On the Town With Aubrey Reuben
Where All the Stars Shine Brightly!
October 26, 2013
10-21-13 Cast member Patrick Page and Paige Davis at the opening
night party for "A Time to Kill" at Bryant Park Grill. 25 West 40th
St.
Sunday night 10-20-13
On Broadway, A
Time to Kill, based on the novel by John
Grisham, adapted for the stage by Rupert
Holmes, is a courtroom drama. It is well acted by a large cast,
headed by Sebastian
Arcelus and Patrick
Page as opposing lawyers.
This is a play for fans of courtroom antics. The opening night party at
Bryant Park Grill attracted guests likePatrick
Stewart, Stephanie J. Block and Paige
Davis.
The Snow Geese, by Sharr
White, is a dull and boring play about a widow, having a shooting
party at the family lodge in upstate New York in 1917. The seven member
cast consists of fine actors, whose efforts are wasted in this
production.
A revival of Betrayal,
by Harold
Pinter, opens on October 27. I will write about it in my next
column.
Off-Broadway, a
revival of Juno an the
Paycock, by Sean
O'Casey, has received a splendid production by the Irish Repertory
Company. The story of a poor Irish family suffering in Dublin during the
Irish Civil War in 1922 is powerful. The cast, headed by J.
Smith-Cameron and Ciaran
O'Reilly, is first rate, directed by Charlotte
Moore. You won't want to miss this play.
Fun Home,
music by Jeanine
Tesori, book and lyrics by Lisa
Kron, is a chamber style musical about a family living in a small
town in Pennsylvania, based on an autobiographical book by Alison
Bechdel. The father is gay, the mother is frustrated and the
daughter becomes a lesbian in college. The cast is excellent.
The National Touring company of The
Gershwin's Porgy and Bess offered
three selections at a press preview. The cast is excellent and it should
be a great success on tour.
A
magnificent exhibition Vermeer,
Rembrandt, and Hals: Masterpieces of Dutch Painting from the
Maruitshuis October 22 to January 19, 2014 can
be seen at the Frick Museum. 15 paintings have been sent with
Vermeer's Girl with a
Pearl Earring given a
special place of honor hanging by itself in the Oval Room. Every
painting is a treasure. Among them is Rembrandt's Susanna and
Jan Steen's As the Old
Sing, So Pipe the Young. Do not miss this once in a lifetime,
glorious chance to see these works of art without having to visit
the royal museum in the Hague.
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I
attended a reception for the Philippe
Hatem Foundation for a Happy Childhood America at Henry
Buhl's apartment on Prince St. Georges
Hatem (President)
andPierre Dulaine (Treasurer)
addressed the guests to tell about the launch of the foundation
in America to help underprivileged children, after their success
with the program in Africa, Asia and South America. The goal to
to rehabilitate children living in poverty around the world is a
laudable one. Children are our future and all of them deserve to
smile from good health and education. It was a wonderful
evening, and I wish them great success in their new project in
America.
Havana Libre, 688 Tenth Ave, opened three weeks ago, and we
attended a food tasting. We were served delicious hors d'oeuvres
and wine and champagne at this charming culinary addition to the
Westside. Cuban sandwiches, empanadas de picadillo, oysters,
bacalao, chicken and beef were among the appetizers served. They
were scrumptious.
Ballet
in Cinema from Emerging Pictures presented Spartacus:
Live from The Bolshoi Ballet, music by Adam
Khachaturian, choreography by Yuri
Grigorovich. It is a magnificent ballet about the famous
uprising of prisoners against the Romans. The dancing was
spectacular by all the principals and the corps de ballet. Mikhail
Lobukhin was
powerful in the title role with speed and technique that was
dazzling. Anna
Nikulina was
sublime as his wife Phygia. As always, Svetlana
Zakharova was
divine as the courtesan Aegina and Vladislav
Lantratov was
impressive as the Roman consul Crassus. The orchestra was
conducted by Pavel
Sorokin. It was a memorable production.
10-24-13 Chef Jose Mesarina presents a
plate of delicious hors d'oeuvres at a media food tasting at Havana Libre.
688 Tenth Ave. Wednesday night
10-23-13
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