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'Stan Levey: Jazz Heavyweight' by Frank R. Hayde
Biography of a Philly-born jazz great
Frank R. Hayde’s Stan Levey: Jazz Heavyweight is a sometimes engaging and sometimes colorful account of Levey’s extraordinary career as a drummer, recording artist, studio musician, boxer, and photographer.
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Ruth Naomi Floyd at the Episcopal Cathedral
A unique and sonorous voice
Ruth Naomi Floyd sings with a great seriousness that made me quake a little in my seat
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The Philadelphia Orchestra performs Mahler's Eighth Symphony
Once in a century
The Philadelphia Orchestra brought back the work that made it famous, Mahler’s Eighth Symphony, in a performance that marks their American debut of it 100 years ago.
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Royal National Theatre's 'As You Like It' in HD
A loveable As You Like It
The National Theatre’s production of Shakespeare’s pastoral comedy sets a new standard for theatrical imagination (and you can see it locally).
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EgoPo's revival of 'The Women'
The man behind the curtain
The Women is a play by a woman starring women. Does having a male director make a difference in how the material is handled? Or is this just a play that isn’t relevant any longer?
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Look Both Ways at Woodmere Art Museum
Two sides of the same coin
Though some works of art are wholly abstract and others totally representational, it’s difficult for people who don’t draw or sculpt to perceive how frequently the two approaches intermingle.
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Tempesta di Mare: The Nations
A Saturday night treat
Tempesta di Mare conducts a happy journey through 18th-century national music styles.
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Nicky Silver's 'Too Much Sun' by Isis Productions
Too much and not enough
Too Much Sun, set on a beach, doesn't allow much sunlight to break through its dramatic clouds.
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Sundance TV’s 'Hap and Leonard'
Politics and the buddy film
Hap and Leonard depends on the clichéd Hollywood notion that folks at the bottom of the economic ladder are all actually remarkably intelligent, witty, and, under the skin, brothers in capitalistic striving.
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The Philadelphia Orchestra with pianist Helene Grimaud
The drama of Brahms
A clash of styles between pianist Hélène Grimaud and conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin resulted in mesmerizing Brahms.
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