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Philadelphia Chamber Music Society presents pianist Leif Ove Andsnes
Music of home
In his debut recital with the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, pianist Leif Ove Andsnes highlighted composers from his home country of Norway. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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Philadelphia Ballet presents Boléro, Water Dances, and Dance Card
A triple bill of intense dance
Philadelphia Ballet, celebrating 60 years and its new home on Broad Street, brought a triple bill that enthralled with tension. Camille Bacon-Smith reviews.

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Theatre Horizon presents Lauren Yee’s Young Americans: A Play in Two Road Trips
Americans on the road
In Lauren Yee’s Young Americans, onstage at Theatre Horizon, members of one family take a cross-country road trip 20 years apart, exploring how they understand each other as family, and as Americans. Emily Esten reviews.

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Fever Dream Repertory presents Bruce Walsh’s james
A Taptacular transformation
Fever Dream Repertory presents the world premiere of Bruce Walsh’s james at the upstairs Skinner Studio at Plays and Players, about an everyman who wins a makeover at the Super Bowl. Joshua Herren reviews.

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Quintessence presents Shakespeare’s Midsummer and Antony & Cleopatra in rep
Passion’s slaves: the Reckless Romance Repertory
Mt. Airy’s Quintessence welcomes spring with repertory productions of A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Antony & Cleopatra, an ambitious and ultimately successful undertaking by director Alex Burns. C.M. Crockford reviews.

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Hedgerow Theatre presents Stef Smith’s Nora: A Doll’s House
The lives of our mothers
Nora: A Doll’s House, now getting its American premiere at Hedgerow Theatre, takes the Ibsen classic and reimagines Nora’s life in 1920, 1973, and 2018. Isabel Soisson reviews.

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Variant 6 and the Sylvan Consort of Viols present Kile Smith’s Endless Morn of Light
Old is new and new is old again
In concert at Philly’s Fleisher Art Memorial, the Sylvan Consort of Viols and Variant 6 combined forces for the world premiere of Kile Smith’s Endless Morn of Light in a harmonious program with 16th- and 17th-century music. Peter Burwasser reviews.
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Rennie Harris Puremovement presents American Street Dancer
Moving feet to the beat
Rennie Harris Puremovement celebrates street dance in the world premiere of American Street Dancer. Melissa Strong reviews.

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Koresh Dance presents Darkness Dancing into Pieces
Stepping into the light
Koresh Dance Company’s new full-length work, Darkness Dancing into Pieces, sets the stage for understanding terror through dance. Camille Bacon-Smith reviews.

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Inis Nua Theatre Company presents Gary Owen’s Iphigenia in Splott
From Aulis to Cardiff
Inis Nua Theatre transports Greek tragedy to industrial Wales in Gary Owen’s Iphigenia in Splott. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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