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Charlotte Ford's "Bang' at Live Arts Festival
Yes, we're naked. What's your problem?
The absurdities of Bang didn't lie in the characters' unapologetic nakedness, but in our own overwrought reactions to witnessing the human body.
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Perry Como, forgotten man
Where have you gone, Perry Como?
Perry Como was America's Number One pop vocalist for more than a decade, but his fame never impressed him. His hometown has moved on as well, as I discovered on a recent visit.
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"Visions of Arcadia' at the Art Museum (3rd review)
Paradise troubled, or paradise lost?
The 2,000-year-old ideal of a bucolic utopia met the reality of an industrialized society and the shock of World War I, but in its final heyday it stimulated such artists as Cézanne, Rousseau, Gauguin, Seurat and Matisse to produce some of their greatest works.
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Kurt Moyer's "Bathers and Landscapes' at Gross McCleaf
The frost is on the pond
Kurt Moyer's work is easy on the eyes and soothing to the nerves— which, lest we forget, is an important purpose of art.
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Robert Heilman's shadowy nocturnes at F.A.N.
A stage set, before the drama begins
Robert Heilman's landscapes and cityscapes manage to convey drama regardless of their size, and without human figures.
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Sam Shepard's "Heartless' in New York
Sam Shepard confronts his demons (yet again)
Nothing is as it seems in Sam Shepard's Heartless. But Shepard devotees may find his latest dysfunctional family a trifle too familiar— even if, for once, it's dominated by women rather than men.
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Classical music, dead or alive: A debate
He sees the present, I see the future
After 40 years of representing Classical musicians, my agent is giving up. He offers an impressive list of reasons why serious music is doomed. But where he sees disaster, I see opportunity— especially if Classical musicians are genuinely creative.
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"Light': Longwood Gardens' first art piece
Some place that's not quite where you're supposed to be
As if Longwood Gardens wasn't already sufficiently spectacular, Bruce Munro's “Light” adds a magical combination of art, imagination and science.
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Rediscovering Croatia
Forgotten country, forgotten sculptor
Tourism in Croatia has halved since its mindless war with Serbia. Those reluctant tourists are missing a stunning land and an equally stunning museum in the former home of one of the world's greatest sculptors.
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"Sum of Parts': Bermudez and Marcuse at Drexel
Echoes of the jungle
A bit of the jungle lurks in the works by two urban artists from Venezuela and South Africa. It's a reminder that the best artists follow their own visions rather than pay homage to conventional icons.
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