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"Forbidden Broadway' at the Walnut's Studio 3
Beyond parody
Forbidden Broadway's Greatest Hits is a musical revue that abounds in faux-witty critiques of Broadway hit shows. The critiques hit their targets often; they're just not very funny or entertaining. And the targets are so easy to hit.
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National Dance Company of Spain 2 at Annenberg (2nd Review)
A thousand years of tenderness
In three modern works by Nacho Duato, the National Dance Company of Spain's junior troupe displayed incredible technical proficiency but achieved a fullness of sensibility only in one of them.
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"Made in China' at the Adrienne
Those loveable Irish gangsters
In their works about violent bumbling gangsters, Ireland's leading contemporary playwrights seem to be taking up where the Three Stooges left off. Mark O'Rowe's darkly humorous and nasty Made in China succeeds only partially.
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National Dance Company of Spain 2 at Annenberg (1st review)
A pleasant jolt from Spain's second string
National Dance Company of Spain is one of Europe's most innovative troupes. However, it was the company's second-tier troupe that visited this time. No matter: This jayvee ensemble deserved its applause.
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The storm over Caryl Churchill's "Seven Jewish Children'
The power of theater: Eight minutes about Seven Jewish Children
Seven Jewish Children, Caryl Churchill's eight-minute play about January's Israel-Gaza war, has been attacked as a dishonest anti-Israeli rant. But the reactions and counter-reactions may matter more than the play itself. In triggering a global dialogue, Churchill has dramatized the power of theater to respond rapidly to political issues.
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Charles Newman oils at F.A.N. Gallery
The case for matter-of-factness
Not every artist can view the world through Edvard Munch's eyes, or Picasso's. Charles Newman's oils present an unadorned image of what the artist sees.
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Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio at the Perelman
Enormous changes at the last minute
A late cancellation turned what promised to be an unusual and intriguing program of trios— with clarinet, horn, and piano joining the strings— into more ordinary fare. But the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio, with guest Ricardo Morales, performed with the aplomb of a fine veteran group in works by Beethoven, Mendelssohn, and Tchaikovsky.
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EgoPo's "Bluebird' (2nd review)
A lesson from the Bluebird (with a little help from Jan Peerce)
Who else but EgoPo would tackle a play like Maurice Maeterlinck's Bluebird? And what other company could lavish so much time on learning and rehearsing such a daunting work, whose language and style are alien to most audiences and to almost all of today's actors?
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Wagner's "Ring' cycle (Part 4: 'Die Walküre')
Die Walkure: Wotan's children (and Hitler's too?)
Wagner really was at the top of his game when he wrote Die Walküre. Perhaps he was energized by the chance to glamorize incest and throw it in the face of conventional society. But his greatest inspiration was the difficult father-daughter relationship between Wotan and Brünnhilde.
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Pennsylvania Ballet's "Tango With Style' (3rd review)
Neenan reveals his sensual side
Keep, an impressive and powerful new work by Matthew Neenan, proved the highlight of the Pennsylvania Ballet's otherwise lackluster “Tango with Style” program. It's the most mature blend of emotions I've seen in Neenan's shorter works.
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