The National Gallery of Art in Washington has mounted an exhibit by Jasper Johns (1930-) from his first decade on the art scene.
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'The Glass Menagerie'
Apollo Theatre LONDON Through May 22Jessica Lange , who played Amanda Wingfield on Broadway in 2005, reprises the role in the West End. It's the first London stage appearance by the Oscar-winning actress since "Long Day's Journey Into Night, " in 1997. Also in the cast of the classic Tennessee Williams drama about a St. Louis family dominated by its wounded and wounding matriarch are Ed Stoppard (son of the playwright Tom Stoppard ) as Amanda's son, Tom , and Amanda Hale , as her daughter, Laura . This is Lange's second essaying of a Williams heroine, after her celebrated Blanche DuBois in "A Streetcar Named Desire " both on Broadway and in the West End more than a decade ago.
Shaftesbury Avenue , 011-44-870-890-1101, apollo-theatre.co.uk.
' Jasper Johns: An Allegory of Painting, 1955-1965 '
National Gallery of Art WASHINGTON Through April 29 Jasper Johns emerged on the art scene at a crucial juncture: Abstract Expressionism had reached, or was just past, its peak, and Pop was about to emerge. His work would strongly influence not just Pop but minimalist, process, conceptual, and performance art. The National Gallery has assembled some 80 works from his first decade on the scene, focusing on a quartet of motifs: the target, the mechanical device, the naming of colors, and the imprint of the body.
Constitution Avenue between Third and Ninth streets , NW, 202-737-4215 , nga.gov.
' Howard Hodgkin: Paintings 1992-2007 '
Yale Center for British Art NEW HAVEN Through April 1 This exhibition of work from the past decade and a half by one of Britain's leading painters features nearly 50 canvases. Following last year's career-long retrospective at London's Tate Britain , "Howard Hodgkin: Paintings 1992-2007" gives American museumgoers a chance to look at recent developments in the work of this gifted colorist and master of bravura brushwork.
1080 Chapel Street, 203-432-2800 , ycba. yale.edu.
' Egypt's Sunken Treasures '
Grand Palais PARIS Through March 16 Five hundred objects found in underwater excavations are on display in this exhibition that traces Egyptian history from the last pharaohs through the Hellenic and Roman eras up to the arrival of Islam. Artifacts in the show include sculptures, tablets, and everyday items. They were recovered from two lost cities found off the Egyptian coast six years ago.
Avenue Winston Churchill , 011-33-892-701-892 , tresors-engloutis-degypte.fr.
' The Modern West: American Landscapes, 1890-1950 '
Los Angeles County Museum of Art LOS ANGELES March 4-June 3 Pure, stripped-down, overwhelming: a landscape that could have been designed by a Modernist . That affinity is explored in this exhibition, the first major examination of the visual role played by the West in the emergence of Modernism as an artistic movement in the United States. The show includes some 110 paintings, watercolors, and photographs by such figures as Frederic Remington , Georgia O'Keeffe , Edward Weston , Thomas Hart Benton , Ansel Adams, and Jackson Pollock .
5905 Wilshire Blvd. , 323-857-6000, lacma.org.
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