Events on Thursday, March 20

<em>Green Fish </em>(1997)

Film

Green Fish

Thursday 3/20 @ Korea Society

This month's Classic Movie Night screens Lee Chang-dong's critical portrait of Korean society, Green Fish. After serving his mandatory stint in... 

Frank London: <em>A Night in the Old Marketplace</em>

Performing Arts: Opera

Frank London

Thursday 3/20 @ Kaufman Center

Frank London — trumpeter extraordinaire for the inimitable Klezmatics, improvisational band Hasidic New Wave, and his own Frank London's Klezmer Brass... 

Made Event presents Steve Bug w/ Adultnapper

Music: DJ

Steve Bug

Thursday 3/20 @ Cielo

In the micro-minimalist world of Steve Bug, jazz, straightforward techno, kaleidoscopic house, and intoxicating melodies all live in harmony. Seventeen years... 

Ongoing Events

<em>Fight Girl Battle World</em>

Theatre

Fight Girl Battle World

Thursday 3/20 @ Center Stage

Now that graphic novels and sci-fi movies possess some geek-chic caché, Vampire Cowboys Theatre Company has translated that aesthetic to the... 

Cao Fei: <em>RMB City</em>

Art

Cao Fei

Thursday 3/20 @ Lombard-Freid Gallery

Chinese artist Cao Fei's RMB City is a virtual metropolis designed for the online world Second Life, and Lombard-Freid Gallery is... 

Theatre

Romeo and Juliet

Thursday 3/20 @ The Kirk at Theatre Row

In this updated, witty interpretation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, familiar tropes clash with contemporary archetypes. The four-actor cast stays true... 

Adrienne Truscott: <em>genesis, no!</em>

Dance

genesis, no!

Thursday 3/20 @ Dance Theater Workshop

As half of the acrobatic burlesque duo the Wau Wau Sisters, Adrienne Truscott dangles from a trapeze while delivering risqué one-liners.... 

Jaishri Abichandani: <I>Reconciliations</I>

Art

Jaishri Abichandani

Thursday 3/20 @ Queens Museum of Art

Born in Bombay (now Mumbai), Jaishri Abichandani immigrated to Queens when she was 14 and has since become both an accomplished... 

<I>Unmonumental: The Object in the 21st Century</I>

Art

Unmonumental

Thursday 3/20 @ New Museum of Contemporary Art

The new New Museum inaugurates its faux-gritty emporium with three-part exhibition Unmonumental: The Object in the 21st Century. An ace curatorial... 

Gustave Courbet

Art

Gustave Courbet

Thursday 3/20 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Gustave Courbet was the Damien Hirst of his day, never shying away from controversy; he was also a terrific artist, making... 

Beka Goedde: <em>Entropically Favorable</em> and David Meanix: <em>This City</em>

Art

Beka Goedde and David Meanix

Thursday 3/20 @ Leo Kesting Gallery

In two separate exhibitions, Beka Goedde and David Meanix present the fractured beauty of cityscapes and human faces, exploring in tandem... 

<em>Archive Fever: Uses of the Document in Contemporary Art </em>

Art: Photography

Archive Fever

Thursday 3/20 @ International Center of Photography

Exploring identity and memory through archived imagery, curator Okwui Enwezor has collected over 20 artists to explore the often formal institution... 

<em>Adding Machine</em>

Theatre

Adding Machine

Thursday 3/20 @ Minetta Lane Theatre

After 25 years of tedious number crunching, Mr. Zero finds out that he is being replaced by an adding machine. Driven... 

Luc Tuymans: <em>Forever</em>

Art

Luc Tuymans

Thursday 3/20 @ David Zwirner

Belgian painter Luc Tuymans makes every effort to stymie easy interpretation of his blurry, photo-derived paintings. A history painter in a... 

<em>J'entends plus la guitare </em>(1991)

Film

J'entends plus la guitare

Thursday 3/20 @ Cinema Village

J'entends plus la guitare is Philippe Garrel's tribute to art-rock muse Nico. Though most famous for her recordings with the Velvet... 

<em>Sunday in the Park with George</em>

Theatre

Sunday in the Park with George

Thursday 3/20 @ Studio 54

Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Sunday in the Park with George is a concept musical based on the beyond-famous Georges Seurat... 

Ghada Amer and Reza Farkhondeh: <em>Collaborative Drawings</em>

Art

Ghada Amer and Reza Farkhondeh

Thursday 3/20 @ Tina Kim Gallery

Works by Iranian artist Reza Farkhondeh don't appear often outside of collaborations like these with Ghada Amer. Her nature scenes and... 

<em>Jump</em>

Theatre

Jump

Thursday 3/20 @ Union Square Theatre

After achieving worldwide success, Korean phenomenon Jump has landed at Union Square — and it's easy to see what makes its... 

