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Erika LaVonn, Paul DeBoy, DeLance Minefee, and members of the local community choir. (Photo by Alexander Iziliaev)

Lucas Hnath's 'The Christians' at the Wilma Theater

The power and the passion

Playwright Lucas Hnath’s 'The Christians' is unlike any play you’ve seen before. There’s a lot of talk about God, but whatever you expect, it’s not what you expect.
Mark Cofta

Mark Cofta

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Members of Dolce Suono Ensemble, ready for their voyage. (Photo courtesy of Dolce Suono Ensemble)

Dolce Suono Ensemble's 'The Americas Project' at Curtis Institute of Music

A musical journey through the Americas

The Dolce Suono Ensemble's 'The Americas Project' takes a musical trip through North, Central and South America, jet setting around the material with panache.
Victor L. Schermer

Victor L. Schermer

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The harmony of the spheres. (Photo courtesy or Piffaro)

Piffaro's Harmony of the Spheres: Music of the heavenly bodies by Renaissance composers

Harmonizing with the planets

Piffaro demonstrates that an outmoded theory can still produce magical art.
Tom Purdom

Tom Purdom

Articles 4 minute read
Adele aus der Ohe. (Photo courtesy of the Muller Collection in The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts)

An update on Tchaikovsky's 1891 visit to Philadelphia

It was 125 years ago today

David M. Perkins revisits Tchaikovsky, 125 years to the day that he first arrived in Philadelphia.
David M. Perkins

David M. Perkins

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Sex detention with Jenn Kidwell and Scott Sheppard. (Photo courtesy of Lightning Rod Special)

Lightning Rod Special's reworked 'Underground Railroad Game' at FringeArts

We need to talk: A call to action

There's a distance between the ways we behave in public and in private; when it comes to talking about race, that distance grows. Underground Railroad Game tries to bridge the gap and has fun doing it.
Trish McFadden

Trish McFadden

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Opus Cactus' Sonoran snake. (Photo courtesy of Momix)

Momix presents 'Opus Cactus' at the Prince Theater

A desert feast of form and fantasy

Momix brings back Opus Cactus, a piece from 2001, and makes the desert bloom.
Gregory King

Gregory King

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Alas, poor Yorick. (Photo by Joe del Tufo, Moonloop Photography)

OperaDelaware's rediscovered 'Hamlet' ('Amleto')

A long-lost Hamlet (Amleto) debuts in Delaware

Arrigo Boito was the musician and playwright famed for turning Shakespeare plays into operas, such as Otello and Falstaff, where he collaborated with Verdi. Now another of his Shakespeare adaptations has been rediscovered after being lost for a century and a half.
Steve Cohen

Steve Cohen

Articles 4 minute read

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Left to right: Amir Randall, Angel Brice, and Donna Cherry. (Photo by Ethimofoto.net)

New Freedom Theatre's 'The Ballad of Trayvon Martin'

A passionate cry of grief and frustration

New Freedom Theatre's world premiere The Ballad of Trayvon Martin reveals the powerful emotions generated by his murder and other crimes against black Americans.
Mark Cofta

Mark Cofta

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The ensemble gets down at Daphne's Dive. (Photo by Joan Marcus)

Quiara Alegría Hudes's 'Daphne's Dive' at Signature Theatre

Empathy, Philly style

Philadelphia-born Quiara Alegría Hudes sets her newest play in a North Philly bar, against a backdrop of family and civic unrest.

Carol Rocamora

Articles 4 minute read
Violin soloist Lana Trotovsek. (Photo courtesy of the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia)

Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia ends its 2015-2016 season

Three stunning premieres, two classics, one fine soloist

Three premieres by living composers, Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto with soloist Lana Trotovsek, and Mozart’s Haffner Symphony conclude the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia's season. Modern works were enthusiastically received, and Trotovsek brought out the beauty in the familiar Mendelssohn concerto.
Linda Holt

Linda Holt

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