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Surprise—he’s a prince! ‘Taj Express’ stopped at the Merriam this month. (Image courtesy of the Kimmel Center.)

The Kimmel Center presents ‘Taj Express: The Bollywood Musical Revue’

Where the whole world dances

'Taj Express' brings Mumbai to Philadelphia in director Shruti Merchant’s gleeful explosion of color, dance, and music from the creators of India’s Bollywood musicals. Camille Bacon-Smith reviews.
Camille Bacon-Smith

Camille Bacon-Smith

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‘Isaac Hayes in His Office at Stax Records, Memphis, Tennessee,’ a 1970s gelatin silver print by Ernest C. Withers. (Courtesy of Decaneas Archive, Revere, MA. © Dr.Ernest C. Withers, Sr.)

The Delaware Art Museum presents ‘Posing Beauty in African American Culture’

Beautiful humanity

‘Posing Beauty’ at the Delaware Art Museum is an especially important offering for Wilmington and beyond. Crystal Sparrow reviews.
Crystal Sparrow

Crystal Sparrow

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The backbone of the standard repertory: the ensemble of AVA’s ‘Le Nozze de Figaro.’ (Photo courtesy of AVA.)

The Academy of Vocal Arts presents ‘Le Nozze di Figaro’

Opera’s bread and butter

Mozart’s ‘Le Nozze di Figaro’ may be a bread-and-butter opera, but that’s no excuse for AVA’s stale staging. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

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The color and essence of Vietnam in every corner: Leon Le’s ‘Song Lang.’ (Image courtesy of PAAFF.)

PAAFF presents Leon Le’s ‘Song Lang’

An unexpected debt

‘Song Lang,’ screened at PAAFF, follows the unlikely friendship that develops between a charismatic young opera singer and a brutal debt collector in 1980s Saigon. Christina Anthony reviews.
Christina Anthony

Christina Anthony

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No spoiler: there’s a murder on the Orient Express. (Photo by Evan Krape.)

The Resident Ensemble Players present Ken Ludwig’s ‘Murder on the Orient Express’

Keeping Agatha Christie on track

Climb aboard REP’s ‘Orient Express’ for a fabulous journey. Gail Obenreder reviews.
Gail Obenreder

Gail Obenreder

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‘The History Teacher’ opens with a pair of murders on a familiar-sounding Delaware estate. (Image courtesy of Porter Street Press.)

‘The History Teacher’ by Susan Bacon

A posthumous family reunion

Philly-area and Delaware readers may catch echoes of our own industrial post-war days in Susan Bacon’s ‘The History Teacher.’ Pamela Forsythe reviews.

Pamela J. Forsythe

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Włodzimierz Siwierski’s ‘A Day Off,’ drawn inside Auschwitz in 1941. (Image courtesy of Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum.)

The National Liberty Museum presents ‘Forbidden Art’

The art that survived Auschwitz

The National Liberty Museum welcomes an extraordinary collection of “forbidden” art that documented life inside Auschwitz from the prisoners’ own point of view. Daralyse Lyons considers.

Daralyse Lyons

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The only logical thing to do is record an album: Mackenzie Lesser-Roy and Matt DeAngelis in ‘Once.’ (Photo by Joan Marcus.)

Bucks County Playhouse presents ‘Once’

Creating once again

Modern, ordinary musical icons Guy and Girl return once again, this time to the Bucks County Playhouse. Michelle Nugent reviews.
Michelle Nugent

Michelle Nugent

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Flowing like water: Oksana Maslova, Sterling Baca, and Jack Thomas in Garrett Smith’s ‘Reverberance.’ (Photo by Alexander Iziliaev.)

The Pennsylvania Ballet presents ‘World Premieres’

Dance around the world in Philly

The Pennsylvania Ballet presents three diverse choreographic voices in a trio of contemporary world premieres. Camille Bacon-Smith reviews.
Camille Bacon-Smith

Camille Bacon-Smith

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Victoria Aaliyah Goins packs emotional honesty you can’t turn away from in Azuka’s ‘Sunset Baby.’ (Photo by Johanna Austin.)

Azuka Theatre presents Dominique Morriseau’s ‘Sunset Baby’

Blazing ‘Sunset’

Azuka Theatre’s production of Dominique Morriseau’s ‘Sunset Baby’ benefits from a sensational central performance. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
Cameron Kelsall

Cameron Kelsall

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