The Phoenix

Wizards and masterpieces
Harry Potter at the Museum of Science, and another look at the Rose BY GREG COOK

Bill Maher's new rules to live by

Interview: David Cross
David Cross is not cross
Interview: Steve Martin, banjo extraordinaire
Just two wild and crazy guys
Interview: John Oliver
The British comic and Daily Show correspondent on Glenn Beck, gun nuts, and the National Health

Art of the Streets Dept.

Wizards and masterpieces
Harry Potter at the Museum of Science, and another look at the Rose
Harvard ‘ACT UP’ show gets rise from right-wingers
Tea Baggers Meet the Tea-Baggers Dept.
Casting spells
Tomb 10A at the MFA; ACT UP at Harvard

The erudition of Robert Palmer

Merce Cunningham in the Park Avenue Armory; Christopher Wheeldon at City Center

Definitions
Boston Ballet’s ‘World Passions’; Streb Brave at the ICA
Photos: Boston Ballet's World Passions
Photos from the Boston Ballet's "World Passions" at the Opera House
Both ears and the tail for this Carmen
Boston Ballet's 'World Passions'

Boston theater listings, November 6, 2009

Boston rat rampage
Thanks to the global economic collapse, which has stalled initiated construction projects, Boston’s rat population is surging

Difference of opinion
Peter Canellos reinvents Globe ’s editorial page. Plus, Tom Menino’s campaign gets late-breaking help from the Banner and Herald .

Interview: Ray Davies
On singing in the choir, his American experience, and who’ll play Dave

Boston rat rampage
Thanks to the global economic collapse, which has stalled initiated construction projects, Boston’s rat population is surging

Interview: Ray Davies
On singing in the choir, his American experience, and who’ll play Dave

Difference of opinion
Peter Canellos reinvents Globe ’s editorial page. Plus, Tom Menino’s campaign gets late-breaking help from the Banner and Herald .

CURRENT PROMOTIONS