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Gorky retrospective at Art Museum (1st review)
A failure to communicate
Arshile Gorky was a resolutely modern artist whose personal approach made every piece an adventure. He missed the mark with me, but he may well hit a home run for you.
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The Barnes debate is over (a reply)
Yes, Victoria, someone is accountable for the Barnes
Opponents of the Barnes Foundation relocation mistakenly think that because the design issue remains open, so does the move itself. Hello, is anyone listening? The latter debate is over, and has been since December 13, 2004.
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Wendy Hammond's 'Absence' at People's Light
Scenes from a CIA marriage
Wendy Hammond's Absence, currently receiving its world premiere at People's Light, incisively explores the impact that a career in the CIA has on a marriage over time. I've never seen stage actors age more effectively than Greg Wood and Judith Lightfoot Clarke.
Absence. By Wendy Hammond; directed by Ken Marini. Through November 8, 2009 at People's Light & Theatre Company, 39 Conestoga Rd., Malvern. (610) 644-3500 or www.peopleslight.org.
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Stifling debate about the Barnes
'Whom can I complain to about the Barnes?' The rest is silence
Having attended the Philadelphia Art Commission's official unveiling of the plans for the Barnes Foundation on Benjamin Franklin Parkway, I am still in a state of amazed anger over this situation, which is coming to resemble something out of a Kafka novel.
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"American Stories' at the Met in New York
New York's debt to Philadelphia
“American Stories,” currently at the Met in New York, reveals an indebtedness to Philadelphia's artistic patrimony. Almost the whole show could have been assembled from Philadelphia holdings or works by Philadelphia artists. So why is the Art Museum so modest about its contributions?
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Soderbergh's "The Informant!'
Soderbergh's Trojan horse
Steven Soderbergh's The Informant! seems to be a standard whistleblower saga at first, but turns out to be something quite different. It's an unsettling reminder that, in movies as well as real life, things aren't always what they seem.
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"Alegria' vs. "Humor Abuse'
Send in the genuine clown
If you want to enjoy Lorenzo Pisoni's Humor Abuse, I suggest you see Cirque du Soleil's Alegria the day before, as I did. Alegria's clowns demonstrate far less dexterity, originality and humor than Pisoni does. And he's a more engaging fellow, too.
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The LA Philharmonic: New hall, new leader
Learning from Los Angeles: A great new hall and a great new conductor
While the Philadelphia Orchestra flounders for lack of leadership, the Los Angeles Philharmonic unveiled its hot young Venezuelan conductor, Gustavo Dudamel.
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"Krapp's Last Tape' by the Lantern
A tragic playwright, or a comic one?
The Lantern's mini-festival of Samuel Beckett, set against its mainstage production of Happy Days, featured Frank X in two performances of Krapp's Last Tape, a tour de force for a male performer and, like all of Beckett's work, a meditation on identity and time.
Krapp's Last Tape. By Samuel Beckett. Lantern Theater production October 12, 2009 at St. Stephen's Theatre, 923 Ludlow St. 829-0395 or www.lanterntheater.org
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Philadelphia Orchestra's quandary (and Yuja Wang)
The Orchestra's Peggy Lee moment
Last weekend's Philadelphia Orchestra program seemed aimed at the ghosts of Eugene Ormandy's old crowd. Charles Dutoit isn't giving us the type of innovative programming he provided in his young conducting days in Montreal.
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