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PHILLY.COM SUNDAY, APRIL 17, 2016 THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER H9 Galleries Madcat' roota41 "Ridiculously Fun" '(Cr rcCt "Hilarious" f' A stoaaaf'3'axite madcateaste "Ridiculously Fun" "Hilarious" murals and concrete reliefs for the Ethiopian government and private clients and becoming a favorite artist of Emperor Haile Selassie I. She also made oil paintings of African subjects, some from life and others in an expressionistic style that could be compared to those of the Cuban painter Wifredo Lam. She eventually returned to Italy, settling in Finale Ligure, where she concentrated on painting, drawing, printmaking, and works that resembled ancient Ethiopian scrolls. With the help of Sanguineti Poggi's son, Dr. Vincenzo Sanguineti, who lives in Philadelphia, the America-Italy Society of Philadelphia has mounted a fascinating survey of Sanguineti Poggi's works on paper and canvas from all periods of her career.

I wished that photographs of her large-scale projects in Eritrea and Ethiopia might have been included. A future show, or book, or both? this small but outspokenly exuberant show of HD digital animations and drawings by Lee Arnold, paintings and drawings by Mark Brosseau, and paintings and stuffed fabric pieces by Meg Lipke at Tiger Strikes Asteroid evokes the lyricism and dissonance of the rock band Fugazi's cult album. It also comes with an equally smart and sparkly essay by its curator, Kelsey Halliday Johnson. There's an obvious synergy between Arnold, a Brooklyn artist, and Brosseau, a Philadelphia painter and codirector of TSA Philadelphia. Arnold's Who's Afraid of Red, Yellow, Blue, and Green, a wall-mounted grid of small colored-pencil line drawings intended as a study of the primary colors of projected and reflected light, and Brosseau's grid of small acrylic paintings on panels pulse at the same pace while producing different effects.

Arnold's touch is electric; Brosseau's is organic. But it's the presence of Lipke, who lives and works in Brooklyn, that makes this show the quirky delight it is, interrupting the dialogue between Arnold and Brosseau with her Fragment of a Map, a "painting" of fabric dye and beeswax resist on a large piece of unstretched muslin and stuffed muslin sculptures that also use a batik technique. Her Untitled, a wall piece dyed orange, turquoise, and pink (among other colors) that looks like a floating soft-sculpture sofa, makes a perfect odd partner to Brosseau's orange, pink, and turquoise painting Tacky. Continued from H8 Will Steacy, Hank Willis Thomas, and Lori Waselchuk. It's an accomplished, diverse group.

Fairstein, a New York photographer, stands out with her color photograph I Got a Tiger in the Basement (2015), which shows a full-grown tiger caged in a cellar. Gallery, a well-known photojournalist who has worked in Trinidad and Haiti, is represented here by close-up images of distressed wall surfaces that could pass for abstract paintings. Ito, a Brooklyn documentary photographer whose work has been featured in the New Yorker and the New York Times, is showing his gelatin silver prints of everyday scenes. At 175 by 122 inches, Steacy's Deadline (2009-13) is a remarkable accumulation of photographs from his recent book of the same name documenting four years at the Inquirer. Thomas, a photo conceptual artist attracted to themes of identity, history, and popular culture, is represented by Winter in America (2006), his sinister video re-creation of events leading up to a murder in Philadelphia; a 36-foot-long digital C-print of blocks in Strawberry Mansion; and Envoy, a framed hologram self-portrait that conjures a spirit or trickster from the 19th century.

Judging from Waselchuk's intimate color shots of inner-city Philadelphians enjoying a block party, this Philadelphia photojournalist is ready to roll. MAY 17 JULY 17 FOR TICKETS VISIT, WainutStreetTheatre.org ticketmaster OR CALL 215-574-3580 or 800-982-2787 Through May 31 at the America-Italy Society of Philadelphia, 1420 Walnut Suite 310, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, weekends by appointment. Information: 215-735-3250 or infoaisphila.org.

