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Suddenly he's Miss Midwest Midnight Checkout Queen: Neil Patrick Harris as Hedwig.

Neil Patrick Harris in 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch'

Wicked little town

Is it time to stop acting like gender-bending is a big deal?

Carol Rocamora

Articles 5 minute read
Nichole Canuso Midway Ave

Nichole Canuso's 'Midway Avenue'

The shape of home

One of our city’s most creative dance artists presents her most personal creation: a meditation on how her childhood home affected her life.
Steve Cohen

Steve Cohen

Articles 3 minute read
Camilla Nylund as Salome, Alan Held as Jochanaan (John the Baptist). Photo by Dominic Mercier.

Strauss's 'Salome' in concert (1st review)

The plight of a seriously spurned lover

One of the most powerful of all operas, a 20th-century masterpiece, receives a memorable performance.
Steve Cohen

Steve Cohen

Articles 4 minute read
The manuscript of Beethoven's "Grosse Fuge" was found in Wynnewood almost a decade ago.

The Daedalus Quartet and Ricardo Morales at the Perelman Theater

Music in a mirror

Beethoven's Quartet No. 13, with the original fugal ending, was the major work on a fine recital by the Daedalus Quartet that also included the premiere of Robert Capanna’s String Trio. With clarinetist Ricardo Morales, splendid as always.
Robert Zaller

Robert Zaller

Articles 4 minute read

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Lally: Wolf on the run. (Photo: David Cimetta.)

EgoPo’s ‘Gint’

Ibsen in Appalachia

EgoPo has transformed a seemingly unstageable play into a vivid pageant about the road to purgatory.
Steve Cohen

Steve Cohen

Articles 3 minute read
Cynthia Raim: A suspicious failure to age.

Musicians from Marlboro III

Conflict and integration

The Musicians from Marlboro bring a consoling message to conflicted souls and present a bravura performance by one of the master pianists who enrich Philadelphia’s musical life.
Tom Purdom

Tom Purdom

Articles 2 minute read
Ever since Adam and Eve. ("Adam and Eve," Titian)

'I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change' at Walnut Street Theatre

Seeking love at any age

Technology and cultural references may change, but relationships have been difficult since Adam and Eve first met in the garden of Eden and tried to work things out.
Naomi Orwin

Naomi Orwin

Articles 4 minute read
Generosity and compassion: Audra McDonald as Billie Holiday. (Photo by Warwick Saint)

'Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill' in NYC

Lady Day returns to 15th and Bainbridge

The human spirit, expressed through song, is an ultimate triumph over personal tragedy. Thanks to the generosity and compassion of Audra McDonald's brilliant voice, Billie Holiday sings on.

Carol Rocamora

Articles 5 minute read
Batiashvili: Lyric yearning, in a shimmering blue gown.

Orchestra Plays Barber, Bartók, and Bruckner

Three other B’s

Yannick Nézet-Séguin led the Orchestra in familiar Barber and Bruckner and unfamiliar Bartók in the season’s penultimate concert.
Robert Zaller

Robert Zaller

Articles 5 minute read
Margolin: Asking the big questions

Deb Margolin's '8 Stops' at SEI Innovation Studio

How long does it take to change a life?

Deb Margolin asks us to consider big questions. How much pain can we stand in our own lives, and how do we raise another human being — whether we have a lifetime to do it, or maybe just eight stops on a subway train?
Naomi Orwin

Naomi Orwin

Articles 5 minute read