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'The Female Gaze' at Pennsylvania Academy
Meek, mild, subservient? Fuhgeddaboutit!
By collecting exclusively works by women and donating them to Pennsylvania Academy, Linda Lee Alter has raised the profile of many fine but previously overlooked artists. She's also raised some questions about the wisdom of ghettoizing talented women.
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Spielberg's 'Lincoln' and his legacy
From Civil War to Steven Spielberg: The burdens of Abraham Lincoln
Steven Spielberg's Lincoln is, as usual with this director, a tract for the times, in this case plumping for a liberal vision of America and extolling the virtues of bipartisanship and compromise. As usual, too, a hero comes riding in to save an embattled community. If only history itself were that simple.
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Durang's "Vanya and Sonia"¦.' in New York (1st review)
Talk about roads not taken!
The good news is: I scored a ticket to Christopher Durang's sold-out comedy at Lincoln Center. The bad news is: In the evening of my life, I squandered a beautiful fall day when I could have been outdoors walking my dog or riding my horse.
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Romney as the "Twilight' candidate
Now it can be told: Where Romney went wrong with women
Millions of young American women who voted against Mitt Romney have nevertheless gone belly-up for a fictitious character who exemplifies Republican notions about marriage, family and rape. Who needs Karl Rove when you have a conservative vampire on your team?
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AVA's suburban "Barber of Seville'
Opera in the 'burbs: Not just another performance
Like everything else in life, opera in the suburbs can be quite different from opera downtown. And sometimes it's even better.
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National Theatre's “War Horse” at Academy of Music
A boy, his horse and a war
This anti-war manifesto reminds us that it takes brilliant technicians to create puppet horses for the stage, and brilliant technology to destroy real animals and people as well.
War Horse. Adapted by Nick Stafford from the novel by Michael Morpurgo; Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris directed. National Theatre of Great Britain production through December 2, 2012 at Academy of Music, Broad and Locust St. (215) 893-1999 or www.kimmelcenter.org.
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"This Wild Joy': Bill Van Buskirk's poetry
Adam without Eden
Bill Van Buskirk's verse collection is a powerfully engaging book by a poet whose work depicts the hard pains and joys of living, and who deserves wider recognition.
This Wild Joy That Thrills Outside the Law. Poems by Bill Van Buskirk. Infinity Publishing, 2010. 100 pages; $9.95. www.amazon.com.
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Who owns antiquity?
Good intentions gone bad: When archaeologists play diplomats
The great sculptures and relics of antiquity last forever, in the right hands. They properly belong to the global community. In that case, is it really wise to entrust them to politicians whose nations may not survive this century?
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Spanish songs by Lyric Fest (2nd review)
What musicians can learn from politicians
Four artists from the Academy of Vocal Arts sang an all-Spanish program. Given all the talk about America's growing Latin population, it's about time.
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Orchestra plays "Alexander Nevsky' (3rd review)
What Prokofiev wanted
The wedding of a live orchestra with the film of Alexander Nevsky may be fascinating, but Prokofiev's music really conveys more power when it stands alone, uninterrupted by long pauses for dialogue, sound effects and silent scenes.
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