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Browse This Issue: October 29th, 2009

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Theater Review:
Great Migration
THEATER REVIEW: Coming Home
by Mark Cofta
Arthur Miller once quipped, "The structure of a play is always the story of how the birds came home to roost." It's an idea that takes flight in the Wilma Theater's affecting production of Athol Fugard's new drama, Coming Home.

Arts Picks:
Save the Deli
Tue., Nov. 3, 7:30 p.m., free, Free Library, Central Branch, 1901 Vine St., 215-567-4341, freelibrary.org.
by Carolyn Wyman
David Sax celebrates Jewish food and chronicles his visits to more than 140 surviving Jewish delicatessens in six countries and 16 states in Save the Deli.

The Good Puppet of Szechwan
Nov. 4-22, $16, Walking Fish Theatre, 2509 Frankford Ave., 215-427-9255, walkingfishtheatre.com.
by Lauren Seibert
Not all puppets are innocent — but Walking Fish hopes you can trust them anyway.

Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival
Through Nov. 14, $10-$12, Gershman Y, 401 S. Broad St., 215-545-4400, pjff.org.
by Shaun Brady
Leave it to a Jewish festival to shoulder the burdens of the world before allowing itself to enjoy a little pleasure.

The Weir
Through Nov. 20, $10-$15, Curio Theatre Co. at Calvary Center, 4740 Baltimore Ave., 215-525-1350, curiotheatre.org.
by Mark Cofta
The Weir is "a play about people in a room telling stories that have affected them to the core and shaped them, for good or bad, as the adults they are now."

Kaleidoscope
TV Casualty | The Batman Vault | The Perfect Square | Overnight

Dance:
On Pointe
CP Dance Reviews: BodyVox, Pennsylvania Ballet

Arts Picks:
New Edge Mix
Fri.-Sat., Nov. 6-7, 8 p.m.; Sun., Nov. 8, 3 p.m.; $12, Community Education Center, 3500 Lancaster Ave., 215-387-1911, cecarts.org.
by Deni Kasrel
Like punch at a prep-school party, this mixer's most definitely spiked.

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