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The Paris Festival is missing a certain je ne sais quois. (Photo via Creative Commons/Flickr)

Week One of the Philadelphia Orchestra's Paris Festival

Ou sont les Parisiens?
Week one of the Philadelphia Orchestra's Paris Festival brought composers from far beyond the city's limits. Was it too far-flung? Steve Cohen reviews.
Steve Cohen

Steve Cohen

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That manly railroad-building energy in action. (Photo by Jim Mneymneh)

Cirque Éloize presents 'Saloon – A Musical Acrobatic Adventure'

Head over heels with the Wild West
Montreal’s Cirque Éloize brings its newest and wildest project, 'Saloon – A Musical Acrobatic Adventure,' to Philadelphia. Alix Rosenfeld reviews.
Alix Rosenfeld

Alix Rosenfeld

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Mr. Franklin doesn't like what you've done with the place (your republic, that is; his museum is pretty nice). (Image by Karen Molinar via Creative Commons/Wikimedia)

Looking to the Benjamin Franklin Museum for answers

WWBFD?
When Pamela Forsythe wondered what Benjamin Franklin might think of these uncertain times, she visited the Benjamin Franklin Museum and found quite a few clues.

Pamela J. Forsythe

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Fran Prisco and Karen Peakes warming up. (Photo by Mark Garvin)

Walnut Street Theatre presents Neil Simon's 'Last of the Red Hot Lovers'

More tepid than red hot
The Walnut Street Theatre's revival of Neil Simon's 'Last of the Red Hot Lovers' shows why you may never have seen this play before. Mark Cofta reviews.
Mark Cofta

Mark Cofta

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Jenna Kuerzi and Andrew Clotworthy nosing around. (Photo by Dave Sarrafian)

EgoPo Classic Theater presents 'The Nose'

An in-your-face Gogol adaptation
An attack on Russian governmental bureaucracy is the disguised EgoPo Classic Theater's surreal new adaptation of Gogol’s 'The Nose.' Steve Cohen reviews.
Steve Cohen

Steve Cohen

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L to r: Rossy de Palma as Marian and Adriana Ugarte as Earlier Julieta. (Photo by Manolo Pavón, courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics)

Pedro Almodóvar's 'Julieta'

Almodóvar gets serious
Pedro Almodóvar's latest film, 'Julieta,' marks a new, more somber phase in the auteur's career, but not everyone is happy about that change. Concha Alborg reviews.
Concha Alborg

Concha Alborg

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There's more to Janet Leigh's 'Psycho' character than that scream. (Image by Alvaro Tapia via Creative Commons/Flickr)

Reconsidering Janet Leigh in Alfred Hitchcock's 'Psycho'

'Psycho's' better half
Norman Bates is not the best part of Hitchcock classic 'Psycho.' Watch Janet Leigh instead for the better parts of the story. Michael Woods considers.

Michael Woods

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L to r: Demarre McGill, Anthony McGill, and Michael McHale. (Photo courtesy of Philadelphia Chamber Music Society)

Philadelphia Chamber Music Society with the McGill brothers and Michael McHale

The three "Mc's"
The Philadelphia Chamber Music Society presents a couple of wind-playing brothers from the Windy City and a pianist from Belfast. Tom Purdom reviews.
Tom Purdom

Tom Purdom

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Former Pennsylvania Ballet principal dancer Sara Murawski with soloist James Ihde in last month's production of 'The Nutcracker.' (Photo by Alexander Iziliaev)

The Pennsylvania Ballet comes up short

Size matters
When Pennsylvania Ballet principal dancer Sara Murawski's contract wasn't renewed, rumors swirled that she was let go because she was too tall. Camille Bacon-Smith considers the implications.
Camille Bacon-Smith

Camille Bacon-Smith

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Jane Glover proves a woman's place is at the podium. (Photo by John Batten)

The Philadelphia Orchestra with guest conductor Jane Glover

Mozart, from start to finish
Jane Glover guest conducted an all-Mozart program with the Philadelphia Orchestra, while Daniel Matsukawa, the company’s principal bassoonist, revealed hidden beauties in his instrument. Linda Holt reviews.
Linda Holt

Linda Holt

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