PRESSED FOR TIME
Something old (sorry, Tom Tom Club), someone new, people blown and Teutonic brews. Also, a bunch of nerds descending upon Radio City, making the only thing more exciting than the event there watching people stream into the event there. Yay for this week.
João Pedro Rodrigues.
The Next Director: João Pedro Rodrigues Oct. 8, BAM, 30 Lafayette Ave. (at Ashland Pl.), Brooklyn, 718-636-4100; 4 & 7, $12. Rodriguess new film To Die Like A Man promises the big three: transsexuals, musical numbers and Catholicism. Fresh from the New York Film Festival and Cannes, catch a Q&A with Portugals newest auteur after the late showing. Bottom Line: Brush off your glasses and read yourself a foreign film. It might do your brain some good.
The Deep Throat Sex Scandal
Opens Oct. 10, 45 Bleecker Street Theatre, 45 Bleecker St. (betw. Mulberry & Mott Sts.), 212-260-8250; $25 and up. Youve seen the movie, youve asked for the technique, now find out how the whole craze began with The Deep Throat Sex Scandal, a new play that reveals how a hairdresser from the Bronx changed the face of oral sex forever. Bottom Line: Go because youre a disgusting pervert, stay because the show sounds promising. Or vice versa, really.
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Oct. 8 & 9, Radio City Musical Hall, 1260 6th Ave. (betw. W. 50th & W. 51st Sts.), 212-307-7171; 7:30, $59 and up. Take your inner nerd out on the town with this screening of the second installment of the LOTR series, presented with a live orchestral soundtrack by the 21st Century Orchestra and award-winning Brooklyn Youth Chorus. Bottom Line: Costumes encouraged; Rocky Horror-style shout-backs not so much.
Oktoberfest Oct. 9, Colonels Row on Governors Island; noon, Free. October means plenty of German cuisine and lederhosen-clad Americans getting absolutely sloshed on Bavarian brews. Today at Governors Island, live bands and DJs will provide the soundtrack to your drinking experience, so ditch the kiddies in the Root Beer Garden and enjoy some Oettinger. Bottom Line: Board the free ferry to beer island and live a boozy fairytale life for a day. Its better than the hours-long wait at Zum Schneider.
Tom Tom Club Oct. 14, Santos Party House, 100 Lafayette St. (betw. Walker & White Sts.), 212-584- 5492; 7, $25. This glorious band, comprised of Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz from Talking Heads, stops by Santos Party House as part of its Genius of Live tour. The band may have canceled several Midwest performance dates last month, but its not as if those cities actually matter. Bottom Line: Fun, nasty fun.