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'brownsville song' at Philadelphia Theatre Company (third review)
A black grandmother's perspective
The lives of the characters in brownsville song are so parallel to what I have witnessed raising sons, and now a grandson, in Philadelphia that I was brought to tears and knowing laughter as I watched.
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Remembering B.B. King
All of B.B. King's humility, grace, and warmth can be heard in his playing and singing.
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'The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari' and 'Goodbye to Language'
The 4K redemption
What digital cinema makes possible could not have happened with celluloid, love it as much as we wish. Dr. Caligari and Goodbye to Language show why.
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'To the Moon' by 1812 Productions
And away we go!
Although Scott Greer makes a fine Jackie Gleason, this production by 1812 is much more than a one-man impersonation.
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Pilobolus at the Annenberg Center
Defying boundaries
Dancing by the long-running Pilobolus troupe is about fighting the limitations of not only the body, but also the environment and the imagination.
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'Five Mile Lake' by Rachel Bonds
Big smallness in McCarter's Five Mile Lake
Can a play about small, subtle life-changing moments be as satisfying as a play about life-and-death changes? Five Mile Lake says yes.
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The Philadelphia Chamber Music Society with Musicians from Marlboro
An entertaining evening with Mozart and Beethoven
The Philadelphia Chamber Music Society ended its 60-concert season with lighthearted entertainments by Mozart and Beethoven.
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Hilary Mantel’s ‘Wolf Hall’ by the BBC
A Machiavelli for all seasons
For more than five centuries, Thomas Cromwell was perceived as the evil genius behind the machinations and marriages of England’s Henry VIII. Hilary Mantel’s brilliant novel Wolf Hall enables us to see Henry’s conspiracy-ridden court through Cromwell’s eyes. The BBC’s recent adaptation renders the experience even more compelling.
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The Chamber Orchestra's 50th anniversary
Fifty years and still going strong
The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia celebrated its first half century with a quartet of celebratory pieces — including a familiar item that isn’t normally considered celebratory and should be.
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Robert Askins's 'Hand to God'
Having the upper hand on Broadway
In Robert Askins’s hilarious, harrowing black comedy, the Devil appears in an unexpected form.
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