Best Bets / MARCH 21-27, 1999
Movies
Ron Howardâs comedy âEDtvâ tells what happens to a video store clerk and his family when heâs picked from obscurity to have his life aired on cable TV 24 hours a day. Matthew McConaughey, Jenna Elfman, Woody Harrelson, Ellen DeGeneres, Sally Kirkland, Martin Landau, Rob Reiner, Dennis Hopper and Elizabeth Hurley form the ensemble cast. It opens Friday in general release.
For the record:
12:00 a.m. March 28, 1999 For the Record
Los Angeles Times Sunday March 28, 1999 Home Edition Calendar Page 91 Calendar Desk 1 inches; 35 words Type of Material: Correction
Wrong name--The actor shown with Annette Bening in a scene from âHedda Gablerâ in Sundayâs Calendar was Byron Jennings. He was misidentified in the photograph that ran with the announcement of the playâs opening at the Geffen Playhouse in Westwood.
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âA Walk on the Moon,â set in a Catskills resort in 1969, stars Diane Lane as a wife and mother whose life is turned upside down when she meets a traveling salesman (Viggo Mortensen). . It opens at selected theaters on Friday.
Art
Fragile works on paper from the collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art will go on display Thursday in âOld Master Prints From the Museumâs Collection: Fifteenth-Seventeenth Centuries.â The collection will include woodcut prints, Italian Mannerist pieces, etchings and various works by Rembrandt.
Theater
Annette Bening, right, with Patrick OâConnell, plays the title role in Ibsenâs classic domestic tragedy âHedda Gabler,â about a woman who pays a high price when she attempts to alleviate the boredom of her âsafeâ marriage. Adapted by Jon Robin Baitz and directed by Daniel Sullivan, it opens Wednesday at the Geffen Playhouse.
Music
Returning to the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion on Friday and to the Orange County Performing Arts Center on Saturday, the Pittsburgh Symphony, under music director Mariss Jansons, brings separate programs: first, Beethovenâs First Piano Concerto and Mahlerâs Fifth Symphony, then Sibeliusâ Symphony No. 1 and Berliozâs âSymphonie Fantastique.â
Pop Music
One of the summerâs most anticipated tours is the Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young trek, but before that long-time-coming reunion, prodigal partner Neil Young, above, will do a brief solo tour that includes shows Monday and Tuesday at the Wiltern Theatre. Expect to hear some tunes from his upcoming album, as well as a retrospective of his entire career.
Video
Gary Ross wrote and directed âPleasantville,â a comedy about two modern teenagers (Tobey Maguire and Reese Witherspoon) who find themselves trapped in a black-and-white â50s TV show. Jeff Daniels, Joan Allen and William H. Macy star in this fantasy, available on video Tuesday.
Dance
The splashy Smuin Ballets/SF, above, appears Saturday and next Sunday in the Luckman Theatre at Cal State L.A, dancing two local premieres choreographed by Michael Smuin: âCarmina Buranaâ and âThe Blue Angel,â a dance drama based on the Josef Von Sternberg film that made Marlene Dietrich a star.
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