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Pilobolus Dance Theater at Annenberg (2nd review)
Inside joke
Pilobolus almost begs its audiences not to take it seriously. Yet there's no denying that the group combines real dance talent with athletic panache.
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Tokyo Quartet's farewell at the Perelman
Going out in style
The Tokyo Quartet has been one of the world's premier ensembles for nearly half a century. In its penultimate Philadelphia recital, it fittingly provided a sense of the continuity of the Western Classical tradition
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New York's Under the Radar festival
The god of overcoming obstacles finds refuge in Manhattan
Two troupes of “outsiders”— one from Australia, the other from Belarus— have forced themselves to center stage by dint of their sheer passion, courage and tenacity.
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Gus Van Sant's "Promised Land'
Frack, baby, frack
Promised Land pits bad natural gas interests against the true grit of Pennsylvania townsfolk, and guess who wins— in Hollywood, I mean, not real life.
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The hawk, the hummingbird and the composer (Part I)
Mother Nature's wonderful world of killing (and one composer who's grateful for it)
Outside my porch, a hawk struggled for survival with a hummingbird. On my porch, I struggled to produce a commissioned work of music. And you wonder where composers find our inspiration.
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Jim Quinn's "Waiting For the Wars to End'
What did you do in the war (and don't ask which one)?
The former food and language critic Jim Quinn now writes unflinching yet tender characterizations of people slogging through life. Both of these stories are sadly funny and horrifically real.
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Ricardo Morales in clarinet recital
Return of the prodigal son
Ricardo Morales left the Philadelphia Orchestra for the greener pastures of the New York Philharmonic— much greener, after the Orchestra's recent bankruptcy. But now he has returned, playing as splendidly as ever in his recital with the excellent Natalie Zhu.
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McDonagh's "Beauty Queen of Leenane' at the Lantern (1st review)
Ireland's answer to Where's Poppa?
What is it about modern Ireland that produces so many playwrights intent on cutting through that charming Gaelic sentimentality to expose the human brutality underneath?
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Pilobolus Dance Theater at Annenberg (1st review)
Goofy fun, or a fungus among us?
After 41 years, Pilobolus continues to offer visual dazzle and antic play. Yet more often than one might wish, its programs lately convey a one-joke tediousness.
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Orchestra's "inter-war' concert (1st review)
From decadence to terror: A 20th Century journey
Yannick Nézet-Séguin's mid-month program with the Philadelphia Orchestra featured three works composed during Europe's interwar decades, each in its way bearing the marks of that tumultuous period.
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