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Richard Burgin's "Rivers Last Longer'
Beyond Jekyll and Hyde
Evil, Richard Burgin suggests in his new novel, is a radical form of schizophrenia, and the Devil has an address in a Pennsylvania exurb. Burgin writes knowledgeably about the literary scene in New York and Philadelphia and hair-raisingly about sexual predation in his continuing exploration of the underside of American life.
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"Portmanteau' at the Fringe Festival
Choose your ideological baggage (before it chooses you)
The Applied Mechanics troupe typically encourages audience members to follow its characters. In the fascinating and intelligent Portmanteau, whom you choose to follow says something about your ideological leanings.
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First Friday find: Excursion to Fishtown
The grunge and the glory: New life on Frankford Avenue
Don't overlook the forgotten child of Philadelphia “First Friday” arts events— Fishtown's scruffy, eccentric version. It's less polished but just possibly more fun. Less expensive, too.
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"Freedom Club' at the Fringe (2nd review)
Assassins, past and future
Adriano Shaplin's Freedom Club attempts to link John Wilkes Booth's assassination of Lincoln in 1865 with a radical leftist commune's plot against a president 150 years later. It's an intriguing idea that misses the mark.
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Fringe Festival's "Thom Pain' and "Untitled'
Child as father to the man
Patrons sifting through the Philadelphia Fringe Festival's 180 acts could ease their confusion by trusting the proven talents of Luna Theater and the 11th Hour Theatre Company. Both refreshingly tackle an old theme: how a grown man deals with the lingering effects of childhood trauma.
Thom Pain (based on nothing). By Will Eno; directed by Gregory Campbell. Luna Theater Company production through September 19, 2010 at Upstairs at the Adrienne, 2030 Sansom St. as part of the Philadelphia Fringe Festival. www.livearts-fringe.org/details.cfm?id=13647.
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"Freedom Club' and Fugard's "Statements' at the Fringe (1st rev
Myth vs. realism in political theater
Must political plays be preachy and boring? The verdict is mixed for these two Fringe Festival productions.
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Kun-Yang Lin's quest: Connecting body to soul
Now to connect the body to the soul
The innovative choreographer Kun-Yang Lin has launched a daring dance workshop that seeks to transcend mere movement by getting inside dancers' souls as well. It's a fresh approach with the potential to galvanize today's sometimes forgettable world of dance.
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"Late Renoir' at the Art Museum (5th review)
Closing thoughts on ‘Late Renoir': The giant shadow of Albert Barnes
In a conventional and somewhat lazy show, the Art Museum has thrown in a dozen-odd pieces to illustrate Renoir's influence. The elephant in the room is the collector Albert Barnes, whose valuation of Renoir as a seminal figure in modern art has been co-opted with scant acknowledgment.
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Carlo Russo's paintings at F.A.N. Gallery
Whistler would have understood
In the great 19th-Century tradition, Carlo Russo's works are splendidly theatrical, always hinting at greater mysteries lurking beneath the surfaces that Russo so loves.
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"Ellis Island Ghosts' at Michener Art Museum
Our ancestors, the immigrants
At a time when anti-immigrant feelings run high in America, two photographers of different generations remind us of the need to show compassion to newcomers.
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