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Clint Eastwood's "Invictus' (2nd review)
Mandela's world-class try
The blurbs for Invictus give you the impression that South Africa's victory in the rugby World Cup merely boosted the country's morale during a difficult time. The movie actually concerns something more complicated.
Invictus. A film directed by Clint Eastwood. With Morgan Freeman (as Nelson Mandela), Matt Damon (as Francois Pienaar). Available on DVD.
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Childs's "Dance' and Koner's "Farewell' at the Fringe (1st
Back to the future: The return of Childs and Koner
Two revivals— of Lucinda Childs's Dance and Pauline Koner's The Farewell— revealed how outstanding works of art retain their power over time. The two pieces also demonstrate why revivals deserve a presence in performance-focused festivals.
Dance (1979). Choreographed by Lucinda Childs, with music by Philip Glass and film by Sol LeWitt. September 9-12, 2010 at Perelman Theater, Kimmel Center, Broad and Spruce Sts. www.livearts-fringe.org/details.cfm?id=12736.
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"Madwoman of Chaillot' (1st review) and "Marat/Sade' (3rd review) at
Blessings of adversity
Many Philadelphia theater companies suffer from budget constraints. But two of them consistently turn these conditions to their advantage, as these two Fringe festival productions amply demonstrate.
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Hollinger's "Ghost-Writer' at the Arden (1st review)
The music of the typewriter
Michael Hollinger's drama about a novelist, his typist and his wife creates characters with whom we can empathize, and whose fates we actually care about.
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Philadelphia artists at Woodmere Art Museum
Taste of Philadelphia
The Woodmere Art Museum's galleries are bursting with paintings, prints and sculpture that define Philadelphia's urban culture, even if women and/or young artists are hard to find.
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Theatre Exile's "Iron' at the Fringe (2nd review)
Like watching real people
Rona Munro's drama about a series of visits between an imprisoned mother and her grown daughter is deeply nuanced, gradually revealing more about each woman while the audience sits in judgment, like a jury.
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Theatre Exile's "Iron' at the Fringe (1st review)
No place to hide
In Theatre Exile's production of Rona Munro's Iron, the stunning proximity of a converted South Philadelphia garage allows the audience to peer voyeuristically into the psychological dissection that occurs onstage.
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"Cankerblossom' and "Sanctuary' at the Fringe
Coasting on laurels
In their current Cankerblossom and Sanctuary, respectively, neither the highly regarded Pig Iron Theatre Co. nor Brian Sanders's Junk achieved anything worthy of anyone's time or money.
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EgoPo's "Marat/Sade' (2nd review)
A setting that could drive you crazy
I've always dreamed of seeing Peter Weiss's Marat/Sade performed live, on stage. Why, then, did I leave at the intermission?
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EgoPo's "Marat/Sade' (1st review)
So you want real theater?
Taking up where it left off with last season's Beckett Festival, EgoPo once again thumbs its nose at Philadelphia's conservative theater scene with Marat / Sade. Crash-land this cruel concoction in the enormous Sanctuary space at the Rotunda Theater and you just might find the year's most terribly satisfying theater pleasure.
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