As part of its investigation into the collapse of a 15th-century statue of Adam on Sunday, the Metropolitan Museum has temporarily removed five other Renaissance statues that were nearby in the gallery. By Celestine Bohlen. [New York Times: Arts]

Met's 'Adam' Shatters as Pedestal Collapses. A 15th-century marble statue of Adam by the Venetian sculptor Tullio Lombardo crashed to the ground at the Metropolitan Museum of Art sometime Sunday evening. By Celestine Bohlen. [New York Times: Arts]

Knish Fulfillment: Culture of Los Angeles Delis. Are Jewish-style delicatessens in Los Angeles as good as or better than those in New York? That was among the hottest topics at the festival of Yiddish culture in Los Angeles. By Bernard Weinraub. [New York Times: Arts]

Sleepless and Wordless, He Leaves 'Em Speechless. In this nonstop short day's journey into nightmare, James Thiérrée turns a sleepless night into a masterly display of usually wordless comedy and circus arts.

With Charlie Chaplin as his grandfather and Eugene O'Neill as his great-grandfather, it seems only natural that James Thièrrèe should be pulled hither and yon by the forces of light and darkness.

Happily for audiences fortunate enough to make their way to the New Victory Theater before Sunday, the comic side of Mr. Thiérrée's pedigree prevails, even if a bit of Freud, Kafka, Dada and MoMA pop up now and again. The result is "The Junebug Symphony," a delightful and fanciful 80-minute intermissionless excursion into physical theater intended for audiences 8 and older.

By Lawrence Van Gelder. [New York Times: Arts]