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“The Bad Seed” with local star Amanda Schoonover


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Arts pays tribute to the late fiber art- ist Lenore Tawney with a new exhibition fea- turing her paper-focused pieces. “Wholly Unlooked For” celebrates this leading figure in the contemporary fiber arts movement until her death in 2007. Related UArts events include a panel discussion and a concurrent exhibition fea- turing student works. Now through March 2 with an opening reception on Jan. 24 from 5 to 7:30 p.m. in the Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery. 333 S. Broad. Call 215-717-6480 for further information. d Jessica Dickey’s “The Amish Project” explores the 2006 Nickel Mines school- house shooting in Lancaster, with Janice Rowland starring in this one-woman show as seven different characters. Through Feb. 3 in Studio 5 at the Walnut St. Theatre, a Simpatico Theatre produc- tion. 215-423-0254. On the Mainstage is another of the Walnut Street Theatre’s com- mendable Theatre for Kids productions, this one an adaptation of Judith Viorst’s popular “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day”, an hour-long musical with seven charac- ters and hilarious hijinks on Feb. 1 and 8 at 10:30 a.m., Feb. 2 at 10:30 a.m., 1 and 3:30 p.m., and on Feb. 3 and 9 at 11 a.m. 215-574-3550. 825 Walnut St. d Curio Theatre tackles a big one: Peter Shaffer’s Tony Award winning “Equus” from now through Feb. 16 with Eric Scotalati as the troubled young Alan who terrorizes horses, Paul Kuhn as his psychologist and a company of six support- ing actors, directed by Liz Carlson. Calvary Center, 4740 Baltimore Ave. 215- 525-1350. This production contains nudity and profan- ity and is not suitable for children. d The Philadelphia Or-


chestra under dynamic new Music Director Yannick Nezet-Seguin performs Wagner’s “Siegfried idyll” and Bruckner’s massive Symphony No. 7 on Jan. 24 at 8 p.m. and Jan. 25 at 2 p.m. in Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center, Broad and Spruce. Then on Jan. 26 at 7:30 p.m. the Orchestra spends an evening in its


beloved old home, the Acad- emy of Music, for the 156th Anniversary Concert and Ball, a white tie gala event. Mr. Nezet-Seguin will again be on the podium for appro- priately gala music and the Special Guest Artist is none other than Broadway/film/ concert leading man, Hugh Jackson. Broad and Locust. Tickets and information at 215-893-1999. d The ever-resourceful Mauckingbird Theatre Co. revives a Broadway clas- sic in a staged reading of Maxwell Anderson’s sinister and heart-stopping thriller, “The Bad Seed” with local star Amanda Schoonover heading a cast of eleven as the monstrous little Rhoda. Jan. 25 at 8 p.m., Jan. 26 at 10:30 p.m. and Jan. 27 at 2 p.m. with Bad Seed Hostess Martha Graham Cracker doing the honors. The Jan. 26 performance is preceded by Mauckingbird’s fourth fund-raising cabaret, “Miss- Cast 4: A New Beginning”, a naughty program of “songs sung by the wrong people” with an all-star cast. Off-Broad St. Theater, 1636 Sansom. 215-923-8909. d Luna Theater presents the local premiere of Dun- can MacMillan’s “Lungs” featuring Charlotte Ford and David Raphaely in this two-person presentation on a bare stage, no miming and no props, of a 50-year off-kilter relationship in 90 minutes, all a part of Luna’s 11th season. Described as “brutally honest, funny edgy and current...and not recom- mended for anyone under 16. Directed by Gregory Scott Campbell. The Adri- enne, 2030 Sansom. 215- 704- 0033. d Lyric Fest has an intrigu- ing double offering in the week ahead as part of their excellent 10th anniversary season. On Jan. 25 at 8 p.m., baritone Randall Scarlata and pianist Laura Ward will present Franz Schubert’s dramatic monologue “Die Winterreise”, a setting of 24 poems by Wilhelm Muller, preceded by a talk related to the work. Then on Jan. 27 at 3 p.m., Lyric Fest will unveil two newly commis- sioned songs cycles inspired by “Winterreise”: Andrea Clearfield’s “The Drift of Things: Winter Songs”


and Daron Hagen’s “After Words” which the composer describes as “an opera” lasting 25 minutes.Artists for this program include Justine Aronson, Mr. Scar- lata, Steven Brennfleck, all accompanied by pianist Ms. Ward. Academy of Vocal Arts, 1920 Spruce. 215-438- 1702. d


