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Sally Hawkins (with Octavia Spencer in rear) practices sign language. But is it enough? (Photo by Kerry Hayes via IMDB.com.)

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.
Rob Buscher

Rob Buscher

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L to R: Anita Holland, Stephanie N. Walters, Daniel Kim, and Richard Chan confront family history. (Photo by Stephanie Price.)

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.
Mark Cofta

Mark Cofta

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Eleanor Handley's photographer, Sarah Goodwin, loses herself at home. (Photo by Mark Garvin.)

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.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

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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.)

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.
Mark Cofta

Mark Cofta

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Piano soloist Bronfman brought out the best in the Philadelphians. (Photo by Dario Acosta.)

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.
Linda Holt

Linda Holt

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Fabio Luisi: The right conductor for the job. (Photo by Barbara Luisi.)

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.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

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The 'Fashion Machine' runs on pure, youthful energy. (Photo by B.A. Kessler.)

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.
A.D. Amorosi

A.D. Amorosi

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'The Humans': Kitchen sink included. (Photo by Mark Garvin.)

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.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

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Mic Matarrese's Captain Lesgate watches over Elizabeth Heflin's helpless, flighty Margo Wendice. (Photo by N. Howatt.)

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.
Mark Cofta

Mark Cofta

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Hannah Ludwig's Fricka and Ben Wager's Wotan bicker like any married couple. (Photo by Paul Sirochman.)

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.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

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