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OCP's "Roméo et Juliette' (2nd review)
She's a teenager— remember?
Is the Opera Company's fashionista version of Roméo et Juliette a travesty or a breath of fresh air? That's a matter of personal taste— and among teenagers, the response was surprisingly positive.
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"Leonardo Da Vinci's Workshop' at Franklin Institute
Inside Leonardo's mind
Leonardo da Vinci's incomparably intriguing mind and all its wonders are on display at the Franklin Institute, with models, drawings, and interactive technology. Leonardo himself would have loved it.
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Sampling Google's new Art Project
Up close and (im)personal, Google-style
Google's new Art Project, offering interactive tours of 17 participating museums (so far), can be great fun: Thanks to the zoom function, we can see paintings at closer range than even the artists did. But it's a site run by tech wizards, not art scholars.
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Curtis Orchestra: Modern and post-modern (1st review)
Hope for the future
The Curtis Orchestra's midwinter concert under Juanjo Mena, with soloist Hilary Hahn, featured a fine new Violin Concerto by Jennifer Higdon, flanked by the rarely heard Hindemith Concert Music for Strings and Brass, and the Shostakovich Fifth Symphony. Hahn was superb, and the strings of the Curtis particularly distinguished themselves.
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"Nixon in China' at the Met
A cable-news opera
The Met's debut production of Nixon in China contains mesmerizing tunes and excellent musical craftsmanship. Its libretto, however, lacks human drama and emotion. It's more of a documentary than an opera.
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Sara Kane's "Blasted' by Luna Theater
Seeing is believing
Sarah Kane's Blasted forces us to witness every conceivable type of psychological and physical violence. It requires tremendous fortitude to watch. But its sincere frankness hits home.
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Boris Vian's "Empire Builders' at Walnut Studio 5 (1st review)
Downward mobility, or: For whom the noise tolls
In Boris Vian's creepy and intensive absurdist work from 1957, a Paris family is constantly moving upstairs to escape a mysterious noise downstairs. It's a dazzling metaphor for the fear currently pervading the world's economic frustrations.
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"Moon for the Misbegotten' at the Arden (3rd review)
The poetry of unheeded expectations
In O'Neill's dramas, like those of Tennessee Williams, each character's mental state teeters on the brink of psychosis; poverty isn't necessarily financial; and the playwright's poetic language abets their condition.
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McDonagh's "Skull in Connemara,' by the Lantern (2nd review)
Between art and insult
A dedicated production and a hard-working cast unfortunately couldn't raise Martin McDonagh's 1997 play about a sinister Irish gravedigger from the dead. Pinter did it all better.
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Chamber Orchestra plays Faure, Mendelssohn and Beethoven
When everything clicks into place
The Chamber Orchestra's new leader programmed three widely varied pieces, introduced an electric young soloist, and led a post-concert discussion that was almost as interesting as the music itself.
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