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"Musical of Musicals' at Walnut Studio 3 (2nd review)
What they did for love (of Broadway musicals)
Unlike satire, which comes out of anger, pastiche comes out of love. The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!) is definitely the latter.
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John Waters and his "Role Models'
Beyond Pink Flamingoes
The renegade filmmaker John Waters's latest book is a paean to reading as a revolutionary act. His recent appearance at the Free Library was tame by comparison.
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"Musical of Musicals' at Walnut Studio 3 (1st review)
A simple tale, in the hands of five Broadway composers
This complex 2003 parody of Broadway musicals keeps revealing new subtleties, and we can appreciate this superb cast even more when we see them up close in an intimate space like the Walnut's upstairs independence Studio 3.
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The dance season: Nine highlights
In search of honest generosity: A backward glance at the dance season
Whether because of the economy or burnout, Philadelphia's 2010 dance season was thinner and weaker than in past years, in terms of intelligent dancers opening themselves to the choreographer's vision and then channeling it to us. Merilyn Jackson finds nine encouraging exceptions.
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Philadelphia Orchestra's lightweight Mann season
Those light summer evenings just got lighter
In the past, the Philadelphia Orchestra's opening night at the Mann initiated a group of programs that resembled the concerts it presents during its regular subscription season. Those days seem to be over.
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A new twist on "Avenue Q'
Truth is stranger: Avenue Q as Reality Street
The Broadway musical Avenue Q finds its raison d'être in contrasting what kids learned from “Sesame Street” with what they experience when they go out in the real world. The untimely death of the troubled former child actor Gary Coleman makes you wonder: Is this really a laughing matter?
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Opera Company's "Orphée et Eurydice' (3rd review)
More endearing than the Met?
Unlike the Met's elaborately complicated staging of Gluck's Orphée et Eurydice, Robert Driver's Philadelphia version strives for simplicity. In many respects it's the more endearing of the two.
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Opera Company's "Orphée et Eurydice' (2nd review)
The gaze of the other
The Opera Company of Philadelphia's Orphée et Eurydice offers a rare staging of Gluck's opera, a work of great historical significance that has retained its freshness and loveliness after two and a half centuries. Robert B. Driver's production has good singing and pacing to commend it, and fine scenic design. This version of the Orpheus legend has a happy ending, but not before going through its tragic paces too.
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Opera Company's "Orphée et Eurydice' (1st review)
Timeless myth, psychological puzzle
The Opera Company of Philadelphia's Orphée et Eurydice, with its orchestra and 26-member chorus, along with dance by choreographer Amanda Miller, is a tightly-wound and satisfying production, albeit with a few strings attached.
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Dutoit's masterful Mahler Third
Charlie, we hardly knew ye
Dan Coren buys rush tickets to the Mahler's Third and, too late, realizes what Charles Dutoit has meant to the Philadelphia Orchestra: “I hadn't fully understood this aspect of the work until Dutoit's calm, spacious, evenly paced reading of it revealed it to me at this concert.”
