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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.
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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.
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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.
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'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?
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This writing life
The author takes a creative approach to getting his book into the hands of readers.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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