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"My Way': Sinatra tribute at Walnut's Studio 3
Old Blue Eyes is back
My Way is as much of a tribute to Frank Sinatra's crowd and its ambience as it is to Old Blue Eyes himself. If you relish those folks and those times, here's a chance to renew old acquaintances.
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The Orchestra, the Barnes and the courts
A case that belongs in court, and a case that doesn't
The Philadelphia Orchestra has bankrupt leadership, a problem that won't be solved in court. The decision to move the Barnes Foundation was fraudulently obtained, and needs to go back to court. A great deal is riding on the proper resolution of both these issues, including perhaps the economic and cultural future of Philadelphia itself.
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Tezh Modarressi's "Hard Times' at F.A.N. Gallery
One nagging question
Tezh Modarressi turns what could be a downbeat exhibition of old cars and trucks, less-than-thriving rural settings and run-down urban areas into a symphony of pleasant melancholy.
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Piffaro's Heinrich Isaacs concert
Mellowing with age
In 25 years, Piffaro has evolved from musical brawls to more refined Renaissance repertoire. Are all of us mellowing as we age along with Piffaro's musicians? Or is our appreciation of Renaissance music growing more sophisticated?
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'Through the Skin' by Koresh Dance Company
Our bodies, ourselves
Through the Skin, Koresh Dance Company's new performance, articulates with breathtaking beauty the modern relationship between body and mind and invites the audience to do likewise.
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Orchestra plays Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky
Exits and entrances
The Philadelphia Orchestra's Russian Spring continued with performances of the Shostakovich First and the Tchaikovsky Sixth symphonies under guest conductor Kurt Masur. Barely 30 years separate these works, but it seems more like a century.
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Aszure Barton's "Blue Soup' and "Busk' at Annenberg
Expect the unexpected
The Baryshnikov protégé Aszure Barton uses— and subverts— our expectations about how dancers move and how meaning is communicated in dance.
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Curtis Opera's "Idomeneo'
Mozart on the cusp of greatness
Idomeneo isn't Mozart's greatest musical creation, but it's the opera he produced just before the ultimate flowering of his talent.
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"Saturn Returns," by Theatre Exile (2nd review)
The fault, dear Brutus, isn't in the stars
Noah Haidle's masterpiece about growing old without growing up comes together gracefully under the deft tutelage of director Brenna Geffers and dramaturg David White, insuring a three-dimensional drama in a single act.
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"Saturn Returns' by Theatre Exile (1st review)
Oh, grow up!
Noah Haidle's play portrays a selfish man at three stages of his life. Alas, he fails to grow or mellow with age. That's bad news for him, for his women, and ultimately for the audience.
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