{"id":768,"date":"2015-06-06T23:03:48","date_gmt":"2015-06-07T03:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nymysteries.com\/?p=768"},"modified":"2015-06-06T23:03:48","modified_gmt":"2015-06-07T03:03:48","slug":"new-york-city-blog-june-1-june-7-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nymysteries.com\/?p=768","title":{"rendered":"New York City Blog June 1 \u2014 June 7"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Shakespeare\u2019s A Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream<\/em> is the perfect vehicle for Balanchine\u2019s choreography and Mendelssohn\u2019s music. The NYCB\u2019s current production is based on Balanchine\u2019s production which premiered in 1962.The dancing is superb and the sets are magical. Most of the play takes place in an enchanted forest. Saturday afternoon\u2019s audience was multigenerational and judging by the laughter and applause the performance was warmly appreciated.
\nPractically next door at the N. Y. Public Library for the Performing Arts, there\u2019s a Frank Sinatra exhibit. Talk about strolling down memory lane. There are great photos of recording sessions and of some of the other celebrities who sang with Sinatra. His mentors were Billie Holiday, Bing Crosby and Louis Armstrong. It was Crosby who said: Frank Sinatra is a singer who comes along once in a life time but why did he have to come in mine? There\u2019s even a closed booth where you can sing along with old blue eyes. The exhibit is at the library until September 4.
\nEl Museo del Barrio has an exhibit honoring Gabriel Figueroa, the Mexican<\/p>\n

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cinematographer. Who needs technicolor? Figueroa\u2019s black and white scenes evoke moody, intense passion. They remind me of Martha Graham\u2019s dances. Figueroa\u2019s films are being shown at the Film Forum this week.<\/p>\n

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