Out and About: Chaim Soutine in New York; ‘Weiner!’ the Musical

Chaim Soutine, ?The Beef,? 1920

By Ezra Glinter June 13, 2011

How the daughter of an American diplomat had the time of her life in Nazi Berlin.
A new exhibit in New York brings the spotlight back to the life-filled paintings of Chaim Soutine.
A fight has broken out over the Anne Frank tree.
Ben Greenman gives us Weiner!, the musical.

The Jewish Quarterly has “Runner,” a newly translated story by David Grossman.
The Coen Brothers’ next movie will apparently have “quite a bit of music in it.”
William Shatner recently picked up a lifetime achievement award and an honorary degree.
The Israeli Opera concludes its 26th season with “La Traviata.”
“The Book of Mormon” may have taken home a boatload of Tony Awards yesterday, but is it really all that good?

Ezra Glinter is the critic-at-large of the Forward.

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