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"Art of the American Soldier' at Constitution Center
Military art: Not an oxymoron after all
Since World War I, U.S. soldiers have recorded life in the armed forces through some 15,000 paintings. In military art, as in all art, the painter sees what the camera misses. The main difference is that the subject is more painful.
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Tempesta di Mare's Roman holiday
Rome, with a touch of Casablanca
Tempesta di Mare recreates the musical pleasures of Baroque Roman drawing rooms in a promising new venue: the Arch Street Meeting House.
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InterAct's "Love Lessons From Abu Ghraib'
But enough about torture. Let's talk about me
Jennifer Schelter went overseas to perform yoga therapy on emotionally shattered Iraqi torture victims. Back home, her love life is a mess. Guess what she'd rather talk about?
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Concert Operetta's "Remembering Romberg' (1st review)
When Sigmund stood his ground
Concert Operetta's recent Sigmund Romberg program provided an enjoyable afternoon, with two caveats. Even a hopeless Romberg addict like me learned a few things I never knew before.
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McDonagh's "Skull in Connemara,' by the Lantern (1st review)
Welcome to Ireland. Are we having fun yet?
The playwright Martin McDonagh reigns supreme over contemporary Irish theater— so much so that his work has become a cliché. His formula is growing tiresome, and Lantern's production does little to pump new life into it.
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"The Milk Train' in New York
Olympia triumphant, Tennessee recumbent
The Milk Train may not be a great play or even a good one. But for Tennessee Williams fans, it has to be seen. And with the astonishing Olympia Dukakis in the central role, this is the production to see.
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When museums sell art: A better way
To sell art or not to sell: A modest solution for struggling museums
For the sake of art and the public interest, museums are prohibited from selling art works to fund their operations. But in practice, many art works are stashed in basements where the public never sees them, while the museums themselves struggle for financial survival. The former president of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts proposes a solution for this quandary.
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"Casino Jack': Downfall of a lobbyist
A Congressman's best friend
Casino Jack portrays the legendary lobbyist Jack Abramoff as a Horatio Alger gone sour, working the system until it turns on him. But the film already wears a period air in our post-crash era, where crooks don't merely steal millions but evaporate trillions and get away with it.
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"Life,' by Keith Richards
Music trumps heroin: Memoirs of a disciplined dope addict
The Rolling Stones' infamous guitarist/songwriter Keith Richards may have been a junkie, but I've never been so completely taken by a person through his writing.
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David Mamet's "Race' by Philadelphia Theatre Company (2nd review)
The loudmouths shall inherit the Earth
When neither the facts nor the law are on your side, goes an old lawyer joke, shout loudly and bang on the table. Sounds like David Mamet's kind of law firm.
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