Wednesday, 12 August 2009

Mona Lisa attacked;Pee-wee plans a comeback;Juliette Binoche dances;Green Day begins rehearsals;Moster Mash


He's back: Pee-wee Herman, aka Paul Reubens, is returning to the spotlight in a new organise production opening in November at the Music Box @ Fonda in Hollywood.

Cognitive dissonance: LACMA has killed its weekend film program, but its staff is apparently getting a brand new parking lot.
Everyone's a critic: A visitor at the museum in Paris threw a ceramic mug at Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa." The painting was reportedly undisturbed.
Courageous: Despite negative reviews, Juliette Binoche will bring her dance production "In-I" dance to the Brooklyn Academy of Music starting Sept. 15 as part of the New Wave Festival.

More serious: Brian d'Arcy James ("Shrek: The Musical") will join Laura Linney and Alicia Silverstone in the founder of Donald Margulies' Broadway-bound "Time Stands Still," which opened at the Geffen Playhouse.

Intimate details: An in-depth look into the FBI file of author-conductor Leonard Bernstein.
Dramatic gesture: The Arena Stage in Washington, D.C., will open a new-play institute thanks to a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Rock on: Green Day begins rehearsals at Berkeley Repertory for its new musical "American Idiot."
This old house: A private group is putting together an $18-million plan to renovate the last standing hotel by Frank Lloyd Wright , located in Mason City, Iowa.
Checkout time: A hotel in Berlin is letting painters, statuary and other creative types to pay their bills with works of art.

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