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‘Utopia PR’ by Adam Bender
Work/life balance, and other disasters
In Adam Bender’s near-future political satire, a crisis communications manager troubleshoots disasters for a callow reality-television star turned president while trying to maintain a semblance of work/life balance. Kirsten Bowen reviews.

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Theatre Exile presents Anna Moench’s ‘Sin Eaters’
The cost of safety
Theatre Exile’s ‘Sin Eaters’ takes advantage of the digital stage to tell a gripping story about the content moderators who make the internet what it is today. Mina Reinckens reviews.
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The Philadelphia Orchestra presents Rossini, Schubert, and Price
The Price is right
Pianist and Curtis professor Michelle Cann offers a passionate and technically flawless account of Florence Price’s Concerto in One Movement with the Philadelphia Orchestra. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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Rose Glass’s ‘Saint Maud’
The horror in humanity
‘Saint Maud’ is a beautifully made psychological horror film that feels terrifyingly relevant in the age of Covid-19. Josh Hitchens reviews.

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The Rosenbach Museum presents ‘I Am an American!’
(Re)discovering Alice Dunbar-Nelson
‘I Am an American!,’ a new digital exhibition from the Rosenbach, explores the life, work, and passion of author, educator, and activist Alice Dunbar-Nelson. Pamela Forsythe reviews.
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Bowerbird’s Liminal States series presents Laraaji
A musical bedtime
Bowerbird presents multi-instrumentalist Laraaji in its Liminal States series, streaming concerts with an unlikely goal: to put the listener to sleep. Aaron Pond reviews.

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Opera Philadelphia presents Tyshawn Sorey’s ‘Save the Boys’
Starving for these stories
Opera Philadelphia presents the latest from Tyshawn Sorey with ‘Save the Boys,’ an opera interpretation of a poem by abolitionist and Black women’s rights activist Frances Ellen Watkins Harper. Kyle V. Hiller reviews.

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The Wilma presents the HotHouse Company’s ‘Code Black Planet’ and ‘Clay’
A theatrical laboratory
The Wilma kicks off its 2021 offerings with a new series of streaming shorts from its HotHouse Company, ‘Code Black Planet’ and ‘Clay.’ Josh Herren reviews.

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‘A Cartography of Home’ by Hayden Saunier
When we were still a place
A new poetry collection from Hayden Saunier weaves Pennsylvania’s natural world with its mini-marts and hotels, exploring possibility, loss, compound perspectives, and calls to customer service. Anndee Hochman reviews.
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InterAct Theatre Company presents Thomas Gibbons’s ‘Steal Her Bones’
Religion and relationships
‘Steal Her Bones,’ a digital premiere from InterAct Theatre Company, offers a compelling portrait of human bonds and the complicated nature of belief. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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