Few students have used vouchers to leave Elm Creative Arts School, a racially mixed magnet school where a lively gallery of student art is crammed with soft-sculpture penguins, hanging trapeze sculptures, three-dimensional stage models, painted wooden snakes and cat-shaped pillows.

This year's judge is Allan Stone, who has run a lively gallery in Manhattan since 1960.

With a winning, ear-catching pop score by David Yazbek and a lively gallery of performers, "The Full Monty" is that rare aggressive crowd-pleaser that you don't have to apologize for liking.

It ain't a pretty picture, but its Goth-anarchist messiness looks right at home in one of Chelsea's liveliest galleries (Cotter).

With a winning, ear-catching pop score by David Yazbek and a lively gallery of performers who seem truly in love with the people they're playing, "The Full Monty" is that rare aggressive crowd-pleaser that you don't have to apologize for liking.