70 new york | august 5–18, 2019
POP MUSIC
(^) See Chance the Rapper
Summer friends.
Rumsey Playfield in Central Park, August 16.
Bubbly Chicago rhymer Chance the Rapper’s new
album, The Big Day, landed in late July, and he’s
coming to celebrate the set with a performance for
Good Morning America’s Summer Concert Series.
Make sure to get there early: Doors open at 6 a.m.
for a 7 a.m. showtime. craig jenkins
TV
(^) Watch GLOW
Round three for the ladies of the ring.
Netflix, August 9.
GLOW has a real gift for mixing camp with obser-
vant dramedy, and that seems poised to continue
in the third season, when the pro-wrestling
women mount a new show in Las Vegas at a
casino operated by Geena Davis. jen chaney
THEATER
& 4. (^) See Native Son and
Measure for Measure
“Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.”
The Acting Company at the Duke on 42nd Street,
through August 24.
Directors Seret Scott and Janet Zarish take on the
system with Nambi E. Kelley’s adaptation of Rich-
ard Wright’s 1940 novel and Shakespeare’s notori-
ously tricky problem play, performed in repertory
by the Acting Company. In Native Son, a young
black man on the South Side of Chicago struggles
against the inevitable violence of institutionalized
racism, and in Measure for Measure, a lone young
woman tries to face down a corrupt government
and the abuses of powerful, hypocritical men. The
more things change ... sara holdren
DANCE
(^) See Under Siege
A superstar’s take on the fight for ancient China.
David H. Koch Theater, August 8 to 10.
Choreographer Yang Liping abbreviates the story
and expands the spectacle of China’s third-
century B.C. civil war into a visual extravaganza
that combines dance, music, and martial arts
against a cinematic backdrop by Oscar-winning
production designer Tim Yip (Crouching Tiger,
Hidden Dragon). justin davidson
ART
(^) See Marta Minujín:
Menesunda Reloaded
Remember this name.
New Museum, 235 Bowery, through September 29.
The New Museum may be the best museum of con-
temporary art in the U.S.—even with its cramped,
claustrophobic space. Witness the visitation of the
wild installations, wonderful happenings, and
winding walk-through tunnels by the still-too-
underknown Argentine Marta Minujín. Born in
1943, she’s part of the extraordinary generation of
women who poured out of South America starting
in the ’60s and not stopping since. jerry saltz
TV
(^) Wat ch Rocko’s Modern
Li fe: Static Cling
The new Nick at Nite.
Netflix, August 9.
Joe Murray’s Nickelodeon series, a cult favorite
beloved of kids of a certain age, gets a sequel movie
23 years after it ended its run. Rocko returns to
present-day O-Town after two decades in space
and is shocked to discover a 2019 landscape of
touchscreen phones, food trucks, and ubiquitous
coffee shops. In an appropriately meta move, he
tries to get his favorite long-canceled TV series
back on the air. matt zoller seitz
MOVIES
(^) See Apocalypse Now:
Final Cut
Version three.
In theaters August 15.
In 2001, Francis Ford Coppola took much of the
footage he’d sensibly cut from his alternately bril-
liant and ridiculous 1979 Vietnam epic Apoca-
lypse Now and made Apocalypse Now Redux,
which was less brilliant, more ridiculous. With
time on his hands, he has recut the movie again
into the shapelier three-hour Apocalypse Now:
Final Cut. You still wind up with the obese
Brando (the unplumbable dressed as a plumber)
eating fruit and speaking of horror and terror—
you must befriend them (crunch)—but on the
big screen, the phantasmagoric journey to his lair
is a knockout. david edelstein
BOOKS
& 10. (^) Read My Sister,
th e Serial Killer
and Lost Children Archive
From the Booker’s Dozen.
Doubleday; Knopf.
Each year, the Man Booker Prize longlist gives us
a sense of which new books will last—and a
chance to catch up on titles we might have missed.
Like Nigerian author Oyinkan Braithwaite’s
debut novel, My Sister, the Serial Killer, which the
judges called “as skillful, sharp and engaging a
debut as any first novelist can produce.” And Vale-
ria Luiselli’s first English-language work of fic-
tion, Lost Children Archive, which cuts to the
heart of our border crisis. Both are great ways to
bide your time until the release of another Booker
pick, Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale
sequel, The Testaments. boris kachka
ART
(^) See Mika Rottenberg:
Easypieces
A satire of contemporary life.
New Museum, 235 Bowery, through September 15.
Mika Rottenberg brings the vision and weirdness
in videos and environments with her cast of peo-
ple enacting odd activities and performing repeti-
tive tasks echoing labor. Yet Rottenberg’s world is
like a living apparition, filled with the colors of
coral reefs, guttural sounds, scratchy soundtracks,
nonlinear narratives, and the sense that all this is
simultaneously real and a full-on hallucination.
Her superpowers are such that she can cast a spell
and pull your thoughts apart. j.s.
THEATER
(^) See Little Gem
From an Irish playwright.
Irish Rep, through September 1.
Elaine Murphy’s intimate comedy has racked up
its share of awards since its premiere at the Dub-
lin Fringe Festival in 2008. Marc Atkinson Bor-
rull directs this story of a year in the lives of three
AUGUST 7–21
To
Twenty-five
things to see,
hear, watch,
and read.
The CULTURE PAGES
PHOTOGRAPHS: NETFLIX (GLOW, PRINCESS AND THE FROG); FOX SPORTS/YOUTUBE (CHANCE); TEEMEAH/WIKIMEDIA (MIYAVI); AMC (THE TERROR: INFAMY)
For more culture
coverage and event
recommendations,
see vulture.com.
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Summerfriends.
RumseyPlayfieldinCentralPark,August 16.
