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Grímur Hákonarson's 'Rams'

Hard as horns, soft as fleece

Rams draws you in with its vast, cold landscapes and hooks you with a simple story of two old hearts thawing out.

Ryan Dellaquila

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Artist Melissa Maddonni Haims uses strategically placed safety pins to wrap the edges of roofs. (All photos by Pamela J. Forsythe)

Wrapped Up: Yarnbombing at Morris Arboretum

Knitting nature a sweater

Photo essay: Fiber artist Melissa Maddonni Haims has covered 10 structures at Morris Arboretum with pieces hand-knitted and crocheted from 25,000 yards of yarn.

Pamela J. Forsythe

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Wilson (left), Belver: Intimate spaces.

‘Driving Miss Daisy’ in Ambler

The truth behind the fiction

Superb acting distinguishes this new production of Alfred Uhry’s Driving Miss Daisy, a classic but widely misunderstood allegory of the Civil Rights movement in America’s Deep South.
Steve Cohen

Steve Cohen

Articles 4 minute read
Rosalind and Orlando fall instantly, hilariously, beautifully in love: Filios and Blouch. (Photo by Mark Garvin)

'As You Like It' by Lantern Theater Company

A likeable As You Like It

Lantern aces the romance and comedy of As You Like It, and adds beautiful music as well.
Mark Cofta

Mark Cofta

Articles 3 minute read
A happy ending with an unexpected emotional wallop. (Photo by Gerry Goodstein)

Trevor Nunn directs Shakespeare's 'Pericles'

All overboard

Trevor Nunn’s Pericles gives a fresh hearing to one of Shakespeare’s most neglected texts.
Robert Zaller

Robert Zaller

Articles 5 minute read
A showbiz insider: Theresa Rebeck.

Theresa Rebeck's ‘I'm Glad About You’

The complicated pursuit of dreams

In I'm Glad about You, Theresa Rebeck isn't so glad about the TV and movie businesses, trashing Lalaland in an engaging new novel about dreamers challenged by harsh realities.
Mark Cofta

Mark Cofta

Articles 3 minute read

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At work in the Brill Building. (Original Broadway cast; photo by Joan Marcus, courtesy of the Kimmel Center)

'Beautiful: The Carole King Musical' at the Academy of Music

A legend set to music

Setting our lives to music makes the hard parts so much more palatable. Beautiful: The Carole King Musical makes us feel good about ourselves and the possibility of happiness with and without marriage, even if it’s just a modern day fairytale.
Naomi Orwin

Naomi Orwin

Articles 3 minute read
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Piffaro presents 'Mummers' Delight'

Songbirds and roasted birds

Piffaro looks at the more poetic side of the grand tradition of mummery.
Tom Purdom

Tom Purdom

Articles 2 minute read
Another brilliant detective with a not-so-bright foil: Yates and Kovcic. (Photo courtesy Hedgerow Theatre)

‘The Mysterious Affair at Styles’ at Hedgerow Theatre

Murder most formulaic

Hedgerow premieres a stage version of Agatha Christie's first novel, which introduced Hercule Poirot to the world.
Mark Cofta

Mark Cofta

Articles 3 minute read
Irresistibly evil: Pryor as Richard III. (Photo by Paola Nogueras)

'Richard III' at People's Light

Disorder in the court

Any production of Richard III stands or falls on its leading actor, and Pete Pryor is splendid in the role. He's at turns frightening and repulsive, and he taps into the currents of extremely dark humor that underlie the character.

Bill Murphy

Articles 2 minute read