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Guillermo del Toro's 'The Shape of Water'
The sound of science
Guillermo del Toro's 'The Shape of Water' marks another well-earned success for the film auteur. So why didn't he use his position to hire an actor who better suits a key role? Rob Buscher considers.
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![L to R: Anita Holland, Stephanie N. Walters, Daniel Kim, and Richard Chan confront family history. (Photo by Stephanie Price.)](https://img.broadstreetreview.com/content/uploads/TigerStyle_BSRtheater_012918.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=169&q=80&w=300&s=a1c2e36b525e7978b841cded04f0d1e7)
Philadelphia Asian Performing Artists presents Mike Lew's 'Tiger Style!'
This cat doesn't scratch the surface
Philadelphia Asian Performing Artists premieres with Mike Lew's 'Tiger Style!' — a comedy that doesn't earn its exclamation point. Mark Cofta reviews.
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![Eleanor Handley's photographer, Sarah Goodwin, loses herself at home. (Photo by Mark Garvin.)](https://img.broadstreetreview.com/content/uploads/TimeStandsStill_BSRtheater_012918.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=169&q=80&w=300&s=03534ec7838408a29f1446c889708f3b)
Bristol Riverside Theater presents Donald Margulies's 'Time Stands Still'
Through a lens, darkly
Bristol Riverside Theatre chronicles the war at home in Donald Margulies’s ‘Time Stands Still.' Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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![L to R: Lexie Braverman, Brett Robinson, Bi Jean Ngo, Maggie Johnson, and Emily Lynn tussle in the Men's Education Peer Group. (Photo courtesy of Interact Theatre Company.)](https://img.broadstreetreview.com/content/uploads/SensitiveGuys_BSRtheater_012918.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=169&q=80&w=300&s=22f13a58ebaa886d70064993fd0d0306)
Interact Theatre Company presents MJ Kaufman's 'Sensitive Guys'
Oversensitive, underdeveloped
InterAct Theatre Company's premiere of MJ Kaufman's 'Sensitive Guys' lacks theatrical sensitivity. Mark Cofta reviews.
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![Piano soloist Bronfman brought out the best in the Philadelphians. (Photo by Dario Acosta.)](https://img.broadstreetreview.com/content/uploads/YefimBronfman_BSRmusic_012818.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=169&q=80&w=300&s=0e97b00b6ffb04e2527b54dc7bdbfe26)
Philadelphia Orchestra's 'British Isles Festival, Week Three: Haydn and Beethoven' (second review)
Bronfman's brilliant Beethoven
The Philadelphia Orchestra presented a program of Haydn, Wagner, and Beethoven in which even the disappointments were exciting. Linda Holt reviews.
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![Fabio Luisi: The right conductor for the job. (Photo by Barbara Luisi.)](https://img.broadstreetreview.com/content/uploads/FabioLuisi_BSRmusic_012818.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=169&q=80&w=300&s=4081f61c93cfcb649ffce51038229d33)
Philadelphia Orchestra's 'British Isles Festival, Week Three: Haydn and Beethoven' (first review)
Fabulous Fabio
The final week of the Philadelphia Orchestra’s British Isles Festival showed why Fabio Luisi is its most valuable guest conductor. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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FringeArts presents Theatre SKAM's 'Fashion Machine'
Runway project
Theatre SKAM’s 'Fashion Machine.' at FringeArts, finds its deconstructionist child charges ripping apart your outfit — literally and figuratively — and putting it back together again, fabulously. A.D. Amorosi reviews.
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Walnut Street Theatre presents Stephen Karam's 'The Humans'
A little too human
Walnut Street Theatre’s production of Stephen Karam's ‘The Humans’ gets clogged up in kitchen-sink realism. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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Resident Ensemble Players present Frederick Knott's 'Dial M for Murder'
Dial down the design
'Dial M for Murder' receives a handsome revival by Wilmington, Delaware's Resident Ensemble Players, but sometimes less design is more. Mark Cofta reviews.
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Academy of Vocal Arts presents Richard Wagner's 'Das Rheingold'
AVA strikes gold
The Academy of Vocal Arts presents an intimate and compelling performance of Wagner’s ‘Das Rheingold.' Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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