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'Oscar' at Opera Philadelphia
Is this how we treat our poets?
Oscar Wilde seemed the epitome of wit and decadence, but he spent two years in prison for loving “the love that dares not speak its name” and died poor and in exile. What makes us punish difference? And why are we still today mistreating people just because they’re different?
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Terrence McNally’s ‘Mothers and Sons’ at PTC (second review)
Fathers Know Best?
While the predictable, albeit slow, ascendancy of the mother’s acceptance of the situation seems to be the main thrust of the play, we also get a cinemascope review of the entire LGBT movement. For the straight person who doesn’t know much about gay history, this 101 overview might serve as the perfect seminar.
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The Peek-A-Boo Revue at the Trocadero
Feminine intervention
The Peek-A-Boo Revue represents women who are not mainstream depictions of female sexuality and beauty, therefore providing a counter-narrative to conversations concerning sexual politics.
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Terrence McNally’s ‘Mothers and Sons’ at PTC (first review)
Elephants in the room
Terrence McNally’s noble attempt to recognize the forgotten victims of the 1980s AIDS crisis is undermined by a shallow dramatic conflict.
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Music and killing
On his way to the airport, Kile Smith meets a fellow musician.
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Orchestra 2001 and the Mendelssohn Club
Encounters in space and time
Orchestra 2001 and the Mendelssohn Club presented concerts that captured the endless dialogue that shapes the classical tradition.
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'American Sniper' and 'Mr. Turner'
The eyes of Mr. Turner and an American sniper
How far can a movie go in representing the lives of real people?
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Promoting your writing
This little light of mine
It puzzles me that so many of my fellow writers just sit on their hands when a new story of theirs is published, expecting that the world will somehow manage to discover it.
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The Sky’s Gone Out at the Galleries at Moore
Works to make the flesh crawl
The exhibit is more visceral than cerebral: Just step in and it won’t be long until your hair rises, blood curdles, and flesh begins to crawl.
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Anti-Putin protests at the Metropolitan Opera
Raising one's voice in protest
Are political demonstrations at the opera to be applauded or deplored?
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