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‘Book of Mormon’ at the Forrest (1st review)
None dare call it satire
Dig beneath the surface of the over-hyped Book of Mormon and you find an odd-couple buddy story, albeit a very entertaining one.
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Human, Soul and Machine: The Coming Singularity
Heady stuff at the American Visionary Art Museum
Are we the masters of our technology, or is technology dwarfing our humanity? I hope this exhibit will help me answer, or at least give me insight into, this question.
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‘Bach at Leipzig’ at People’s Light (2nd review)
Six characters in search of an organ
Bright dialogue animates this comedy about a job opening for a church organist — fateful, because Bach ultimately got the gig.
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Ben Dibble in ‘Herringbone’
Ben Dibble’s showcase
Ben Dibble’s versatile performance salvages a strange and macabre tale.
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Covent Garden’s ‘Manon Lescaut’
Tawdry as she goes
Covent Garden’s controversial porno-revival of Puccini’s Manon Lescaut was denounced as tawdry and coarse. Yet it did grip my attention. And it does support the opera’s key emotional point.
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The Myron A. and Anne Jaffe Portenar Collection at the Arthur Ross Gallery
A deeply personal collection goes public
Centering on 20th-century master prints and photography of the 19th and 20th centuries, Shared Vision represents a wide range of styles.
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An art-lover's road trip from Colorado to Indiana
Nature and the art of nature
A trip home from a meditation retreat offers a variety of perspectives on nature, art, and spirituality.
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An interview with Matt Pfeiffer and Damon Bonetti
Two directors taking 39 Steps beyond Hitchcock
Two popular Philadelphia theater artists directed Hitchcock's The 39 Steps in two different productions: Matt Pfeiffer at Theatre Horizon and Damon Bonetti at the Hedgerow Theatre.
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The Lorin Maazel I remember
A conductor who defied easy labels
Most of Lorin Maazel’s obituaries described him as a coldly intellectual and clinical conductor. I saw another side.
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'The Newburgh Sting' on HBO
"Ain’t no gang like the government”: The truth about the Newburgh Four
In a meticulously researched, brilliantly edited, hard-hitting 90-minute exposé, The Newburgh Sting takes you through the shocking story of how the FBI carefully plotted to recruit and train these four unwitting men to make these attacks and then turned around and made a dramatic arrest that was publicized worldwide.
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