Stephen Sondheim's absurdist cult musical "Anyone Can Whistle" takes on insanity, conformity, miracles and government.
Arts
Arts & Culture
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"The Miser," a farce by Moliere, was first performed in 1668, and is based on a play by Plautus, a second century BC Roman playwright. But it works quite well today, perhaps because the adaptation by Miles Malleson has modernized it (for example, the original five acts have been cut...
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Theater
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A hilarious 17th century French farce, considered one of Moliere's finest, opens Act 1's second stage season Thursday.
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"John Tartaglia's ImaginOcean," a magical show combining puppets and black light, kicks off Miller Symphony Hall's 2014-2015 Family Series with performances at 1 and 4 p.m. Sunday.
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The Crowded Kitchen Players is back in the Lehigh Valley after seven years in Quakertown, but is still up to its old tricks. Really old, in this case.
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The Crowded Kitchen Players is back in the Lehigh Valley after seven years in Quakertown, but still up to its old tricks. Really old, in this case.
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Wickedly funny. That's the best way to describe Civic Theatre's "Young Frankenstein."
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The best way to describe Civic Theatre's "Young Frankenstein" is wickedly funny.
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When Hal Holbrook first portrayed Mark Twain in his one-man show in 1954, it was 10 years before the enactment of the Civil Rights Act. The show featured Twain's biting racial commentary from "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn."
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ArtPop Lehigh Valley to showcase area artwork
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Civic Theatre director William Sanders, who had never seen the stage show, was surprised by his reaction when he read the script to "Young Frankenstein."
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When the Harlem Globetrotters booked the first stop on their current tour at the PPL Center in Allentown, it seemed a blow to Lehigh University's Stabler Arena in Bethlehem, where the Globetrotters have played their area shows for nearly three decades.
Classical Music
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When the full-size Pennsylvania Sinfonia chamber orchestra is too big and the Valley Vivaldi ensemble too small, the Sinfonia Virtuosi is just right.
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Violinist Tim Schwarz, assistant professor of music at Kutztown University, has been crossing musical borders for most of his professional career. In 1995, for example, he brought American music to the Middle East for a nine-week tour, the result of his winning the Artistic Ambassador...
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Sean O'Boyle, Moravian College's artist-lecturer in composition, is an Australian-born composer/conductor who nurtures a keen interest in the music of indigenous Australians in addition to a passion for jazz and jazz clarinet.
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When the Princeton Singers was founded in 1983 by John Bertalot, then choir-master organist at Trinity Church in Princeton, N.J., the small group of devoted singers could only dream that 30 years later they would earn a reputation as one of the nation's pre-eminent chamber choirs.
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The Vivaldi Project, a period instrument ensemble, will bring string music of the 17th and 18th centuries to life when it performs at 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 21 at Williams Center for the Arts, Lafayette College.
Museums
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Meet the man renowned for bringing American history to life with oil and a paint brush.
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The 1960s was a decade known for an explosion of pop art and pop music that we're still enjoying generations later. The decade also brought many classic films that have stood the test of time.
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To fans, he is known as "the premier historical artist in America." But even if you don't recognize his name, you have probably seen and appreciated his colorful, highly detailed and historically accurate works of art.
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Years from now, the transformation of downtown Allentown that started with the PPL Center at Seventh and Hamilton streets may be something taken for granted.
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Books
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Jesse Saperstein's life can be divided into two parts.
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BILLY IDOL NEW ALBUM
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Blogger Shane Burcaw will be signing his memoir, "Laughing At My Nightmare" at 2 p.m. Saturday at Barnes & Noble in the Promenade Shops at Saucon Valley.
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THE HIGH DIVIDE
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