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"Vigil' and older audiences at the Lantern
Why was I the only one laughing?
The wicked humor of Morris Panych's Vigil comes mostly at the expense of older audiences. That's bad news for cutting-edge theater in Philadelphia.
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What the pros can learn from "The Cappies'
Teaching the Tonys a thing or two
The Cappies, an international project for high school theater and journalism students, is an awards show without commercials or long-winded acceptance speeches. And it's refreshing to see kids cheering for something other than sports.
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"Miss Saigon' at the Walnut
Beyond Butterfly
The Walnut's new production of Miss Saigon reaffirms the quality of its authors' work when they were at their short-lived peak. This play is more compact and focused than Les Miz, and more nuanced than Madam Butterfly, the play and opera on which Miss Saigon is based.
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Ayckbourn's "My Wonderful Day' at the Wilma
Adults behaving childishly (and vice versa)
In My Wonderful Day, Ayckbourn has pulled off a rare feat: an adult comedy about adult childishness, abetted by the superb Wilma Theater production. It's the ideal tonic for an age that routinely confers responsibility on overgrown adolescents like Arnold Schwarzenegger and Dominique Strauss-Kahn.
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War rugs from Afghanistan at Penn Museum
Weaving and warfare
Oriental rugs, once an escapist pleasure, now chronicle a world of endless deadly warfare in Afghanistan. In a land whose artisans have rarely known peace, what did we expect?
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Tempesta di Mare restores Telemann, Fasch and Janitsch
Treasures from the Red Army
By scouring the Red Army archives, Tempesta di Mare resuscitated a few baroque gems, not to mention some quirky valveless horns.
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Orchestra plays Beethoven and Stravinsky (2nd review)
Beethoven's grandest finale
Charles Dutoit's Ninth didn't quite make it into the circle inhabited by Sawallisch and Milanov. But it came close, even if the soloists didn't quite measure up to the occasion.
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Orchestra plays Beethoven and Stravinsky (1st review)
From Ravenna to Elysium
If Beethoven's Ninth is the great choral symphony of the 19th Century, Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms is in many ways a 20th Century riposte. In pairing them, Charles Dutoit bridged two eras; in playing them, the results were uneven though the effort worthwhile.
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Dance Affiliates' "A.W.A.R.D. Show'
Dancing for dollars
The A.W.A.R.D. Show series of competitive dance performances has returned, in yet another marketing attempt to rescue dance from the margins of American culture. In Philadelphia, the most refreshing work was Gabrielle Revlock's spoof of the competition itself.
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"Ecstatic Landscape' at the Gershman Y
Charlie's kids
Charles Burchfield believed in the call of nature; in this show, three very different artists respond to Burchfield's vision in ways that the master might not have imagined.
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