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Max Raabe's Weimar cabaret at the Merriam
Old world, new sound
Max Raabe's burnished baritone voice, pomaded hair, white satin bow tie, tails and patent leather shoes all speak of a gentler time in Germany, before the unspeakable crimes committed in World War II.
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Jerusalem Quartet plays Shostakovich
The caged nightingale had to sing
The Jerusalem Quartet's traversal of three mid-period Shostakovich quartets took stamina of every variety, but its musicians met the challenge, and brought out something other groups haven't: Shostakovich's deep affinity with Jewish music.
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"Cyrano' at the Arden (1st review)
A Cyrano for our time
The polymath playwright Michael Hollinger has done it again. This time he takes a too-familiar century-old classic tragicomedy and infuses it with new allusions and linguistic flights of fancy suitable for the 21st Century.
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'Curse of the Starving Class' at the Wilma (1st review)
Day of reckoning
Eastern urbanites may scratch their heads over the terminally dysfunctional rural family portrayed in Curse of the Starving Class. But Sam Shepard's caricature offers a profound allegory of the unintended consequences of the opening of the American West, more than a century after there was no more West left to open.
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Cave dwellers, home design and the Penn Museum
Why cave dwellers didn't hire interior designers
How did prehistoric cave dwellers decorate their homes? What can they teach an interior designer like me? In my personal sanctuary, the awesome but underappreciated Penn Museum, I've found some answers.
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Lantern's "Romeo and Juliet' (3rd review)
Our grief counselors are standing by….
The Lantern's straightforward production of Romeo and Juliet got me thinking: What would become of these young lovers today, when instead of turning to a priest they could seek out Dr. Phil?
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"Works on Paper' at LGTripp Gallery
When artists try something different
What happens when artists who rarely work on paper are challenged to do just that? The result is something like a portent of spring.
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Lantern's "Romeo and Juliet' (2nd review)
On the mean streets of Verona
The Lantern's Romeo and Juliet is an American production in the best sense of the word: fresh, brisk and inventive, with insightful direction by Charles McMahon and an able and energetic cast.
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"Beyond Ordinary Still Life' at Artists' House
A farewell to fruit
The current witty and occasionally dazzling show at Artists' House attempts to restore the still life genre to its former glory: as a type of philosophical painting offering allegories of the transitory nature of life and the brevity of perfection.
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Albee's "Lady From Dubuque' on Broadway
Edward Albee and the blessings of patience
Amid the slings and arrows of callous critics, Edward Albee has persevered at his craft for 52 years. Now Jane Alexander has lifted his difficult play about the angel of death into the land of surreal, provocative black comedy.
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