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// see, hear! //
above, from left: Saint
Laurent Rive Gauche, circa
1970; Halson, circa 1976.
photographybyEileenCosta©2014TheMuseumatfit(FIT);MindyTucker(mulaney);RobertKozloff
©TheUniversityofChicago(Spiegelman);TimHailand(woostergroup)
Retro
Runway
flashback
For “Yves Saint Laurent +
Halston: Fashioning the
’70s,” FIT has gathered
100 pieces from the
decade’s biggest design
names, a prescient move
considering how ’70s
style impacted runway
looks for spring ’15.
Although the two
designers represented
completely different
design aesthetics—
Halston was known for
his sleek minimalism,
YSL, for his soigné
exoticism and haute
bohemian looks—they
became the ultimate
arbiters of chic during
that turbulent decade.
Through April 18. The
Museum at FIT, 227 W.
27th St., 212-217-7999;
fitnyc.edu/museum
Picture This
In “Wordless!” Pulitzer Prize–winning graphic novelist
Art Spiegelman (Maus) gives a madcap multimedia
tour of vintage cartoons that inspired him, accompa-
nied by animation, illustrations, and a killer live jazz
band. March 13. Miller Theatre, Columbia University,
2960 Broadway, 212-854-7799; millertheatre.com
// on the boards // Postmodern Shakespeare
The trailblazing Wooster Group
ventures across the East River to St.
Ann’s Warehouse in DUMBO to
present Cry, Trojans!, a bold
reinterpretation of Shakespeare’s
play Troilus and Cressida. The troupe,
headed for years by Elizabeth
LeCompte, is famous for
reimagining classic texts with
modern settings and postmodern
intellectual trappings, and Cry,
Trojans! is no exception. The
Trojans are portrayed as a fictitious
tribe of Native Americans and the
Greeks as British, a twist that raises
questions about ethnic identity in
this tale of corrupted love amid
political strife. LeCompte directs
the visually striking production,
with artist Folkert de Jong collabo-
rating on the set and costumes.
March 24–April 19. St. Ann’s
Warehouse, 29 Jay St., Brooklyn,
718-254-8779; stannswarehouse.org
Björk,now
showingatMoMA.
by jennifer demeritt
Iceland’s pop pixie Björk has always traveled easily between the
worlds of pop and avant-garde. Since exploding onto interna-
tional top 40 charts almost three decades ago, her music has
featured techno beats, chamber orchestras, and newly invented
instruments—not to mention her extraordinary voice. Her dar-
ing videos have attracted an elite force of collaborators,
including Michel Gondry (who won an Oscar for Eternal
Sunshine of the Spotless Mind), and her art-world cred was
cemented when she composed the music and starred in the Lars
von Trier movie Dancer in the Dark. In conjunction with Björk’s
concert dates at Carnegie Hall and City Center, MoMA
launchesaretrospectiveofherwork,bothmusicalandvisual,as
well as a new 3-D film with director Andrew Thomas Huang.
March8–June7.MoMA,11W.53rdSt.,212-708-9400;moma.org
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FROM SNL TO CARNEGIE HALL
When John Mulaney was a writer and “Weekend
Update” performer on Saturday Night Live, he was
best known as creator of the character Stefon, the
drug-addled club kid played by Bill Hader. These
days, he’s getting raves as a stand-up performer in
his own right, thanks to his boy-next-door charm
and sly observations that are always trenchant but
never mean. His career hits a new peak when he
performs at Carnegie Hall on March 14. 881
Seventh Ave, 212-247-7800; carnegiehall.org
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