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Tempesta di Mare presents ‘Broken Consort: Music from Elizabethan and Restoration Era London’
A heavenly noyse
Back in Renaissance and Restoration England, combining different instruments became all the rage in chamber concerts, and Tempesta di Mare captured the hits of the era. Gail Obenreder reviews.
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Hella Fresh Theater presents John Rosenberg’s ‘Cana of Galilee’
A match made in Kensington
‘Cana of Galilee,’ the latest DIY offering from Kensington’s Hella Fresh Theater, considers growth and grief with surprising power. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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EgoPo Classic Theater presents Reza de Wet’s ‘Three Sisters Two’
Chekhov at the end of the world
EgoPo Classic Theater powerfully explores the doomed Prozorov sisters, and the future of South Africa, in Reza de Wet’s ‘Three Sisters Two.’ Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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Temple Theaters presents Lynn Nottage’s ‘Fabulation’
Brooklyn's prodigal daughter
Temple Theaters revives ‘Fabulation, or the Re-Education of Undine,’ an early Lynn Nottage play that nods to 19th-century sentimental fiction. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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‘Blue-Collar Conservatism: Frank Rizzo’s Philadelphia and Populist Politics’ by Timothy J. Lombardo
How we got here
Timothy J. Lombardo’s ‘Blue-Collar Conservatism’ follows an icon of late-20th-century Philadelphia politics and presages the rise of the right on America’s national stage. Pamela J. Forsythe reviews.
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InterAct Theatre Company presents Idris Goodwin’s ‘Hype Man: A Break Beat Play’
Fighting the beat
The important themes of ‘Hype Man: A Break Beat Play,’ at InterAct Theatre Company, too often get lost in the musical shuffle. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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Walnut Street Theatre presents Ken Ludwig’s ‘A Comedy of Tenors’
Comedy for comedy’s sake
With all the big ideas and Very Important Art flying around out there, sometimes we need to just take a seat and laugh — and the Walnut’s ‘Comedy of Tenors’ is waiting. Jill Ivey reviews.
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Act II Playhouse presents Mark St. Germain’s ‘Becoming Dr. Ruth’
Meet America’s favorite sex therapist
Act II Playhouse’s ‘Becoming Dr. Ruth,’ featuring the indomitable Drucie McDaniel as America’s favorite sex therapist, proves it’s possible to tell the whole story with a one-woman show. Jill Ivey reviews.
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Quintessence Theatre Group presents Clifford Odets’s ‘Awake and Sing!’
American myths
‘Awake and Sing!’ is too often written off as a Depression-era period piece, but here it becomes a poignant and timely experience in the American winter of 2019. Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer reviews.
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The Resident Ensemble Players present Michael Gotch’s ‘Minor Fantastical Kingdoms’
Tiny house, big ideas
Into the 21st-century woods we go with the Resident Ensemble Players' premiere of ‘Minor Fantastical Kingdoms’ at the University of Delaware. Gail Obenreder reviews.
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