The Schmooze
Out and About: Chaim Soutine in New York; ‘Weiner!’ the Musical
Graphic by Angelie Zaslavsky
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?
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