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The Miró Quartet performs with Ricardo Morales
Perfection, twice
Ricardo Morales joined the Miró Quartet for a superb evening of music-making, concluding with Mozart’s great Clarinet Quintet.
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Harlan Coben’s ‘The Stranger’
Dirty big secrets
In his latest thriller, Harlan Coben builds a taut meditation on privilege, control, and facades. All three concepts revolve around the notion that, even if you feel safe, human things fall apart.
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August Wilson's 'Two Trains Running' at the Arden (second review)
The black experience then and now
Two Trains Running addresses the problem of racial, if not gender, diversity in the theater. It’s interesting to note the ways in which the discussions the characters were having in 1969 are still relevant today.
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August Wilson's 'Two Trains Running' at the Arden (first review)
The many meanings of 'race'
Two Trains Running presents no simple description or prescription about the challenges of being a black man at a pivotal time in history. Set in the diner of one Memphis Lee, Wilson’s play presents six men whose varied experiences give us a full look at the times.
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Piffaro brings back the music of Golden Age Spain
Don Quixote finds a voice
Piffaro is in the midst of preparing a major project, The Musical World of Don Quixote, which will give us a chance to experience what’s been in Don Quixote’s shadow all these years. The event will include concerts, exhibitions around the city, and a symposium at Penn.
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The 25th anniversary of Koresh Dance Company
Different, yet still the same
Koresh is a beast as a choreographer who has put together a stunning company of versatile thoroughbreds. I was thrilled to watch the dancers perform Koresh’s virtuosic choreography, while wondering, “Where have I seen this before?”
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Agatha Christie's 'The Mousetrap' at the McCarter
Agatha Christie: Still relevant
McCarter's revival of The Mousetrap shows the play is not only groundbreaking, but still timely and entertaining.
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AVA's resident artists present 'Jubilate!'
The AVA does it again
The Academy of Vocal Arts once again presents a concert of sacred music that succeeds almost to the very end.
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Jill Leovy's 'Ghettoside'
The killing fields
From Bryant Tennellle’s murder through the trial of his accused killers, Ghettoside unwinds as a superior police procedural. The author's recommendations for solving the epidemic of black-on-black murder, however, are questionable.
Strauss's 'Capriccio' by Curtis Opera Theatre and Opera Philly
Words or music?
Which are more important, words or music? Richard Strauss debated the question — one that this critic faces regularly — in Capriccio, the final opera of his long life.
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