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Chris Braak's "Red Emma' by Iron Age
Her glass was always half-empty
The Philadelphia playwright Chris Braak packs loads of information about the fiery anarchist Emma Goldman into little more than an hour, and Mary Tuonamen in the title role is suitably youthful and passionate. Left unanswered is this question: What made Emma tick?
Red Emma. By Chris Braak; John Doyle directed. Iron Age Theatre production February 3-6, 2011 at Centre Theater, 208 DeKalb St., Norristown, Pa. To be performed again in Spring 2011 at an unannounced theater. (610) 279-1013 or ironagetheatre.org.
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Starving for art? Give me a break.
The La Bohème syndrome: Who is kidding whom?
Suffering for your art is as romantic as it is nihilistic. But continuing on this path as you get older is downright masochistic.
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"Amadeus' at the Walnut
Too many words about too many notes
Mozart's music has survived for more than two centuries. After just 32 years, Peter Shaffer's Amadeus may have worn out its welcome.
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Jews and slavery: "The Whipping Man' in New York
When slaves in Egypt owned slaves in Virginia
How could Jews, of all people, have owned slaves in the antebellum South? Matthew Lopez's inspiring new play, The Whipping Man, uses one such family as a parable of faith, family, freedom and the brotherhood of man.
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Finn's "A New Brain' at Plays and Players
Near-death experience: the musical
A musical comedy about undergoing brain surgery? Yes, and it works, too.
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David Mamet's "Race' by PTC (3rd review)
David Mamet is angry. Should that concern us?
Where David Mamet's Oleanna provoked anger across gender lines, his Race attempts to evince terror, frustration and guilt along racial divisions. But Race reveals more about Mamet than about his ostensible subject matter.
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InterAct's "Love Lessons From Abu Ghraib'
But enough about torture. Let's talk about me
Jennifer Schelter went overseas to perform yoga therapy on emotionally shattered Iraqi torture victims. Back home, her love life is a mess. Guess what she'd rather talk about?
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McDonagh's "Skull in Connemara,' by the Lantern (1st review)
Welcome to Ireland. Are we having fun yet?
The playwright Martin McDonagh reigns supreme over contemporary Irish theater— so much so that his work has become a cliché. His formula is growing tiresome, and Lantern's production does little to pump new life into it.
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"The Milk Train' in New York
Olympia triumphant, Tennessee recumbent
The Milk Train may not be a great play or even a good one. But for Tennessee Williams fans, it has to be seen. And with the astonishing Olympia Dukakis in the central role, this is the production to see.
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David Mamet's "Race' by Philadelphia Theatre Company (2nd review)
The loudmouths shall inherit the Earth
When neither the facts nor the law are on your side, goes an old lawyer joke, shout loudly and bang on the table. Sounds like David Mamet's kind of law firm.
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