Tara Donovan

Art

Tara Donovan

Thursday 3/20 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Bringing new meaning to the term "pack rat," sculptor Tara Donovan accumulates everyday objects such as Styrofoam cups and drinking straws... 

Matt Leines: <em>The Righteous Age</em>

Art

Matt Leines

Thursday 3/20 @ Clementine Gallery

Matt Leines' New York solo debut features his signature drawings, an installation, and a new, limited-edition series of flags. Leines, who... 

Jasper Johns: <em>Drawings 1997-2007</em>

Art

Jasper Johns

Thursday 3/20 @ Matthew Marks Gallery

While the Met hosts a survey of Jasper Johns' gray-hued works, Matthew Marks shows 40 of the artist's drawings from the... 

<em>In the Heights</em>

Theatre

In the Heights

Thursday 3/20 @ Richard Rodgers Theatre

There's a lot more color and zing on the Great White Way with the addition of In the Heights, an ebullient... 

Jan de Cock: <em>Denkmal 11</em>

Art

Jan de Cock

Thursday 3/20 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

A relentless photographer and image archiver, Jan de Cock collects his findings in hefty books dubbed denkmals (German for "monument"). The... 

<em>The Unforeseen</em>

Film: Documentary

The Unforeseen

Thursday 3/20 @ Angelika Film Center

For a treatise on suburban sprawl and its impact on the environment, The Unforeseen is surprisingly soft-spoken. Maybe that's because this... 

<em>Questa</em>

Theatre

Questa

Thursday 3/20 @ Wings Theatre

Victor Bumbalo's new play, Questa, focuses on Paul, a young victim of an attempted gay-bashing, who accidentally kills his attacker in... 

<em>The Vision and Art of  Shinjo Ito</em>

Art

The Vision and Art of Shinjo Ito

Thursday 3/20 @ Milk Studios

Master sculptor, calligrapher, engraver, and photographer Shinjo Ito was a devout Buddhist who founded his own branch of the religion that... 

Haru Ichiban: A Musical Breeze from Japan

Music: Global

Haru Ichiban

Thursday 3/20 @ Drom

Not all the music at this festival is light and gentle. Sure, headliner Michiyo Yagi can coax twinkling prettiness from her... 

<i>August: Osage County</i>

Theatre

August: Osage County

Thursday 3/20 @ Imperial Theatre

Set in present-day Oklahoma, Tracy Letts' August: Osage County has a bad case of "the plains," as... 

<I>New York States of Mind</I>

Art

New York States of Mind

Thursday 3/20 @ Queens Museum of Art

Possibly a veiled reference to the Billy Joel song, New York States of Mind is curator Shaheen Merali's look at what... 

Michel Gondry: <em>Be Kind Rewind</em>

Art

Be Kind Rewind

Thursday 3/20 @ Deitch Projects

In his newest film, Be Kind Rewind, Michel Gondry tells the story of two childhood friends who work to recreate a... 

Jasper Johns: <em>Gray</em>

Art

Jasper Johns

Thursday 3/20 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In Jasper Johns' Gray, the Met culls a rigorous collection of work from the mid-'50s to the present. Johns, a pop... 

Jeremy Boyle

Art

Jeremy Boyle

Thursday 3/20 @ Hudson Franklin Gallery

Like Sol Lewitt trapped in RadioShack, Jeremy Boyle surrenders his artistic role to mechanical gizmos. The latest version of his Self-Playing... 

<I>blog.mode: addressing fashion</I>

Special Event

blog.mode

Thursday 3/20 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Fashion is a relative newcomer to the reputable Metropolitan, but now the Upper East Side institution is stepping into the fracas... 

<em>Passing Strange</em>

Theatre

Passing Strange

Thursday 3/20 @ The Belasco Theatre

The loose autobiography-in-song of one Mark Stewart (aka Stew), Passing Strange tells the story of a restless Youth (the excellent Daniel... 

Francis Alÿs: <i>Fabiola</i>

Art

Francis Alÿs

Thursday 3/20 @ Hispanic Society of America

While Dia searches for a new home, the arts org has teamed up with Washington Heights' Hispanic Society on a three-year... 

<em>Cat on a Hot Tin Roof</em>

Theatre

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Thursday 3/20 @ Broadhurst Theatre

Hopelessness and self-loathing are frequent players in Tennessee Williams' work, and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is no exception. The... 

<em>Paradise Park</em>

Theatre

Paradise Park

Thursday 3/20 @ Signature Theatre

Charles Mee's work might not be terribly straightforward, but his collage-like storytelling should suit the multitasking, ADD-prone masses. Paradise Park, the... 

Subodh Gupta: <em>Still steal steel</em>

Art

Subodh Gupta

Thursday 3/20 @ Jack Shainman Gallery

Subodh Gupta traverses painting, sculpture, and video with tightly thematic stories from Indian history, told in the dialect of household utensils... 

