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The Philadelphia Orchestra with Hilary Hahn
A spicy menu of works
The Philadelphia Orchestra cooked up a sizzling Carmen Suite No. 1 by Bizet, a delicious Vieuxtemps Violin Concerto No. 4 played to perfection by Hilary Hahn, and a thankfully rare performance of the complete Firebird ballet, flat as a pancake until a searing finale almost saved the day.
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1812 Productions' 'This Is the Week That Is,' 2015 edition
A satirical revue that hasn't lost its bite
Philadelphia's all-comedy theater, 1812 Productions, scores again by skewering today's news stories in the company-created This Is the Week That Is .
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Brian Helgeland's 'Legend'
Two for the price of one
Tom Hardy is extraordinary in Legend, Brian Helgeland’s biopic of the East End twins who dominated London’s crime scene in the 1960s. But a more searching film would have had more to say about the connections between high and low society.
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Flashpoint Theatre Company calls it quits
Flashpoint Theatre was founded in 2004 to produce socially provocative and emotionally resonant works of contemporary theater while supporting diverse, emerging artists. Financial support for that mission has dried up, and the company is disbanding.
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All-female 'Henry IV' directed by Phyllida Lloyd
Same-sex Shakespeare
An all-female Henry IV features stellar performances and agile ensemble work, but what insight does it provide into the play itself?
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Duende and the Curtis 20/21 Ensemble
Schoenberg, dance, and cabaret
Performances in informal settings can create a less elitist atmosphere and be the catalyst for meaningful conversations about art.
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Philadelphia Theatre Company’s ‘Baskerville’ (second review)
A tasty holiday trifle
Instead of the usual December fare (A Christmas Carol, The Nutcracker), Philadelphia Theatre Company presents a Sherlock Holmes spoof this month. It will put you in the holiday spirit.
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Kenneth Branagh in 'The Winter's Tale'
Is this some kind of Shakespearean prank?
Kenneth Branagh launches a new theater company with one of Shakespeare’s most flawed plays, in a production that will air on local movie screens in HD.
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Philadelphia Theatre Company’s ‘Baskerville’
Sherlock in Wonderland
In Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories, reason always triumphs over fakery. In this delightfully inventive production of Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville, stagecraft trumps everything.
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A response to 'Ethics for theater critics'
Does an analysis by a privileged journalist have value?
Theater criticism is an art, and artists have a right to ask for and receive payment for their work. I’d love to provide every writer with adequate reward for his or her valuable work. But to say unpaid or poorly compensated work has no value, and to denigrate the ethics of those writers, is insulting.
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