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The Philadelphia Design Center opens in West Philadelphia
Affordable working space for theater professionals
The new Philadelphia Design Center offers a coworking space that gives theatrical designers both space and access to high-tech design aids.
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'An Octoroon' at the Wilma (first review)
Looking in a funny mirror
The Wilma's production of An Octoroon gives us an often funny and theatrical, yet also brutally honest, look at race in America.
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An artist considers the nature of color
The mysterious intimacy of color
When taking a color-blindness test at the eye doctor's, I give the expected answer of “red,” but can’t help but wonder what conceptual rule I am following in my agreement.
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Dave Barry’s 'Live Right and Find Happiness'
High silliness
The temptation is to simply fill up my review of Dave Barry's new book with quotations, but I won’t, even though he is perhaps the only living writer who can make me laugh so hard I weep.
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Isabel Leonard and Sharon Isbin in recital
A program of neglected gems
Sharon Isbin is the most esteemed classical guitarist in the world and Isabel Leonard is one of opera’s upcoming stars. They met as equals in an event presented by the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society.
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'The Royale' and 'The Effect' in New York
Strong statements on small stages
This spring, while Broadway fills its tank with high-octane musicals and star-driven revivals, provocative new plays like The Royale and The Effect are replenishing the smaller stages.
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Tony Lo Bianco in 'The Little Flower' at the Prince
A politician of the past with a message for the present
We are living through a season of political complaint. Fiorello La Guardia, in Tony Lo Bianco's one-man show, The Little Flower, is more than relevant; he is today's news.
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Bach@7 presents three pieces by Phillip Moore
The complexities of serenity
Bach at Seven places three modern pieces in dialogue with three pieces by Bach and demonstrates two great truths about music.
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Shaw's 'Saint Joan' by Quintessence Theatre
The saint we need, but don't want
Quintessence Theatre Group's revival of George Bernard Shaw's Saint Joan shows how contemporary a classic can, and should, be.
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‘Peter and the Starcatcher’ at Walnut Street Theatre
A golden grotto of star stuff, and other gender issues
A rollicking good comedy about pirates and crocodiles and star stuff has me laughing while asking questions about gender parity, trans issues, and child abuse. Why can’t I just enjoy the show and forget about all that other stuff?
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