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BalletX presents Fall Series 2017 with Nicolo Fonte's 'Beautiful Decay'
Dancing in the dying light
BalletX opens its second series this season with Nicolo Fonte's 'Beautiful Decay,' a meditation on time with multigenerational dancers. Camille Bacon-Smith reviews.
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Orbiter 3's world premiere of Sam Henderson's 'The Brownings'
Pass the laudanum
Sam Henderson's world premiere ‘The Brownings,' presented by playwriting collective Orbiter 3, flirts with heavy ideas, but too often takes the path of least resistance. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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Philadelphia Orchestra presents 'Runnicles Conducts Mozart'
From Gloucestershire to Venusburg
Donald Runnicles’s Philadelphia Orchestra program takes listeners on a musical trip around Europe. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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Kimmel Center presents Christopher Williams and Gregory Spears's 'Wolf-in-skins'
A wolf in man's clothing
The most original dance and music event of this season, the second installation of choreographer/librettist Christopher Williams’ six part dance/opera 'Wolf-in-Skins' is certainly more than human. Merilyn Jackson reviews.
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1812 Productions presents 'This is the Week That Is,' 2017 edition
Every day, an opportunity
The 12th annual 'This Is The Week That Is' finds 1812 Productions a year older and wiser, but just as funny. Mark Cofta reviews.
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Jonathan Olshefski's 'Quest: A Portrait of an American Family'
Outside the comfort zone
Philadelphia-area director Jonathan Olshefski's 'Quest: A Portrait of an American Family' offers an astonishing look at one family in North Philadelphia over the span of a decade. Rob Buscher reviews.
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Pierfrancesco Diliberto's (Pif) 'In Guerra per Amore' at Lightbox Film Center
Mussolini meets the mob
Pierfrancesco Diliberto's (Pif) 'In Guerra per Amore' offers a surprising look at an Allied alliance with the Sicilian mafia. Rob Buscher reviews.
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The trouble with film and television diversity initiatives
When hiring for diversity is the problem
Are media diversity initiatives harming artists of color instead of helping them? Rob Buscher considers.
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‘The Breadwinner,’ directed by Nora Twomey
Hiding in plain sight
In ‘The Breadwinner,’ animated characters come to life, telling a harrowing story of survival and imagination in Taliban-dominated Afghanistan. Gary Day reviews.
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Walnut Street Theatre presents Thomas Meehan and Charles Strouse's 'Annie'
Pluck and politics
In Walnut Street Theatre's 'Annie,' a spunky child overcomes adversity, finds a dog, becomes a millionaire, and even inspires hardened politicians to do the right thing. Naomi Orwin reviews.
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