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Mara), a lawyer whose father is a police officer.
Eschewing easy bromides about building bridges
across seemingly irreconcilable political chasms,
this is a surprisingly affecting film about the mag-
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Set before the Great War.
Metropolitan Opera, opens December 27.
Alban Berg’s opera about a victimized soldier try-
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to the Met in a production by the artist and co-
director William Kentridge, a connoisseur of sur-
real and insane societies. justin davidson
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The Nutcracker
Visions of sugarplums dance in your heads.
David H. Koch Theater,
through January 5.
Balanchine’s Nutcracker is massively cast (90
dancers and 125 children), lushly designed
(Rouben Ter-Arutunian’s original paper-cutout
sets), and unapologetically old-fashioned—though
this year, Charlotte Nebres plays City Ballet’s first
black Marie, the little girl who visits the magical
land of sweets. While the snowflakes and nutcrack-
ers and dancing personifications of coffee have
been the same since 1954, it does turn out that
sometimes things do change at the ballet. h.s.
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New York Philharmonic
At “New Year’s Eve: Celebrating Sondheim.”
David Geffen Hall and PBS, December 31.
It must be difficult for Stephen Sondheim to get
any new work done, or even to wolf down a sand-
wich, in between celebrations of his career. His
hometown orchestra, the New York Philhar-
monic, gets a jump on the 90th-birthday festivi-
ties that kick off in March with a televised concert
hosted by Bernadette Peters and featuring
Katrina Lenk, one of the stars of next spring’s
Company revival. j.d.
TV - (^) Wat ch Messiah
Divine or deceit.
Netflix, January 1.
This new Netflix series asks, in a way, What would
Jesus do? But more pointedly, it asks what the
world would do if someone who might be Christ
actually did come to Earth. j.c.
ART - (^) See Ugo Rondinone
A tribute to his love.
Gladstone Gallery, 530 West 21st Street,
through January 18.
Ugo Rondinone honors his late husband, the leg-
endary poet and former Andy Warhol superstar
John Giorno. In a multichannel video installa-
tion, Giorno reads a poem speaking to all his
friends, lovers, and enemies from the grave. It is
as riveting as it is beautiful, filled with love, irony,
and triple-edged intensity. He wishes everyone
more sex, more drugs, more revelations of life.
Amen, poet. j.s.
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Mac DeMarco
A rockin’ New Year’s Eve.
Barclays Center, December 31.
New York City garage revivalists the Strokes helped
put the Big Apple back on the map as a formidable
rock-and-roll town in the early aughts with albums
like Is This It? and singles like “Last Nite” and
“Reptilia.” The hits haven’t rusted a bit, as anyone
who has seen the band in the past five years could
attest. Watch Julian Casablancas and friends
wreck house in Brooklyn, if you dare, with opener
Mac DeMarco’s infectious slacker-rock jams. c.j.
MOVIES - (^) See 1917
Post-Jarhead.
In theaters December 25.
Sam Mendes expertly fakes a long single camera
move as two Brit soldiers embark on a perilous
mission amid corpses and roving Germans to
warn a distant platoon off an invasion that will
bring disaster. Oddly, what Mendes mainly shows
is his flair for theatrical tableaux, but many folks
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allegedly murdering her mother, and Mercy(Kate
Mara), a lawyer whose father is a policeofficer.
Eschewing easy bromides about buildingbridges
across seemingly irreconcilable politicalchasms,
this is a surprisingly affecting film aboutthemag-
netic power of empathy. matt zollerseitz
OPERA - (^) See Woz z e ck
Set before the Great War.
Metropolitan Opera, opens December 27.
Alban Berg’s opera about a victimizedsoldiertry-
ingtomakeit througha worldgonenutsreturns
to the Met in a production by the artistand co-
directorWilliamKentridge,a connoisseurofsur-
real and insane societies. justindavidson
DANCE - (^) See George Balanchine’s
The Nutcracker
Visions of sugarplums dance in yourheads.
David H. Koch Theater,
through January 5.
Balanchine’s Nutcracker is massivelycast (90
dancers and 125 children), lushlydesigned
(Rouben Ter-Arutunian’s original paper-cutout
sets), and unapologetically old-fashioned—though
this year, Charlotte Nebres plays City Ballet’sfirst
black Marie, the little girl who visits themagical
land of sweets. While the snowflakes andnutcrack-
ers and dancing personifications of coffeehave
been the same since 1954, it does turnoutthat
sometimes things do change at the ballet. h.s.
CLASSICAL MUSIC
1 1. & 12. (^) Hear or Wat ch
New York Philharmonic
At “New Year’s Eve: Celebrating Sondheim.”
David Geffen Hall and PBS, December 31.
It must be difficult for Stephen Sondheimtoget
any new work done, or even to wolf downa sand-
wich, in between celebrations of hiscareer. His
hometown orchestra, the New YorkPhilhar-
monic, gets a jump on the 90th-birthdayfestivi-
ties that kick off in March with a televisedconcert
hosted by Bernadette Peters and featuring
Katrina Lenk, one of the stars of nextspring’s
Company revival. j.d.
TV - (^) Wat ch Messiah
Divine or deceit.
Netflix, January 1.
This new Netflix series asks, in a way, Whatwould
Jesus do? But more pointedly, it askswhatthe
world would do if someone who mightbeChrist
actually did come to Earth. j.c.
ART - (^) See Ugo Rondinone
A tribute to his love.
Gladstone Gallery, 530 West 21st Street,
through January 18.
Ugo Rondinone honors his late husband,theleg-
endary poet and former Andy Warholsuperstar
John Giorno. In a multichannel video installa-
tion, Giorno reads a poem speaking to all his
friends, lovers, and enemies from the grave. It is
as riveting as it is beautiful, filled with love, irony,
and triple-edged intensity. He wishes everyone
more sex, more drugs, more revelations of life.
Amen, poet. j.s.
POP MUSIC - (^) See The Strokes and
Mac DeMarco
A rockin’ New Year’s Eve.
Barclays Center, December 31.
New York City garage revivalists the Strokes helped
put the Big Apple back on the map as a formidable
rock-and-roll town in the early aughts with albums
like Is This It? and singles like “Last Nite” and
“Reptilia.” The hits haven’t rusted a bit, as anyone
who has seen the band in the past five years could
attest. Watch Julian Casablancas and friends
wreck house in Brooklyn, if you dare, with opener
Mac DeMarco’s infectious slacker-rock jams. c.j.
MOVIES - (^) See 1917
Post-Jarhead.
In theaters December 25.
Sam Mendes expertly fakes a long single camera
move as two Brit soldiers embark on a perilous
mission amid corpses and roving Germans to
warn a distant platoon off an invasion that will
bring disaster. Oddly, what Mendes mainly shows
is his flair for theatrical tableaux, but many folks