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Azuka Theatre’s new season opens with Jordan Harrison’s gender-bending comedy “Act A Lady” with a cast of six including(above, l. to r.): Jamison Foreman, Amanda Schoonover, Mike Dees, Nov. 3 - 20. Photo: Johanna Austin Smith of AustinArt


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n Autumn celebra- tion at the Please Touch Museum in


Fairmount Park is set for Nov. 3 from 6 to 9 p.m., “an evening of merriment, enter- tainment and appreciation” honoring Jeff Brown for his work to improve urban life and transform underserved Phila. communities by mak- ing fresh food available. The Ken Ulansey Ensemble pro-


vides the music and there will be libations and foods. 4231 Ave. of the Republic. 215-879-8159. A highly-praised new docu- mentary film, “Urbanized”, completes the design trilogy by filmmaker Gary Hustwit and will be shown twice at Drexel U. on Nov. 3 at 6:30 and 9 p.m., the local pre- miere. This feature-length film deals with the design


of cities, looking at the is- sues and strategies behind urban design. Mitchell Auditorium, Bossone Re- search Center, 3140 Market. Information and tickets at http://urbanizedfilm.com/ screenings. Decadence and sexual cyni- cism are on tap at UArts Brind School from Nov. 3 to 6 when Amy Dugas Brown stages Christopher Hamp-


ton’s alluring and chilling play, “Les Liaisons Dan- gereuses”, a smash in Lon- don and on Broadway and twice made into high-pow- ered movies. The two lead- ing roles are performed by UArts seniors Will Thomp- son and Amanda Kearns with Brind students provid- ing scenic and lighting de- seign, dramaturgy and stage management, while Maggie Baker, Asst. prof. of Cosume Design, does the “decadent rococo costumes”. 211 S. Broad, 16th floor. 215-717- 6499. Azuka Theatre Co. opens its new season on Nov. 3 with Jordan Harrison’s gen- der-bending comedy “Act A Lady”, set in a Prohibi- tion-era small town in the American midwest where the men of the town decide to put on a play dressed in women’s fancy clothes, leading to raised eyebrows and the entanglement of


life and art. Producing Ar- tistic Director Kevin Glac- cum stages the work with a stellar cast; Mike Dees, Jamison Foreman, Matt Tall- man, Amanda Schoonover, Meghan Slater and Leah Walton. Through Nov. 20 in a new theatre space at First Baptist Church, 17th and Sansom. 215-733-0255. The one and only Yannick Nezet-Seguin comes to town on Nov. 3 in his role as Music Director Designate to lead the Phila. Orch. in Mo- zart’s Symphony #40 and Brahms’ “German Requi- em” with soprano Dorothea Roschmann, baritone Mat- thias Goerne and the West- minster Symphonic Choir. 8 p.m., repeated on Nov. 4 at 2 p.m. and Nov. 5 at 8 p.m. Free PreConcert Conversa- tions will take place on Nov.


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3 and 5 in the Rendell Room and Nov. 4 in Verizon Hall one hour prior to the perfor- mance. Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center, Broad and Spruce. 215-893-1999. National Opera Week is still going strong and Cen- ter City Opera Theater has three events to add to the excitement: on Nov. 3, “Af- ter Hour Arias” will take place at 10 p.m. in Giancar- lo’s Lounge, 1508 Spruce; on Nov. 4 at Noon, “Opera 4-D” will ring out in the atrium at Curtis Center, 601 Walnut; and on Nov. 6 at 2 p.m., “American Opera Pre- view” will offer arias, duets, quartets and choruses from contemporary American opras on CCOT’s upcoming schedule. Reservations and


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