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"A Behanding in Spokane' on Broadway
Watered-down lunacy, saved by Chris Walken
A Behanding in Spokane is less provocative and less political than Martin McDonagh's previous brand of Irish lunacy. But with the wildly unsettling presence of Christopher Walken, it's a great show.
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"Annie' shows her age
We know the Depression's depressing….
Annie's recent return to the Merriam provided an inadvertent reminder: The Great Depression has become ancient history, especially when we have a pretty good depression right here and now.
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Lyric Fest's "Tchaikovsky: A Biography in Music'
He wrote songs, too
Lyric Fest again combines words and music to create a well-designed portrait of Tchaikovsky the man: a hard-working, troubled and not terribly likeable composer.
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Gabriel Orozco at MOMA in New York
Learning to love conceptual art
You must be patient with conceptual art. Gabriel Orozco, for example, is an intriguing conceptual artist who wanders inner and outer worlds, freely exploring ideas, creating puzzles, and making connections between nature and human activity.
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New Zealand's Black Grace at the Kimmel
Samoan energy heads west
In a memorable performance, the thrilling and brilliantly executed New Zealand company Black Grace integrated many aspects of modern dance with Samoan and South Pacific indigenous dance forms. The result was no cut-and-paste assemblage, but a new art form.
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Orchestra's odd couple: Brahms and Shostakovich
What Dutoit doesn't understand about Shostakovich (or Brahms)
There's nothing wrong with hearing the Brahms Violin Concerto and Shostakovich's 11th Symphony, as in last week's Orchestra performances. They just don't inhabit the same musical universe.
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Tan Dun's "Tea' by the Opera Company (3rd review)
Turandot meets The Ring
The music of Tea is both an aural and a visual delight, and the Opera Company's staging offered moments of flawless beauty. Alas, composer Tan Dun has been fiddling with his opera since its debut in 2002, and it's lost some of its subtleties.
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Bellini's "Sleepwalker' by Curtis Opera
Magnificent surprises
Curtis Opera's unstaged production of Bellini's The Sleepwalker featured terrific choruses and a first-rank soprano in Elizabeth Reiter. Would that some staged operas worked as well.
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Tan Dun's "Tea' by the Opera Company (2nd review)
The sound of water, wind and fire
I wouldn't go out of my way to see Tan Dun's Tea: A Mirror of the Soul for its story. But its music is tantalizing and provocative.
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Orchestra's new season (good news)
The Orchestra's good news (for a change)
The Philadelphia Orchestra's newly announced 2010-2011 season is the most attractive I have seen in years, a felicitous blend of standard repertory and new music.
