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What does Tobias want? Lithgow, Close, and Duncan (Photo by Brigitte Lacombe)

Albee's 'A Delicate Balance' in New York

Dwelling in “the dark sadness”

No matter how dark an Albee play gets, there’s always the hope — however faint — that love will save the day, if only we are capable of it.

Carol Rocamora

Articles 5 minute read
The colors surround you: Moe Brooker’s “Present Futures” (Philadelphia Museum of Art)

Represent: 200 Years of African American Art at PMA

The tip of the iceberg

Selections from the Art Museum's permanent collection highlight both well-known and anonymous African-American artists.

Anne R. Fabbri

Articles 3 minute read
Harrumph: Malcolm McDowell, Bernadette Peters, and Gael García Bernal in "Mozart in the Jungle."

Blair Tindall's 'Mozart in the Jungle'

The oboist's lament

The Mozart in the Jungle TV series is based on a book that presents a cautionary tale for those who commit to a career in the arts for the wrong reasons.
Tom Purdom

Tom Purdom

Articles 6 minute read
Swapping body fluids: Eisen-Martin and Zinkel. (Photo by Mark Garvin)

'Under the Skin' at the Arden

What do we owe each other?

Which organ is more important, the kidney that cleanses our bodies of toxins or the heart, considered symbolically as the organ that connects us emotionally to each other? And would we really give up a part of ourselves to keep someone else alive?
Naomi Orwin

Naomi Orwin

Articles 4 minute read

This writing life

The author takes a creative approach to getting his book into the hands of readers.
Bob Levin

Bob Levin

Articles 4 minute read
“The Eternal City” (The Museum of Modern Art, New York; © The Educational Alliance, Inc./Estate of Peter Blume/Licensed by VAGA, New York)

Peter Blume: Nature and Metamorphosis, at PAFA (second review)

Peter Blume, once a ranking figure in American art, has gotten at last a retrospective that does justice to an often haunting achievement.
Robert Zaller

Robert Zaller

Articles 6 minute read
President Obama presenting Stevie Wonder with the Gershwin Award in 2009.

All-Star Grammy Salute to Stevie Wonder

Songs in the key of life

The winner of 25 Grammys and countless other awards, Stevie Wonder is the American voice of our times.
Armen Pandola

Armen Pandola

Articles 4 minute read
A clunky first impression. (Photo of Kirill Gerstein by Marco Borggreve)

The Philadelphia Orchestra with pianist Kirill Gerstein

Beginning with Beethoven

Yannick Nézet-Séguin celebrated his new contract with the Orchestra with Beethoven, and lighter Shostakovich brought up the rear of a somewhat oddly assembled program.
Robert Zaller

Robert Zaller

Articles 4 minute read

Tom Stoppard's 'The Hard Problem' at London's National Theatre

Solving a hard problem

In his first new work in almost a decade, Stoppard offers a 90-minute jewel that, in the tradition of theater of ideas, will challenge you to think as well as feel.

Carol Rocamora

Articles 4 minute read
Detailed, direct, unfussy. (Photo of Jonathan Biss by Benjamin Ealovega via jonathanbiss.com)

Pianist Jonathan Biss at the Kimmel

Clash of the titans

Jonathan Biss presented an unusually wide range of material, beautifully arranged and performed, in his recital at Perelman, on his way to repeating the program at Carnegie Hall.
Steve Cohen

Steve Cohen

Articles 1 minute read