DON’T MISS!: SOUNDS GREAT
THE hall is aliiiiive with “The Sound of Music” — Carnegie Hall, that is, which is hosting a one-night gala concert of the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic Tuesday at 8.
And the cast is loaded: Laura Osnes as Maria, Tony Goldwyn as Captain von Trapp, Brooke Shields as his baroness gal pal, and opera star Stephanie Blythe as the mother superior.
Keep an eye out for Max Detweiler, the von Trapps’ impresario friend: He’s played by Patrick Page, pulling a 180 from his regular gig as the Green Goblin in “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark.”
“I first watched ‘Sound of Music’ when my wife, Paige Davis, played Maria in Pittsburgh a few years ago,” Page admits.
His strategy: Not being awed by the score. “The best thing is to treat it as if it was a brand-new thing that just came in your mailbox,” he says.
Tickets: $55 to $200; Seventh Avenue at 57th Street; 212-247-7800, carnegiehall.org
— Elisabeth Vincentelli
Courtesy: Everett Collection
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SEE HIM!: STREET-WRITING MAN
By day, Chris Erikson works at The Post — as a features writer and editor of @work. At night, he rocks out on his 1968 cream-colored Telecaster. And tonight, fronting a band of local musician pals, Erikson hits the Lakeside Lounge stage to celebrate the release of his debut album, “Lost Track of the Time.”
Looking back in time, Erikson says, “I first got hooked on early rock ’n’ roll — Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly, Booker T — from the ‘American Graffiti’ soundtrack.”
Instead of those sounds, the new album is filled with smart roots- and country-rock tunes that Erikson began writing just a couple years back.
Explaining the difference between writing for the paper and writing songs, Erikson, a Brooklyn resident, says, “There are no rules when you’re writing a song. You can leave out the who, what, when, where. On the other hand, newspaper stories don’t have to rhyme.”
Tonight at 7 at Lakeside Lounge (which is closing April 30 after 16 years), 162 Avenue B; 212-529-8463, lakesidelounge.com; free
— Billy Heller
Ted Barron
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GO HERE!: DANCE TO THE MUSIC
Unlimited chicken, beer and break dancing? This is definitely not your grandmother’s all-you-can-eat buffet.
At the Battle of Chicken and Beer, tomorrow night at 10 at Le Poisson Rouge, you get food, booze and a glimpse into New York City’s underground courtesy of some of the best local and international b-boys and house dancers competing against each other.
Expect the contest to be intense, but good-natured, with dancers displaying their best athletic moves such as head spins and floor locks. Feel free to get down and do a few moves of your own.
“You are dancing there, too. You’re not just sitting in the audience,” says organizer Jamal “Nemesis” Warren.
Tickets are $23 or $30 at the door at 158 Bleecker St.; 212-505-3474, lepoissonrouge.com.
— Dvora Meyers
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TAKE A LOOK!: COLLECT CALL
Art doesn’t have to be just for snobs. This weekend’s Affordable Art Fair allows novice collectors a chance to own their own masterpiece on the (relatively) cheap. The 11th annual event showcases 75 galleries and 600 artists selling their original contemporary works for between $100 and $10,000. Feeling a little hometown pride? Visit one of the 20 galleries from New York City.
“We’re really targeting first-time buyers,” says the fair’s director, Judith Pinerio.
She recalls purchasing her first work of art as a 26-year-old just out of graduate school.
“I have a soft spot for Rome and so I bought a vintage photograph of an archeological dig of the Roman Forum. I followed what I loved and what I want to look at,” Pinerio says. “That’s what I advise new collectors to do — follow their instincts.” Today through Sunday at 7 W. 34th St.; 212-255-2003, affordableartfair.us. Admission is $12 per day.
— Calla Salinger
Courtesy: Affordable Art Fair
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WATCH IT!: MIRANDA WARNING
Practically defining camp, Busby Berkeley’s “The Gang’s All Here’’ (1943) offers the unforgettable, super-saturated Technicolor spectacle of Brazilian bombshell Carmen Miranda — topped by a huge basket of fruit — singing “The Lady in the Tutti Frutti Hat’’ while accompanied by 60 scantily-clad chorines wielding giant bananas. There’s also warbling by Alice Faye and Benny Goodman in this World War II musical, as well as a positively psychedelic closing number. Film Forum, at West Houston and Varick streets, is debuting a new 35mm restoration for one week beginning today. Info: filmforum.com
— Lou Lumenick
20th Century-Fox / Spilker/Photo
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CHECK IT OUT!: WELCOME DRAGON
The greatest gift in avoiding words is that you can be understood in any language. The China Children’s Art Theater brings the US premiere of “The Dragon Child” to NYU’s Skirball Center today through Sunday, and your kids won’t need to know a word of Chinese to enjoy it.
The story, celebrating the 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac, is told through puppetry, animation and dance by a troupe of 14 actors, dancers and gymnasts. The Dragon Child, raised by the zodiac creatures, is faced with a drought brought about by her parents, but the dragon also has the power to solve it.
The show, conceived and directed by Australian puppeteer Peter Wilson, is recommended for kids ages 6 and up, but will please sophisticated parents as well. “It has to work for the kid inside every adult,” Wilson explains. “Then I know it will work for a child.” Tickets: $25 to $40 at 556 LaGuardia Place, at Washington Square South; 212-352-3101, skirballcenter.nyu.edu
— Leigh Witchel
