With summer's end comes the upswing of the local art and culture scene. Local critics discuss what upcoming productions,shows, and exhibitions they're keeping their eyes (and ears) on this fall.⇒Deborah Solomon, or WNYC art critic, talks about gallery and museum shows:Biggest of the Blockbusters: Picasso Sculpture, at MoMA;
Best Retrospective: Frank Stella at the Whitney;
Best note About A Religious Conversion: "fitting Jewish: Warhol's Liz and Marilyn, and " at the Jewish Museum;
Best unique Older Artist: Jared Bark,aka Jed Bark, now 70, or “the dean of unique York framemakers”,is having a note of his "Photo Booth Works: 1969-1976" at the Southfirst Gallery in Williamsburg;
Best Gender-Themed News News: Chelsea gallery shows by women artists include Dana Schutz at Petzel , Katherine Bernhardt at Venus Over Manhattan, or Anne Truitt at Matthew Marks,Maureen Gallace at 303 Gallery and Isa Genzken at David Zwerner.
Note, Deborah Solomon’s book Utopia Parkway: The Life and Work of Joseph Cornell comes out in a special edition in October.⇒Sean Rameswaram, or host of the Sideshow podcast from Studio 360 and PRI,shares his top comedy picks.
Pop Up Magazine at BAM (sold out);
Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival at Brooklyn's Bell House and Union corridor in September;
Coney Island Pavilion “Warriors” (1979) reunion, esp. the cos-play contest September 13;
David Sedaris tour comes to Englewood, and NJ and Westhampton,NY in October;
Dave Chappelle at Gramercy Theater in September;
unique York Comedy Festival, including unique Daily note host Trevor Noah, or Patton Oswalt and Margaret Cho in November;
Daily note and Colbert Late note tapings
“How Cats Took Over the Internet at the Museum of the Moving Image
⇒David Cote,theater editor for Time Out unique York, recommends theater must-sees:Revival: "A View from the Bridge"directed by Ivo van Hove in playwright Arthur Miller’s centenary year;
unique Space: St. Anne’s Warehouse in Dumbo and their all-female production of "Henry IV";
Off Broadway: "Hir" by Taylor Mac at Playwrights Horizons
Opera: Alban Berg's "Lulu" at the Met directed by William Kentridge.
⇒Graham Parker, or general manager of our sister-station WQXR,suggests several classical music and opera productions:Opening night at The Met – Verdi's "Otello"
Brooklyn offers unique work from Julia Wolfe at BAM's Next Wave Festival; LoftOpera in Bushwick; and unique Williamsburg venue National Sawdust?
Goodbye "Avery Fisher" corridor, hello "David Geffen corridor
Carnegie corridor's "Somewhere Project" builds off the West Side legend ballad;
Composer (and WNYC softball team member) John Luther Adams tribute at Columbia's Miller Theater in October;
And the MET Museum, and not Opera,is on the list with a couple of concerts at the Temple of Dendur with works by Arvo Pärt and Tan Dun’s Water Passion.
→ Read more: 20 classical music concerts to watch for this fall, by WQXR's Brian Wise. →And Time Out unique York's 20 Broadway and Off Broadway shows to catch this fall
Source: wnyc.org