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Colin Quinn’s ‘Unconstitutional’ at Suzanne Roberts
Two Founding Fathers walk into a bar . . .
Colin Quinn, who once hosted “Weekend Update” on Saturday Night Live, likens our America’s Founding Fathers to men on a drunken pub-crawl.
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Lehár’s ‘Frederica,’ by Concert Operetta Theater (second review)
Goethe pays the price
Franz Lehár was best known for schmaltzy romances with happy endings. His operetta about Goethe’s unrequited love is another story altogether.
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'Orange Is the New Black,' Season Two
Truth and consequences
Jenji Kohan takes the cheesiest of B-movie settings, a women's prison, as her starting point for an engrossing and complex examination of morality and choice in Orange Is the New Black.
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'How to Succeed in Business' at the Walnut Street Theatre (2nd review)
An American Everyman rising
I asked myself why I, who considers the much-touted “American dream” an illusion, would fall for the manipulative fairy tale of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.
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The future of museums
The future under glass
Museums run on objects, and even now, everyday life is becoming more ephemeral. Will people accustomed to accessing the world in their palms want to walk historic streets, sit in concert halls, or visit art?
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Three things I learned from Maynard Ferguson
Remembering the sweet brilliance that was the Maynard Ferguson of the late ’50s.
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Stoppard's 'The Real Thing' at the Wilma
An intellectual's foray into matters of the heart
The Real Thing is not just a showcase for Tom Stoppard's beautifully crafted language — it has a heart, even if it is well-concealed.
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Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Robert Randolph at the Keswick
So you want to be a rock-and-roll god
There's more to being a guitar god than just playing the guitar well.
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Lehár's 'Frederica' by Concert Operetta Theater
Marriage and the creative life
Concert Operetta Theater presents a Franz Lehár opus that provokes unexpectedly weighty thoughts.
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The Pennsylvania Ballet: A 50th Finale
Not everything was beautiful at the ballet
Is it just the dancing that makes a ballet a work of art, or do we need the other elements as well? The final performance of the Pennsylvania Ballet's 50th anniversary season may have taken minimalism too far.
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