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Contemporary ceramics invasion
When ceramic artists flex their muscles
Ceramics is one of the most exciting areas in contemporary art. In the wake of a recent national convention, some of the best recent work is on display at multiple Philadelphia venues right here right now.
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Lantern Theater's "Henry IV, Part I' (1st review)
O to be a king (whose nobles are itching for a fight)
Shakespeare's Henriad— the history plays that span the reigns of Henry IV and Henry VI— are hard to stage and rarely performed. They're especially challenging in the confines of the Lantern Theater's cramped space, with multiple roles being played by all cast members save one. Charles McMahon's production brings off the first of these plays with kaleidoscopic vigor and intensity, abetted by brilliant staging.
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"The Addams Family' in New York
Charles Addams without teeth
The macabre incisiveness of The New Yorker's legendary cartoonist Charles Addams is betrayed in this middle-of-the-road, feel-good musical that merely tips its hat to weirdness.
The Addams Family. Lyrics and music by Andrew Lippa; book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice; directed and designed by Phelim McDermott and Julian Crouch. At the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, 205 West 46th St., New York. (212) 307-4100 or (800) 755-4000 or www.ticketmaster.com.
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Atom Egoyan's "Chloe'
Who's doing what to whom?
Veteran filmmaker Atom Egoyan's latest, Chloe, features a lethal sex triangle in which the victims are hard to tell from the victimizers— or is there a difference at all?
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"Red Hot Patriot': Kathleen Turner as Molly Ivins (3rd review)
News from Planet Texas
Kathleen Turner does a star turn in Red Hot Patriot, a one-woman show about the maverick journalist and political iconoclast Molly Ivins. A more focused script would have served Molly better, but she's welcome back.
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Felix Vallotton's working-class women in New York
How shall we look at a woman?
Nine female portrait studies by the Franco-Swiss artist Felix Vallotton make for a small jewel of a show in Manhattan. Like Seurat's Les Poseuses, Vallotton searches for the eternal feminine in working-class women, and rings his own variations on the theme.
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"When the Rain Stops Falling' in New York
Family saga, global calamity
Andrew Bovell, an Australian playwright, and director David Cromer combine with a luminous cast to provide a searing and extraordinary theatrical experience.
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John Logan's "Red': Mark Rothko on Broadway
How art happens
Red, based on two years in the life of the Abstract Expressionist painter Mark Rothko, is a daring play about making art. In 90 minutes it shows us what a monster of self-absorption and narcissistic contempt our art-god can be.
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Dickstein's "Dancing In the Dark'
Great Depression, greater paradox
Morris Dickstein's cultural history of the Great Depression has elevated our intellectual level several notches, revealing clearly and eloquently how the many pieces of a complex industrial culture fit together.
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Tempesta di Mare's "Lamentations of Jeremiah'
Reflection yes, but hold the repentance
In the hands of Tempesta di Mare, an 18th-Century Holy Week lament becomes a warm and sensual Saturday night serenade.
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