POP MUSIC21.Listen to Jesus Is King
Yeezy season approaching.
G.O.O.D. Music, September 27.
If you’ve been tracking Kanye West’s recent Sunday
Service performances, at which the rapper and pro-
ducer corrals a chorus of singers for a lively mix of
gospel songs, hip-hop and R&B covers, and new
renditions of his own hits, you should keep an eye
out for his forthcoming solo album, Jesus Is King, a
purer synthesis of the blend of rap and liturgical
music West has been onto since “Jesus Walks.”c.j.
THEATER22.See S c ot l a nd , PA
When the hurly-burly’s fun.
Laura Pels Theatre, through December 8.
Based on Billy Morrissette’s deliciously weird
2001 film adaptation of Macbeth, this dark new
musical comedy sets Shakespeare’s tale of mur-
derous ambition in a sleepy Pennsylvania town
where the local burger-joint manager and his wife
have big dreams—and an increasing number of
bodies on their hands. s.h.
MOVIES23.See Midnight Traveler
“A journey to the edge of hell.”
Film Forum, September 18 to October 1.
A poignant family documentary with a pervasive
chill and a precipice in view. Hassan Fazili’s film
chronicles his family’s three-year flight from the
resurgent Taliban in Afghanistan through Turkey,
Bulgaria, and Serbia, and into Germany to wait in
limbo for asylum. The cameraman? There are sev-
eral: Hassan, his wife, and their two daughters,
shooting the journey on their phones. d.e.
ART24.See Brazzers
Backroom VHS
Pop-culture-centric art.
310 Canal Street, September 28 and 29.
The THNK1994 Museum—the brilliant,
deranged minds behind tongue-in-cheek art
exhibits like “The Olsen Twins Hiding From the
Paparazzi”—are partnering with porn kingpins
Brazzers for their latest event, which features
artworks based on THNK1994-invented porn
titles like The F*ckening and Doctor! All Our
A*sholes are Possessed! and appearances by adult
film stars.
POP MUSIC25.See Steve Miller
Band and Jimmie
Vaughan Band
A night at the museum.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Grace Rainey
Rogers Auditorium, September 28.
The Steve Miller Band and the Jimmie Vaughan
Band are closing out the Met’s “Play It Loud:
Instruments of Rock & Roll” exhibit with a bangin’
concert, likely accompanied by some of rock’s sexi-
est guitars. Maybe leave the leather pants at home,
though, as your ticket includes admission to both
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