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‘The Health of the Commonwealth’ by James E. Higgins
Tales of epidemics past
‘The Health of the Commonwealth’ recounts 250 years of medical practice in Pennsylvania—a particularly relevant slice of history in the age of Covid-19. Pamela J. Forsythe reviews.
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Resident Ensemble Players present ‘A Christmas Carol’
An Ebenezer for your ears
'A Christmas Carol' is an onstage holiday staple, but this year, have a listen thanks to the audio production from the University of Delaware’s Resident Ensemble Players. Gail Obenreder reviews.

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Quintessence presents Suli Holum and Priyanka Shetty’s ‘The Little Princess’
An interactive 'Princess'
Quintessence Theatre revisits a beloved childhood narrative for the holidays with its own interactive adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s ‘A Little Princess.’ Mina Reinckens reviews.
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Hulu presents Clea Duvall’s ‘Happiest Season'
Heteronormative happiness
It’s exciting to see mainstream platforms making and promoting Christmas romances telling queer stories, but Hulu’s ‘Happiest Season’ is run-of-the-mill holiday cheese. Michelle Nugent reviews.
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StanfordLive presents ‘Taylor Mac’s Holiday Sauce… Pandemic!’
Reality, divinity, nativity
2020 Ibsen Award-winner Taylor Mac celebrates the dysfunction of the holidays in ‘Holiday Sauce…Pandemic!,’ a vaudeville performance now available to stream at home. Melissa Strong reviews.

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Yael Shavitt’s ‘Split’ is available to stream on Amazon Prime
Two worlds of what if
The ambitious and mind-bending new TV series ‘Split,’ created by Yael Shavitt, follows the two lives of Sammy 12 years after an audition for her dream high school. Kelly Conrad reviews.

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1812 Productions presents ‘This Is the Week That Is’
Can we handle any more 2020 satire?
We’re not going to make it through the rest of 2020 if we can’t process what’s happened through laughs, and 1812’s ‘This Is the Week That Is’ delivers. Josh Herren reviews.

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The Annenberg Center presents excerpts of Martha Graham’s best-loved works
The streaming advantage of dance
The Martha Graham Dance Company offered a taste of the company’s rich and emotionally charged repertoire in a series of excerpts from Graham’s best-loved works, performed by Lloyd Knight and Xin Ying. Camille Bacon-Smith reviews.

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Mural Arts and AAMP present ‘Rendering Justice’
The art of justice
‘Rendering Justice,’ an online exhibition presented by Mural Arts and the African American Museum in Philadelphia, brings together artists and community members affected by incarceration and the criminal-justice system, exploring identity, agency, and possibility. Jared Michael Lowe reviews.

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‘N*gga Theory: Race, Language, Unequal Justice, and the Law,’ by Jody Armour
Reclamation, rejection, or creation: what does agency mean?
Jody Armour’s ‘N*gga Theory’ is an unexpected book title in 2020. In this treatise on modern racial justice, does the author argue successfully for the reclamation of painful language? Lindsay Gary reviews.

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