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Tag: dilettante at large

Toby Zinman is a dilettante at large in this series of reviews which take on art forms outside her professional comfort zone, theater.

culture

THE PHILADELPHIA FLOWER SHOW: A dilettante at large review

Toby Zinman March 4, 2023 No Comments

You’ll find much beauty in the vast halls of Convention Center. 

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Music Theater

DON PASQUALE (AVA): A Dilettante at Large review

Toby Zinman February 17, 2023 No Comments

Our dilettante at large reviews Academy of Vocal Arts’ South Philly themed production of Donizetti’s comic opera

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Music Reviews

Carmina Burana + Credo (Opera Philly): A dilettante at large review

Toby Zinman February 6, 2023 No Comments

The Dilettante at Large is at large again, writing about the culture as an enjoyer rather than an expert. Her latest pleasure was Opera Philly’s…

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Theater

BIG APPLE CIRCUS: A dilettante at large review

Toby Zinman November 21, 2022 No Comments

Where are the great acts I remembered? The trained cats? the galloping horses? the iron men? the Wheel of Death?

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Theater

MODIGLIANI UP CLOSE at the Barnes: A dilettante at large reviews

Toby Zinman October 18, 2022 No Comments

Modigliani at the Barnes Foundation is a ravishing exhibition in a ravishing venue. 

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Theater

RIGOLETTO (Opera Philadelphia): A Dilettante at Large reviews

Toby Zinman May 3, 2022 No Comments

Dilettante at Large (Toby Zinman) has awakened from her long pandemic slumber, and is once again writing about stuff she knows little about but enjoys, unlike theater which she knows quite a lot about and doesn’t always enjoy.

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LET ME DIE (Joseph Keckler): 2019 Fringe review

Toby Zinman September 26, 2019 No Comments

Spoilers puts it mildly: She dies. He dies. They die.

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Music

CANDIDE (Philadelphia Orchestra): A dilettante at large review

Toby Zinman June 23, 2019 No Comments

A dilettante at large Toby Zinman reviews Candide by Leonard Bernstein.

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Music Reviews

A dilettante at large reviews RIDERS TO THE SEA/ EMPTY THE HOUSE (Curtis Opera)

Toby Zinman May 5, 2019 No Comments

Theater critic extraordinaire Toby Zinman continues her forays into other art forms with a visit to Kimmel Center’s Perelman Theatre to see two one-act operas presented by the Curtis Opera Theatre

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Music Reviews

KODO: A dilettante at large enjoys the Japanese drum troup

Toby Zinman March 14, 2019 No Comments

Toby Zinman feels the Japanese rhythms of KODO drum troupe.

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Music Reviews

What A Lark: The dilettante at large has A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM with Opera Philly

Toby Zinman February 12, 2019 1 Comment

Visually, musically, and vocally gorgeous, this is a delectable MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM.

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Museums Reviews Visual

Barbies Before the Fact: A dilettante at large sees new exhibitions at the PMA

Toby Zinman January 8, 2019 No Comments

A dilettante at large considers two exhibitions at the Philadelphia Museum of Art

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Arts Museums Reviews Visual

A dilettante at large considers Philly After Dark at the Athenaeum

Toby Zinman December 6, 2018 No Comments

A whimsical and educational show combining images of the city by moonlight, gaslight, electric light, fire and lightning.

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Music Reviews

A dilettante at large reviews NE QUITTEZ PAS (Opera Philadelphia)

Toby Zinman October 1, 2018 No Comments

What a complicated evening, filled with gorgeous singing and roiled emotions and puzzling theatrics

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Arts Reviews Visual

A Dilettante at Large reviews two new shows at the Philadelphia Museum of Art

Toby Zinman June 6, 2018 2 Comments

Toby Zinman considers “Rachel Rose: Wil-o-Wisp/The Future Fields Commission” and “Biting Wit and Brazen Folly: British Satirical Prints, 1780s–1830s”

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Reviews

A Dilettante at Large: THE RESTAURANT SCHOOL AT WALNUT HILL COLLEGE

Toby Zinman May 6, 2018 No Comments

All this dilettanting around town can make a critic hungry

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Museums Reviews

A Dilettante at Large goes to Penn Museum

Toby Zinman April 17, 2018 No Comments

Toby Zinman gives her thoughts on the new Middle East galleries at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

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Museums Music Reviews

A dilettante at large: LEONARD BERNSTEIN: THE POWER OF MUSIC (NMAJH)

Toby Zinman March 16, 2018 No Comments

If you’re a Leonard Bernstein fan, don’t miss the terrific new exhibit at the National Museum of American Jewish History.

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Music Reviews

A dilettante at large: A QUIET PLACE (Curtis Institute of Music)

Toby Zinman March 13, 2018 No Comments

The Curtis Institute of Music and Opera Philadelphia’s stunning production Leonard Bernstein’s opera, A Quiet Place, is one of many worldwide celebrations of his centennial;

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Reviews Theater

A dilettante at large: WRITTEN ON SKIN (Opera Philadelphia)

Toby Zinman February 11, 2018 4 Comments

Philadelphia’s premiere drama critic, Toby Zinman knows her theater. Opera, not so much. Here’s her dilettante review of Opera Philadelphia’s WRITTEN ON SKIN.

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