0.61V PH1.01,,,! UV UALPOIV Mtl MENET STREET THEATRE 0 .1, 625 Walnut 3treal uWelnut.rreiTlicsore.uFg Polished color sense The latest paintings by Kevin Broad, a Philadelphia artist whose abstract paintings are inspired by the Pennsylvania landscape, make up one of the most polished shows I've seen at the Jed Williams Gallery (and I haven't seen as many as I might have because the gallery's hours have previously been by appointment only). Broad's steeply vertical oil paintings on wood and long rectangles of dye on silk show off his color sense to a in this small white box of a gallery Through May 1 at Tiger Strikes Asteroid, 319 N. llth 2B, 2 to 6 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Information: 484-469-0319 or www.TigerStrikesAsteroid.com.

Through April 30 at the Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, 1400 N. American Suite 103, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays. Information: 215-232-5678 or www.philaphotoarts.org.

Sanguineti's many arts Born in Savona, Italy, to a family of Italian intellectuals, Nenne Sanguineti Poggi (1909-2012) spent 30 years of her career living and working in Eritrea, making large mosaic Mil MIMM1 1111111111111111111111.1.7---(S'F 1NAL 2 WEE 0 iii) PET it" FINOTHE A 51r-kR EIITE.HEK. 1: IL Through Thursday at the Jed Williams Gallery, 615 Bainbridge St. Information: 267-970-5509 or jedwilliamsgallery.com. Lyricism, dissonance As its title, "Repeater," suggests, THEATER: MUST. END MAY 1 FOR TicKET1 VISIT WalinutStreeirrhejatre.org qicithtmester 041 CALL 215-574-3go or 800tg82-2781 MUST END MAY 1 FOR Tmm i.

VISIT: WainutStreeirrhejatre.org qicithtmester EN along until one night they share a bed. This production is crass, wooden, and full of Through May 8. TZ Twelfth Night (Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre). Disguise, mistaken identity, music as the food of love, a poignant symphony of miscommunication. Through May 22.

Waist Watchers The Musical! (Penn's Landing Playhouse). A wacky musical about four women as they deal with food obsessions, body image, and gym guilt. With parodies of 22 pop tunes. Through May 29. Frank R.unc,r.

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Tuneful Disney musical that renovates the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale. Through next Sunday. Machina! (Ego Po Classic Theater). Ego Po ends its season celebrating female playwrights with a revival of the 1928 expressionist drama by Sophie Treadwell, based on the life and death of a woman convicted of murder. Through May 8.

Man of La Mancha (Broadway Theatre of Pitman, N.J.) Dreaming impossible dreams with the Knight of the Woeful Countenance. Friday through May 15. ,19 metrO aim Elui; Rob Kahn and Annabel Capper in the Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre production of "Macbeth." Kendall-Whitehouse voty f44 '4C GUIDERELIVEARTS FAMILY THEATRE THEATRE CHORAL MUSIC MENDELSSOHN: ST. PAUL A Grownups Prequel to Peter Pan! 61,9041 176,01 ftnR PFTFIt 1712 511 Emir 9rk Sat. Sun.

April 23 24, THE WAYNE ORATORIO SOCIETY 200 voice choir professional soloists and orchestra Wayne Presbyterian Church 125 E. Lancaster Wayne, PA FREE WILL OFFERING (610) 688-8700 www.waynepres.org TEMPLE "A song-filled valentine" -Los Mgeies Times 7:30, Sat. Son. 2:30 April 5 July 3 'Mts. $35-540 Call 215-574-3550 or 800-982-2787 WALNUT STREET THEATRE Independence Studio on 3 825 Walnut WalnutStreetTheatre.org FINAL 2 WEEKS! MUST END MAY 11 Sponsored by Frank and Ramona Gwynn Community Partner: PNC Arts Alive WALNUT STREET THEATRE Call 215-574-3550 or 800-982-2787 825 Walnut WalnutStreetTheatre.org OPERA personified in a doomed genius.

This production has all the magic a great cast and imaginative staging can bring. Through May 1. JR. Forever Plaid (Montgomery Theater). The Plaids, an old-time doo-wop group, get a chance to return from the afterlife and sing the great old hits.

Through May 8. Heathers: The Musical (Eagle Theatre, Hammonton, N.J.) A stalker takes aim at the triple threat of Heathers who rule Westerburg High. An over-the-top, funny, and heartfelt treatment, based on the film, that really works. Through Saturday. J.R.

Macbeth (Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre). The nightmare of having murdered and never being able to wash off the stain. This is a simply thrilling and savage production. Through May 21. TZ The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hedgerow Theatre).

