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Enid Alvarez/New York Daily News The “Microtonal Wall” at the Museum of Modern Art’s “Soundings.” It doesn’t have a catchy melody and you can’t dance to it. But MoMA’s innovative new exhibit “Soundings: A Contemporary Score” explores what we hear in a way no song or concert could. It’s the museum’s first-ever sound-based show, with pieces that examine auditory aspects ...

Let’s just say it: The mating-game musical “First Date” isn’t first-rate. Third-tier is more like it. Or below-deck, since this singing catalogue of cliches by a team of Broadway rookies would fit better on a cruise ship than the Great White Way. The show follows financial analyst Aaron (Zachary Levi of “Chuck”) during his New York rendezvous with gallery girl ...

Mara Wilson, who starred in the movie ‘Matilda,’ wrote the Fringe Festival’s ‘Sheeple.’ It’s back! The New York International Fringe Festival returns for season 17 today and runs through Aug. 25. As always, the sampler of some 200 plays, musicals and more offers a broad array of entertainment — and at $ 15 a pop, a cheap night out. How ...

Over the last five years, the folkloric music of Colombia has seemed to take the world music scene of the city by storm — a storm coming mostly from its Caribbean coast, that is. Over the last five years, the folkloric music of Colombia has seemed to take the world music scene of the city by storm — a storm ...

beyonce via Instagram According to her Instagram, Beyonce biked to her latest show at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. Beyonce is as New York as they come. The health-conscious, Houston-born diva traveled to Brooklyn’s Barclays Center in true Big Apple -tyle by biking across the Brooklyn Bridge on Monday, and she posted an Instagram photo to prove it. Kevin Mazur/WireImage for ...

Two married gay men clash over raising a baby in “Harbor,” a comedy about parenthood that couldn’t be timelier. Or Time-lier, since the magazine’s latest cover story is about how having it all can mean not having children. Chad Beguelin (“Elf,” “The Wedding Singer”), in his first nonmusical, has written a play that’s highly topical. It is equally contrived and ...

Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images Duke played with the likes of Frank Zappa, Michael Jackson, George Clinton, Anita Baker and Regina Belle. George Duke, the master keyboardist who bridged jazz, R&B, funk, and Brazilian music, died Monday at St John’s Hospital in Los Angeles. He was 67. He was being treated for chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Duke’s passing comes just over a year ...

Ken Goldfield/(Ken Goldfield for Ny Daily News MTV announced Monday that Kanye West will perform ‘Black Skinhead’ at the VMAs on August 25 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. Kanye West will perform at the MTV Video Music Awards this month. MTV announced Monday that the rapper will perform his single “Black Skinhead” at the Aug. 25 awards show. ...

Noah Santos via Facebook Kelly Rowland and tugboat captain Naoh Santos a day after the singer’s ordeal. She may be an Independent Woman, but Kelly Rowland turned to prayer when the boat she was on got lost at sea last month. The “X-Factor” judge addressed the 12-hour ordeal she and a half-dozen companions faced when their charter boat captain became ...

Susie Gilbert David Gilbert presents a tale told by an unreliable narrator in “& Sons.” The novel “& Sons” tells the story of an aging literary lion — one who gained status as a legend in an era when white males were the big game in publishing — and the other men in the family who don’t matter as much. ...