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- Penelope Broadbent
In the 45th Anniversary Season, The ABS presents a collection of works that pay homage to some of the most inventive choreographers and designers of their individual times, in a well-balanced combination of eras and moods.
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- Jan Chandler
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- Stephanie Glickman
One minute she’s all rock-n-roll, the next moment she’s in the Weimar era and after that, she goes country western.
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- Danu Poyner
As performer Charles Ross enters the stage and starts humming the 20th Century Fox tune, it quickly becomes apparent that this is going to be a faithful scene-by-scene reproduction of the entire trilogy.
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- Simonne Michelle-Wells
As a whole, Silence works well. Playwright Hoa Pham fits the heavy themes, including incest, adultery and abandonment, into a One Act format with a light and graceful hand.
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- Penelope Broadbent
Phil Enchelmaier’s The Perfect Dish, directed by Dave Barclay, and starring Gerard Lane as Ritchie, is a show within a show and an interesting combination of musical, confession, and stand-up comedy.
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- Paul Kooperman
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