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Bunting and Slusar share a laugh. (photo by Paola Nogueras)

'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' by Theatre Exile (1st review)

The ghosts of Taylor and Burton

Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor’s quarreling ghosts must be hovering somewhere over Philadelphia: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and two other Taylor-Burton vehicles are either currently or recently on local stages.

Kathryn Osenlund

Articles 4 minute read
Well, John Williams is happy when major orchestras perform his work. (photo by Alec McNayr via Creative Commons/Flickr)

The Philadelphia Orchestra plays John Williams

Time warps

Stéphane Denève’s program with the Philadelphia Orchestra was a mixed bag, stylistically and musically, with the lightweight John Williams thrown in with a Magnus Lindberg premiere and a Prokofiev masterpiece.
Robert Zaller

Robert Zaller

Articles 5 minute read
Taking care of the man cub: DelMarcelle as Baloo, Walker as Bagheera, and Canales as Kaa. Photo by Mark Garvin.

'The Jungle Book' at the Arden

Learning from the animals

The laws of the jungle, it seems, can be more forgiving than the laws of man. But children still have to learn the rules of the world they live in so they can survive and thrive.
Naomi Orwin

Naomi Orwin

Articles 3 minute read

Further thoughts on public art in Philadelphia

Beneath the boots

Can art exist in public spaces without a power cord?
Treacy Ziegler

Treacy Ziegler

Articles 5 minute read
A trompe-l'oeil self-portrait. (via www.raybartkus.com)

Ray Bartkus’s Storylines at Drexel’s Pearlstein Gallery

An illustrator's art

A viewer of Ray Bartkus's oversized photo-realist paintings gets a mosquito’s-eye view, in which eyelashes look like fringe on a shawl and fingerprint whorls look like a topographical map.

Pamela J. Forsythe

Articles 4 minute read
Boudewyns and friend: If it quacks like a wolf....

Philadelphia Orchestra’s ‘Peter and the Wolf’

The wolf, defanged

At Saturday’s performance of Peter and the Wolf, narrator Michael Boudewyns unveiled an elaborate array of symbolic props in an effort to offer the audience something for the eye as well as the ear.
Dan Rottenberg

Dan Rottenberg

Articles 3 minute read
Richard V. Correll, “Paul Bunyan: Creation of San Juan Islands,” 1937.

Lyric Fest: 'I'll Make Me a World'

The world, with all its sorrows

Lyric Fest joined the Singing City chorus in a highly emotional portrait of the wonders and difficulties of human life.
Tom Purdom

Tom Purdom

Articles 4 minute read
Cromwell: Masterminding and manipulating. (photo by Johan Persson)

'Wolf Hall' and 'The Audience'

Brits on Broadway

With Thomas Cromwell and Elizabeth II, Britannia rules on Broadway, at least for this season.

Carol Rocamora

Articles 4 minute read
Making excellent use of a machine

Thomas Gibbons's 'Uncanny Valley' at InterAct (second review)

Unnatural scenes in 'Uncanny Valley'

As a warning about technological innovations, Uncanny Valley is a false alarm. Its development of character is as mechanical as its subject matter.
Steve Cohen

Steve Cohen

Articles 4 minute read
Swashbuckling and all-for-onesing: Michael Brusasco (as Athos), Alan Brincks (as Aramis), Gregory Isaac (as Porthos), and Connor Hammond (as d'Artagnan). (Photo by Alexander Iziliaev)

Quintessence production of 'The Three Musketeers'

Diving into submerged sexuality

The engaging Quintessence production of The Three Musketeers makes the Musketeers more appealing than Dumas intended. As written, they’re a bunch of hair-trigger Hells Angels ready to fight at the slightest provocation and thoroughly contemptuous of their social inferiors.
Lynn Hoffman

Lynn Hoffman

Articles 2 minute read