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Theater: Golden Age
feature Terrence McNally’s Golden Age imagines behind-the-scene antics on the opening night of Vincenzo Bellini’s 1835 opera, I Puritani.
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Theater: A Behanding in Spokane
feature In Irish playwright Martin McDonagh’s uproarious black comedy, Christopher Walken offers a performance that is 90 minutes of sheer “off-kilter” brilliance, said Michael Kuchwara in the Associated Press.
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Big River
feature Theater Wit in Chicago performs Roger Miller's musical adaptation of Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn with spirit and enthusiasm.
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Exhibition of the week: Chihuly at the De Young
feature It’s hard to believe that Dale Chihuly is “only now having his first comprehensive exhibition” at
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Vanities, A New Musical
feature This musical adaptation of Jack Heifner’s 1976 play follows three childhood best friends—“the bos
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Art of the Royal Court: Treasures in Pietre Dure From the Palaces of Europe
feature The tables, cabinets, clocks, snuffboxes, and other decorative objects in the Metropolitan Museum's exhibit are a magnificent introduction to the little-known art of pietre dure.
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Photo exhibitions: From the commonplace to the momentous
feature Philip-Lorca diCorcia at the L.A. County Museum of Art; Bill Wood at the International Center of Photography; Brett Weston at the Phillips Collection; August Sander at the Getty Center.
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Little House on the Prairie
feature Unfortunately, the musical version of Little House on the Prarie fails to
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Désir
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Imagine Cirque du Soleil crossed with a “Victoria’s Secret runway show,” and you’ve got the essence of Désir, said Ben Brantley in The New York
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Theater: What’s That Smell: The Music of Jacob Sterling
feature Most theater lovers will instantly “recognize the breed of self-anointed creative genius being delectably roasted in What’s That Smell,” said David Rooney in Variety.
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Little Fish
feature Michael John LaChiusa’s “jittery, engagingly off-kilter” musical tells the story of woman quitting smoking, said Charlotte Stoudt in the Los Angeles Times.
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Cyrano de Bergerac
feature Cyrano de Bergerac keeps getting revived for one reason only, said Clive Barnes in the New York Post. The title role is one of the best ever written.
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The week’s other openings
feature A Charlie Chaplin Christmas, Doctor Atomic, Yellowface, Anything
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Review of reviews: Art
feature Art abroad: Spring exhibitions in Europe
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