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George Street Playhouse presents Becky Mode’s ‘Fully Committed’
Streaming reservations
Maulik Pancholy superbly embodies more than 40 characters in George Street Playhouse’s ‘Fully Committed,’ but Becky Mode’s restaurant comedy shows its age in uncomfortable ways. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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‘Travel by Haiku’ by Marshall Deerfield
Take a ride down Route 575
‘Travel by Haiku, volumes 6–10: Far Out on the Road with Friends’ offers free spirits a back seat in a collaborative road trip across the American West. Helen Walsh reviews.
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Philadelphia Chamber Music Society presents Jason Vieaux and Clancy Newman
Soaring to the future of classical music
PCMS presents classical guitarist Jason Vieaux and cellist Clancy Newman on a livestreamed program of mostly Latin American and Spanish classical works, with a surprising rock encore. Linda Holt reviews.
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‘Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning’ by Cathy Park Hong
Open demands for justice
Poet and essayist Cathy Park Hong’s ‘Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning’ explores Asian American consciousness and tackles the truth about anti-Asian hate. Christina Anthony considers.
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‘Pinball’ by Patrick Shields
Graduation games
In Patrick Shields’s debut autobiographical novel, ‘Pinball,’ set in the early 1990s, we follow a senior at a North Philadelphia boarding academy as he reckons with his past, present, and future two weeks before graduation. Kirsten Bowen reviews.
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The Print Center presents its 95th Annual International Competition Exhibition
Deserts, believers, and flying too close
The Print Center’s 95th Annual International Competition Exhibition showcases three artists out of hundreds of entrants, and, for the first time, presents the winning art digitally. Pamela Forsythe reviews.
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The Philadelphia Orchestra presents Mozart and Valerie Coleman
Listen to the wind
The Philadelphia Orchestra’s latest program brings together chamber-sized wind compositions by Mozart and Valerie Coleman. Cameron Kelsall reviews.
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‘I’m Not Holding Your Coat’ by Nancy Barile
A valentine to the pre-internet punk scene
Since the pandemic has left us longing for live music, Nancy Barile’s new punk-scene memoir, ‘I’m Not Holding Your Coat,’ is an especially welcome window on a bygone musical era. Chelsea Spear reviews.
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Arden Theatre Company presents Kash Goins’s ‘74 Seconds...To Judgment: A Radio Play’
Still listening for justice
The Arden adapts its 2019 production of ‘74 Seconds… To Judgment’ into a provocative, meta radio play. Kyle V. Hiller reviews.
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Grasshopper Film presents Ephraim Asili’s ‘The Inheritance’
Cinematic magic in a West Philly collective
Ephraim Asili’s ‘The Inheritance,’ a thought-provoking new film about a Black socialist collective in West Philadelphia, combines fictional characters with real-life appearances by veterans of MOVE. Stephen Silver reviews.
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