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Pennsylvania Ballet's "Carmen'
Don José: Victim, villain or jerk?
The opening scene of Roland Petit's Carmen suggests immense bottled-up passion and lust. Unfortunately, that passion is never released in the ballet's remaining two scenes.
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Paul Taylor at Annenberg (1st review)
Paul Taylor, between the body and the spirit
Paul Taylor has been choreographing for more than half a century— long enough to gently tweak the pretensions of modern dance even as he seriously examines the interplay between the spiritual and the carnal.
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Met “Boris Godunov” and its critics
Boris, we hardly knew ye (until now)
The Met's new production of Boris Godunov has been criticized because it's so long. Nonsense. At last we have a restoration of this epic of Russian history as Pushkin put it in words and as Mussorgsky transcribed it into music theater.
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Stormy Weather: Jon Schueler in New York
A painter whose time came and went
Jon Schueler arrived on the art scene only as Abstract Expressionism was beginning to yield ground to Pop Art, and his achievement has been obscured. It's well worth discovering. This small but sharply focused exhibition shows Schueler at a moment of crucial transition.
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The Met's "Das Rheingold' in HD-Live (2nd review)
Here's the gold. Where's the magic?
Das Rheingold scored only a middling success when I saw its live transmission in High Definition. The staging looked expensive but failed to achieve the magic of Lepage's earlier productions.
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Philadelphia Harp Music Festival
Crowded program, empty pews
The Philadelphia HarpMusicFest presents able musicians playing attractive programs. All it needs is an audience.
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Philadelphia Singers' all-American concert
When composers confront technology
The Philadelphia Singers' new emphasis on American choral music wisely exploits conductor David Hayes's conviction and understanding.
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Emma Rice's "Brief Encounter' in New York (1st review)
Improving on Noel Coward
Emma Rice's inspired adaptation of Noel Coward's play and David Lean's film has made the transition from off-Broadway to the Great White Way with all of its charm and intimacy intact.
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Mamet's "A Life in the Theatre' on Broadway
Mamet sans teeth
David Mamet's play about an older actor and his protégé-rival is full of snippets and in-jokes celebrating life on the stage but bereft of Mamet's signature ferocity and danger.
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David Hirson's "La Bête' on Broadway
Tour de force doesn't begin to cover it
La Bête is a wild Molière parody/homage, nearly two hours of rhyming couplets delivered at breakneck speed. The effect is jawdroppingly amazing— and very, very funny.
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