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Toyo Ito: the humane architect
One man's quest for humane architecture
What have our starchitects done for the common man? Very little. But the recent recognition of Toyo Ito suggests that the tide may yet turn.
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Palm Sunday's musical miracles
Minor miracles of a Palm Sunday
Our church continued our tradition of the chanted Passion this past Palm Sunday. Over the years we've tweaked it to accommodate the singers and musicians, most of whom are amateurs. The result is itself one of the miracles of the Easter season.
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Christian Petzold's "Barbara'
Escape from paradise
Barbara. A film directed by Christian Petzold. At Ritz Five, 214 Walnut St. (215) 925-7900 or www.movieclock.com.
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"American Winter' and "A Place at the Table'
There but for the grace of God, or: Can documentaries change the world?
How do you entice people to think about things they'd rather not think about? Two recent documentaries take unflinching looks at poverty and hunger in America,
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Theatre Confetti's "Edith Can Shoot Things'
What parents don't know about adolescents
For once, here's a play about adolescence that's aimed at adults rather than teenagers.
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"The Audience' in London; "Ann' in New York.
Two (very different) women
You'll learn a lot about England and America by noting who is celebrated in the theater these days. Two fascinating women— the stoic and self-effacing Queen Elizabeth and the flashy and flamboyant Ann Richards— are featured this month on the London and New York stages respectively.
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Lantern's "Henry V' (1st review)
That's the story of, that's the glory of war
Shakespeare looks at war in Henry V, and, as usual, sees his subject from all sides. The new Lantern Theater production, with Ben Dibble in the title role and a fine supporting cast, brings the play vividly to life under Charles McMahon's direction.
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Massenet's "Don Quichotte' by AVA
Tilting at Massenet's windmill
Don Quichotte was conceived for Feodor Chaliapin, who possessed a large, deep and expressive bass voice, but Massenet's music asks for understatement and subtlety. Maybe that's why it's so rarely performed. The AVA got the casting right.
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The writing life: Theresa Rebeck's "Seminar' at PTC
Do you want to be a writer, or do you want to write?
At one level, Theresa Rebeck's Seminar is a remarkable feat: a rare comic drama that insightfully engages us in the world of writers and writing without actually subjecting us to the tedious and lonely writing process itself. The problem is that most really good writers aren't nearly as interesting people as Rebeck's characters.
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"Under the Whaleback' at the Wilma
Down to the sea in ships, from generation to generation
The impact of individuals on later generations lies at the heart of Richard Bean's Under the Whaleback, a gripping look at a quaint foreign culture, full of foreboding and culminating in painful violence.
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