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An Extraordinary Evening with the Daedalus Quartet “Black Angels and Secrets” at Penn Museum January 13, 2017
December 21 – January 3, 2017
Fall in Love All Over Again with Neil Simon’s “Last of the Red Hot Lovers” See It First at the Walnut Street Theatre Prior to Its National Tour
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Education News Pages 6 & 11
See the Daedalus Quartet perform a new interpretation of George Crumb’s classic “Black Angels” at 8 p.m. on Friday, January 13, 2017 at Penn Museum. Photo/Lisa-Marie Mazzucco he Daedalus Quartet, the University of Pennsylvania’s internationally renowned string-quartet-in-residence, and the Penn Museum join forces to present a new interpretation of George Crumb’s classic “Black Angels.” The site-specific, multi-media concert also features remarkable contemporary music created Karen Peakes and Fran Prisco in Walnut Street Theatre’s to be performed amidst the ancient artifacts of the Penn Museum’s echo-rich production of Neil Simon’s “Last of the Red Hot Lovers.” Chinese Rotunda. The program is co-presented by the University of PennsylPhoto/Mark Garvin vania Department of Music and Bowerbird. Hauntingly beautiful soundscapes, looming shadows, ancient artifacts, and world-class alnut Street Theatre’s 2016-2017 Independence new music come together in “Black Angels and Secrets: An Extraordinary Evening with the Studio on 3 season continues with one of Neil Daedalus Quartet,” in the towering rotunda of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Simon’s funniest plays, “Last of the Red Hot Lovers.” Archaeology and Anthropology. The concert begins at 8 p.m. on Friday, January 13, 2017 at 3260 South Street in Philadelphia. Tickets to the program are $15 general admission, $5 Philadelphia audiences will be the first to see this producstudents, purchased online in advance at www.penn.museum/blackangels; $20 at the door. tion before it becomes the seventh national tour of a Walnut
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resented collaboratively by the Kimmel Center and The Shubert Organization, the 2016–17 Broadway Philadelphia season continues with Benny An dersson and Björn Ulvaeus’ MAMMA MIA!, the smash hit musical based on the songs of ABBA. The show is returning to Philadelphia for a limited holiday engagement December 27 - 31 at the Merriam Theater as a part of the final farewell tour. Allentown, PA native Lizzie Markson will appear in one of the lead roles, ‘Sophie,’ in the national touring production coming to Philadelphia. “What a bittersweet engagement, to welcome back such a beloved show as Mamma Mia! during its farewell tour,” said Anne Ewers, President & CEO of the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts. “This is a unique opportunity for Philadelphia audiences to hear the classics songs we know and love performed by one of Pennsylvania’s own!”
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MAMMA MIA! is one of the most successful musicals of all time, the eighth longest-running show in Broadway history and one of only five musicals to have run for more than ten years on Broadway. The West End production is now in its eighteenth year. To date, MAMMA MIA! has been seen by over 60 million people worldwide “MAMMA MIA!,” the smash hit musical based on the songs of ABBA, returns to Philadelphia December 27 - 31 at the Merriam Theater. in 50 productions in 16 different languages. Inspired by the storytelling magic of ABBA’s songs from “Dancing Queen” and “S.O.S.” to “Money, Money, Money” and “Take a Chance on Me,” MAMMA MIA! is a celebration of mothers and daughters, old friends and new family found. MAMMA MIA! is produced by Work Light Productions, whose other See “MAMMA MIA!” page 5