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MUSIC: It's hard to believe Kurt Cobain would have been 40 today. In celebration of his birthday and life there will be live performances of Nirvana albums Bleach, Nevermind and In Utero from Daouets, The Domestics, and Schwervon with some other musical guests. Bring flannel, your inner teen angst, and rock out like it's the early 90s.
7pm // Cake Shop [152 Ludlow St] // $8
THEATER: Alfred Molina (Frida, Dead Man) is one of the most compelling actors alive, and he’s now starring in Howard Katz, a new play by Patrick Marber (Closer), one of the world’s sharpest playwrights. The show is still in previews so there are no reviews yet, but it sounds like an ideal vehicle for Molina’s brooding brilliance. Described as a dark comedy, the story centers on Howard Katz, “a powerful, hard-hearted showbiz agent who has lost everything: his career, his family-even his self-respect. It’s in the midst of this freefall Katz learns that only by looking back at what he's lost can he find the faith to move forward.” Okay, the last sentence in that publicity blurb makes it sound very Hallmark Special, but this is Molina & Marber we’re talking about. It may be wise to buy tickets before the reviews appear. - John Del Signore
7:30pm // Roundabout Theater [111 West 46th St] // Ticket prices vary
EVENT: The Hotel Chelsea Blog has a report from "Writers on Warhol" at The Gershwin Hotel. As part of Warhol Week at the Gershwin (which does seem to be biting Chelsea's style a bit), there will be a screening of "Pie in the Sky", The Bridgit Berlin story. A film by Vincent Freemont with rare behind the scenes shots and conversations of Andy Warhol.
8pm // The Gershwin Hotel [7 E 27th St] // $10
And don't forget to celebrate Mardi Gras in Brooklyn tonight!
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Writing "bring flannel" in regards to Nirvana confuses a small part of the early '90s music scene with Kurt Cobain's music. Furthermore, Cobain hated the music "scene" and wrote scathing songs about it. Yet here you are, a writer who should be using their expertise to enlightening your readers, telling people to wear flannel to somehow honor Cobain. How ignorant and shallow!
Wow, del Signore sure has a way with hyperbole. This is not a great play, and Alfred Molina, who's indeed a fine actor, does not deliver his best work here. Difficult to believe he's ever really experiencing his character's supposed circumstances. While Marber may be fashionable in London, I'd take Pinter any day. That said, this is not bad really and in no way torturous, but no more than a 6.5/10.
Bunny Love: As I noted above, this production of Howard Katz is still in previews, so even if I had seen it - which I have not - I couldn't gush about it. I stand by my assessment of Molina and Marber's work; whether that's hyperbole or not is, of course, a matter of opinion.
In Utereo--that is funny.