Ralph Malachowski
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Ralph Malachowski

Although retired since 2014, I still relish opportunities to teach, write, and share opinions.

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2015 Writing Since
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Theater Classical Music Academy of Music Opera Books Ballet & Dance
Feb 14, 2020
Effervescent Beethoven piano trios sparkled on a dark and stormy evening in Princeton
Princeton University Concerts presented a stellar trio of performers in a Beethoven Program on February 6. Isabelle Faust, Jean-Guihen Queyras, and Alexander...
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Nov 26, 2019
Shrek The Musical is a fabulous, fun fable for the whole family
Shrek The Musical is now playing at Philadelphia's historic Walnut Street Theatre until January 5, 2020.
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Nov 25, 2019
Broadway’s smash musical Mean Girls now at the Academy of Music
Nine-time Emmy Award winner Tina Fey brings her hit Broadway musical Mean Girls to the Academy of Music now until December 1,...
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Nov 18, 2019
Anna Ziegler’s The Last Match at Lantern Theater Company
The Lantern Theater Company is now presenting Anna Ziegler's drama The Last Match in Philadelphia until December 15.
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Nov 15, 2019
Three World Premieres at Pennsylvania Ballet
Pennsylvania Ballet presented three World Premieres November 7 through 10 at Philadelphia's historic Merriam Theater.
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Nov 12, 2019
Raw, uncompromising, cathartic Tiny Beautiful Things
Tiny Beautiful Things is a play based upon the best-selling eponymous book by Cheryl Strayed, which is a compilation of advice from...
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Nov 4, 2019
Last Days of Summer is brash, fresh, and has miles and miles and miles of heart
The George Street Playhouse celebrates its inaugural season in the sparkling New Brunswick Performing Arts Center with the exciting new musical Last...
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Oct 31, 2019
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, a nightmarish dreamscape of fantasy and forbidden desires
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is now on the Matthews Theatre stage at the McCarter Theatre Center in Princeton, NJ, until November 3.
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Oct 25, 2019
Ian Bostridge and Brad Mehldau together at the Richardson in Princeton
Princeton University Concerts presented distinguished tenor Ian Bostridge and famed jazz pianist Brad Mehldau on October 22 on the Richardson Auditorium stage...
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Oct 24, 2019
An experience as arresting as a speckled pup under a painted wagon
The McCarter Theatre Center presented international superstars Christian Tetzlaff and Lars Vogt in concert Monday, October 21 at Richardson Auditorium in Princeton.
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Oct 23, 2019
Rent returns for a second visit in 2019
Rent: 20th Anniversary Tour returned to the Merriam Theater October 18, 19, and 20 after its sold-out appearances here this March. The...
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Oct 16, 2019
Angel Corella’s very personal Don Quixote
Pennsylvania Ballet is now presenting its full-length Don Quixote at the Philadelphia Academy of Music until October 20.
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Oct 9, 2019
Chasing Rainbows: The Road to Oz is a knockout hit
Once in a great while, you can see a musical with great dancing, astonishing singing actors and actresses, and smashing production values....
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Oct 1, 2019
Arden Theatre Company presents the musical Ragtime
Philadelphia's Arden Theatre Company is now presenting the hit 1998 Broadway musical Ragtime on their F. Otto Haas Stage.
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May 22, 2018
Christopher Durang’s brilliant, disconcerting Turning off the Morning News
Out gay playwright Christopher Durang's new drama Turning off the Morning News is now playing at the intimate Berlind Theatre at the...
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Jul 5, 2017
Guy Ritchie’s film King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, a camp, homoerotic spectacle
King Arthur is the latest film from director Guy Ritchie's fevered mind. Can any man survive being married to Madonna and still...
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Feb 17, 2016
Out Jarrett Ott Steps In and Saves the Day for Opera Philadelphia
Openly gay Jarrett Ott has stepped in for the indisposed Nathan Gunn, thereby creating a sensation in the opera world.
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Feb 9, 2016
David Grindrod of Beauty and the Beast
When the opportunity arose to discuss David Grindrod’s many roles in the Disney touring company of Beauty and the Beast, I jumped...
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Apr 29, 2015
‘You never knew how much I love you’ Rodrigo tells Carlos and we believe him
My review of man-on-man burning opera love and dueling divas.
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