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![Big robes to fill: Johnnie Hobbs, Jr. as Thurgood Marshall. (Photo by Mark Garvin.)](https://img.broadstreetreview.com/content/uploads/Thurgood_BSR_1_21_20.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=169&q=80&w=300&s=1d447606b52ae9fbd0c884688a7a27b0)
The Walnut Street Theatre presents George Stevens Jr.’s ‘Thurgood’
Finding the humanity in our heroes
A recounting of Thurgood Marshall’s life, now onstage at the Walnut, raises important questions about how we measure our heroes’ greatness—and who’s watching. Hanae Mason reviews.
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![Secrets emerge as a family attempts to survive: Kathleen Pirkl Tague and Stephen Pelinski in REP’s ‘Starter Pistol.’ (Photo by Evan Krape.)](https://img.broadstreetreview.com/content/uploads/Starter_pistol_BSR_1_21_20.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=169&q=80&w=300&s=cb87fa54f4792a2198b8d3022cfeb7ce)
Resident Ensemble Players presents Michael Gotch’s ‘Starter Pistol’
What would Walter say?
The Resident Ensemble Players take on the troubles of America in Michael Gotch’s latest play. Gail Obenreder reviews.
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![Concerts worth flocking to: the Jasper Quartet, Myra Huang, Tony Flynt, and Nicholas Phan after performing Gabriel Fauré's ‘La Bonne Chanson.’ (Photo by Margaret Darby.)](https://img.broadstreetreview.com/content/uploads/Emerging_Voices_BSR_1_20_20.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=169&q=80&w=300&s=628af102a7b2bb44884c424ccda8b5cb)
PCMS presents Emerging Voices: Art Song and Social Connection
Where art song reigns
In a special two-week series, Philadelphia Chamber Music Society takes a dramatic leap into the revelatory, reflective power of art song. Margaret Darby is there.
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Two River Theater presents Shakespeare’s ‘Twelfth Night’
A mood unmoored
Two River Theater’s production of ‘Twelfth Night’ is visually appealing but tonally unbalanced. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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McCarter Theatre Center presents Rachel Bonds’s ‘Goodnight Nobody’
A talk in the woods
‘Goodnight Nobody,’ a promising and well-produced world premiere at McCarter Theatre Center, still needs to figure out what kind of play it wants to be. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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![He didn’t quite make it to the Pops podium: Marvin Hamlisch in 2008. (Photo by Shel Secunda, via Wikimedia Commons.)](https://img.broadstreetreview.com/content/uploads/Marvin_Hamlisch_BSR_1_19_20.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=169&q=80&w=300&s=a227ba6ae2d13d86889d1d4967048f88)
The Philly Pops present ‘Hamlisch: With Love’
Marvin and his music
The Philly Pops paid loving tribute to Marvin Hamlisch in an evening that highlighted his strengths and weaknesses as a composer. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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![Arguing gently into the middle distance: Joe Guzmán and Geneviève Perrier in the Lantern’s ‘The Vertical Hour.’ (Photo by Mark Garvin.)](https://img.broadstreetreview.com/content/uploads/The_Vertical_Hour_BSR_1_17_20.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=169&q=80&w=300&s=cf485e9d3bb61866e60cc1100ebe6b5c)
Lantern Theater Company presents David Hare’s ‘The Vertical Hour’
Blast from the recent past
Lantern Theatre Company’s ‘The Vertical Hour’ makes for uncomfortable viewing in 2020. Josh Herren reviews.
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![PHILADANCO cohosts this year’s IABD festival and conference. The company performs on January 18. (Photo by Scott Robbins.)](https://img.broadstreetreview.com/content/uploads/ThenNowNext_BSR_1_14_20.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=169&q=80&w=300&s=fa179f801101dc88b24847b04de56652)
The International Association of Blacks in Dance and PHILADANCO present THEN NOW NEXT
Celebrating the past, present, and future of Black dance
IABD teams with PHILADANCO to bring its 32nd annual conference to Philly this week. THEN NOW NEXT features everything from industry panels to world-class performances to a high-spirited midnight African dance workshop. Vena Jefferson will be there.
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![Anne Brown Ehlers prefers her weaving to be ceremonial rather than decorative. 2015’s ‘Chilkat Apron’ is on view at FWM. (Photo by Pamela Forsythe.)](https://img.broadstreetreview.com/content/uploads/Echoes_and_Reverberations_BSR_1_14_20.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=169&q=80&w=300&s=d33c98cd3ba2a04dfe86a7afc14c11c2)
Fabric Workshop and Museum presents ‘Echoes and Reverberations’
Contemporary visions of Native inheritance
In conjunction with One Book, One Philadelphia festivities, Fabric Workshop and Museums revisits work from five former residents whose art explores contemporary Indigenous life. Pamela Forsythe reviews.
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![Power and passion: Amanda Robles and the ensemble of 'Chess the Musical' at 11th Hour. (Image courtesy of 11th Hour.)](https://img.broadstreetreview.com/content/uploads/Chess_the_musical_BSR_1_14_20.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&crop=focalpoint&fit=crop&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&h=169&q=80&w=300&s=046be9354eb009b7fae47029c549c589)
11th Hour Theatre Company presents ‘Chess the Musical’
Moving the right pieces
Chess the Musical is a cult favorite that receives a powerful concert staging by 11th Hour. Two grandmasters battle over politics and love during the Cold War. Mike Rugnetta reviews.
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