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Villaverde and Lubin dance a duet for parting lovers in "The Last Lifeboat." (Photo by Vikki Sloviter.)

Balletx presents 'Fall Series 2018' with Marguerite Donlon, Wubkje Kuindersma, and Cayetano Soto

Bridging nations, rising above

BalletX's 'Fall Series 2018' brings three world premieres from an international slate of choreographers. Melissa Strong reviews.
Melissa Strong

Melissa Strong

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The cast of 1812's annual current-events satire (with creator Jennifer Childs, center) parodies Broadway shows by adding a Trump-era twist. (Photo by Mark Garvin.)

1812 Productions presents its 14th annual 'This Is the Week That Is'

Comedy in the time of Trump

1812 Productions’s 14th annual 'This Is the Week That Is' again parodies politics but with an unapologetically strong point of view. Mark Cofta reviews.
Mark Cofta

Mark Cofta

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Conductor Sergey Smbatyan led the Malta Philharmonic in an ambitious program. (Photo by Joe Smith.)

Malta Philharmonic Orchestra Valletta 2018 Tour

Big event, small audience

The Malta Philharmonic presented an ambitious program for its first U.S. tour, but with more support from its own government than from Philadelphia audiences or the Kimmel Center. Benjamin Safran reviews.
Benjamin Safran

Benjamin Safran

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'Theme and Variations: Musical Notes by a Neurologist,' by Dr. Carl Ellenberger

Listening in

Neurologist and flutist Dr. Carl Ellenberger's new book about the effects of music on the brain continues in the vein of the great Oliver Sacks. Maria Corley reviews.
Maria Thompson Corley

Maria Thompson Corley

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None of us is all one thing. The same holds true in our choice of career/s. (Illustration by Hannah Kaplan for BSR.)

Be the "actor-and" you want to see in the world

Donning — and doffing — the artist's hat

It takes a village to support a career artist, but there's no shame in building a village of your own the best way you can. Cara Blouin considers.
Cara Blouin Illustration by Hannah Kaplan

Cara Blouinand Illustration by Hannah Kaplan

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To what fate would you resign these two? (Photo by Michal Kortsarts.)

Drexel University presents Sandra Parks and Frederic Chiu's 'Romeo and Juliet -- The Choice'

Thus with a kiss...

Do Romeo and Juliet have a choice? Do you? A performance of Prokofiev’s ballet, offered as he originally intended, asked the audience if the lovers should live. Alaina Johns reviews.
Alaina Johns

Alaina Johns

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Reed's adaptation of the Dickens classic reclaims its adult message. (Photo courtesy of Hedgerow Theater.)

Hedgerow Theatre presents Jared Reed's adaptation of 'A Christmas Carol'

No frills, all chills

Hedgerow Theatre's annual ‘A Christmas Carol’ plays for the 26th year, but check out the brief run of artistic director Jared Reed's solo version. Mark Cofta reviews.
Mark Cofta

Mark Cofta

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Jenna Kuerzi holds the audience's attention throughout the 65-minute solo performance. (Photo courtesy of Hella Fresh Theater.)

Hella Fresh Theater presents John Rosenberg's 'And Then One Feels Great Anxiety'

We could be heroes

John Rosenberg's new play 'And Then One Feels Great Anxiety' features a solo performance by Jenna Kuerzi and helps re-establish Kensington’s Hella Fresh Theater. Mark Cofta reviews.
Mark Cofta

Mark Cofta

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Viggo Mortensen's Tony Lip gets most of the focus in Farrelly's misguided biopic. (Photo courtesy of Universal Pictures.)

Peter Farrelly's 'Green Book'

Out of focus

'Green Book,' the story of a white driver and a black concert pianist traveling in the Deep South in the early 1960s, is a wildly anachronistic liberal message movie. Stephen Silver reviews.
Stephen Silver

Stephen Silver

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“Phonosuper” SK 4 Phonograph and Radio (1956), by Dieter Rams and Hans Gugelot. (On loan from Museum Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt; photo by Sebastian Struch.)

Philadelphia Museum of Art presents Dieter Rams: Principled Design

Design so good, you might not notice

The Philadelphia Museum of Art's 'Dieter Rams: Principled Design' examines Rams's subtle skill of making everyday objects tell you how they work. Pamela Forsythe reviews.

Pamela J. Forsythe

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