculpture Center, 41-19 Purves Street, Long Island City, Queens, (718)361-1750, through July 31. (Smith) JULIAN OPIE: ANIMALS, BUILDINGS, CARS AND PEOPLE Outdoor sculptures in a coolly understated neo-Pop style, including cars, animals and a group of white skyscrapers with grids of black windows. City Hall Park, Lower Manhattan, (212)980-4575, through October 15. (Johnson) SYLVIA SLEIGH Ms. Sleigh is best known for the male odalisques she painted in the 1970s. The ones in this seven-decade retrospective are comical and embarrassing but still wonderful documents of first wave feminism, and so is the large 1977 group portrait of members of the all-female cooperative gallery A.I.R. Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, 1000 Richmond Terrace, Staten Island, (718)448-2500, through Oct. 2. (Johnson) Last Chance * ALBERTO CASADO: TODO CLANDESTINO, TODO POPULAR, This young artist uses a technique involving painting on glass and aluminum foil to create shimmering, faux-kitsch works about politics, religion and ordinary life in Cuba. 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