BubblyChicago rhymerChancetheRapper’s new
album,TheBigDay,landedinlateJuly,andhe’s
comingtocelebrate theset witha performancefor
GoodMorningAmerica’s SummerConcert Series.
Make suretogetthereearly:Doorsopenat 6 a.m.
fora 7 a.m.showtime. craigjenkins
TV2.WatchGLOW
Roundthreefortheladiesofthering.
Netflix, August 9.
GLOW has a real gift for mixing campwithobser-
vant dramedy, and that seems poised tocontinue
in the third season, when the pro-wrestling
women mount a new show in LasVegasat a
casino operated by Geena Davis. jenchaney
THEATER
& 4. (^) See Native Sonand
Measure for Measure
“Some rise by sin, and some by virtuefall.”
The Acting Company at the Duke on 42ndStreet,
through August 24.
Directors Seret Scott and Janet Zarishtake onthe
system with Nambi E. Kelley’s adaptationofRich-
ard Wright’s 1940 novel and Shakespeare’snotori-
ously tricky problem play, performed inrepertory
by the Acting Company. In Native Son,a young
black man on the South Side of Chicagostruggles
against the inevitable violence of institutionalized
racism, and in Measure for Measure, a loneyoung
woman tries to face down a corrupt government
and the abuses of powerful, hypocriticalmen.The
more things change ... saraholdren
DANCE
5.SeeUnderSiege
A superstar’stakeonthefightforancientChina.
DavidH.KochTheater, August8 to 10.
ChoreographerYangLipingabbreviatesthestory
andexpandsthespectacleofChina’sthird-
century B.C.civilwarintoa visualextravaganza
thatcombinesdance,music,andmartialarts
againsta cinematicbackdropbyOscar-winning
productiondesignerTimYip(CrouchingTiger,
HiddenDragon). justindavidson
ART
6.SeeMartaMinujín:
Menesunda Reloaded
Remember this name.
New Museum, 235 Bowery, through September 29.
The New Museum may be the best museumof con-
temporary art in the U.S.—even with itscramped,
claustrophobic space. Witness the visitationofthe
wild installations, wonderful happenings,and
winding walk-through tunnels by thestill-too-
underknown Argentine Marta Minujín.Bornin
1943, she’s part of the extraordinary generationof
women who poured out of South Americastarting
in the ’60s and not stopping since. jerrysaltz
TV
(^) Wat ch Rocko’s Modern
Li fe: Static Cling
The new Nick at Nite.
Netf st 9.
Joe ’s Nickelodeon series, a cultfavorite
beloved of kids of a certain age, gets a sequelmovie
23 years after it ended its run. Rocko returnsto
present-day O-Town after two decadesinspace
and is shocked to discover a 2019 landscapeof
touchscreen phones, food trucks, and ubiquitous
coffee shops. In an appropriately meta move, he
tries to get his favorite long-canceled TV series
back on the air. matt zoller seitz
MOVIES
(^) See Apocalypse Now:
Final Cut
Version three.
In theaters August 15.
In 2001, Francis Ford Coppola took much of the
footage he’d sensibly cut from his alternately bril-
liantandridiculous 1979 Vietnamepic Apoca-
lypseNowandmadeApocalypseNow Redux,
which was less brilliant, more ridiculous. With
time on his hands, he has recut the movie again
into the shapelier three-hour Apocalypse Now:
Final Cut. You still wind up with the obese
Brando (the unplumbable dressed as aplumber)
eating fruit and speaking of horror and terror—
you must befriend them (crunch)—but on the
big screen, the phantasmagoric journeyto his lair
is a knockout. david edelstein
BOOKS
& 10. (^) Read My Sister,
th e Serial Killer
and Lost Children Archive
From the Booker’s Dozen.
Doubleday; Knopf.
Each year, the Man Booker Prize longlistgivesus
a sense of which new books will last—anda
chance to catch up on titles we might havemissed.
Like Nigerian author Oyinkan Braithwaite’s
debut novel, My Sister, the Serial Killer,whichthe
judges called “as skillful, sharp andengaginga
debut as any first novelist can produce.”AndVale-
ria Luiselli’s first English-language workoffic-
tion, Lost Children Archive, which cutstothe
heart of our border crisis. Both are great waysto
bide your time until the release of anotherBooker
pick, Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’sTale
sequel, The Testaments. boriskachka
ART
(^) See Mika Rottenberg:
Easypieces
A satire of contemporary life.
New Museum, 235 Bowery, through September15.
Mika Rottenberg brings the vision andweirdness
in videos and environments with her cast ofpeo-
ple enacting odd activities and performingrepeti-
tive tasks echoing labor. Yet Rottenberg’sworldis
like a living apparition, filled with thecolorsof
coral reefs, guttural sounds, scratchy soundtracks,
nonlinear narratives, and the sense thatallthisis
simultaneously real and a full-on hallucination.
Her superpowers are such that she cancast a spell
and pull your thoughts apart. j.s.
THEATER
(^) See Little Gem
From an Irish playwright.
Irish Rep, through September 1.
Elaine Murphy’s intimate comedy hasrackedup
its share of awards since its premiere at theDub-
lin Fringe Festival in 2008. Marc AtkinsonBor-
rull directs this story of a year in the livesofthree
AUGUST7–21
To
Twenty-five
things to see,
hear, watch,
and read.
The CULTURE PAGES
PHOTOGRAPHS: NETFLIX (GLOW, PRINCESS AND THE FROG); FOX SPORTS/YOUTUBE (CHANCE); TEEMEAH/WIKIMEDIA (MIYAVI); AMC (THE TERROR: INFAMY)
For more culture
coverage and event
recommendations,
see vulture.com.