Philadelphia Dance Proj-


ects and Temple U. present “Dance Up Close” on Jan. 25 at 7:30 p.m. and Jan. 26 at 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. “Wolf- in-Skins” is a preview of act one from an epic new dance- opera inspired by ancient Welsh lore and created by choreographer and librettist Christopher Williams and composer Gregory Spears. A cast of 30 includes local and NYC dancers and singers. Temple’s Conwell Dance Theater, Broad and Mont- gomery. 215-546-2552. d Three attractions of


note as Kimmel presenta- tions: On Jan. 25 at the Merriam Theater, guitarist/ singer Bryan Adams offers his solo-acoustic concert at 8 p.m., 250 S. Broad. On Jan. 26, Jerry Blavat is back with his “Divas of All Time” at 8 p.m. with guests Darlene Love, Freda Payne, Candi Staton, The Tymes, Baby Washington and Blue Magic. Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center, Broad


and Spruce. And from Jan. 30 through Feb. 1 at the Merriam, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater performs works by six great choreographers includ- ing Ailey’s own “Revela- tions”. 215-893-1999. d Penn Music presents the Penn Symphony Orchestra under Brad Smith on Jan. 26 in Irvine Auditorium, 34th and Spruce in Prokofiev’s 2nd Suite from “Romeo and Juliet” and Sibelius’ Symphony No. 2. Free with PennCard, $5 to all others.


Then on Jan. 27 at 3 p.m., the Daedalus Quartet, the Music Dept.’s Ensemble-in- Residence, offers Mendels- sohn’s String Quartet in E flat, MacMillan’s “Tuireadh” Clarinet Quintet with Romie deGuise, and Dvorak’s Viola Quintet in E flat featuring Margaret Dyer. Rose Recital Hall in Fisher-Bennett Hall. Free. Directions and other information at 215-898-8698. d


Funky fusion band Red


Baraat comes to the Annen- berg Center on Jan. 26 at 8


p.m., combining the sounds of traditional raucous In- dian bhangra “with New Orleans jazz and Brooklyn attitude”. 3680 Walnut. 215- 898-3900. d Woodmere Art Museum in addition to its heavy cal- endar of special exhibitions also maintains a collection of more than 3,000 works of art focusing on Philadelphia and Pennsylvania. Three new exhibitions of such works open on Jan. 26: “Re- cent Acquisitions by Penna. lmpressionists and Contem- porary Abstract Painers”, through March 17; “Objects of Desire: Philip Jamison Collection”, through May 5; and “Philip Jamison Water- color: The Spirit of Chester County”, through May 5. 9201 Germantown Ave. in Chestnut Hill. Free on Sun- days. 215-247-0476. d The Philadelphia Cham- ber Ensemble will perform at the Old Pine Street Church, 1/25 at 8 p.m. and 1/27 at 2 p.m. Program in- cludes: Franz Danzi: Suite, Quartet in Bb Major, Op. 40 No. 3 for bassoon, violin, viola and cello; Max Bruch: Four Pieces from Op. 83 for clarinet, cello and piano; Bohuslav Martinů: Musique de chambre No. 1 for violin, viola, cello, clarinet, harp and piano; Alexander Gla- zunov: Quintet in A Major, Op. 39 for two violins, viola and two Celli. $5/students, $25/adults. 215-542-4890, 412 Pine Street. d The Chamber Orches- tra of Philadelphia with guest conductor Michael


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