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Lucas Hnath's 'The Christians' at the Wilma Theater
The power and the passion
Playwright Lucas Hnath’s 'The Christians' is unlike any play you’ve seen before. There’s a lot of talk about God, but whatever you expect, it’s not what you expect.
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Dolce Suono Ensemble's 'The Americas Project' at Curtis Institute of Music
A musical journey through the Americas
The Dolce Suono Ensemble's 'The Americas Project' takes a musical trip through North, Central and South America, jet setting around the material with panache.
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Piffaro's Harmony of the Spheres: Music of the heavenly bodies by Renaissance composers
Harmonizing with the planets
Piffaro demonstrates that an outmoded theory can still produce magical art.
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An update on Tchaikovsky's 1891 visit to Philadelphia
It was 125 years ago today
David M. Perkins revisits Tchaikovsky, 125 years to the day that he first arrived in Philadelphia.
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Lightning Rod Special's reworked 'Underground Railroad Game' at FringeArts
We need to talk: A call to action
There's a distance between the ways we behave in public and in private; when it comes to talking about race, that distance grows. Underground Railroad Game tries to bridge the gap and has fun doing it.
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Momix presents 'Opus Cactus' at the Prince Theater
A desert feast of form and fantasy
Momix brings back Opus Cactus, a piece from 2001, and makes the desert bloom.
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OperaDelaware's rediscovered 'Hamlet' ('Amleto')
A long-lost Hamlet (Amleto) debuts in Delaware
Arrigo Boito was the musician and playwright famed for turning Shakespeare plays into operas, such as Otello and Falstaff, where he collaborated with Verdi. Now another of his Shakespeare adaptations has been rediscovered after being lost for a century and a half.
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New Freedom Theatre's 'The Ballad of Trayvon Martin'
A passionate cry of grief and frustration
New Freedom Theatre's world premiere The Ballad of Trayvon Martin reveals the powerful emotions generated by his murder and other crimes against black Americans.
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Quiara Alegría Hudes's 'Daphne's Dive' at Signature Theatre
Empathy, Philly style
Philadelphia-born Quiara Alegría Hudes sets her newest play in a North Philly bar, against a backdrop of family and civic unrest.
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Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia ends its 2015-2016 season
Three stunning premieres, two classics, one fine soloist
Three premieres by living composers, Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto with soloist Lana Trotovsek, and Mozart’s Haffner Symphony conclude the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia's season. Modern works were enthusiastically received, and Trotovsek brought out the beauty in the familiar Mendelssohn concerto.
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