<em>The Four of Us</em>

Theatre

The Four of Us

Thursday 3/20 @ New York City Center

Itamar Moses is a young, successful playwright who happens to be best friends with a young, incredibly successful novelist named Jonathan... 

Irving Penn: <em>Close Encounters: Portraits of Artists and Writers</em>

Art: Photography

Irving Penn

Thursday 3/20 @ The Morgan Library

Although photographer Irving Penn has worked in a variety of styles (including fashion spreads and early forays into painting), he is... 

<em>WACK!: Art and the Feminist Revolution</em>

Art

WACK!: Art and the Feminist Revolution

Thursday 3/20 @ P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center

With Hillary Clinton in the political limelight, WACK!: Art and the Feminist Revolution couldn't be more timely. A survey of 120... 

<em>Poussin and Nature: Arcadian Visions</em>

Art

Poussin and Nature: Arcadian Visions

Thursday 3/20 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

France's first superstar painter, Nicolas Poussin trained in Rome during the baroque era, at the height of Italy's artistic dominance. His... 

<em>South Pacific</em>

Theatre

South Pacific

Thursday 3/20 @ Vivian Beaumont Theater at Lincoln Center

Lincoln Center Theater's revival of Rogers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific is one of those rare, magical experiences that makes musical theater... 

<i>Multiplex: Directions in Art, 1970 to Now</i>

Art

Multiplex: Directions in Art, 1970 to Now

Thursday 3/20 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

MoMA's permanent collection gobbles up so many artworks that many aren't ever seen again, which is why Multiplex: Directions in Art,... 

Whitney Biennial 2008

Art

Whitney Biennial

Thursday 3/20 @ Whitney Museum of American Art

For its 74th installment, the Whitney Biennial expands its exhibition space and (lightly) trims its list of contributors. Through March, the... 

The Apple Sisters

Comedy

The Apple Sisters

Thursday 3/20 @ The People's Improv Theater

1940s Americana isn't typical sketch-comedy fodder, but that doesn't deter the Apple Sisters, who lovingly recreate the radio era onstage with... 

Sterling Ruby: <em>CHRON</em>

Art

Sterling Ruby

Thursday 3/20 @ The Drawing Center

Soho's venerable Drawing Center hosts a broad range of 2-D works by LA-based sculptor Sterling Ruby in its Drawing Room project... 

Asian Contemporary Art Week

Art

Asian Contemporary Art Week

Thursday 3/20 @ Various locations

Asian Contemporary Art Week corrals dozens of artists for countless shows and lectures. At Ch'i, some of China's fresher faces work... 

Tim Minchin

Comedy

Tim Minchin

Thursday 3/20 @ New World Stages

Australian comic Tim Minchin — dubbed Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival — gives Off-Broadway audiences a sampling of his... 

<em>The Art of Marvin Franklin</em>

Art

Marvin Franklin

Thursday 3/20 @ New York Transit Museum

Marvin Franklin spent more than two decades of his life working as a night-shift track inspector for the MTA. This may... 

ABC No Rio 5th Bi-Annual: <em>Ides of March</em>

Art

ABC No Rio 5th Bi-Annual: Ides of March

Thursday 3/20 @ ABC No Rio

ABC No Rio has been a hub for LES radicals and artists for over a quarter of a century, and now... 

Lee Friedlander: <em>A Ramble in Olmsted Parks</em>

Art

Lee Friedlander

Thursday 3/20 @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Lee Friedlander made his name wandering across the US in the '50s and '60s, taking pictures of motel television sets, shop... 

Martin McMurray: <em>The Unreliable Narrator</em>

Art

Martin McMurray

Thursday 3/20 @ Jeff Bailey Gallery

In his second solo exhibition at Jeff Bailey Gallery, Martin McMurray presents The Unreliable Narrator, a series of subtle-toned, soft-focus acrylics.... 

Paragraph

City Gems

Paragraph

Thursday 3/20 @ Paragraph

Joy Parisi and Lila Cecil understand the importance of having a room of one's own. At Paragraph, their Union Square writing... 

<em>Fuerza Bruta: Look Up </em>

Theatre

Fuerza Bruta: Look Up

Thursday 3/20 @ Daryl Roth Theatre

Avid fans of spectacular spectacle De La Guarda are rejoicing with the arrival of Fuerza Bruta: Look Up, a sort of... 

<em>Design and the Elastic Mind</em>

Art

Design and the Elastic Mind

Thursday 3/20 @ MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

As technology slowly stretches past the limits of sci-fi fantasy, designers must work within the rapidly evolving space between scientific innovation... 

<em>The 39 Steps</em>

Theatre

The 39 Steps 

Thursday 3/20 @ American Airlines Theater

Throughout The 39 Steps, Patrick Barlow's quick-witted adaptation of Alfred Hitchcock's classic spy movie (originally a 1915 novel by John Buchan),...