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Pennsylvania Ballet opened their 55th season with a strong production of Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s Romeo & Juliet. Scored to Serge Prokofiev’s brilliant ballet score, MacMillan created this version of R & J at the Royal Ballet in 1965 and ...
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In James Ijames’ new play “Kill Move Paradise” the Wilma Theater stage is transformed into blindingly white, perilous slope with a portal at the top that characters come tumbling out of. It depicts what Ijames envisions as the ...
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BalletX danced to a sold out house at the Wilma Theater July 11, the opening of a two-week run of their Summer Series of premieres- one by Matthew Neenan and new collaborations with choreographers Penny Saunders and Andrew McNicol. The ...
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Berlin – based dancer-choreographers Honji Wang and Sébastien Ramirez are partners onstage and off and their company Wang Ramirez has earned them not only accolades, including the Bessie Award, and wide commercial appeal in part due to their ...
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Yes, what better time to brush up on your Shakespeare than these perilous days, as well as all things musical theater with "Something Rotten," now on tour and a strong cast bringing down the house at the Academy ...
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Ballets Jazz de Montréal was a huge hit at NextMove at the Prince two years ago, and they were back in February run with an even more impressive concert program. The Feb. 15 opening night was a near full ...
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The rock musical Passing Strange was co-composed by Stew and Heidi Rodewald a decade ago and in its short run on Broadway was a sensation, garnering six Tony noms and two wins for Stew. It wasn't your typical jukebox musical ...
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A new production of Michael Frayn's Tony Award winning play "Copenhagen" is on an extended run at the Lantern Theater. Clocking in at over two and a half hours, this play revels in its intellectual density. Past the heady subject ...
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The L.A. Dance Project is on tour and swung into Philadelphia for two performances at the Annenberg Center January 12-13 and even though they didn’t fill the theater, it was obvious from the reception they got they have many new ...
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At the trendy low-scale New York eatery, owner Mike wants to make things upscale, by hiring his former boss George, a former top chef, now a middle-age divorced alcoholic fresh from drug and alcohol rehab. That is the set ...