The ballet shows the brave and caring intention of artistic director Angel Corella to the company and the Philadelphia ballet fans.
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Category: Reviews
A CLOSER WALK WITH PATSY CLINE (BRT): Fall to pieces over Patsy
Someone should sit down and write a dozen Country tunes for Jessica Wagner to record in the style of Patsy Cline.
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GROUNDED (InterAct): The killing screens
GROUNDED is a tale for our times: war is most hellish when it resembles office life, reality is most profound rendered in pixels.
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Pennsylvania Ballet II performs at Culture in the Courtyard
PB II performed under clear, blue skies, with William Penn as their backdrop
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THE BIRDS (Curio): Terror takes flight
This adaptation by master Irish playwright Conor McPherson finds its horror in the claustrophobic relationships between its four characters
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ELECTRA (Villanova): Sophocles gets electrified
Review of Sophocles’ Electra at Villanova Theatre
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MOLLY SWEENEY (Irish Heritage Theatre): That the blind may see
Turn off your phones, step away from your laptops, and run, don’t walk to the Irish Heritage Theatre’s first ever Barrymore-eligible production.
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THE MOUNTAINTOP (People’s Light): An original vision of Martin Luther King
Katori Hall’s creative re-imagining of Martin Luther King’s final night before his assassination in 1968 is delivered through forceful performances and an evocative design.
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TURANDOT (Opera Philadelphia): Puccini at the Academy
Giacomo Puccini (born 1858) left his last opera, TURANDOT, unfinished at his death in 1924.
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HOW WE GOT ON (Azuka): A rapper’s delight straight outta the suburbs
Idris Goodwin’s play displays the same playful humor, poetic intelligence, and human insights as the early hip hop music it salutes.
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BREAKING THE WAVES (Opera Philadelphia): A Lars von Trier opera makes a splash
An operatic version of a Lars von Trier movie? Yes.
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RIZZO (PTC): A larger-than-life life onstage
An entertaining work about a compelling character, RIZZO displays pitfalls common to biographical drama.
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DEATH IS A CABARET OL’ CHUM: A GRAVEYARD CABARET (REV Theatre Company): 2016 Fringe review 94
REV Theatre Company let loose a quirky combo of fright-night-meets-kickline-cabaret for this year’s Fringe.
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MARTHA GRAHAM CRACKER CABARET (Martha Graham Cracker): 2016 Fringe review 93
Martha Graham Cracker brought the Fringe Festival to a close last Saturday with a marvelous set of compositions
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PHILADANCO IN CONCERT (Philadanco): 2016 Fringe review 92
This is a seasoned company that dances with maturity and intent.
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CONVERGENCE (DanceSpora): 2016 Fringe review 91
The Trenton-based dance company DanceSpora premiered two works at the Fringe Festival.
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PORTRAIT OF MYSELF AS MY FATHER (nora chipaumire): 2016 Fringe review 90
How do you become a man? A black man? A black African man?
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LE CARGO (Faustin Linyekula) 2016 Fringe review 89
“I am simply here to dance,” says Faustin Linyekula.
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MRS. WARREN’S PROFESSION (Lantern): Thought-provoking amusement
In a Philadelphia theater season with an auspicious beginning, this production of MRS. WARREN’S PROFESSION might be the most auspicious of all.
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Shakespeare Fringe Roundup: Misadventures among the classics
Toby Zinman gives bullet reviews of nine Shakespeare-ish shows in this year’s Fringe.
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