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Mary Tuomanen as Puck with Lindsay Smiling as Oberon. (Photo by Mark Garvin)

Arden Theatre Company presents 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'

Love, magic, and memories

The Arden Theatre Company's production of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' might not seem new, but it's still great. Mark Cofta reviews.
Mark Cofta

Mark Cofta

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Principal dancer Sterling Baca follows in the slippers of his shirtless predecessors. (Photo by Alexander Iziliaev)

Pennsylvania Ballet presents Angel Corella's 'Le Corsaire'

Dancing boys and slave girls

Pennsylvania Ballet's Angel Corella tries his hand at Marius Petipa's 'Le Corsaire,' with mixed results. Camille Bacon-Smith reviews.
Camille Bacon-Smith

Camille Bacon-Smith

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One of the exhibition's more brightly accented Phulkari textiles. (Photo courtesy of the Philadelphia Museum of Art)

Philadelphia Museum of Art's 'Phulkari: The Embroidered Textiles of Punjab'

A Common Thread

The Philadelphia Museum of Art's Phulkari: The Embroidered Textiles of Punjab, visits a time when religious differences yielded cultural enrichment. Stacia Friedman reviews.
Stacia Friedman

Stacia Friedman

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A visitor views Elia Alba's 'Busts' and Maquitta Ahuja's 'Hocus Pocus.' (Photo courtesy of Asian Arts Initiative)

Asian Arts Initiative presents 'Loving Blackness'

The skin you're in

Asian Arts Initiative's new exhibition, 'Loving Blackness,' examines black identity through painting, photography, sculpture, and other media. Jarreau Freeman reviews.
Jarreau Freeman

Jarreau Freeman

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Sejoon Park and his instrument. (Photo by Vanessa Briceño)

Astral Artists presents pianist Sejoon Park

Playing favorites

Pianist Sejoon Park devotes an Astral Artists recital to pieces he picked because he happens to like them. Tom Purdom reviews.
Tom Purdom

Tom Purdom

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A couple of young Music Theatre Philly students get into character. (Photo courtesy of Music Theatre Philly)

REP Radio podcast with Music Theatre Philly's Mindy Dougherty

No business like show business

Music Theatre Philly hopes to train the next generation of Philadelphia's musical theater artists. REP Radio's Darnelle Radford speaks with its founder, Mindy Dougherty.
Darnelle Radford

Darnelle Radford

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Elizabeth Heflin as Mrs. Kendal and Michael Gotch as John Merrick. (Photo by Paul Cerro)

University of Delaware's REP presents Bernard Pomerance's 'The Elephant Man'

The relevant man

Bernard Pomerance’s 1979 Tony-Award-winning 'The Elephant Man,' revived by the University of Delaware's Resident Ensemble Players, proves relevant today (and probably always). Mark Cofta reviews.
Mark Cofta

Mark Cofta

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'It was Time,' 1997, by Jerry Pinkney. (Image courtesy of the artist)

Woodmere Art Museum presents 'The Storybook Magic of Jerry Pinkney'

Thinking in pictures

The Woodmere Art Museum's exhibition of Jerry Pinkney's watercolor illustrations makes a great companion to the Philadelphia Museum of Art's new watercolor show. Pamela Forsythe reviews.

Pamela J. Forsythe

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Gustave Doré's 1862 woodcut 'Barbe Bleu,' or 'Bluebeard.' (Image via Creative Commons/Wikimedia)

Philadelphia Orchestra presents 'Bluebeard's Castle' and 'Swan Lake'

Operatic thrills

Yannick Nezet-Seguin and the Philadelphia Orchestra perform Béla Bartók’s exotic 'Bluebeard’s Castle' with Metropolitan Opera stars. Steve Cohen reviews.
Steve Cohen

Steve Cohen

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'A Piece of the World' author Christina Baker Kline. (Photo by Karin Diana)

Christina Baker Kline's 'A Piece of the World'

A new view

'A Piece of the World' brings to life the enigmatic psychological landscape of the title character of Andrew Wyeth’s famous painting, 'Christina’s World.' Courtenay Harris Bond reviews.
Courtenay Harris Bond

Courtenay Harris Bond

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