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Orchestra's All-Rachmaninoff concert
A musical aristocrat (in the very best sense)
The Philadelphia Orchestra plays Rachmaninoff as well as any in the world, so why not double down? A risky proposition, you might think— but if great orchestras didn't embrace risky propositions, where would Mozart and Beethoven be today?
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Helga Weiss's Holocaust diary
A new generation confronts the Holocaust
As Holocaust survivors and perpetrators die off, will that most horrifying human experience fade from memory? As a child of Holocaust victims, I can attest that the opposite is true: What the traumatized survivors wish to forget, their children are even more determined to confront.
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Stephen Estock's "Hungry Eyes' at Schmidt Dean
Now you see it….
Stephen Estock's abstract paintings seem serene at first, but look again. Their complexity lies in all the layers of paint that create the final impression.
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Meiravi Quartet contemplates BartÓ³k
Why listen to BartÓ³k?
Was BartÓ³k's music about the clash of folk culture and the machine age? A new quartet added its bit to an old discussion.
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AVA's "Jubilate': Religion as opera
Taking opera to church
AVA's budding opera stars added operatic flair to the school's annual foray into religious music, performing as if they'd constructed characters who were singing their pieces.
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Van Hove shakes up Shakespeare
Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your iPhones
If you want to explore new frontiers in the theater world just follow the Dutch director Ivo van Hove wherever he goes. In his hands, all of our cherished theatrical conventions are suddenly rendered anachronistic.
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Deborah Hay, queen of improv
The antithesis of a control freak
Unlike most choreographers, Deborah Hay encourages dancers to stamp their own personalities on her work. The short-term results of this experimentation can be underwhelming, but over the long run the rewards are profound.
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"Mies Julie' in Brooklyn
Move Strindberg to South Africa, and what do you get?
Yael Farber's inspired but shattering metaphor for the struggles of modern South Africa is the most violent, sexually explicit and contextually insightful play I've seen in a long time.
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The man cave as intimate space
No girls allowed: The man cave as design challenge
Henpecked husbands are rebelling by carving out their own domestic retreats where they can smoke cigars, watch porno films and slurp pizza free from wifely constraints. It's a psychologically healthy method of escaping without getting away.
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Durang's "Vanya and Sonia"¦.' in New York (2nd review)
A Chekhovian lament for our times
Christopher Durang's blender version of Chekhov's plays may go down in theater history, alongside the Bard mash-ups by the Reduced Shakespeare Company, as one of the funniest send-ups of the classics ever.
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