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InterAct Theatre Company presents Damon Chua’s Quixotic Professor Qiu
Continuing a streak of timely shows
Quixotic Professor Qiu, now getting its world premiere at InterAct, follows a Chinese American math professor targeted by the FBI in a satire with timely resonance for Philly. Alaina Johns reviews.
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Filament presents Rococo Dialogues
The birth of the keyboard sonata
Anne Louise Brillon de Jouy, a friend (and paramour?) of Benjamin Franklin, was famous in her time for her keyboard sonatas. Early music trio Filament gives her music a well-deserved modern premiere. Gail Obenreder reviews.
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The Crossing presents what can I know?
“America’s most interesting choir” lives up to its reputation
Following a fourth Grammy Award, The Crossing presented a concert in Chestnut Hill featuring the world premiere of Sebastian Currier’s Mysterium and the North American premiere of Linda Catlin Smith’s Folio. Gail Obenreder reviews.
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Drexel University’s Pearlstein Gallery presents A Certain Slant of Light
Illuminating nature
A new Pearlstein Gallery show featuring three former Drexel professors spans sculpture, photography, and painting to explore our relationship with nature as part of a larger whole. Pamela J. Forsythe reviews.
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Opera Philadelphia and Boston Lyric Opera present Joseph Bologne’s The Anonymous Lover
The genius of the Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Opera Philadelphia, selling out the season after offering $11 tickets to all, delighted a packed house with a faultless production of the only surviving opera by an 18th-century genius, the Chevalier de Saint-Georges. Gail Obenreder reviews.
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Penn Live Arts presents Benjamin Bagby’s Gregorius, The Holy Sinner
Loving a long-ago language
Veteran musician, performer, and scholar Benjamin Bagby returns to Philly alongside French Medieval music ensemble Sequentia for a thrilling performance of Gregorius, The Holy Sinner. Gail Obenreder reviews.
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EgoPo presents Mae West’s The Drag, adapted by Thomas Choinacky and AZ Espinoza
A deconstructed drag
EgoPo Classic Theater’s Queer Revolutions season opens with a reworking of Mae West’s The Drag that often feels condescending toward its source material. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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The Institute of Contemporary Art presents Carl Cheng: Nature Never Loses
Designed to destruct
The Institute of Contemporary Art hosts the first major museum survey of innovative interdisciplinary artist Carl Cheng, who has challenged ideas of art, science, culture, and nature for 60 years. Pamela J. Forsythe reviews.
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Penn Live Arts presents Agora de la danse’s Koros
Contemporary dance in virtual reality
Montreal’s Agora de la danse, a venue and incubator for contemporary dance, brought its virtual reality experience, Koros, to Philly for the first time with a weekend of showings at the Annenberg Center. Melissa Strong reviews.
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Tectonic Theater Project presents Moisés Kaufman and Amanda Gronich’s Here There Are Blueberries
A picture’s worth
Here There Are Blueberries, a touring production of Moisés Kaufman’s Tectonic Theater Project now onstage at McCarter Theatre Center, grapples with how to present the history of the Holocaust. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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