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Philadelphia Artists' Collective's 'All's Well That Ends Well'
It doesn't end well
Philadelphia Artists' Collective mission is to resurrect rarely performed classics, but is Shakespeare's 'All's Well That Ends Well' better off forgotten? Chris Braak reviews.
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REP Radio podcast with White Pines Productions artistic director Ben Lloyd
A theater company grows in Elkins Park
On this week's BSR/REP Radio podcast, Darnelle Radford speaks with White Pines Productions's Benjamin Lloyd about the company's move from the Elkins Estate to its new home in Elkins Park, their new programs, and an artist's responsibility to his community.
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Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia's 'Rossini, Gounod, and Stories for Piano and Orchestra'
Two new works, one success
The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia marries the old with the new, with less than complete success. Tom Purdom reviews.
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Pauline Oliveros: A remembrance
Learning to listen
Experimental music pioneer Pauline Oliveros died on Thanksgiving morning. Her Relâche Ensemble collaborator and friend Joseph Franklin remembers the woman and her work.
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The Philadelphia Orchestra with Yefim Bronfman (second review)
Russian resurrections
Robert Zaller dives into the intriguing stories behind Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 2 and Shostakovich's Symphony No. 4, both performed this week by the Philadelphia Orchestra.
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Rittenhouse Soundworks's first annual Philadelphia Rhythm Festival
Philly's got rhythm
Rittenhouse Soundworks's first annual Philadelphia Rhythm Festival went off with a bang, some tapping, body percussion, drumming, and more. Stacia Friedman reviews.
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Curio Theatre Company presents Rachel Gluck's world premiere 'Antagonyms'
Conflicts and conundrums
In Rachel Gluck's new play 'Antagonyms' at Curio Theatre Company, an uneven noir approach obscures a promising new script. Mark Cofta reviews.
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Michael McQuilken's Jib: Or, the Child Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was
Welcome to the rock show
'Jib,' a "world premiere live film and rock play," gets some help from the Dresden Dolls's Amanda Palmer and opens in Philly. Melissa Dunphy reviews.
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The Philadelphia Orchestra with Yefim Bronfman (first review)
Powerful insights of Soviet-era composers
Two astonishing Soviet-era compositions by Prokofiev and Shostakovich bring out the best in pianist Yafim Bronfman and Yannick Nézet-Séguin. Linda Holt reviews.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson's 'An Astrophysicist Goes to the Movies'
Close encounters of the critical kind
Neil deGrasse Tyson hates scientific inaccuracies in film, so he put together a two-and-a-half hour PowerPoint presentation on the subject and took it on tour. Angela Harmon reviews.
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