Adaptation of Agatha Christie's first mystery novel. Begins with a slow, expository first act, and then really gets rolling. Through May 8. J.R. The Nether (Inter Act Theater Company).

A near-future dystopia in which Internet addiction can lead to perversion and violence. This production has grand moral themes but allows the sensational to get in the way. Ends Sunday. Peter and the Starcatcher (Walnut Street Theatre). A prequel to the Peter Pan stories, based on the comic novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson.

A creative romp, with quite a set. Through May 1. J.R. Richard III (People's Light). Up close and personal with this most entertaining of stage villains.

On the intimate Steinbright Stage. Daring, astounding, a joy to watch. Ends next Sunday. H.H. Rumors (Bristol Riverside Theatre).

Neil Simon takes us to one of the most hilariously unprepared parties in history. This sure-footed production is full of hilarious entertainment. Ends Sunday. J.R. St.

Joan (Quintessence Theatre Group). A farm maid who claims to talk to angels asks the king of France for permission to command his army. This production is a powerhouse, bringing the play into the present. Through May 1.. Sex with Strangers (Philadelphia Theatre Company).

Laura Eason's play about two people who don't really get ME UNIVERSITY Boyer College of Music and Dance Free and Open to the Public temple.eduiboyer Monday, April 18 at Temple University Recital Chorus Marianne Gruzwalski conductor Rock Hall Auditorium 1715 N. Broad Street Continuing Reviewed by Bill Chenevert (9.c), Hugh Hunter (KR), Wendy Rosenfield Jim Putter (JR), David Patrick Stearns (D.P.S.), John Timpane (IT), and Toby Zinman 1776(Media Theatre). The durable musical about how the Declaration of Independence was signed and this country was started. Through May 22. Always Patsy Cline (Walnut Street Theatre).

A musical biodrama of one of the great personalities in country music, with dozens of her songs. This is a fun, tuneful fangirl show. Through July 3. As You Like It (Lantern Theater). Two cousins in the woods and a lot more, from the silly to the profound.

Played loud, with slapstick, music, and much, much noise. Ends Sunday. The Mello Martin Songbook (Center City Theatre Works). A lyricist and composer celebrate 40 years of music and activism in this new review. Ends next Sunday.

Dr. Faustus (Quintessence Theatre Group). The age-old struggle between good and evil, OPERA PHILADELPHIA A Grownups Prequel to Peter Pan! 1 Tr 4,2 5I EnTnirk ELIXIR 0 LOVE ont.7,11 iik Tuesday, April 19 at Temple University Singing Owls Rollo Dilworth conductor Works by Purcell Walker and Powell Temple Performing Arts Center 1837 N. Broad Street Wednesday, April 20 at Temple University Singers Women's Chorus and University Chorale Mitos Andaya Hart Christine C. Bass and Art McKenzie conductors Works by Faure Hoist Stroope Bartok Conte and Basler.

Temple Performing Arts Center 1837 N. Broad Street FINAL 2 WEEKS! MUST END MAY 11 Sponsored by Frank and Ramona Gwynn Community Partner: PNC Arts Alive WALNUT STREET THEATRE Call 215-574-3550 or 800-982-2787 825 Walnut WalnutStreetTheatre.org A "hugely entertaining production" of the classic romantic comedy Apr. 29-May 8 I Academy of Music ORDER NOW FOR THE BEST SEATS OPERAPHILA.ORG I 215.893.1018 TEMPLE Broadway's Divine Musical Comedy! CLASSICAL MUSIC TEMPLE mTEMPLE ME UNIVERSITY Boyer College of Music and Dance Sunday, April 17 at Temple University Opera Theater Mozart's Luco Stta Valery Ryvkin conductor JJ Hudson stage director Jamie Johnson producer Tickets $25 general $20 seniors students $10 Temple students Tomlinson Theater, 1301 W. Norris St. temple.eduiboyer dow-t Sponsored by BankWilmington Trust TICKETS ON SALE NOW! MAY 17 JULY 17 WALNUT STREET THEATRE Call 215-574-3550 or 800-982-2787 825 Walnut WalnutStreetTheatre.org THEATRE UNIVERSITY Boyer College of Music and Dance Thursday, April 21 at Temple University Sinfonia Andreas De Ifs, music director Works by Schnyder and Gershwin, featuring winners of the Student Soloists Competition.

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