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Aaron Cromie as Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (Photo by  www.plate3photography.com)

Fringe Festival: 'The Body Lautrec'

The dark side of the Belle Époque

Brilliant scenic and puppetry design of Cromie marries a Paris bordello to the aesthetic of the Mütter-like cabinet museum in this musical that looks at the dark side of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.
Jonathan M. Stein

Jonathan M. Stein

Articles 3 minute read
Scott Sheppard and Justin Rose in “99 Breakups” (Photo by Kevin Monko)

Fringe Festival: Pig Iron’s ‘99 Breakups’ (third review)

Not just romantic breakups

The performances of 99 Breakups, some more inscrutable than others, have a few verbal and physical gems, but aren’t exactly revelations on human nature.
Alaina Johns

Alaina Johns

Articles 4 minute read

Rick Buttari, Deborah Fine, Miriam Singer, Katherine Stanek, Donna Usher

A gallery stroll in Old City

Three shows in Old City galleries are worth a visit.

Anne R. Fabbri

Articles 4 minute read
Viola Davis really will be starring in a new TV show this fall. (Photo by Nicole Rivelli - © 2014 American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.)

Fall 2014 TV preview

The new Fall TV shows are coming — along with some others that the networks haven't actually bought yet.
Armen Pandola

Armen Pandola

Articles 5 minute read

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The Buffalo Bill Center of the West

'The Best Museum in the World'

Though with more academic rigor, the mission of the Buffalo Bill Center for the West is not so different from the task William F. Cody set for himself: to make the American West appreciated around the world.

Pamela J. Forsythe

Articles 5 minute read
Have these rhinos no consideration? (photo by Johanna Austin, www.austinart.org)

Fringe Festival: Idiopathic Ridiculopathy’s ‘Rhinoceros’

Absurd is the new normal

Ionesco was prescient: In today’s weird and wild world, a lot of us are surrendering to the notion of life without inherent meaning or order.
Alaina Johns

Alaina Johns

Articles 4 minute read
Stand up and sing

Choral Arts Philadelphia sings Rachmaninoff's 'All Night Vigil'

On the road with Choral Arts

Most of the singers in Choral Arts Philadelphia are unpaid volunteers, but they attack their job like pros.
Tom Purdom

Tom Purdom

Articles 5 minute read
Matteo Scammell in "The Adults" (photo by Kate Raines, www.plate3photography.com)

Fringe Festival: New Paradise Laboratories’ ‘The Adults’ (second review)

A deflated balloon

The adroit cast of The Adults takes ideas from a great play by Chekhov and contorts them into a mannered exhibition of body movements.
Steve Cohen

Steve Cohen

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Surprise! A life-defining moment. (photo by Joan Marcus, © Broadway.com)

'If/Then' on Broadway

Chances and choices

In If/Then, after two acts and 22 songs, Idina Menzel’s character (both of them) realizes that life just keeps happening: a cascade of choices and chances, paths pursued and paths ignored. You can’t ever know what will happen next.
Anndee Hochman

Anndee Hochman

Articles 6 minute read
Hello!

'Book of Mormon' at the Forrest (fourth review)

The power of theater compels you . . .

F-bombs and crude jokes and satire, oh my! The Book of Mormon made my mother laugh and want to see other shows she normally wouldn’t. Theater is powerful stuff.

Tara Lynn Johnson

Articles 3 minute read