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CRITICS' CHOICE, Page 17
THEATER
PRAVDA. A stinging British satire of Murdochian media moguls
more concerned with money than truth gets its U.S. premiere from
the Guthrie troupe in Minneapolis.
THE HEIDI CHRONICLES. Playwright Wendy Wasserstein revisits
the rise and fall of principle among baby boomers, and star Joan
Allen makes the stereotypes come touchingly alive, off-Broadway.
WE. Pulitzer prizewinner Charles Fuller (A Soldier's Play)
launches an earnest, poignant cycle of five black history dramas,
beginning with Sally and Prince, in repertory off-Broadway.
PLATONOV. Rumanian director Liviu Ciulei blends farce and great
sadness in Chekhov's early drama, at Harvard's American Repertory
Theater.
MUSIC
CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG: AMERICAN DREAM (Atlantic). The
title cut on this reunion album delivers more bounce -- as well as
a bit of bile -- than the rest of the album combined, but the
guitar work has some fire and those famous harmonies can still soar
high.
THE MODERN JAZZ QUARTET: FOR ELLINGTON (East-West). Part
hommage, part reinvention, this is a ravishing tribute by one of
the premier jazz groups to one of America's greatest composers. The
M.J.Q. pays the Duke the ultimate honor: it doesn't just respect
him, it makes him swing.
BRUCKNER: SYMPHONY NO. 6 (EMI). The obscure Sixth in a bang-up
reading by Riccardo Muti and the Berlin Philharmonic. And you
thought Bruckner was boring.
TELEVISION
SMOKING: EVERYTHING YOU AND YOUR FAMILY NEED TO KNOW (HBO, Jan.
11, 12, 14, 17). First appearing on the day that Surgeon General
C. Everett Koop releases his new report on smoking, this half-hour
special dramatically exposes the dangers of tobacco usage, while
contrasting old TV cigarette commercials with patients' case
histories.
THE LION, THE WITCH, AND THE WARDROBE (PBS, Jan. 14, 8 p.m. on
most stations). Wonderworks presents the first hour of a three-part
mini-series based on the classic C.S. Lewis story of four children
who discover a magical kingdom.
THE COVER GIRL AND THE COP (NBC, Jan. 16, 9 p.m. EST). A
streetwise cop is assigned to guard a frivolous actress-model,
witness to a murder. Dinah Manoff and Julia Duffy, two of the
tube's slyest comedians, play the odd-couple title characters in
this TV movie.
ART
HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON: THE EARLY WORK, 1929-1934, the Museum
of Fine Arts, Houston. Some 75 prints from the period when
Cartier-Bresson was creating one of the most original and
influential styles in the history of photography. Through Feb. 26.
PAINTING IN RENAISSANCE SIENA, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New
York City. The gentle, graceful 15th century fragments and
miniatures in this scrupulous show offer a respite from the brutish
realities of modern life. Through March 19.
RICHARD ARTSCHWAGER, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.
Formica and Celotex are among the odd materials employed by this
enigmatic but important American painter and sculptor. Through Jan.
29.
MOVIES
PELLE THE CONQUEROR. A timid old Swede and his dashing young
son find work on a 19th century Danish farm. Aided by stars Max von
Sydow and Pelle Hvenegaard, director Bille August cuts a stern,
colorful grand swatch of masterpiece cinema.
MY STEPMOTHER IS AN ALIEN. Kim Basinger is an unlikely E.T. and
Dan Aykroyd the earthling who humanizes her in a clever fable --
sweet and light enough for the kids, sexy and suspenseful enough
for adults.
WORKING GIRL. Pert secretary Melanie Griffith climbs the
corporate ladder, dislodging career gal Sigourney Weaver and
claiming hunky Harrison Ford in Mike Nichols' suave tale about
getting it all on your own sweet terms.
BOOKS
AMERICAN APPETITES by Joyce Carol Oates (Dutton; $18.95). A
prolific author's powerful novel about a well-to-do married couple
falling before a fate that is unearned and undeserved.
THE LYRE OF ORPHEUS by Robertson Davies (Viking; $19.95). The
third novel in a trilogy about the life and aftereffects of an
eccentric Canadian millionaire. An engaging plot involving high
finance, grand opera and a voice from Limbo.
DICTIONARY OF THE KHAZARS: A LEXICON NOVEL by Milorad Pavic
(Knopf; $19.95). A wacky, totally fabricated reference book,
translated from Serbo-Croatian, about a people that vanished
centuries ago. Sheer oddity mixed with eerie entertainment.