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It's supposed to be the future right now, but where is my white cat suit and to-die-for career as someone's secretary on a spaceship? A future less, uh, retro is on display at Wexler Gallery's exhibition of Belgian design team MGX.Materialise, "Timeless Design: A Marriage of New Technology and Classic Modernism." These are the most elegant high-tech lamps and chairs you've never seen.
April 6-May 29, Wexler Gallery, 201 N. 3rd St., 215-923-7030, www.wexlergallery.com
Temple University salutes the late August Wilson (also represented at McCarter Theatre by his last play, Radio Golf) with his first Broadway success, 1984's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom. Set in 1927, it explores the artistic and racial dynamics of the blues recording industry and much more. Wilson, remarked Frank Rich in his glowing Times review, "sends the entire history of black America crashing down upon our heads," calling the play with music "funny, salty, carnal and lyrical."
April 1121, $15-$20, Randall Theater, 1301 W. Norris St., 215-204-1122, www.temple.edu/theater.
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Get two stories for the price of one. On the surface, The Life of Galileo is about the struggle between the father of modern science and the Catholic Church. But really, it's about playwright Bertolt Brecht's own battle against the Nazis. An unconventional spectacle that includes puppets, 1920s costumes and original music by local composer Troy Herion, the show is done just the way Brecht would've liked it.
April 11-May 13, $10-$50, Wilma Theater, 265 S. Broad St., 215-546-7824, www.wilmatheater.org.
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