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Nine Ladies "dancing" at Cedar Grove in Fairmount Park. (Photo by the author)

Fairmount Park's historic mansions celebrate the season

Fairmount Park's mansions are a treasure trove of colonial architecture. Bedecked for the Christmas season, they are shown off to their best advantage.

Pamela J. Forsythe

Articles 4 minute read
Cargill: Contemplative mastery.

Orchestra performs Handel’s 'Messiah'

Beyond Handel’s dreams

For all his exuberant ambition, in this Messiah Yannick subordinated himself and his orchestra to that most beautiful of all instruments, the human voice.
Dan Rottenberg

Dan Rottenberg

Articles 4 minute read
How strong are the Dover Quartet's local ties? They drink coffee at Parc.

The Dover Quartet at the Kimmel Center

Night pieces

The Dover Quartet is a terrific young group that should be giving pleasure for many years to come.
Robert Zaller

Robert Zaller

Articles 5 minute read
If there’s no word for it . . . : Kidwell and Szapiro (Photo by Plate 3 Photography)

Orbiter 3's 'A Knee That Can Bend'

An issue play with heart

Orbiter 3’s second production, Emma Goidel’s A Knee That Can Bend, explores differences between Senegalese and American lesbians through a compelling relationship.
Mark Cofta

Mark Cofta

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The finished drawing for 1812 Production's "This Is the Week That Is." (Illustration for BSR by Mike Jackson of alrightmike.com)

A sketchbook of 1812 Productions’ ‘This Is the Week That Is'

Drawing inspiration from a satirical revue

Illustrator Mike Jackson gives a look at his artistic process by sharing the sketches he made during a performance of 1812 Productions' This Is the Week That Is.
Illustration by Mike Jackson

Illustration by Mike Jackson

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Women working together to bring down the villain: Ritter, Taylor. (Photo by Myles Aronowitz/Netflix)

'Jessica Jones' on Netflix

The future of female superheroes (maybe)

The only thing more deadly than superheroine Jessica Jones's strength is her quick, very snide sense of humor.
Chris Predmore

Chris Predmore

Articles 3 minute read
There's no skating around serious issues in this production. (Illustration for BSR by Mike Jackson of alrightmike.com)

'Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates' at the Arden

Hans Brinker skates for the silver

The Arden’s annual children’s theater mainstage production tells an often serious story without sugarcoating.
Mark Cofta Illustration by Mike Jackson

Mark Coftaand Illustration by Mike Jackson

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Golden age ads. (Photos: Faye Anderson/All That Philly Jazz)

A jazz performance renaissance in Philadelphia

The beat goes on

After many years when it was hard to find live jazz, it's again being heard all around Philly.
Stacia Friedman

Stacia Friedman

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Paul Kuhn’s wonderfully loopy set. (Photo by Rebecca Gudelunas)

Curio Theatre's 'Bald Soprano'

Logical absurdity

Absurdity doesn’t come easy to modern American audiences — or to theaters, as Curio Theatre Company shows with The Bald Soprano .
Mark Cofta

Mark Cofta

Articles 3 minute read
One Pandoran's elaborate headdress. (Photo by Youssef Shoufan; costume by Kym Barrett. © 2015 Cirque du Soleil)

Cirque du Soleil's 'Toruk' in Allentown

Spectacle, plus a story, from Cirque du Soleil

Cirque du Soleil chose Allentown for a tryout of their adaptation of the Avatar story in the most impressive Cirque production so far.
Steve Cohen

Steve Cohen

Articles 2 minute read