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'Delaware Symphony Classics' featuring André Previn
Striking a classic balance
Delaware Symphony Orchestra sparks the season with André Previn and Mahler. Gail Obenreder reviews.
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Philadelphia Theatre Company presents Bruce Graham's 'Rizzo'
Frank Rizzo, complex guy
Philadelphia Theatre Company's reprise of Theatre Exile's 'Rizzo,' by Bruce Graham, presents both sides of the man and his myth. Toby Zinman reviews.
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Opera Philadelphia's presents 'Breaking the Waves' (second review)
Of vice and men
Chris Braak believes Opera Philadelphia's adaptation of Lars von Trier's 'Breaking the Waves' hits all the right production notes, but all the wrong cultural ones.
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The Mütter Museum presents David Orr's 'Perfect Vessels'
Measuring perfection among the imperfect
The Mütter Museum's new exhibition, 'Perfect Vessels,' leads Treacy Ziegler to wonder about the relationship between art and science.
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Dolce Suono Ensemble Goes to the Opera
Sweet sounds, sweet life
Mimi Stillman’s Dolce Suono Ensemble presents a well-blended, well-proportioned afternoon at the opera and a balm for our rattled souls.
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Philly Fringe review 2016: Third World Bunfight's 'Macbeth' (second review)
This 'Macbeth' will haunt you
Trish McFadden enjoyed Third World Bunfight's 'Macbeth,' but she wonders whether or not that was the right thing to do.
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Philly Fringe review 2016: Third World Bunfight's 'Macbeth' (first review)
A classic made contemporary
Even though he's a traditionalist, Brett Bailey's version of Verdi's 'Macbeth,' set in Africa, suits Steve Cohen just fine.
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With the Philadelphia Orchestra, Yuja Wang channels Chopin
So young, and so wise
Why are “child prodigies” found only in music and nowhere else? Dan Rottenberg considers the case of Yuja Wang.
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Woodmere Art Museum's A Million Faces: The Photography of John W. Mosley
Viewing the past with an eye toward the future
John W. Mosley’s photographs of African-American Philadelphia in the 1950s and '60s provide a visual narrative of where we've been and still need to go. Stacia Friedman reviews.
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Three more things I learned from Bach
That old Bach magic
Kile Smith says Bach's "Brandenburg" Concertos are the best music in the world. Here, he explains how he reached that conclusion.
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